Special Agent protagonist

Creatures theme

The protagonist is a special agent, a spy, or some other professional with unusually broad range of authority and whose job often requires subterfuge.

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games

platforms

Sly Spy: Secret Agent

OCS 1990

Impossible Mission

C64 1984

The Spy Who Loved Me

SPC 1990

Mission 1: Project Volcano

SPC 1984

Alpha Protocol

PS3 2010-05-27

Spy's Demise

TI99 1983

C.I.T.Y. 2000

DOS 1993

Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!

SPC 1987

Operation Thunderbowel

SPC 1988

Spy vs. Spy 2: The Island Caper

CPC 1987

Accolade Comics: Steve Keene, Private Spy

C64 1987

Daten-Agent 00X

C64 1993

See also: militant protagonist, spy protagonist (a.k.a. secret agent), elite protagonist (special agents tend to be "elite" agents as well)

Parent group

Protagonist occupations

Games by year

The first Special Agent protagonist video game was released in 1981.

Domark, First Star Software and Activision published most of these games.

Platforms

C64		23
ZX Spectrum		18
Windows		16
MS-DOS		14
Amstrad CPC		14
Apple II E		10
Amiga		9
Atari ST		9
Atari 400/800		9
Linux		8
X360		6
BBC		6
Arcade		5
MSX		5
PS3		5
NEC PC8801		4
NES		4
Mac OS X		4
Electron		4
Sharp X1		3
PS2		3
Nintendo DS		3
Master System		2
Dragon32		2
APF		2
SG-1000		1
Neo-Geo		1
NEC PC9801		1
Atari 7800		1
PS		1

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