Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't Know About Perfect Dark 

It's so amazing to watch these behind the scenes videos for Perfect Dark . I was 12 years old that summer of 2000 and I was the biggest fan. I still have my blue PD folder left somewhere in my basement. I made drawings of Joanna Dark and I even made magazines. I learned basically every single piece of dialogue by heart and I made my mom and grandmother rewatch the clips over and over. Obviously they didn't enjoy the story as much as I did. To afford the game, which was very expensive for a 12 year-old, I helped my grandmother wash the dishes, do the laundry, clean the house, etc. Needless to say she was extremely generous with the wage. June 29th 2000 was indeed one of the greatest days of my childhood. One year later we even made a 1 year anniversary chocolate cake! So yeah, thank you so much for a wonderful game and for being a part of one of my dearest childhood memories.

I had never played this game before. I find it pretty crazy how you actually have to think and look around when you play this game. I was surprised. No map, no objective marker. Just a small description of your objectives and a tip from Carrington. It makes you feel that much more fulfilled when you figure out how to beat every level. Games nowadays just tell you exactly what to do.

They just don't make games like this anymore. Absolute Perfection!!

Hearing them do the character voices brought a smile to my face!

One of the best games ever created

Hahaha laughed out loud at the nerdy scientist voice. These are classic.

I still play this on the 64, Its one of my favorites! Thank you for creating such an incredible game.

Oh my god the cheese! I always wondered why I'd find random bits of cheese thrown about the levels! Fantastic video. Love PD.

12:26 "Welcome to hackers Central!" Loved that bit. We all laughed so much at that charector.

I really like these PD-Videos!

Jo Dark and Pipsy have the same VA?! Mind blown.

Still consider Perfect Dark one of the GOATs in Gaming. Still play it too.

Perfect Dark, ESPECIALLY the re-release, was, well...perfect. I remember devoting so much time to that game, especially that HD re-release, that I was just floored when I found out I was, quite by accident, ranked 3rd IN THE WORLD in the comprehensive rankings of the game. That includes single-player AND multiplayer. The craziest part was...I literally could care less about rankings. Hell...I’m a game designer now in real life...but I owe so much of that to RARE and this game. It was so good...I invested the time NOT meaning to get that good. It happened by accident, out of sheer love of the game some folks designed. It’s not often you find out only two people on earth are possibly slightly better than you at something. I owe that feeling, and maybe my career, to those folks at RARE...🙂

I love perfect dark so much. So many hours playing this. Special place in my heart for sure.

I played this game as a teenager when it first came out, now I regularly play this with my teenage daughter because of the remake on xbox. It is great to share this game with her.

Props to those people who, while not being actors, still nailed those roles.

This is amazing, I never thought I'd get to see this much behind the scenes of one of my favorite games ever

I will sell my body for a Perfect Dark sequel.

Crazy how good games turn out when they keep it all internal. Rare has a magic touch.

Perfect dark is one of my all times favorites! I was 18 years old when it came out on n64 and was blown away by it! 16 years later and Im still playing it as part of the rare replay collection!

I loved the N64 look of Joanna, she had that down-to-earth girl-next-door look going on, her voice compliments it so well. And now that they mentioned it she really looks like Winona Ryder. Shame they changed it..

I've always wanted to meet Mr. Blonde's voice actor, I've even practiced to make a voice like his

Man. My sister and I used to play this like crazy. Like music, games are now treated as a commodity, and not an art form. Let's go back to the magic of 20 years ago

Perfect Dark needs a proper reboot done right

One of the best shooters ever and one of my favorite games ever. I wish they would make more shooters like this instead of all the generic shooters. A shooter with an actually story and fun to play.

5:41 Ken Lobb!

11:30 I Smashed all the Bottles :P

Joanna Dark for Killer Instinct?

N64 memories...

best n64 game of all! a huge part of my school years

This video could be six hours long, and I would still watch every second of it.

This brings back so many memories 😩 this came out when I was 5. My brothers and Dad would play it and I started playing it when I was little older too. I looooved the laptop gun and the farsight!! They’re so fun to use. These memories will forever be so precious. Games these days don’t hit the same 😅 thank you Rare!!!!

Perfect Dark and Banjo Kazooie/Tooie are my favorites. *-*

I can't put in words the amount of love I have for this game. Seeing all this amazing people talking while listening again to all this fab tunes makes my heart jump with warm feelings. The emotion, the feelings are real, pure joy and happiness and good memories. Thank you all team!

I can't express how much nostalgia i feel when watching this video. Thank you to the team at rare for making my childhood amazing. Endless hours playing this game, it is definitely in my top 5 of all time.

Always a pleasure watching stuff like this :3 Keep on being Rare, Rare!

I can't express in words how much I love this game, or how grateful I am to this development team for making it.

I love hearing these neat little tidbits of info. I haven't even played any of the PD games and still found this interesting. Please, do make more of these.

Thank you for the cheese explanation!!! but please please explain the question mark boxes. They have haunted my thoughts for years.

this, goldeneye 64, killer instinct, and donkey kong country are my childhood! cheers rare, for making my younger years a little happier, and having made the impact that you have in the videogame industry. seriously though, I've been through a lot health wise as a child, and being able to tune out from the hunger of pre-op fasting, and the stresses of neurosurgery by firing up perfect dark and shredding poor hapless simulants with a pair of maulers in combat simulator, well..... let's just say that they were some really dark times, and I wish no child would ever have to go through it, as I struggled to get through it myself. ps, any chance of the core/vengeance raring it's head again for xbox one/play anywhere? as from what I've heard of the storyline, I'm actually quite intrigued

Been playing through, for the thousandth time, this fantastic game and it still holds up even in 2023. It's such a timeless classic that even today still exists in the shadow of the behemoth that is Goldeneye. It really took the foundation that was Goldeneye and built on top of it. Still to this day I think about the Laptop Gun whenever I play a shooter, it felt that great to use. The story and gameplay is so timeless. Rare really made a classic that will be remembered by fans well into the future. I recently shared this game with my nephew and watching him experience it was such a fantastic thing to experience for me. Reminded me of that bit of joy I would feel when playing it as a child. So many great memories getting friends together for some versus matches.

we should petition for a perfect dark remastered version including multiplayer

I Love this Game so much, it would be awesome to get a sequel to it.

ONE OF THE MOST FUN GAMES OF MY CHILDHOOD..EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK A DECADE TO BEAT..LOLI JUST HOPE RARE MAKES A SEQUEL OR A REMAKE OR SOMETHING!! LOVE THE FRANCHISE!!

0:36 HE SAID IT

Literally less than an hour until 2024 at the time of this writing, 30 years old, and I've loved this game since I was a kid with an N64. I have the 360 version on my Xbox One. I love it.

Hearing them do the voices was really awesome haha, I wish they'd rolled out a Velvet Dark sequel that had been really cool

Nice vid ! Perfect Dark is the game of my childhood ! When can we expect to have a proper sequel ?

With today's technology they can recreate a super realistic PERFECT DARK GAME

Thank you for making this! Perfect Dark was such a great game, and I've been playing the XBLA version for years. Please consider making another sequel.

They're talking about the N64 version's character's faces but showing the 360's?

11:28 Ooh, dear, the easter egg of the villa :O I love the voice btw

I really wish you could make these videos for the Nintendo licensed games as well.

One of my fav games of all times for sure. The graphics, the music, the gameplay, Rare did that. I wish that a movie could be made of Perfect Dark. Charlize Theron could play Joanna. The movie Aeon Flux always makes me think about Perfect DarkDOWN SOUTH!!!

nice to hear fun facts about one of my favorite games ever, thanks Rare

The music in this game is still better than almost any game made since.

Thank you guys for making this series. perfect dark Zero and The original is by far my favorite first person shooter games of all time. Perfect Dark is Forever and it really happened. Crazy

I've watched the Making of Perfect Dark video a few times and am watching this one again as well. It's interesting to learn the history behind what is in my opinion the greatest game ever made. I wish games like this were still made today. Even a complete remake (not just an HD remaster) with all features and content from the original but with updated controls, an option to aim down sights instead of using crosshairs for manual aiming, a radial quick menu, and added features like counter-op with an AI Joanna would be a breath of fresh air in an industry dominated by FPSs with two-weapon systems and objectives that boil down to following the crosshair, pressing the action button, killing everyone, and surviving for so long. The greatest FPS moments for me are playing missions with objectives that require thought and increase with difficulty, carrying multiple weapons with limited ammo each and choosing which one to switch to and when, playing MP and challenges against bots, strategically using secondary functions, and unlocking things like cheats and multiplayer characters. Modern FPSs generally don't offer these at all. Other great moments are offered by some or all modern FPSs - picking up and trying a new gun for the first time, using optional stealth until I get caught, choosing how to approach encounters, etc. - but the other things are sorely lacking, and modern FPSs feel incomplete without bots and unlockables outside of online MP. Heavily scripted campaigns with QTEs and generic objectives aren't very engaging.

A new Perfect Dark would be so awesome! Can't wait for Sea of Theives!

I recently started replaying the game again on the N64 and I have to say it still holds up really well! The only thing that's a little hard to get over are the poor frames. Really fun hearing about these behind the scenes facts. I never knew Joanna's face was based on Winona Ryder. I guess that's the reason why Joanna's face was changed in the xbox version.

Perfect dark is a old favie of mine I miss it and I remember when I had crush on Joanna lol

Watching this was awesome! I really love how you guys "slap together anything" to make this gem and how everything around you inspired things in it. It just goes to show that you don't need a ton of DEEP THINKING and overly complicated stuff to form something fun. Also the reason behind the cheese is cool XD thank you for making Perfect Dark! Now....pretty please can you ask Microsoft to allow PD (the xbla remake) on Nintendo Switch (and PC for preservation)? and not through streaming? Pleeeeaaasseee?

Hahah amazing to hear these voices again!

Perfect Dark is way ahead of its time its a Masterpiece of FPS game with great Graphics, Gameplay, Music, Story and Characters, my favorite version is the Nintendo 64 one and still have the Cartridge

Awesome to finally find out what the cheese was for!

I think I actually remember that elvis bug still rarely very rarely happening on deep impact and I’d play for hours in denial that I had to restart

In my humble opinion, one of the best game companies of all time.Classic after classic, tons of good memories.Thank you Rare \m/ y’all rock!

She is back baby!!

Brilliant video guys! Unseen64 did a cool retrospective on PD core/vengeance the other day have you seen it? A missed opportunity for sure. Any chance of seeing some more of it on your channel in the future or is it a bit of a sore subject?

The sound track to this game is straight 🔥🔥

I still play the game from time to time.

It's Xmas eve 2020 and we are having a PD party tonight!

I love this! Rare is the best 😎

Awesome video! I really like how you added Air Base X at the end. I was wondering, fix some of the bugs on the Xbox Live version of the game please? These are... -Floating characters (check Grimshaw's feet at the Carrington Institute, Joanna's with the Bombspy at Chicago, and more). -Manual aim control being awkward -Cassandra saying, "You won't shoot me, foolish child" to Mr. Blonde at one of the bonus missions -One of the female heads in Combat Simulator having a male voice -DMC and AR53 having a weird shot effect in first and third person (the blast from them aren't connected to the barrel) -Simulants won't use the PP9i -Joanna's voice sounding off during her disguise training after receiving the cloaking device from Grimshaw Could you bring in or bring back... -All the heads for your character in Combat Simulator -AR34's original color -More control schemes and remove the Duty Calls one (I want Perfect Dark, not Call of Duty.) -The option to switch to the old graphics by using the menu -Two more classic maps from Goldeneye 64 like Archives and Bunker (they could be called Office and Base respectively) -The original Combat Boost effect as an option I think there was a few more, but that's what I'll list. Please make it happen.

Please bring Perfect Dark to the Nintendo Switch 😔 the original, the remake/remaster, I don’t care which one. I owned, played and liked both versions… but it would be nice to play it on my Switch 😢

PERFECT DARK 2019

I am today years old when I found out that was Miyamoto the entire time!

12:17 funniest thing ever

Thank you so much for making these videos. 10 year old me is over the moon!

this Lady's watch is so perfect

Old but gold! I think that a HD remastered version of GoldenEye and Perfect Dark for the PC, PS4, X1 and Switch would be a great idea! And yes, I know that 'Rare Replay' includes Perfect Dark and Zero, but it's only available on Xbox One. Please RARE!

Rares dark Seecretttsss... Revealed!

Oh my, so much nostalgia... I could not play anything else at the time, the multiplayer was over the top! Even today when someone starts some FPS argument my answer: Have you played Perfect Dark!? It was so beyond it's time/hardware... and the reason I got an Expansion Pack and 4 N64 controlers!

Jo's voice actress was Pipsy too. Naturally, I whooped ass with each of them

If we ever see another Perfect Dark game, I would like for the villain to be voiced by one of the Doctor Who doctors.

I'm going to have to dig my N64 out again!!

I always thought that the President looked like the late Richard Biggs. Good to know that he was a friend of one of the developers.

Question for the people at Rare: amazing video, but...why did you choose to use footage of the HD remake and not the original?

hey Rare, when you released the first 1.0 copy of perfect dark N64 how did you fix the memory overflow bug... you and your team released a 1.1 cartridge that fixed the bug.... i just want to know thats all.

Never mind that. I wanna know how they came about making the music. Best soundtrack ever.

Awesome game, awesome team that made this game. I wish Rare and Nintendo were still tight.

Aaahhhhh Perfect Dark!😌

3:17 clever alien

There needs to be a movie from this game its stunning game play

perfect dark was great on the n64, i remember playing with my 2 younger brothers and cousin playing coop on story mode, it was endless. when we got to the last mission, me and my brother ending up killing the boss but never destroy the shrine, we end up giving up and later my youngest brother and cousin ending up beatin it. my time playing rare ltd. games back when nintendo and rare ltd. was together was great, couldn't say about today partnership between rare ltd. and microsoft, but i did enjoy perfect dark zero someway on the 360.

hmm i like cheese, also proud of my speed run achievements in this game (inc. 1 WR), PD will always be up there as one of my fave games :)

One of my favorite games

05:42 Hey look its Swagmaster in HD

I have played original PD when I was young, I rented it, now I played it on HD.

Perfect Dark Remastered on Steam with online multiplayer = instant buy, i loved it on my N64 but it deserves to be immortalized on steam.