The Outfoxies/Walkthrough

Once you have inserted your coin(s) into the cabinet of Namco's 1994 platform/fighting arcade game The Outfoxies and pressed either Start Button, the game will proceed to the character selection screen shown above where you shall have twenty seconds to select which assassin you want to control by pushing the joystick left and right, then pressing the Attack Button to confirm your choice; it is also worth noting that Danny and Demi move, attack, and lose energy as one. In a one-player game, the game will then proceed to six televisions displaying the other assassins (in a randomly-generated order) with a seventh, smaller television displaying a distorted silhouette of Mr. Acme on top of them as the following text appears at the bottom of the screen:

INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR. ACME

YOU DID A GREAT JOB, ''MR. SMITH/MS. DOE/MR. WHITE/PROFESSOR CHING/EVE/DANNY AND DEMI/DWEEB.''

YOUR NEXT TARGET IS (FIRST CPU ASSASSIN NAME).

I OFFER YOU 800000 SWISS FRANCS TO ELIMINATE HIM/HER/THEM.

The screen shall then zoom in on the top-left television as the following text, which is specific to the assassin it is displaying, appears at the bottom of it:

Smith: YOU WILL FIND HIM IN A DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPER WHERE A WIRED EXPLOSIVE HAS BEEN SET.

Doe: YOU WILL FIND HER AT THE SEASIDE AQUARIUM, WHERE SHE HAVE PLANTED A WIRED EXPLOSIVE.

White: YOU WILL FIND HIM ON THE TRAIN GOING ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Ching: YOU WILL FIND HIM AT THE WEAPONS FACTORY. HE IS WORKING AS A SECRET ADVISOR FOR WEAPONS.

Eve: YOU WILL FIND HER AT THE CIRCUS. SHE WILL MAKE HER APPEARANCE TONIGHT.

Danny and Demi: YOU WILL FIND THEM ON A CRUISE SHIP LEAVING ''THIS EVENING. THEY'' HOPE TO ESCAPE TO EUROPE.

Dweeb: YOU WILL FIND HIM ON A PLANE FOR THE SOUTH. HE PLANS ON STEALING VALUABLE MUNITIONS THERE.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

But in a two-player game, the first and second televisions shall display both players' assassins as the following text appears at the bottom of the screen:

INSTRUCTIONS FROM MR. ACME

(1P ASSASSIN NAME). (2P ASSASSIN NAME).

YOUR MISSION IS TO MARK EACH OTHER AS TARGETS.

IT IS A BATTLE OF SURVIVAL.

THE REWARD TO THE WINNER WILL BE...

3000000 SWISS FRANCS.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

The game will then proceed to the first CPU (or second player's, in the case of a two-player game) assassin's stage as the text "KILL YOUR ENEMY BY ANY MEANS." appears on the screen, and the 200-second (3:10) timer at the top of it starts counting down; each assassin has three energy bars to get through (the first is green, while the second is yellow and the third is red). When you pick up a weapon by pushing the joystick down while standing over it, it will be displayed in the box to the right (or left, if you are Player 2) of your assassin's energy bar (and if it has limited ammunition, it will be displayed above the bar) - and if you manage to finish the CPU (or other player)'s assassin before the 200-second timer has run out, the text "(ASSASSIN NAME) WON!" will appear on the screen. However, if you do not, the assassin with more energy remaining will be declared the winner, as the text "(ASSASSIN NAME) SURVIVED." appears on the screen instead; in a two-player game, the losing player will have to insert another coin and press their Start Button within twenty seconds to continue (this will cause the text "SOMEONE IS TAKING AIM ON YOU!" to appear, and return to the character select screen).

After a win in a one-player game, the game will return to a shot of the top-left television, as your assassin does something specific to it; John Smith will tape a piece of paper saying "DONE" to it, Betty Doe will switch it off, Bernard White will punch through it with his steel hand, Professor Ching will type "DISPOSED" on it with a keyboard, Eve will fire three shots through it with a gun, Danny and Demi will draw across it with a green crayon, and Dweeb shall change the channel to a Japanese spoof of Jim Henson (1936-1990)'s The Muppet Show. The text of "REWARD" will now appear on the screen with the amount of Swiss Francs for eliminating the CPU assassin next to it (in a two-player game, this will always be 3000000) - but below it, the text "HOSPITAL BILL" will appear with an amount of Swiss Francs determined by how much energy you lost next to it. Below that the text "PROFIT" shall appear with the value of the Hospital Bill subtracted from the Reward next to it, and below that, the text "BANK BALANCE" shall appear with the total bank balance of your assassin next to it; the screen shall then zoom out from the top-left television and zoom in on the top-centre one instead, as Mr. Acme relays his instructions to your assassin (but this time, the amount of Swiss Francs he offers for the assassin that it displays shall be 1200000!). The amount of Swiss Francs he will offer for the four remaining CPU assassins after the second one's defeat is also increased by 400000 each time.