25 Years Ago, Nintendo Dropped the Perfect First Person Shooter

25 Years Ago, Nintendo Dropped the Perfect First Person Shooter

NintendoIn 1997, in terms of first-person shooters on console games, it was impossible to beat the James Bond game GoldenEye 007 for Nintendo 64. But in the year 2000, five years after GoldenEye, N64 dropped a game that essentially tried to outdo Bond without actually being a Bond game outright. And, it basically succeeded. The game was Perfect Dark, and in many ways, it perfected the concept of a first-person shooter. Here’s why the game was in…

Anniversary: Perfect Dark, Another N64 Rare Classic, Turns 25

And Agent Dark is still going - Rare had a heck of a run on the Nintendo 64, and today we're celebrating the anniversary of yet another of the studio's class...