Operation Stealth
Encyclopedia
Operation Stealth, also known as James Bond 007
: The Stealth Affair in the United States, is an adventure game from Delphine Software International
, released in 1990
. The game is mainly the work of Paul Cuisset
(programming) and Jean Baudlot
(sound).
The game was released with the Bond license in the U.S., although this led to some inconsistencies as the MI6 agent appeared to be taking his orders from the CIA.
adventures of the time, as well as a number of more action-oriented elements including an overhead viewed maze section and a scene in which Glames/Bond attempts to escape from an underwater cavern before he runs out of oxygen.
The Amiga version of the game featured a primitive synthesized voice
that would perform all the dialogue in the game if 1Mb
or more RAM was installed. Unfortunately many copies featured a bug which meant that if the player attempted to click the mouse button in order to skip through the speech faster the game would freeze and have to be rebooted. For this reason many seasoned players would actually remove the memory expansion before playing the game for any extended period of time.
secret agent, has been assigned a mission to locate a newly designed high-tech F-19 type stealth plane in Latin America
, which was stolen from NAS Miramar.
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
: The Stealth Affair in the United States, is an adventure game from Delphine Software International
Delphine Software International
Delphine Software was a French video game developer company. They were famous for their games Another World and Flashback, which bore a similarity to Prince of Persia, both in gameplay and in utilizing rotoscoped animation...
, released in 1990
1990 in video gaming
-Notable releases:*Bonk's Adventure is released for NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and is the first US appearance of Bonk, the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16.*February 12 — Nintendo releases the NES game Super Mario Bros. 3 in North America...
. The game is mainly the work of Paul Cuisset
Paul Cuisset
Paul Cuisset is a French programmer and designer of several popular video games.-Career:Paul Cuisset was the lead designer of Delphine Software International and the creator of the computer game smash hit...
(programming) and Jean Baudlot
Jean Baudlot
Jean Baudlot is a French music composer , most notable for composing music for videogames in the 80's/90's and collaborations with Richard Clayderman, Nicolas de Angelis, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin...
(sound).
The game was released with the Bond license in the U.S., although this led to some inconsistencies as the MI6 agent appeared to be taking his orders from the CIA.
Gameplay
Operation Stealth mainly features a point-and-click style of gameplay reminiscent of many of the LucasArtsLucasArts
LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was once famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s...
adventures of the time, as well as a number of more action-oriented elements including an overhead viewed maze section and a scene in which Glames/Bond attempts to escape from an underwater cavern before he runs out of oxygen.
The Amiga version of the game featured a primitive synthesized voice
Speech synthesis
Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware...
that would perform all the dialogue in the game if 1Mb
Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...
or more RAM was installed. Unfortunately many copies featured a bug which meant that if the player attempted to click the mouse button in order to skip through the speech faster the game would freeze and have to be rebooted. For this reason many seasoned players would actually remove the memory expansion before playing the game for any extended period of time.
Storyline
John Glames (James Bond in the U.S.), a CIACentral Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
secret agent, has been assigned a mission to locate a newly designed high-tech F-19 type stealth plane in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, which was stolen from NAS Miramar.