List of Perfect Dark media

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Perfect Dark is a science fiction video game franchise developed by Rare. All the games in the series are first-person shooters, excluding Perfect Dark for the Game Boy Color, which is an action game. In addition to video games, the series has also expanded into other media, including novels and American comic books. These supplements to the video games have resulted in significant development of the series' fictional universe. Set in the 2020s, the series revolves around Joanna Dark, an operative for the Carrington Institute fictional agency, as she attempts to stop conspiracies by rival corporation dataDyne. The series has been commercially and critically successful, and the games combined have sold over four million units worldwide.[1][2]

Video games

Game Release date
North America PAL region
Perfect Dark May 22, 2000[3] June 30, 2000[3]
Perfect Dark August 28, 2000[6] August 2000[6]
Perfect Dark Zero November 17, 2005[8] December 2, 2005[8]
  • Developed by Rare for the Xbox 360
  • Takes place three years prior to the Nintendo 64 game
  • First Perfect Dark game published by Microsoft
Perfect Dark March 17, 2010[9] March 17, 2010[9]

Soundtracks

Title Release date Length Label
Perfect Dark: Dual CD Soundtrack November 15, 2000[11] 138:42 Nintendo of America
Perfect Dark Zero Original Soundtrack November 8, 2005[12] 73:56 Sumthing Else Music Works[12]

Printed media

Title Release date ISBN Media type
Perfect Dark: Initial Vector October 2005[13] ISBN 0-7653-5473-X Novelization
Perfect Dark: Hong Kong Sunrise November 17, 2005[14] — Comic book
  • A special-edition comic booklet only available in the collector's edition of Perfect Dark Zero[15]
  • Written by Eric Trautmann and illustrated by Cold FuZion Studios
  • Sets the scene for Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark: Second Front January 2007[16] ISBN 0-7653-5474-8 Novelization
  • Written by Greg Rucka and published by Tor Books[16]
  • Set minutes after Janus' Tears and focuses on a clandestine group of hackers responsible for some major accidents that allowed dataDyne to takeover involved corporations
Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears August 2006 - January 2007 ISBN 0-7615-5304-5 Comic book
  • Released in six monthly issues from August 2006 to January 2007
  • Written by Eric Trautmann, illustrated by Cold FuZion Studios, and published by Prima Games[17]
  • Set between Initial Vector and Second Front and focuses on Joanna's attempts to unmask a mole in the Carrington Institute's Los Angeles office
  • A promotional half of the first issue was originally available as a freebie giveaway at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo, and later featured in Prima's official Perfect Dark Zero strategy guide
  • A compilation regrouping of all six issues was released on March 20, 2007

References

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