Perfect Dark
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Perfect Dark is a 2000 first-person shooter game developed and published by Rare for the Nintendo 64. The first game of the Perfect Dark series, it follows Joanna Dark, an agent of the Carrington Institute research centre, as she attempts to stop an extraterrestrial conspiracy by rival corporation dataDyne. The game features a campaign mode where the player must complete a series of levels to progress through the story, as well as a range of multiplayer options, including a co-operative mode and traditional deathmatch settings with computer-controlled bots.
As a spiritual successor to Rare's 1997 first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, Perfect Dark shares many features with its predecessor and runs on an upgraded version of its game engine. GoldenEye 007 director Martin Hollis led the game's production for the first fourteen months of its near three-year development cycle before he left Rare to pursue other interests. The game is one of the most technically advanced titles for the Nintendo 64 and requires an Expansion Pak to access the campaign mode and most of the multiplayer features. Shortly before the game's release, a feature that would have allowed players to place a photograph of their choice onto the face of their multiplayer character was cut due to sensitivity issues surrounding the ability for players to attack images of real people.
From Wikipedia's article Perfect Dark
Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
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Keyboard controls
| N64 | Player 1 |
|---|---|
| Stick | ↑↓←→ |
| A | X |
| B | C |
| Z | Z |
| L | A |
| R | S |
| C buttons | IKJL |
| D-pad | TGFH |
| Start | Enter |
Hotkeys
- 1 Quick save state
- 2 Quick load state
- 3 Change save slot
A gamepad with an analog stick plays much better than the keyboard.
Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).
5.0 Outstanding!
Metascore 97 · 30 critics
Review scorecard
- Graphics 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 5.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Metascore 97 · 30 critics. Overall source The same 97/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores.
What the reviews talk about
Key wordsvariedunplayablerevolutionarychoppycompellingclever
What the critics said
Similarly, N64 Magazine described Perfect Dark as "dauntingly huge", stating that it "takes everything that made its predecessor such an enduring favourite and does it bigger, better and more often".
— N64 Magazine, 2000
Edge concluded that, although the game fails to be as revolutionary as its predecessor, it refines its "phenomenal gameplay while massively developing its multiplayer components".
— Edge, 2000
Nintendo Power editors called the game "undeniably a work of art", suspenseful, "more compelling than most action movies and much deeper than any video game of its type".
— Nintendo Power, 2000
GameRevolution highlighted the game's semi-realistic look, saying that it "adds to the depth and addiction of the game".
— GameRevolution, 2000
GamePro called the game's Counter-Operative mode one of the "coolest multiplayer modes ever", stating that the player playing as Joanna never knows which enemy the opposing player controls.
— GamePro, 2000
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Perfect Dark article.
Scores
- 100 EP Daily2000 10/10
- 100 GamePro2000 5/5
- 99 GameSpot2000 9.9/10
- 98 Electronic Gaming Monthly 29.5/30
- 98 IGN2000 9.8/10
- 96 N64 Magazine 96%
- 96 Nintendo Power 9.6/10
- 90 AllGame 4.5/5
- 90 Edge 9/10
- 90 GameRevolution2000 A−
- 80 Next Generation 4/5
From the review table in Wikipedia's Perfect Dark article.
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