Sly's Underground

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Release Date: September 24'th 2002
Developed By: Sucker Punch

Synopsis: Many years ago when Sly Cooper was just a small child his family was attacked by a group of evil people known as the Fiendish Five. They killed Sly's father & mother. Then they stole the Cooper Family Book known as the Thievius Racoonus & divided it into 5 peices. After those events Sly was dumped in a local orphanage where he met his lifelong pals, Murray the driver of the Team Van & Bentley, the brains of their operations. Sly has worked hard & become a world known thief, always being chased by the lovely Inspector Carmelitta, yet at the same time always being 1 step ahead of her. Now Sly is out to defeat the Fiendish Five & get back his family book. Throughout the first 4 worlds, Sly's mission is to obtain Keys by working his way through levels in each world & win the key. Once all of these keys are collected, Sly will be able to unlock something to either get into or help him get into the main hideout of the villain. Once the villian for his/her specific world, you obtain a piece of the Thievius Racoonus. In the 5'th & final world there are no keys to collect, you just have to work your way through one big level & in the end defeat the leader of the Fiendish Five....Clockwerk. Clockwerk is a man who hated the Cooper Family & their legacy of thieving, he replaced his normal body with metal & machines to keep himself alive for hundreds & hundreds of years just to try & beat out the Coopers, but they were always one step ahead of him. A big battle insues with Clockwerk & once you defeat him you now have the Family Book back.

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Release Date: September 14'th 2004
Developed By: Sucker Punch

Synopsis: 2 Years after the events of Sly 1, Sly & his gang are preparing to break into a museum to steal Clockwerks remaining parts which were confiscated after his defeat those 2 years ago. However when arriving on the scene, they found out that the parts had already been stolen by a gang of powerful villains known as the Klaww Gang. The gang is determined to get back these parts. In this game Sly is not after keys as in the previous game, but working more like a spy, doing Recon work, working the field. Also in this game Bentley & Murray get into the action. In the game you meet one of Carmelita's fellow Cops from Interpol, her name is Neyla, throughout the first 3 world she acctually helps you for some starnge reason. After you win the parts from Worlds 1-3, you find out that Neyla was betraying both Sly & Carmelita & was working for the Klaww Gang. Sly & Murray are captured at the end of World 3 & Bentley must free them from a jail.Sly is freed with rather ease but Murray is a bigger task, Murray is being hypnotised & he tries to attack you. Luckily Sly & Bentley free him from the mind control & win another part. After you win all the Clockwerk parts which span Worlds 1-6, they get stolen & given to a parrot named Arpejjio who is the brains behind the Klaww Gang.....he wants to control Clockwerk so that he can fly (Arpejjio lacks the ability to fly). However Neyla betrays Arpejjio & takes control of Clockwerk & she kills Arpejjio. Once Neyla & Clockwerk merge their name is changed to Clock-la. During the final battle with Clock-la, you team up with Carmelita to beat her.....however also during the battle Bentley is badly injured because Clock-la's mouth chomps right down on him. After Clock-la is defeated Carmelita destroys it's "Hate Chip" which is acctually what was able to keep Clockwerk alive for so long. Once destroyed the now once again blown up Clockwerk parts age within seconds & are destroyed. Sly & his gang once again win the day.

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Release Date: September 26'th 2005
Developed By: Sucker Punch

Synopsis: A most likely short time after the events of Sly 2, Sly meets a man Jim McSweeny who used to run with his fathers gang as the brawn (bassically the same role Murray Play's in Sly's gang). McSweeny says that Sly's father & the whole Cooper Family hid all of their treasures that they built up through the years of thieving inside a special vault that only a Cooper can open. Sly heads to this island to check it out but finds out that a mad scientist named Dr.M has been trying for years to break into the Cooper Vault & steal the fortunes.....this Dr.M had also been in Sly's father's gang, Dr.M played the same role Bentley does.....the brains. Dr.M has this island set up like a fortress, & Sly needs a team of thieves to help break into this place.......over the time in between Sly 2 & 3, Murray has left the gang & went on a spiritual journey in Africa. He felt that it was his fault that Bentley got injured, crippled, & confined to a wheelchair from the Clock-la battle. The first worlds mission takes place in Venice, Italy, Murray has been hanging out there because his Spiritual Guru wants him to find out what is making the water in Venice turn to tar.....Sly's mission is to get Murray back on the team. Also in this world you find out that your enemy from Sly 2, Dimirti has been captured, you agree to help him get out as long as he tracks down Murray for you, but you will also owe him another favor.....you both agree. We find out that a man named Don Octavio is turning the water into tar, so Sly convicnes Murray to re-join the group, but the condition is they have to get the water back to normal. During a final battle with Octavio, Octavio starts beating on the crippled Bentley.....Murray doesn't want to fight because he's trying to live a life of peace & non-violence...but seeing Bentley on the ground made him snap & he took out Octavio. After Octavio is beaten Murray is still not at ease being back in the group because he feels he is disobeying his master, so Sly & the gang head for Africa to get the Guru's permission to let Murray join the gang. Well it turns out that this area of Africa is being mined & the gang deicded to help Guru run the miners out....once this world is completed Murray is now back in action & the Guru also joins the gang....his spiritual abilities may come in handy. The mission in World 3 is to recruit a master RC Combatant named Penelope to the team, you must compete & win in the ACES combat plane Tournament, once you win, Penelope is recruited. In world 4 you try to get a demolitions expert, so you get Sly's former enemy from Sly 1....Panda King, once you help him get his daughter out of a forced marriage, he is recruited. In World 5 you have to pay back that favor to Dimirti, he wants to get back one of his old relatives scuba gear which was stolen from his relative. Once you defeat the world Dimirti wants to join your group.....Bentley thinks it's a good idea since he can work underwater with his Scuba gear, so Dimirti is on the team. Now, with your gang assembled you make an attack on Dr.M's fortress.....after some major fights, Sly is badly injured with a concussion but snaps out of it in time to fly his Bi-plane & take down Dr.M's machines. Sly gets into the vault but is confronted by Dr.M who followed him in. After you defeat Dr.M (but not destroy him) Carmelita also shows up, Dr.M tries to kill her but Sly takes a blast for her & PRETENDS to lose his memory so that he can start with a clean slate & date Carmelita. While Sly, Carm, & the Gang escape the cave, Dr.M stays in as the cave collapses ontop of him. After these events, Sly secretly moves the Cooper fortune to a cave. He leaves his cane behind so Bentley & Penelope can lock it up & use the cane as the key again, finally Sly goes with Carm & continues to pretend he lost his memory. Murray also becomes a Race Card Driver.....Stock Van League of course.