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Steve Keen was mightily impressed with Guy Spy giving it a whacking great 82% in its floppy incarnation. It wasn't perfect, but it was the most playable cartoon adventure yet. Now it all comes to the CDTV, exactly the same as the Amiga version but without the loading times. If you didn't know, Guy Spy was Readysoft's attempt at proper controls, rather than the 'select-a-move-and-wait-to-see-if-you-got-it-right' system of things used in the Dragon's Lair series.
To be fair, in that respect they did get it right with Guy Spy. Yes, he moved when you moved the joystick, and you did have a fair amount of control over his actions, but when you're moving that size of graphic, things tend to get a little slow, and there lies the problem. Take the first scene, for example. You are in a train station in Berlin, and Guy is stood in the foreground with armed assailants in the background. They move quickly, but you don't. Consequently, it isn't very easy to avoid their bullets and it's very hard to hit them with yours.

Needless to say, the graphics and animation are stunning, over 1500 frames at last count, and the soundtrack is booming and atmospheric. It's the most playable Readysoft game to date, but it still lacks the fluid gameplay to make it a real hit.

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