Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter where players must complete levels to unlock content and progress through the game's storyline. A remaster, also titled Perfect Dark, featuring enhanced graphics and online multiplayer, was released in 2010. The game is occasionally cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. The game received the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Moving Images Award for 2000 and the Golden Satellite Award for Best Interactive Product in 2001. Although critics widely praised its graphics, artificial intelligence, and number of multiplayer options, some criticised its inconsistent frame rate.

Upon release, Perfect Dark received critical acclaim and sold relatively well, eventually joining Nintendo's ' Player's Choice' game selection. 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 sensitive issues surrounding the ability for players to attack images of real people. 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. GoldenEye 007 director Martin Hollis led the game's production for the first 14 months of its near three-year development cycle before he left Rare to pursue other interests. It also features a range of multiplayer options, including a co-operative mode and traditional deathmatch settings with computer-controlled bots.Īs 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 engine. The game features a campaign mode where the player must complete a series of levels to progress through the story. 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. Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter developed and published by Rare and released for the Nintendo 64 video game console in 2000.

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