Perfect Dark Menu Screen

Perfect dark

[@malazan6004]

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

[@brandonwiebe8132]

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

[@oktusprime3637]

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]

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]

Metroid prime still has the best menu select theme music

[@djr4103]

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

[@xtflogicalohio3044]

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]

NOW THAT SOUNDS "PERFECT".

[@BertieValkyrie]

The absolute party trick!

[@malazan6004]

Laptop guns man

[@DownTheRabbitHoleWeG0]

Whoever got the blue gun be CHEATIN !! Lol

[@jamesjenkins8364]

We need this again

[@bluepikmin61]

This menu theme is fantastic!

[@RadikAlice]

+TheRageQwitr Timeless too

[@i_hate_mafuyus_mom]

Yes

[@melhanlol]

yes

[@a.c.2499]

Yes.

[@jstn9914]

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

[@highclarity5725]

Perfect Dark has the most underrated soundtrack of all time

[@FrazzleDazzle835]

ua-cam.com/video/ml5yzvfJpmQ/v-deo.html Best

[@fpspwny995]

Welcome back, Agent Dark.

[@RAIDEN-mj4qc]

perfect dark*

[@jeffreycanfield1939]

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

[@ryanherrington2319]

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

[@fredfredburger5150]

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

[@joshk7286]

@@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]

Missing out BIG TIME

[@nisoyl]

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

[@insanitystudio]

this and halo have the greatest game soundtracks ever

[@turmat01]

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.

[@superemejavonte3579]

This is the one of the best n64 game ever

[@DarkSim77]

And best theme music ever

[@RaikenXion]

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]

Nope not since Microsoft bought them

[@FrazzleDazzle835]

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.

[@dmeagher101]

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

[@christophermeade1532]

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

[@mellykruger9495]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@mellykruger9495]

@@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.

[@sk1mz3yy87]

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

[@Zhamp0]

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

[@IDyce88]

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]

You have nostalgia for something you've never played?

[@Zhamp0]

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

[@TaishiCi000]

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

[@supersmashmaster43]

Your comment is now 12 years old

[@zainmushtaq4347]

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]

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

[@bananachan2684]

:') CUTE! n.n

[@zainmushtaq4347]

@@bananachan2684 :') ❤

[@Ti0midwest]

perfect dark fan for life

[@mistamontiel]

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

[@LoffysDomain]

Laptop gun....

[@rashid2898]

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

[@covariance5446]

@Sethei Me too! :D

[@fredfredburger5150]

FarSight-XR20

[@nightmare-ku2em]

Mauler

[@Scottydye]

Dude yes!!!

[@RemnantCult]

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

[@olfan92]

The most iconic tune in the history of n64

[@ticalwoodhouse8568]

Love when AquaFPS uses this for his Escape from Tarkov videos

[@robocop728]

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

[@harveystew]

This brings back memories.

[@TheWolfeMonster]

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]

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

[@erickcruz5439]

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

[@DionneDion]

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

[@TheHungryRoad]

The nostalgia! 😍😍😍

[@GamePrime99]

You know why you're here.

[@pop000690]

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

[@chapterblaq]

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 😂

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

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.

[@theflamingprotogen6405]

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

[@whostolecarlosrox]

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

[@Mrster]

This was my favorite tune.

[@XENON2028]

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

[@smashingstargamer]

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

[@BenRai2k]

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.

[@colbygreen9996]

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

[@Shadow107100]

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

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@wortwortwort1686]

Not halo 2, everything else yes though

[@Pacand]

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

[@loosesingularity3121]

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

[@IDyce88]

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

[@nanamitouko949]

This is pure badassery

[@TheViper4Life]

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.

[@realMrUnPop]

Graeme Norgate is a musical genius

[@SuperYtc1]

Robin Beanland made this.

[@realMrUnPop]

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

[@melhanlol]

@@realMrUnPop ok

[@soulextracter]

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

[@TheFoolTohru]

Real shit! Timesplitters was just as banger!

[@crazyfvck]

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

[@ScentTalkTV]

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 !!!

[@LinkOStalker]

Best Nintendo 64 game!

[@SargonGuy]

Best Menu theme ever.

[@SpeedDemosArchiveSDA]

heard during the perfect pause screen, lol

[@melhanlol]

uh
how is that funny

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

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

[@melhanlol]

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

[@BlackPersonGuy]

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

[@melhanlol]

@@BlackPersonGuy yeah lol

[@Biz005]

Goldeneye 2

[@VanNikkel]

(..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.

[@zackd917]

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

[@nanamitouko949]

Same here

[@jonathanpickett3901]

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

[@4400seriesFAN]

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!

[@AbbeyBee]

Wow, this brings back good memories!! =]

[@TronDevlin]

Probably the telepathic ability

[@edgaraugustoruizsantos4732]

One of my favorite games of all time.

[@EmpGG]

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

[@nnse1]

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.

[@Wassyl71]

Rareware , simply the best

[@bigdoggo5827]

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]

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

[@babbygremlin]

no one has ever said this to a composer before

[@traviswebb8003]

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

[@jesusnavarrete6317]

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

[@GameGamers]

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

[@NinjaBoy641]

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

[@Autonova]

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?

[@ishpaltheretrogamer8714]

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

[@jackherer_078]

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

[@DarkSim77]

Wall mounted Laptop Gun FTW!

[@jhnyjoejoe69]

This is the most secret agent track I've evwr heard.

[@darionmartinez847]

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

[@EXCLUSIVELY_JAH]

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

[@HaAJPaAJ]

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

[@ricardojoyner5480]

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!

[@Potatosenpai0]

Dude this game was my 007 golden eye

[@PlaidMoose24]

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

[@tiagojoserosademoraes8014]

the best music!

[@yunidai16]

Boris: People, how dare you watch TV?! That's it! You're grounded grounded grounded forever! Go to bed now!
Viewer #1: Nauuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Viewer #2: I'm grounded grounded grounded grounded waaaaaaaaaah!

[@Chiefdoom4ever91]

This song was so awsome!

[@smaybius]

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

[@delphipriestess9968]

This slaps!

[@lloydee1983]

love this song

[@Sharingan1230]

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

[@Bulls3ye86]

Who's here after The Game Awards?.

[@Bassi3D]

too bad Grant Kirkhope isn't involved :c

[@nibiru379]

Nostalgia what a time

[@selimb5235]

Awesome music. Maybe the best one from this game.

[@straggerthelupinragi1337]

Next to 007, this has the best music.

[@geethamadhuri4.033]

Awesome !

[@cangaceirovei3968]

This E3 will be 🔥

[@PaddysPubPatron]

what an absolute fucking banger!

[@channel-rc1gd]

This song is dope.

[@CM-hr8ou]

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

[@redragon8523]

Its happening guys, its happening!!

[@DanielCh9393]

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

[@1sydebadness790]

I love this song

[@ignaxioful]

good song :D

[@StePadilla]

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.

[@BigPapaSmurf103189]

@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.

[@4400seriesFAN]

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