Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"

Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone" is the third and final game in the Spy Fox series of games developed by Humongous Entertainment and marketed by Infogrames.

Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"
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Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Infogrames[lower-alpha 1]
Producer(s)Rachel Frost
Designer(s)Brad Carlton
Writer(s)Brad Carlton
Composer(s)
  • Tom McGurk
  • Geoff Kirk
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Mac OS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Release
  • May 1, 2001 (PC, Mac)[1]
  • May 15, 2014 (Linux, Steam)[2]
  • August 13, 2015 (iOS)
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot
Poodles' aerosol can shaped space station.

While undercover in the Scottish Highlands, Spy Fox ends up in the bathroom of a hideout belonging to a group of bunnies. Roger Boar, an informant, gives Fox a rocket-powered origami skateboard sent by Professor Quack and a message hidden inside a lipstick container. After folding the skateboard correctly, Spy Fox is able to use it to escape from the bunny guards. After a chase, the scene switches to a giant aerosol can spraying on the ozone layer. Once the Spy Chief is informed of this, Spy Fox arrives with the message from the lipstick container, which reads, "Please help me. Signed, Plato Pushpin". The Chief gives Fox the number of a jukebox song to play (in the form of a tea bag) so the latter can get into the Mobile Command Center.

Spy Fox is sent to the Middle of Nowhere. After punching the number in the jukebox at the bowling alley, Fox hops into a bowling pin and is sent to MobCom (short for Mobile Command Center), which is above the bowling alley. Monkey Penny informs Spy Fox that Plato Pushpin, the cosmetics expert, has been captured by Poodles Galore, the self-appointed Queen of Cosmetics. After disguising as one of Poodles' bowlers, Spy Fox rescues Pushpin, who gives him a list of items needed to create the congeal pill (which includes an unchewed wad of chicle, the Aerosol Particle Diameter Number (or A.P.D. for short), and a couple other ingredients) to disarm Poodle's hairspray can, which Poodles plans to use to deplete the ozone layer so everyone will buy her SPF 2001 Sunscreen.

When Spy Fox gives Pushpin all the vital ingredients, Pushpin is able to complete the congeal pill. Spy Fox enters the spray can, but Poodles stops Fox right before the pill can touch the aerosol and traps him in a steel net. After using wire cutters that can cut through solid steel (which Professor Quack gave him earlier), Fox is able to free himself, take back the congeal pill (without Poodles noticing) and successfully throw the pill into the aerosol. The can becomes unstable, but gives just enough time for Poodles and Fox to escape before it explodes. Poodles then retreats to her moonbase; if Spy Fox follows her, a bonus ending will be unlocked.

In the bonus ending, Poodles uses an impenetrable force field to protect her moonbase from intruders while she plots revenge, but not before Spy Fox sneaks in. He infiltrates a room with a surveillance monitor (after deactivating a booby trap), which shows a close-up of Poodles Galore's fingernails, so he can paint his fingernails exactly like hers to complete the fingernail code and turn the force field off. Afterwards, Monkey Penny is able to come right in and send Poodles away to jail. In the end, Spy Fox talks to the Chief about getting a vacation saying that he's "dog tired".


Reception

Commercial performance

The game was the fifth Top Selling Home Education Software for the week of 5/06/2001-5/12/2001,[3] third for 5/13/2001-5/19/2001,[3] fourth for 5/27/2001-6/2/2001,[4] and third for 6/3/2001-6/9/2001,[4] according to PC Data.

In North America alone, Spy Fox 3 sold 77,133 copies during the year 2001.[5]

Reviews

Review Corner gave the game a score of 4.5 stars and in addition an Award of Excellence.[6]

References
  1. "Infogrames Press Release". web.archive.org. 2001-08-03. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. "Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"". Steam. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  3. "Hits List Results". 2001-06-01. Archived from the original on 2001-06-01. Retrieved 2016-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Hits List Results". 2001-06-26. Archived from the original on 2001-06-26. Retrieved 2016-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Sluganski, Randy (March 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002.
  6. "Spy Fox 3 - Review Corner". May 2001. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2015. As a nonviolent game the whole family will love, this program is hard to beat.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone" for PC - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  8. "Spy Fox 3". Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  9. "Parents' Choice Awards - Spy Fox 3". Parents' Choice Award. 2001. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  10. "Infogrames Awards - Spy Fox 3". Archived from the original on June 24, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  1. The Steam release was co-published by Tommo and Night Dive Studios.
    The iOS version was published by Tommo.
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