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Perfect Dark

2000 79 / 100 Shooter Tactical
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features. Perfect Dark was first released in North America on 22 May 2000; PAL and NTSC-J releases followed soon afterwards. A separate Game Boy Color game, Show full summary

Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features. Perfect Dark was first released in North America on 22 May 2000; PAL and NTSC-J releases followed soon afterwards. A separate Game Boy Color game, also titled Perfect Dark, was released in August 2000 as a supplement to the game and allows certain features within the Nintendo 64 game to alternatively be unlocked via a Transfer Pak. The game features a single-player mode consisting of 17 main missions in which the player assumes the role of Carrington Institute agent Joanna Dark as she attempts to stop a conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne. It also features a range of multiplayer options, including a co-operative mode and traditional deathmatch settings. Technically, it is one of the most advanced games developed for the Nintendo 64, with an optional high resolution graphics mode and Dolby Surround Sound. A Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak is required to access the game's campaign and most of the multiplayer features.

World design Linear GameplayStealth Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op

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Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features. Perfect Dark was first released in North America on 22 May 2000; PAL and NTSC-J releases followed soon afterwards. A separate Game Boy Color game, also titled Perfect Dark, was released in August 2000 as a supplement to the game and allows certain features within the Nintendo 64 game to alternatively be unlocked via a Transfer Pak. The game features a single-player mode consisting of 17 main missions in which the player assumes the role of Carrington Institute agent Joanna Dark as she attempts to stop a conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne. It also features a range of multiplayer options, including a co-operative Show full description

Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features. Perfect Dark was first released in North America on 22 May 2000; PAL and NTSC-J releases followed soon afterwards. A separate Game Boy Color game, also titled Perfect Dark, was released in August 2000 as a supplement to the game and allows certain features within the Nintendo 64 game to alternatively be unlocked via a Transfer Pak. The game features a single-player mode consisting of 17 main missions in which the player assumes the role of Carrington Institute agent Joanna Dark as she attempts to stop a conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne. It also features a range of multiplayer options, including a co-operative mode and traditional deathmatch settings. Technically, it is one of the most advanced games developed for the Nintendo 64, with an optional high resolution graphics mode and Dolby Surround Sound. A Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak is required to access the game's campaign and most of the multiplayer features.

GameplayStealth Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GenreShooter GenreTactical ThemeAction ThemeScience fiction ThemeStealth Traitalien abduction Traitaliens Traitarcade driving physics Traitartificial intelligence Traitauto-aim Traitavatar awards Traitbig head mode Traitbloody Traitboss fight Traitbots Traitbox art - half of face displayed Traitcamera Traitcamping Traitcapture the flag Traitclan Traitcompetitive co-op Traitcontroversy Traitcrime fighting Traitcustom soundtrack Traitcustomizable characters Traitcustomization Traitcyberpunk Traitdark second act Traitdeath Traitdestructible environment Traitdifficulty level Traitdigital distribution Traitdisorientation Traitdual wielding Traiteaster egg Traitescort mission Traitespionage Traitevil organization Traitexplosion Traitface mapping Traitfalling damage Traitfemale protagonist Traitfriendly fire Traitfuturistic Traitgame boy printer support Traitgame critics awards Traitgravity Traitgreatest hits Traithacking Traithand-to-hand combat Traithelicopter Traitice stage Traitinstant kill Traitinvisibility Traitinvisible enemy Traitmelee Traitmotion blur Traitmotion-sensor bomb Traitmoving platforms Traitnintendo 64 exclusive Traitnintendo 64 expansion pak required Traitnintendo 64 transfer pak Traitnintendo switch online - expansion pack Traitno jumping Traitnon-player character Traitnudity Traitoddly-shaped cartridge Traitonline Traitoptional censorship Traitorganized crime Traitoriginal soundtrack release Traitpolygonal 3d Traitpost-match awards Traitprofanity Traitretroachievements Traitrobots Traitrumble pak Traitsave file unlockables Traitsaving the president Traitscripted events Traitshooting range Traitsniping Traitsnow Traitspeedrun Traitspiritual successor Traitsplash damage Traitsplit-screen multiplayer Traittimer Traittwo controllers for one player Traitufo Traitunbeatable enemies

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Developer
Rare
Publisher
Rare, Nintendo, Gradiente
Franchise
Perfect Dark
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Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player, Split screen
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Science fiction, Stealth
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo 64 2000
  • Nintendo 64 Oct 21, 2000
  • Nintendo 64 Jun 30, 2000
  • Nintendo 64 May 22, 2000

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