Perfect Dark, the spiritual sequel to Rare's hit game Goldeneye, is a full featured shooter for the Nintendo 64. Building on the success of it's predecessor, Perfect Dark has a host of multiplayer, singleplayer, and training modes. The game's story follows Joanna Dark as she attempts to uncover the mystery of dataDyne, their dealings with an alien race known only as the Skedar, and the technology they are attempting to hide.

The game supported 8 bots with the ability to give each both a distinct personality, a wealth of multiplayer modes such as Hold the Briefcase, cleverly designed levels and a whole armory of new weapons to use. It is also the first and only Nintendo 64 game to make use of custom soundtracks for multiplayer.

In order to play the story mode or with more than two players in multiplayer, the game required the 4MB Expansion Pak to be plugged into the Nintendo 64.