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Spy vs. Spy: Operation Booby Trap is a 1992 side-scrolling action game for the Game Boy, developed and published by Kemco and based on the MAD Magazine comic strip. Playing as the White or Black Spy, the player steals the rival’s secret documents while planting traps and avoiding the opponent’s. Combat is usually fatal, so trap placement and evasion decide each stage.

How To Play Spy vs. Spy: Operation Booby Trap

Control Action
D-Pad Left / Right Walk
D-Pad Up / Down Climb ladders; enter doors
A Jump
B Attack / search furniture for items
SELECT Open the trap menu and cycle traps (bomb, spring, bucket, etc.)
B (with trap selected) Set the trap at the current spot
D-Pad (menu) Choose White or Black Spy and 1- or 2-player
START Start / pause

About Spy vs. Spy: Operation Booby Trap

Release date NA: September 1992
EU: 1992
JP: May 2, 1992
Developer Kemco
Publisher Kemco
Platform Game Boy
Genre Action / strategy (trap setting)
Series Spy vs. Spy
Modes Single-player; 2-player via Game Link Cable
Also known as Spy vs Spy (Europe); Tengoku Trappers: Spy vs Spy (Japan)

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