Perfect Dark (2000)
4.02 from 924 ratings
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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 …
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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 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.
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Details
- Developers
- Rare
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Nintendo, Rare
- Genres
- Shooter, Tactical
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction, Stealth
- Franchises
- Perfect Dark
- Series
- Perfect Dark
- Events
- Nintendo Direct 6.18.2024, Nintendo Space World 2000, Nintendo Space World '99
Release dates
- May 22, 2000 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 64
- Jun 30, 2000 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 64
- Oct 21, 2000 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 64
- 2000 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo 64
- 2000 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo 64
Also available on
- Perfect Dark (2010) · X360
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Rating distribution
5 stars
334
4 stars
345
3 stars
186
2 stars
48
1 star
11
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Twilit_Fox Feb 20, 2025
This game has GoldenEye's DNA all over it. I grew up playing and loving that, so that's great :) Might be technically better, but I still find 007's levels better (of course, the truckload of nostalgia might account for that). Going through the game in Secret Agent now - unlike GoldenEye, some new objectives in higher difficulties massively change the …
Read moreThis game has GoldenEye's DNA all over it. I grew up playing and loving that, so that's great :) Might be technically better, but I still find 007's levels better (of course, the truckload of nostalgia might account for that). Going through the game in Secret Agent now - unlike GoldenEye, some new objectives in higher difficulties massively change the levels, such as having a new gunship pursuing you through every open area in one of them. A lot of the fun for me is getting the experience of the missions as they "truly" are. (For example, one level has you exit through the fire escape on Agent. Secret Agent however has you place the explosives beforehand and manually detonate them when it's time to leave, opening said exit and making the experience a lot more novel).
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