David Wolf: Secret Agent

David Wolf: Secret Agent is an interactive movie released by Dynamix in 1989 for MS-DOS. The player takes on the role of David Wolf, a secret agent working for the intelligence agency Peregrine. The villainous Viper organization has stolen an SF-2a "Shadowcat" stealth fighter and kidnapped its chief designer, Dr. Kelly O'Neill, planning to use a nuclear bomb to attack Washington, D.C.

The story begins with a lead in a Monte Carlo casino, where O'Neill was seen with Garth Stock, a pilot who recently defected to Viper. After a failed rescue attempt, Wolf learns the stealth plane will launch from Drax Island, west of Cyprus. Following a long car chase, he escapes via submarine. On his way to Drax, Stock sabotages Wolf's plane, but Wolf steals a parachute and lands on a truck heading to Viper's airport base. There, Wolf finds O'Neill has escaped, and together they operate the plane against Viper, delivering it to the USS Nimitz.

The game uses digitized 3-D graphics and a cinematic presentation. Players cannot influence dialogue or choose actions for Wolf; instead, they use a keyboard or joystick in only six action sequences. A VCR-style interface lets players adjust difficulty, text speed, and 3-D engine detail, and also allows jumping directly to any arcade scene.

Reception was mixed. Charles Ardai of Computer Gaming World noted too few action sequences and dialogue that became unintentionally funny, though he praised the "visually stunning" digitized footage, concluding the game wasn't worth replaying. In Dragon #154, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Computer Gaming World later included it on its lists of Worst Games of All Time and Worst Back Story of All Time.