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Sly Spy (Arcade)
I had started this game up a while back, forgotten where I was, and just decided to start over. It's apparently based on a anime mecha show of a more cutesy flavor. The game itself is a combination of
Dragon Quest and... not quite
Zelda II, but close. There's another game that handles random battles like this that I can't think of, but at any rate, they're single-screen affairs. They also feel significantly similar in mechanics to
Wonder Boy... which makes sense, seeing as how Westone was the developer on this one. It's probably a 5-10 hour jaunt, depending on how thorough you are. The translation patch is a little quirky in places, but very solid overall. I recommend the game pretty highly, certainly up there with other action-RPG amalgams on the NES, despite its licensed nature.
EDIT: Saw this one on HG101, and thought it looked interesting. It's a bit of
Rolling Thunder, with even more Bond influence, like a skydiving segment, underwater, motorcycle, and even a boss that's pretty much just Oddjob. It's a little awkward to play, as it feels you can never respond quite quickly enough to threats, and your gunshots in spots feel a bit weird. It also feels like the engine is probably the same or similar to the one in
Robocop, and the game definitely gives a little bit of that vibe, too. Not a stellar game, but not a terrible way to spend 15-20 minutes or so.