005, the Video Game by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
005 © 1981 Sega.

You play secret agent 005, your mission is to take a briefcase filled with secret documents to a waiting helicopter. But, enemy agents are everywhere, trying to thwart your every move, luckily you are armed with cannisters of gas.

This game came in a generic Sega wood grain panel cabinet (sticker sideart was optional). These were technically all dedicated cabinets, although the lack of any painted art makes the machines easy to switch and still retain originality (a lot of early Sega titles came in this same cabinet). The game boards themselves were Sega G80 System compatible (as were several other Sega titles before "Zaxxon"), and will work in any G80 cabinet. The monitor is mounted vertically, as were most early Sega titles. The monitor bezel sported the standard game instructions and the marquee showed a '005' logo and a shining flashlight (the logo is in a font that reminds me of high school football numbers).

Cabinet dimensions :
Upright : 71,25in. high x 26in. deep x 25in. wide. Weight : 330 lb
Cocktail : 25,25in. high x 35,5in. deep x 27,5in. wide. Weight : 170 lb

Sega G80 raster hardware

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.867 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Samples, Custom (@ 3.867 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 64

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

Released during December 1981.

005 (pronounced 'double O five'), is based around a pseudo 'James Bond' theme. Instead of secret 'agent 007' you get to play secret 'agent 005' (which allowed Sega to save money by not licensing the 'James Bond' character for this game).

005 is very rare today, as most of them were converted to "Monster Bash" when it came out.

Dwayne Richard holds the record for this game with 1,500,000 points on July 25, 1982.

Consoles :

A ColecoVision port was planned but never released.

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.