The Spy Who Loved Me

"How do you waste this license? How do you waste this license?! Domark, you...UGH! Domark, stop getting Bond wrong!"

- ChinnyHill10

The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1990 game released for various home computers. It was developed by the Kremlin and published by Domark Software, who published the James Bond games at the time. It is based on the 1977 James Bond film mh:greatestmovies:The Spy Who Loved Me.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The game plays like a poorman's version of Spy Hunter, complete with Q's van where 007 can purchase upgrades.
 * 2) Very annoying rendition of the James Bond theme, especially in the Amiga version.
 * 3) * In the C64 version, the music constantly loops throughout the game, and unlike the other versions, you can't turn it off.
 * 4) The game very loosely follows the plot of the film, and is missing many iconic scenes, like the ski chase in Austria, and Bond fighting Sandor in Cairo.
 * 5) The ZX Spectrum version has multi-load levels.
 * 6) When you buy all of the weapons, firing missiles will activate all of them at once instead of having several keys for each weapon.
 * 7) You can't go backwards in order to avoid dead ends, meaning if you encounter a dead end, you're screwed.
 * 8) There are very few checkpoints in the levels, and if you die, you're taken back to the halfway or quarter point of the level.
 * 9) The underwater levels are exactly the same as the driving levels, just with Bond's car in submarine mode and different enemies.
 * 10) The 8-bit versions of the game have no maps, meaning the levels now turn into memory tests.
 * 11) The ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions are really slow.
 * 12) If you don't have the correct missiles by the time you reach the underwater boss, you can't defeat the boss, making the game unbeatable.
 * 13) The 8-bit versions don't have a proper ending, as they loop back to the 2nd driving level after completing the final boat level.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The Amiga and Atari ST verions have slightly more variety, with a shooting section towards the end of the game, along with a proper ending.
 * 2) The graphics are pretty decent in all versions.

Reception
The Spy Who Loved Me received mixed reviews. Some were positive, like Your Sinclair giving the game a score of 70%, while others, like Amiga Power and Zzap!, were negative, giving the game's respective versions a score of 50% and 30%.

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