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{{Short description|Nintendo 64 video game}} {{About|the Nintendo 64 video game}} {{Featured article}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}{{EngvarB|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox video game | title = Perfect Dark | image = Perfect dark box.jpg | alt = The face of a woman holding a gun occupies a black background while a grey alien is reflected on her right eye. At the top of the image, the title "Perfect Dark" is displayed with a double slash symbol after the word "Dark". Game specifications are shown on the right side of the image. | caption = North American box art | developer = [[Rare (company)|Rare]] | publisher = Rare | series = [[Perfect Dark (series)|''Perfect Dark'']] | designer = {{ubl|[[Duncan Botwood]]|[[David Doak]]}} | programmer = Mark Edmonds | composer = {{ubl|[[Grant Kirkhope]]|[[Graeme Norgate]]|David Clynick}} | platforms = [[Nintendo 64]] | released = {{vgr|NA|22 May 2000|EU|30 June 2000|JP|21 October 2000}} | genre = [[First-person shooter]], [[Stealth game|stealth]] | modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]] }} '''''Perfect Dark''''' is a 2000 [[first-person shooter]] developed and published by [[Rare (company)|Rare]] for the [[Nintendo 64]]. The first game of the ''[[Perfect Dark (series)|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 setting|campaign]] mode where the player must complete a series of [[Level (video games)|levels]] to progress through the story, as well as a range of [[multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] options, including a [[Cooperative video game|co-operative]] mode and traditional [[Deathmatch (video games)|deathmatch]] settings with computer-controlled [[Video game bot|bots]]. As a [[spiritual successor]] to Rare's 1997 first-person shooter ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|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 (video game designer)|Martin Hollis]] led the game's production for the first fourteen months of its near three-year development cycle before he left Rare to start [[Free Radical Design]]. The game is one of the most technically-advanced titles for the Nintendo 64, and requires an [[Nintendo 64 accessories#Expansion Pak|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 [[Player character|character]] was cut due to sensitivity issues surrounding the ability for players to attack images of real people. Upon release, ''Perfect Dark'' received critical acclaim and sold relatively well, eventually joining Nintendo's "[[Nintendo Selects|Player's Choice]]" game selection. Critics widely praised its graphics, [[Artificial intelligence in video games|artificial intelligence]], and number of multiplayer options, but some criticised its inconsistent [[frame rate]]. The game received the [[BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards|BAFTA Interactive Entertainment]] Moving Images Award for 2000 and the [[Golden Satellite Award]] for Best Interactive Product in 2001. The game is occasionally cited as one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest games of all time]]. It was supplemented by a [[Perfect Dark (Game Boy Color video game)|Game Boy Color counterpart]], which allows some gameplay options to alternatively be unlocked via a [[Transfer Pak]]. A [[remaster]], also titled ''[[Perfect Dark (2010 video game)|Perfect Dark]]'', which was developed by [[4J Studios]] and published by [[Xbox Game Studios|Microsoft Game Studios]], as well as featuring enhanced graphics and online multiplayer, was released in 2010 for the [[Xbox 360]] via its [[Xbox Live Arcade]] download service. The game was re-released on the [[Nintendo Classics]] service via the Mature 17+ app in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Dalton |date=2024-06-18 |title=Surprise Nintendo Switch Online Update Adding 4 Classic Games |url=https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-online-new-games-june-2024-metroid-zelda-perfect-dark/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref> A reboot, also titled ''[[Perfect Dark (upcoming video game)|Perfect Dark]]'', is being developed by [[The Initiative (company)|The Initiative]].<ref name="Reboot announcement"/>
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