- Released
May 22, 2000
9,656 days ago- Platforms
- Nintendo 64
- Ratings
Release dates
North America dates- May 22, 20009,656 days ago
- Nintendo 64
About
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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Game info
- Released
- 2000 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative · Split screen
- Perspective
- First person
- Multiplayer
- Local up to 4Split screen
Other versions
Remasters 1
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBMAnimated Blood, Animated Violence
- PEGI18No content descriptors
Languages
2 languagesEnglish, Japanese
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | – | |
| Japanese日本語 | – | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Science fiction
- Stealth
- alien abduction
- aliens
- arcade driving physics
- artificial intelligence
- auto-aim
- avatar awards
- big head mode
- bloody
- boss fight
- bots
- box art - half of face displayed
- camera
48 more tags
- camping
- capture the flag
- clan
- competitive co-op
- controversy
- crime fighting
- customizable characters
- customization
- custom soundtrack
- cyberpunk
- dark second act
- death
- destructible environment
- difficulty level
- digital distribution
- disorientation
- dual wielding
- easter egg
- escort mission
- espionage
- evil organization
- explosion
- face mapping
- falling damage
- female protagonist
- friendly fire
- futuristic
- game boy printer support
- game critics awards
- gravity
- greatest hits
- hacking
- hand-to-hand combat
- helicopter
- ice stage
- instant kill
- invisibility
- invisible enemy
- melee
- motion blur
- motion-sensor bomb
- moving platforms
- nintendo 64 exclusive
- nintendo 64 expansion pak required
- nintendo 64 transfer pak
- nintendo switch online - expansion pack
- no jumping
- non-player character
Story & names
Also known as
- 完美的黑暗Chinese title
- PERFECT DARKStylized title
- Perfect Dark N64Alternative title
- PDAcronym
Release dates by region
5 releases in 5 regions
north america
- May 22, 2000Nintendo 64
europe
- Jun 30, 2000Nintendo 64
japan
- Oct 21, 2000Nintendo 64
australia
- 2000Nintendo 64
brazil
- 2000Nintendo 64
The Perfect Dark series
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.














