Even though having fun with gadgets is half his job description.

The last few years havent been kind to007games.

His games have a lower strike rate than a henchman with a machine gun.

Even a non-secret civil servant would have to undergo a performance review after so many public failures.

By blowing it up.

Unfortunately, some games thought this talk a lot aspect to be worth an entire game.

And any attempt to extort cash involving Bond always ends in disaster.

Bonds cars are the stuff of legends.

And much more horsepower.

Several developers abused Q-branchs custom cars as an excuse to license a driving game as a007adventure.

But which was the worst?

Because thats just how fast the people involved in this mess think.

Which isnt a great sign for a racing game.

It misses the point of a Bond license in every possible way.

The star of the cover art is the shit-kicking comic relief sheriff character.

Water has never been a fun thing in video games.

Going back to the water is such a bad idea, it literally reverses evolution.

We can only be grateful that they didnt go for theMoonrakerturbo-boosted gondola.

But only for that exact moment.

But the games were ruining Bond technology long before the movies.

A glitch-ridden mess designed to de-inspire anyone who ever imagined themselves as a 00 agent.

Even Bond couldnt make those sound like sex moves instead of embarrassing medical problems.

The games only saving grace is making us appreciate the carefully-balanced stupidity of armed guards in the movies.

This games guards have no such restraint.

Theyre a version of Russian roulette where everyone else is aiming the guns.

Blofeld

Bond is the brand, but its the villains who make the movies.

Blofeld is the most famous villain to span multiple movies.

Though he did fail in every single one of them.

And he did end up unceremoniously dumped down a smokestack in the most embarrassing failure on cinematic record.

Which is why he represents the failure of games which try the same multi-movie trick.

Or, to reveal its secret codename, Call of Duty in a Tuxedo.

As a result,007 Legendsdeveloper Eurocom ended up firing 150 of its 200 staff.

This game was so bad James Bond ended up destroying his own computer facility.

Moneypenny

James Bonds entire deal is causing chaos and then escaping it.

James Bond Jr.is the worst secret operative in existence.

His uncle certainly didnt care enough to give him the least bit of training in sophistication.

Not to mention that the vehicle sections are less challenging than a garden path.

Thats what he does.

And when he does, its some of the greatest action youve ever enjoyed.

It also embodies the ephemeral action technology.

Likewise, by modern game control standards, this N64 masterwork is about as elegant as a drunken dinosaur.

But its also that much fun.