James Bond 007: NightFire

Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: November 25, 2002

Genre: First-Person Shooter
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Gearbox Software

It's pretty amazing when you think about it. Developer Rare's superlative GoldenEye came out for the Nintendo 64 in 1997 and in the five years since, on more powerful next-generation consoles and PCs, competing software houses have still been unable to make a significantly better Bond first-person shooter, and often times even a first-person shooter in general. Look at publisher Electronic Arts' track record and you'll know that it's not for lack of trying. The company has released several 007 follow-ups, a few of them noteworth... NightFire takes inspiration from several of the best 007 moments across the years. In the completely original storyline, the super-spy finds himself on the trail of a corrupt businessman who's hatched a plan to use a secret weapon to destroy the world. Bond's quest to stop the terrorist before he can do any harm takes him across the world through a variety of first-person shooter and driving levels, deep into the ocean, and soaring into space. Much of the game (including the four-player multiplayer mode) is played in the first-person perspective, but there are also racing action stages that utilize the Need for Speed game engine.


Minimum Requirements

• Win98/2000/Me/XP
  500MHz Processor
  128MB RAM
  32MB Video Card
  8x CDROM
  675MB HDD Space

Recommended Requirements

• 1.0GHz Processor
  256MB RAM
  64MB Video Card
  16x CDROM
  1.4GB HDD Space