![]() ![]() The next game – A View to a Kill – followed in 1985 and was published by Domark for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Oric 1 and Oric Atmos. There were the grand sum of four levels (yes, four!) and each were based on a particular movie, those movies being Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and The Spy Who Loved Me, where players would shoot down enemies across land, sea and air in one of Bond’s famous cars. ![]() Yet, time and time again developers fail to hit the nail directly on the head. Depending on who you ask there are a select few games that are at the very least enjoyable (Nightfire and Blood Stone spring to mind, personally) but the true potential is usually swanned away amongst overwhelmingly bland and predictable shooting, and thus the essence of being Bond is nowhere to be found.Ġ07 made his videogame debut in 1983 and over the course of the next decade would go on to appear in eleven games, the kind of games for the kind of platforms you’d expect for such an era. The imaginatively titled James Bond: 007 from publishers Parker Brothers was the first game starring the intrepid spy, and took the form of a side-scrolling driving game for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-Bit computers, Commodore 64 and CollecoVision. Licensed games are renowned for being notoriously bad, but you’d think Bond would be an easy one to get right gunfights, car chases, exotic locations… throw in some stealth and the odd puzzle to solve with the aid of Q branch’s gadgets and you’ve got a basic but winning formula. Across nearly 30 years the license has flitted between eight publishers with developers such as Rare, Visceral Games and Treyarch putting their own mark on the secret agent’s legacy across a total of 24 different games, only two of which can actually claim to be any good. He’s even had a new game out recently, but unfortunately 007 Legends was yet another entry in a long line of mediocre Bond games. He’s celebrated 50 years on the big screen and he’s had a party, with the brilliant Skyfall – the 23 rd official James Bond movie – recently shown in cinemas worldwide and all 22 previous films available for the first time ever on Blu-Ray. ![]()
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