I remember me and the guys used to have a Perfect dark game night. 2 N64's, 8 controllers, free for all on both. at the end of the games, the two highest scored people would one vs one, and whoever won that, got 10 bucks, a jumbo bottle of whatever soda they wanted, and 2 packs of jolly ranchers.

@zeroman0460

3 жыл бұрын

NOW THAT SOUNDS "PERFECT".

@BertieValkyrie

2 жыл бұрын

The absolute party trick!

@malazan6004

2 жыл бұрын

Laptop guns man

@DownTheRabbitHoleWeG0

Жыл бұрын

Whoever got the blue gun be CHEATIN !! Lol

@jamesjenkins8364

Жыл бұрын

We need this again

Whoever made this must have been nodding their head knowing they made a god tier track. What an absolute legend

@brandonwiebe8132

2 жыл бұрын

Same composer(s) as Goldeneye 64 if I'm not mistaken.

@oktusprime3637

Жыл бұрын

It's Grant Kirkhope. Not exactly a nobody. He also made the OST's for Banjo Kazooie/Tooie, Killer Instinct/II, Goldeneye, and Kingdoms of Amalur among others.

@melissag1364

Жыл бұрын

Same guy that made goldeneye soundtrack and you can definitely hear those vibes, but he added a more sci-fi, futuristic feel to it which is perfect for a near perfect game, perfect dark.

@Huda88754

Жыл бұрын

Metroid prime still has the best menu select theme music

@djr4103

Жыл бұрын

@@Huda88754this, metroid prime and doom eternal menu select theme are my personal faves

This menu theme is fantastic!

@RadikAlice

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRageQwitr Timeless too

@i_hate_mafuyus_mom

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@a.c.2499

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@jstn9914

Жыл бұрын

I love the diegetic menu, too. And then you back out of it and OH you're suddenly walking around Carrington Institute.

Anyone who owns an N64 and doesn't own Perfect Dark is seriously missing out.

@ryanherrington2319

4 жыл бұрын

I saw how someone got it running well emulated with M+K. Gotta try it.

@fredfredburger5150

4 жыл бұрын

It may have only ran at 15 FPS (yes that's right) but every one of those frames was a gaming masterpiece.

@joshk7286

4 жыл бұрын

@@fredfredburger5150 You can just feel the enthusiasm of the dev team as they kept inserting more and more features, regardless of what the console wanted to allow. The game's weapon selection and AI options are still robust by the standards of two decades later, even if the execution was limited by the hardware.

@mustakrakishthebakedtroll2896

4 жыл бұрын

Missing out BIG TIME

@nisoyl

4 жыл бұрын

MistaTwoJeffreyTwenty Yaay yeeaaahhh,the best FPS for me brow have a very inteligent "team bots commands" on Combat Mode to your age,i love because have a mystery vibe and final mission its really awesome haha

Perfect Dark has the most underrated soundtrack of all time

@FrazzleDazzle835

10 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6Bp29yvlq3WnbQ.html Best

Before youtube, as a kid, I would regularly boot up the game, and go into the menu just to listen to that song in loop.

This is the one of the best n64 game ever

@DarkSim77

3 жыл бұрын

And best theme music ever

this and halo have the greatest game soundtracks ever

Goldeneye for n64 and Perfect dark for n64 are the single most greatest FPS games to ever exist and also the ones that made the trek of revolutionizing FPS gameplay in general, Perfect dark for storyline, Goldeneye for multiplayer.

@Li1190

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that games ended up copying the Halo and CoD template instead of from these games. The single-player mode in most modern FPSs is laughable

@michaelk-j6123

3 жыл бұрын

These games are important and I absolutely love them, especially perfect dark. They were revolutionary for FPS on console, but they were very prototypical and extremely imperfect. Relics of a transitional era for FPS on console. No one had nailed how to handle FPS controls without a mouse and keyboard at this time, and as a result the controls in both goldeneye and perfect dark are pretty terrible. They make too much compromise, because it was all they knew how to do at that time. The 64 controller is also not friendly to FPS, and designing the controls for an FPS on the 64 controller was just not ideal. It was the first Halo game that nailed console FPS controls, and formed the standard for how FPS will be handled on consoles from then on. I regularly play Perfect Dark on my original hardware, without emulation. If you play it this way you'll notice that the framerate is terrible. Without any framecounter I'd guess the game averages far less than 20 fps, and drops regularly in large open spaces and rooms with lots of enemies. This is something people forget about PD, I guess we all put up with it back then, maybe we are spoiled now with games being expected to be able to run at a stable 60fps on mid-tier hardware. But this was not the standard at the time, a lot of PD's contemporaries and even predecessors had stable framerates and far fewer bugs and memory issues. Still, I'd argue that the best FPS games of all time are all PC natives. I think it's stiff competition. When Perfect Dark came out in 2000, the previous decade saw Doom, Quake, UT, Half-Life, Duke Nukem 3d, Blood, and a bunch of other revolutionary and extremely influential games that are highly acclaimed to this day. I dont know that PD could honestly stand against any of those PC FPS giants, the only thing it has going for it was how accessible it was at the time. Not as many people owned gaming PCs as they do now, and few people wanted to bother learning how to use a computer just to play games. It was far easier to buy a console and play games that way in the 90s and early 2000s.

@R3SerialDreams2

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelk-j6123 This ^ Doom is old, but it is always fun to go back to. So I understand why people like PD and GE.

@RyzenZegend

Жыл бұрын

Perfect Dark for Multi player is untouchable. Goldeneye could not hold a candle to it. Sincerely,

@mellykruger9495

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelk-j6123 Which probably explains why I never played doom quake UT duke nukem or blood, and only played half-life way later after the game had stopped producing new games. I hated doom personally and I always saw computer games as something to emphasize graphics since it could afford to do so so most of the computer games I even touched were real time strategy games only.

Welcome back, Agent Dark.

@RAIDEN-mj4qc

2 жыл бұрын

perfect dark*

This game seriously pushed the N64 to it's limit bk in the day. A truly great game. Dont think Rare will ever be able to get bk to the greatness that is Perfect Dark N64.

@malazan6004

2 жыл бұрын

Nope not since Microsoft bought them

@FrazzleDazzle835

10 ай бұрын

Rare was pure magic back in the day. The people who made goldeneye had never even worked on a game before....or at least some of them. The same team then went on to create perfect dark after that experience with no limitation from a license....just pure creativity. Back then, people who made games had a passion to do so.

I like how you can hear hints of the James Bond theme

@christophermeade1532

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Meagher Well it is basically an updated (for the time) Goldeneye 007 made by the same development company so the homage makes sense.

never played the game but this menu theme still gives me goosebumps

@IDyce88

5 ай бұрын

Perfect Dark was by far one of the best FPS games of the N64 era, easily in the Top 5. It came out around the same time as Golden Eye (the game based off the James Bond film). Perfect Dark took the 4 player splitscreen multiplayer to whole new levels...you could do so much with it. so many characters, weapons, levels, you could customise your lives, difficulty...it really set the ideal for the future of what games should be about when it comes to shooters.

@alterbr33d

Ай бұрын

You have nostalgia for something you've never played?

@Zhamp0

Ай бұрын

@@alterbr33d i listen to alot of music from games ive never played. dont you?

I love this theme it just fits in so perfectly with the game

Laptop gun....

@rashid2898

5 жыл бұрын

i click thumbs up because i used to call it Lobo gun lol

@covariance5446

5 жыл бұрын

@Sethei Me too! :D

@fredfredburger5150

4 жыл бұрын

FarSight-XR20

@nightmare-ku2em

4 жыл бұрын

Mauler

@Scottydye

3 жыл бұрын

Dude yes!!!

As I opened this video, a wave of nostalgia and forgotten memories of days past hit me like a tornado, reminding me of the great old days as a keen kid full of curiousity and wild interest in all things gaming and the joyful days of playing multiplayer games and masterpieces that would go on to define a whole generation. The last I expected was to be hit with nostalgia when listening to this, as I don't even remember that much of Perfect Dark, but this unlocked memories I had seemingly lost and reminded me of how Perfect Dark played a big role in my early childhood with games :')

@malazan6004

2 жыл бұрын

Same man KZread can be a true time machine. It sent shivers down my body. I miss those days

@bananachan2684

2 жыл бұрын

:') CUTE! n.n

@zainmushtaq4347

2 жыл бұрын

@@bananachan2684 :') ❤

I love how there's a theremin in this track, almost hinting a bit at the game's alien themes.

12 yrs later I don't remember much of the gameplay but I never forgot the music!

@supersmashmaster43

Ай бұрын

Your comment is now 12 years old

Love when AquaFPS uses this for his Escape from Tarkov videos

Not gonna lie, this song goes great on a lot of main menu screens.

The most iconic tune in the history of n64

DUN DUN. DUN DUN. Super addicting Perfect Dark. RIP Rare !! ;]

perfect dark fan for life

I love this song reminds of my childhood. Playing my n64 with friends. It's sounds a mix 80s future mix with cold War elements

This brings back memories.

I heard this on a flash game I played a long time ago titled Smash Bros. Flash and I couldnt figure out at all for 5 years!! And now, after watching Super Best Friends Brawl on the Sw1tcher, I was able to find this song. Matt, Pat, Woolie thank you!

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

i made a stupid reply ignore that reply i deleted it go on with your life you have better things to do than reading this comment

Perfect Dark is back baby fuck yea .🤟😁👍👍👍

I can’t imagine the conversation was, “Hey music department, can you make a pause screen theme that totally F****ks? “

Joanna Dark is what happens if Ellen Ripley and James Bond had a kid. Jo was one of the greatest female protagonist of all time. I wanted to be her so badly when I was kid. Rolling around my living room with nerf guns, my brother would pretend to be Elvis, lol. Perfect Dark was an experience.

BRO I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I COULD PLAY PERFECT DARK AND ALL I DID WAS THE CAMPAIGN, BUT I WAS JAMMIN TO THAT MUSIC ON THE XBOX 360

The nostalgia! 😍😍😍

Graeme Norgate is a musical genius

@SuperYtc1

4 жыл бұрын

Robin Beanland made this.

@realMrUnPop

4 жыл бұрын

@@SuperYtc1 First of all... You're absolutely right, I have no idea why I thought it was Graeme Norgate.

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

@@realMrUnPop ok

@soulextracter

Жыл бұрын

@@realMrUnPop Uhm..Pretty sure Grant Kirkhope made this. None of you are correct.

@TheFoolTohru

Ай бұрын

Real shit! Timesplitters was just as banger!

i've never played Perfect Dark but i remember that this song was used in a flash game known as Super Smash Bros. X

when I first heard about perfect dark, I really didn't expect it to be an amazing first person shooter with aliens and stuff

And Rare developed Killer Instinct Soundtrack too, Rare is a Rare game developer.

heard during the perfect pause screen, lol

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

uh how is that funny

@GenderlessFurry_They-Them

3 жыл бұрын

@@melhanlol RANDOM BULLSHIT, GO! ahhahah as hdha rhj ds hdjy da gdh

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

@@GenderlessFurry_They-Them bruh i made that comment 7 months ago

@BlackPersonGuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@melhanlol they made their comment 10 years ago tho lol

@melhanlol

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackPersonGuy yeah lol

used to play perfect dark with my friend all the time...great times...some of the best of my life.

Corporate warfare, aliens, saving the president...this game was great

God the moment you hit this title screen you knew you were in for a fucking AMAZING game!!

Great theme. Sounds like a mix of James Bond and The Terminator

@chapterblaq

8 ай бұрын

that's a perfect mash up comparison 💙 I just recently got into perfect dark and the whole OST sounds like Final Fantasy VII/VIII mixed with The X-Files 😂

This and turok 2 port of adia are the 2 greatest tunes on a video game of all time. absolute geniuses who made them. 25 years later and still no other video game tune has come close

This game kicks every cod,bf,halo game ever made

@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342

5 жыл бұрын

I disagree entirely Eazy - E. A game that's lacking TONS of features that PD has. A game that has micro transaction wallet rape written all over it from one of the most evil corporations in gaming aka activision. A game that's totally based on twitch shooter nube friendly repetitive game play. Just no dude... Games like cod owe everything to games like PD which actually evolved shooters instead of just ripped off gamer suckers. Some halo games come close but even those lacked the weapon variety and multiplayer options that PD has. And the PD remaster is fucking bad ass. But hey... Based on your taste in music it seems you just sort of go with what's newer and popular all of the time for the most part so I'm not surprised at your lack of notice when it comes to the gems of the entertainment world. One day you might get better at identifying talent though... Good luck to you.

@darknightmike10yearsago

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect Dark was cool for it's time, but it really doesn't hold a candle to Halo, COD, and BF. It's better than most microtransaction infested COD games nowadays though.

@80sForever29

4 жыл бұрын

@@darknightmike10yearsago Perfect Dark is better for the simple fact that It tries to be something original, not like today`s shooters that are all about WW1\WW2 and look all the same.

@nisoyl

4 жыл бұрын

meme dude i think the same brow,best FPS ever made o/

@wortwortwort1686

2 жыл бұрын

Not halo 2, everything else yes though

(..keyboard clicking..into point of view) I'm so fucking stoked on The Initiative making the reboot! What a way to end 2020. One of my life wishes has been answered! \m/ I just hope they actually dedicate more time into it than CD Projekt Red did for 2077. It's been 20 years since the original debuted, I can patiently wait for the reboots release.

This was my favorite tune.

Grant Kirkhope after being told "it's just the menu music from a spy game don't go too hard" then makes an absolute banger

@HansBelphegor

Жыл бұрын

Sorry i thought you hired me to make MUSIC - grant probably

@babbygremlin

Жыл бұрын

no one has ever said this to a composer before

I'm very late to the party, just bought a copy of Perfect Dark and it came today. I haven't actually played yet, I just popped it in to make sure it works...but sat on the menu for like 20 minutes listening to this on a loop. I needed to hear it again so I came here. This and Goldeneye man...Rare wasn't fucking around with game themes back in the day.

I used to love doing that. Helped me relieve stress caused by trying to do those damn target challenges..

One of my favorite games of all time.

It’s perfect. It perfectly describes an agent who’s about to find out something they shouldn’t know…

this is sooooo freaking epic...i remember playing this game way pasted midnight with my brother and sister and this was favorite song on there....totally awesome !!!

This was my childhood theme god I remember this shit just waiting to play (I had to do so much as a kid smh) man I miss this!

This is pure badassery

Wow, this brings back good memories!! =]

For some reason I woke up in the middle of the night and this song popped up in the back of my head. It scared the hell out of me.

Hearing this just brings up the slayer gun noise when shooting it

Best Menu theme ever.

Agreed, even if the frame rate drops sometimes, this one was so much better than PDZ. It really didn't seem Sci-fi or military styled in anyway musically.

The best FPS I've ever played...Although, speaking about technological achievements , there are plenty other FPSs which are better but the depth of this one here is unparalleled... Amazing game! I play it even now!

Ok... Perfect Dark and Metal Gear Solid 3 taught me that stealth is not optional, ever. Those two are my personal favourite stealth games ever.

holy shit i feel old AF lol, i love this game

@nanamitouko949

Жыл бұрын

Same here

This dude went off For Golden Eye and Perfect Dark in my opinion.

Goldeneye 2

Best Nintendo 64 game!

Probably the telepathic ability

ngl this is one of the tuffest beats ever made in music

It’s summer vacation, I’m still waiting for my turn on the N64 so I can play DK64, but it’s fine because my brothers are playing this game and the soundtrack slaps

Coming to Xbox Live Arcade this winter!!!! I love this song, sounds so serious.

Grant Kirkhope Made some bangers in the early 00’s! This shit still hits hard af. But that Goldeneye pause menu music tho.🔥

Awesome music. Maybe the best one from this game.

the best music!

This song was so awsome!

In some parts, this sounds like nuclear mission jam from half life

The X-Files + Goldeneye 007 = Perfect Dark (N64)

love this song

this game needs a re-release it was what took goldeneye 64 to the next level,there is no game nowdays that could keep my focus like this game,played for 6 hours once just battling sims

anyone else remember going down to the hangar, stealing the hover crate and jamming it into the shooting range door, then spending hours pumping disgusting amounts of crossbows, bullets, rocket and knives into those two lab assistants?

Dude this game was my 007 golden eye

I remember hearing this in one of those smash bros flash games back in the day (not smash flash)

This song is dope.

I’m playing this on my Xbox one! I’m happy that I don’t need n64 for this

Wall mounted Laptop Gun FTW!

This E3 will be 🔥

Just randomly decided to have a game of co-op with my bro, after like 5 years of not playing... and it was SICK, this game owns! :D

@bananachan2684

2 жыл бұрын

:D CUTE! n.n

Nostalgia what a time

This slaps!

Rareware , simply the best

This song makes me think in alien technology... Cool!

I love this song

99% comments: nostalgia 1% comments: Boris grounds the whole world

Awesome !

Sooooooo gooood...

@Scabbed15 They're both made by Rare at close to the same time period. A lot of Goldeneye sounds are used in Perfect Dark like opening doors, melee attack, and the enemy dodge/roll animations and graphics are very similar. They're semi-clones almost.

I remembered this song was used on a fan made flash super smash bros game from 2000s (not Super Smash Flash), I forgot what it was called

Someone needs to make a vibe cat edit video to this song 😩

You need a partner for this one...Although I've done it myself alone, it took me too many hours to finish in time! LOL

Next to 007, this has the best music.

I'm expecting this to play in the trailer when the perfect dark reboot is announced

@roboguy75

3 жыл бұрын

Good news and bad news. Good news, PERFECT DARK COMING BACK! Bad news, they didn't use the theme, but it was still an awesome trailer.

@-kold

3 жыл бұрын

@@roboguy75 definitely

what an absolute fucking banger!

good song :D

i like both goldeneye and perfect dark and both my copies of these games still work lol