Perfect Dark: A Rare Retrospective (Part 8) - The Nostalgic Gamer 

Perfect Dark: A game with the most perfect and satisfying reload animations in history

And Perfect Dark FINALLY returns 😭❤

Perfect Dark is forever. :)

I never will understand why Microsoft bought rare if they will never use the properties...

Killer Instinct came back so anything's possible.

Man, Perfect Dark was the bomb when I was a little kid... I think it was the second game I bought for my n64 right after Majora's Mask.... I can't remember now lol

I bought a N64 expac for two games. Perfect Dark and Majora's Mask. I miss the N64 era of gaming so much.

Finally. Its been 3 f*cking years.

Perfect Dark is one of the best games ever made. Hands Down! Your video on it is fantastic.

You're giving me irrationnal hopes for a new Perfect Dark game in the spirit of the original one. Best game ever. Good job on this retrospective.

Both Jet Force Gemini and Perfect Dark are kind of underappreciated compared to other Rare games (GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong 64, etc.). To me, both games are still very fun and were very ambitious for their time. However, both games have the exact same gameplay issue: The frame rate. Perfect dark is still playable but if there's one Rare game that is screaming for a remake (no I'm not counting the Rare Replay remaster), it's Jet Force Gemini. Too bad that game came out before the expansion pak could have been compatible. Now it's time for the red squirrel to shine! A retrospective of my favorite N64 game! I CAN'T WAIT!

God I love Conker! Multiplayer mode is boss! Love running around as an evil teddy bear slicing up squirrels with samurai swords!

Every in depth video about perfect dark is good and at the same time absolutely sad, I really want another game of Perfect dark while i live.

This is by far the most exciting interesting documentary I’ve ever seen!

wow almost 3 years after part 7. cool to see more.

Lol, Perfect Dark literally came out just months before the PS2.

Holy jeezus. I didn't think this would actually be out this year!

My most anticipated video on RU-vid is finally here. More people need to know of you fantastic work. Don't leave us for so long next time. :)

I'm always happy to see a Nostalgic Gamer video.

And now for the real reason we're here, Conker.

Damn, I wish I could go back in time and discover those fantastic games all over again. I had so much fun during the N64/Playstation/Dreamcast era... Most of todays games are bigger and look way better (for the most part) but they often fail to keep me interested as much. I guess I've been spoiled by all the great games we had back then. :P

you really nailed the hype that existed for this game.. I had just moved to a remote island in the year 2000, so I left all of my friends (who were also big N64 nerds) behind.. I only had dial up, and it was dial up over the worlds worst satellite, and I only had access at school on the libraries computer... I remember stalking the internet religiously for any news on perfect dark.. especially IGN. Any video would take, usually 10+ hours, usually overnight, to download, and that was if I was lucky. Depending on the weather, the internet regularly dropped out, and you'd have to start over all again. Kids these days don't know the struggle..!! Anyway, when I finally got it, I mean, look, NO game could have lived up to my expectations at that point. And unfortunately, Perfect Dark was no exception. I still enjoyed it. But the entire time I was like.. "this is it? I've been waiting and obsessing for.. this?". The multiplayer was still fun and many games were had with friends, but they never reached the kind of awesome competitions or gaming parties we had with goldeneye. Still a nostalgic game for me.

Oh, I've looked forward to this ~ Very glad you're still making these. Very much so :)

welcome back!

I love Perfect Dark. Growing up it was my favourite game alongside GoldenEye 007. While I enjoyed playing Perfect Dark Zero, I really hated the changes to Joanna Dark and the story. I was so happy when Perfect Dark XBLA was released on the Xbox 360, and even happier when it was made playable on the Xbox One. I still play it to this day, it will always be my favourite game.

I completely forgot about this series. Welcome back.

It's unfortunate these take so long, but damn are they worth the wait. This is easily the best retrospective series on Rare that exists, and is probably one of the best retrospectives around, period. Keep it up! Lookin' forward to Conker!

Awesome to see new stuff from you.:-) Perfect Dark is one of my all-time favourite games, and might be my favrouite FPS.

HYPE!!! You're YT work is astounding man, regardless of time between releases recently, your hard work shows and it's vastly appreciated.

We are almost there! But 2023 will be a better year for all of us. Right? This game did predict the future! Well, it's not what we imagined back in the 1990s.☺

Wow perfect dark takes place in 2023 so hard to believe we are here

We're Still waiting on a True Perfect Dark follow up.

Great episode of your retrospective, like always! Let us hope that one day that Perfect Dark will make a return in some way, shape, or form! Looking forward to the next episode involving Conker.

I fell in Love with Perfect Dark. then Perfect Dark: Zero, broke my Heart.

You ARE still around! Awesome :)

Aaand here we are, in the fall of 2020 and waiting for the new Perfect Dark ´´ !! For some, the N64 game was our most beloved piece of childhood, and we'll never lose that :)

This game needs to be remade

Glad you are back, really good and deep intel about the game, the vision and development cycle! I absolutely love PD, needed to import it because it was never released officially in germany but I played the crap out of it - totally worth it, a masterpiece!

Yea so glad to see a new video. Now I wait another 3 years for Part 9

Thank you so much for continuing this great Retrospective!!

It's about time! I love your Rare Retrospective videos, but please don't take another 3 years to make part 9!

Thank you for taking the time to put these videos together!

Yes it's time. I've been waiting patiently for this.

Fantastic job as always, and I can't believe how much information you have here that I didn't know before. Thanks so much for the hard work you put into these videos :)

really glad to finally see a continuation of this video series. well done!

Good to see you with another part of the Rare Retrospective. Good luck with your next videos.

He's back!

Great video. Keep the Rare retrospectives coming!

wow, nice to know you're still alive and working, that being said, i was really hoping you would get into more of the minutia behind the breakdown and sale of Rare, what companies were formed by those who left, and what the particulars of the sale to MS were, what roll Ken Lobb played in it all, great series overall though, thanks

still awesome has ever. Hope to see the conker and pinata soon.

This is amazing. Great work.

Please don't stop making videos bro!

Great video guys 👍🏾👍🏾

Yeah man, about time. Good job!

How in godsname they put the hole game in just a 32mb cartridge is BEYOND ME!

Excellent video, looking forward to the next part (hopefully it won't take 3 years this time).

It's been a while for you but keep making these videos they're awesome.

Glad that you are back!

Every time one of these pops up it's both a pleasant surprise, but also a grim reminder. A reminder that I will have to wait about a year for another one...

Thank you!man that took long....

Perfect Dark is my favourite game of all time (I do speedruns of it on my channel :) ). Shame PD Zero is terrible and the story contradicts a lot of the first game. Clearly made by a different team to the first who didn't give enough of a crap. That Bond-like opening is cool though. I'll give it that.

WE DID IT

Awesome video. This deserves more views! Thanks.

Love your work guys and the game, want to know more about perfect dark! Interview the original team!

YOUR ARE FINALLY BACK!!!!!!

You're back!!!

Fantastic as always!

HE'S BACK!!!

Nice 2 see u back dude

Wow! Welcome back! :)

Great video, I really can't wait for part 9 :D Also I like the fact how microsoft has in some way make some hindrance to rare's ip and products (big or small).

Amazing video. Your editing skills are that of a pro :)

Watching this In 2023🤌🏾😂

I just start playing this game and must say it is amazing. Soundtrack, graphic and gameplay are 10/10, the only problem is framerate. Too bad this game come when N64 was at the end of his life and not many people play this game, including me back then.

This was the first thing I ever bought with my own money earned at a job.

kinda sucks that part 9 isn't uploaded yet :(

Holly shit. Nice to see you post a vid.

Wasn't the name Joanna Dark supposed to be similar to "Joanne D'Arc," as in Joan of Arc? Also, wasn't that why she has red hair?

What?? I've just realize that the narrator's voice in the PD promo is the same voice of Sgt. Cortez (TimeSplitters 2 and 3)

I don't care how long it takes.. your videos are fucked up incredible. You're a genius. Please do Resident Evil 4... I NEED to know how that game managed to be so damn perfect!

This game was fun

FINALLYY!!!!

It tried this back in the day and thought it was veyr advanced. But the fact I rented it and the fps was lower than I liked, I didn't play it again. BUT i remember it fondly because back then it was very innovative and gave strong impressions, as Goldeneye. Rare btw was top notch back then. Remind me of Rockstar Games and GTA IV. Talented and skilled.

I remember watching the last part the night after i broke up with my first boyfriend. Now to see this three years later, so surreal.

if perfect dark would've been tomorrow never dies it would've been amazing. but I love perfect dark also. its just not as fun to fight against aliens.

great video

never noticed the pynchon reference. great author.

was a good one

I waited a long time for this, so long that I forgot all about it. Years later, today, a string of game videos and youtube side panel had me click a few interesting things until I saw someone with a 'History Of Rare' video which was around 6 minutes. For the love I have for the former Rare, I started checking some other 'history' videos and thought about my favorite FPS game Perfect Dark. Then, I remembered these series of videos that never got to that point, but I remember it was the best for the history on Rare and I decided to see if just - what if the Perfect Dark segment was finally made. To my surprise, this vid came out just 5 days ago and although I thought it would be a letdown due to how long it took, everything was on point here. I don't know why another game hasn't copied this game's formula. I just knew this would be a legendary FPS soaring off into the future, but messy circumstances prevented that from happening. I had a silly thought in the past and said that if I was a billionaire, I would make the original team an offer they couldn't refuse and bring them back to either continue PD or make one last great PD game. Thank you for the great video The Nostalgic Gamer.

Am I the only one that thought this was the part 8 of a perfect dark only series?

12:43 - interesting, as my friends and i were in 5th or 6th grade around the time PD was originally released. I remember us in class whispering, being like, '...dude... you know what i'm gonna get in two days? ....PERFECT DARK!!', lol. None of us felt the 64 was at the end of its lifetime then, that is, until Halo came out the following year and blew us the hell away ;) pd has an always will be one of my original obsessions.

holy crap its back

What is the song at the start of this video ?

Can't wait for part 9 in 2018.

Interesting coincidence the video length of a commentary about a shooter game is the same as an ammuntion type (.30-06). Really enjoying this series! Possible movie/game in 2023? (year the game took place in)

It'd be nice to see a Treyarch, Bungie or Bethesda documentary

Perfect dark was the only reason I bought a 360. The lack of it is why I never bought the xbox1. Maybe there's a thought to be had there. But I want it for the of instead.

3 years later... holy shit nice

Oh they had the game be somewhat similar to "Ghost in the Shell"? I though Perfect Dark N64 felt like a Ghost in the Shell OVA.

Some of your info is off. They were working on a Goldeneye sequel but were given the news that they no longer had the license.