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Casino Royale
A black and white image of a man in a tuxedo
Barry Nelson as James Bond

Format
Live
Written by
Ian Fleming (novel)
Charles Bennett
 Anthony Ellis
Directed by
William H. Brown Jr
Presented by
William Lundigan
Starring
Barry Nelson
Peter Lorre
Linda Christian
Michael Pate
Theme music composer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original language(s)
English
Production

Producer(s)
Bretaigne Windhurst
Elliott Lewis (Associate)
Running time
48 minutes
Distributor
CBS (TV airing)
MGM (DVD release)
Broadcast

Original channel
CBS
First shown in
21 October 1954
[1]
Casino Royale is a 1954 television adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. An episode of the dramatic anthology series Climax!, the show is the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and stars Barry Nelson and Peter Lorre. Though this marks the first onscreen appearance of the character of James Bond, Nelson's character is played as an American agent with "Combined Intelligence" and is referred to as "Jimmy" by several characters.
Most of the largely forgotten show was located in the 1980s by film historian Jim Schoenberger, with the ending (including credits) found afterward. The rights to the program were acquired by MGM at the same time as the rights for the 1967 film version of Casino Royale, clearing the legal pathway and enabling it to make the 2006 film of the same name.



Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Legacy
5 See also
6 References 6.1 Bibliography
7 External links

Plot[edit]
Act I "Combined Intelligence" agent James Bond comes under fire from an assassin: he manages to dodge the bullets and enters Casino Royale. There he meets his British contact, Clarence Leiter, who remembers "Card Sense Jimmy Bond" from when he played the Maharajah of Deauville. While Bond explains the rules of baccarat, Leiter explains Bond's mission: to defeat Le Chiffre at baccarat and force his Soviet spymasters to "retire" him. Bond then encounters a former lover, Valerie Mathis who is Le Chiffre's current girlfriend; he also meets Le Chiffre himself.
Act II Bond beats Le Chiffre at baccarat but, when he returns to his hotel room, is confronted by Le Chiffre and his bodyguards, along with Mathis, who Le Chiffre has discovered is an agent of the Deuxième, France's external military intelligence agency at the time.
Act III Le Chiffre tortures Bond in order to find out where Bond has hidden the cheque for his winnings, but Bond does not reveal where it is. After a fight between Bond and Le Chiffre's guards, Bond shoots and wounds Le Chiffre, saving Valerie in the process. Exhausted, Bond sits in a chair opposite Le Chiffre to talk. Mathis gets in between them and Le Chiffre grabs her from behind, threatening her with a concealed razor blade. As Le Chiffre moves towards the door with Mathis as a shield, she struggles, breaking free slightly and Bond is able to shoot Le Chiffre.
Cast[edit]
Barry Nelson - James Bond
Peter Lorre - Le Chiffre
Linda Christian - Valerie Mathis
Michael Pate - Clarence Leiter
Eugene Borden - Chef De Partie
Jean Del Val - Croupier
Gene Roth - Basil
Kurt Katch - Zoltan
Unknown actor - Zuroff
William Lundigan - Host/Himself
Production[edit]
In 1954 CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000[2] ($8,782 in 2014 dollars[3]) to adapt his first novel, Casino Royale, into a one-hour television adventure[4] as part of their dramatic anthology series Climax!, which ran between October 1954 and June 1958.[5] It was adapted for the screen by Anthony Ellis and Charles Bennett; Bennett was best known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, including The 39 Steps and Sabotage.[6] Due to the restriction of a one hour play, the adapted version lost many of the details found in the book, although it retained its violence, particularly in Act III.[6]
The hour-long Casino Royale episode aired on 21 October 1954 as a live production and starred Barry Nelson as secret agent James Bond, with Peter Lorre in the role of Le Chiffre[7] and was hosted by William Lundigan.[8] The Bond character from Casino Royale was re-cast as an American agent, described as working for "Combined Intelligence", supported by the British agent, Clarence Leiter; "thus was the Anglo-American relationship depicted in the book reversed for American consumption".[9]
Clarence Leiter was an agent for Station S, while being a combination of Felix Leiter and René Mathis. The name "Mathis", and his association with the Deuxième Bureau, was given to the leading lady, who is named Valérie Mathis, instead of Vesper Lynd.[10] Reports that towards the end of the broadcast "the coast-to-coast audience saw Peter Lorre, the actor playing Le Chiffre, get up off the floor after his 'death' and begin to walk to his dressing room",[11] do not appear to be accurate.[12]
Legacy[edit]
The production went mostly unnoticed upon release.[13] However, four years after the production of Casino Royale, CBS invited Fleming to write 32 episodes over a two-year period for a television show based on the James Bond character.[4] Fleming agreed and began to write outlines for this series. When nothing ever came of this, however, Fleming grouped and adapted three of the outlines into short stories and released the 1960 anthology For Your Eyes Only along with an additional two new short stories.[14]
This was the first screen adaptation of a James Bond novel and was made before the formation of Eon Productions. When MGM eventually obtained the rights to the 1967 film version of Casino Royale, it also received the rights to this television episode.[15]
The Casino Royale episode was lost for decades after its 1954 broadcast until a kinescope of it was located by film historian Jim Schoenberger in 1981.[16][17] It also aired on TBS as part of a Bond film marathon. However, the VHS release and TBS presentation did not include the full finale of the adaptation, which was at that point still lost. Eventually, the missing footage (minus the last few seconds of the credits) was found and included on a Spy Guise & Cara Entertainment VHS release. MGM subsequently included the truncated version on its DVD of the 1967 Casino Royale.[1]
David Cornelius of Efilmcritic.com remarked that "the first act freely gives in to spy pulp cliché" and noted that he believed Nelson was miscast and "trips over his lines and lacks the elegance needed for the role." He described Lorre as "the real main attraction here, the veteran villain working at full weasel mode; a grotesque weasel whose very presence makes you uncomfortable."[6] Peter Debruge of Variety also praised Lorre, considering him the source of "whatever charm this slipshod antecedent to the Bond oeuvre has to offer", and complaining that "the whole thing seems to have been done of the cheap". Debruge still noted that while the special had very few elements in common with the Eon series, Nelson's portrayal of "Bond suggests a realistically human vulnerability that wouldn't resurface until Eon finally remade Casino Royale more than half a century later."[18]
See also[edit]

Portal icon James Bond portal
James Bond novels
James Bond (character)
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Britton 2004, p. 30.
2.Jump up ^ Black 2005, p. 14.
3.Jump up ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b Lindner 2009, p. 14.
5.Jump up ^ Lycett 1996, p. 264.
6.^ Jump up to: a b c "Now Pay Attention, 007: Introduction and Casino Royale '54". Efilmcritic.com. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
7.Jump up ^ Benson 1988, p. 11.
8.Jump up ^ Andreychuk 2010, p. 38.
9.Jump up ^ Black, Jeremy (Winter 2002–2003). "'Oh, James'". National Interest (70): 106. ISSN 0884-9382.
10.Jump up ^ Benson 1988, p. 7.
11.Jump up ^ Lycett 1996, p. 265.
12.Jump up ^ "Death Takes a Powder". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
13.Jump up ^ Caplen 2010, p. 73.
14.Jump up ^ Pearson 1967, p. 312.
15.Jump up ^ Poliakoff, Keith (2000). "License to Copyright - The Ongoing Dispute Over the Ownership of James Bond". Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) 18: 387–436. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
16.Jump up ^ Benson 1988, p. 10.
17.Jump up ^ Rubin 2002, p. 70.
18.Jump up ^ Debruge, Peter (11 May 2012). "Revisiting 'Casino Royale'". Variety. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
Bibliography[edit]
Andreychuk, Ed (2010). Louis L'Amour on Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3336-0.
Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: the company that changed the film industry. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4.
Barnes, Alan; Hearn, Marcus (2001). Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang!: the Unofficial James Bond Film Companion. Batsford Books. ISBN 978-0-7134-8182-2.
Benson, Raymond (1988). The James Bond Bedside Companion. London: Boxtree Ltd. ISBN 978-0-88365-705-8.
Black, Jeremy (2005). The Politics of James Bond: from Fleming's Novel to the Big Screen. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-6240-9.
Britton, Wesley Alan (2004). Spy television (2 ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-98163-1.
Caplen, Robert A. (2010). Shaken & Stirred: The Feminism of James Bond. Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4535-1282-1.
Chapman, James (1999). Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. London/New York City: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-515-9.
Cork, John; Scivally, Bruce (2006). James Bond: The Legacy 007. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-8252-9.
Lindner, Christoph (2009). The James Bond Phenomenon: a Critical Reader (2 ed.). Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-8095-1.
Lycett, Andrew (1996). Ian Fleming. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-1-85799-783-5.
Macintyre, Ben (2008). For Yours Eyes Only. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7475-9527-4.
Pearson, John (1967). The Life of Ian Fleming: Creator of James Bond. London: Jonathan Cape.
Pfeiffer, Lee; Worrall, Dave (1998). The Essential Bond. London: Boxtree Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7522-2477-0.
Rubin, Steven Jay (2002). The James Bond films: a behind the scenes history. Westport, Conn: Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-87000-523-7.
External links[edit]
Casino Royale (1954) at the Internet Movie Database
The Curious History of Casino Royale at MI6-HQ.com
Casino Royale (1954) Coverage at MI6-HQ.com



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James Bond
007 logo.svg
The official game logo of James Bond (007)

Genres
First-person shooter
Third-person shooter
Racing game
Role-playing game
Publishers
Parker Brothers
Mindscape
Domark
Nintendo
Electronic Arts (1999-2006)
Activision (2007-13)
The James Bond video game franchise is a series of shooter games and games of other genres (including role-playing and adventure games) spun off from the James Bond film series developed and published by a variety of companies. The games centre around Ian Fleming's fictional British MI6 agent, James Bond.



Contents  [hide]
1 Video games 1.1 1983–96
1.2 1997–2006
1.3 2007–13
1.4 2014–present
2 Cancelled games 2.1 Film based games 2.1.1 Octopussy
2.1.2 GoldenEye 007
2.1.3 Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues
2.1.4 The World Is Not Enough
2.1.5 Casino Royale
2.2 Original games 2.2.1 007 Racing sequel
2.2.2 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent sequel
2.2.3 Phoenix Rising
2.2.4 Untitled Raven Software Bond game

3 Other games 3.1 Role-playing games
3.2 Mobile and Smartphone Games
3.3 Fanmade remakes
4 Actors portraying James Bond in the video games
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Video games[edit]
                        
1983–96[edit]
The first official Bond video game, James Bond 007, was released in 1983 by Parker Brothers.
Since 1983, there have been numerous video games based on the official films, Ian Fleming's novels, and even original scripts created by the developer or publisher of the game.
The video games were somewhat profitable in the 1980s and early 1990s, featuring a mixture of styles including side-scrolling action and text adventure.
1997–2006[edit]
The popularity of the James Bond video-game series did not rise quickly, however, until 1997's GoldenEye 007 by Rare for the Nintendo 64. GoldenEye 007 was a first-person shooter that expanded on the film and added a multiplayer component to the game. The game received very positive reviews[1] and sold over eight million copies.[2] Subsequently, almost every Bond video game has attempted to copy GoldenEye 007's accomplishment and features with varying degrees of success.
The next Bond game, 1999's Tomorrow Never Dies, based on the film released two years prior, was the first released by Electronic Arts. Developed by Black Ops, unlike GoldenEye 007, it was a third-person shooter only released on PlayStation. Despite the game's success, it received mixed reviews. the next title, 2000's The World Is Not Enough game, returned to first-person. However, publisher Electronic Arts, which owned the rights to publish video games based on the Bond franchise, chose different developers for different systems - Eurocom for the Nintendo 64 and Black Ops for the PlayStation, with drastically different results, and the N64 version getting better reviews. Both versions were critical and commercial successes, albeit not in the same level of GoldenEye 007, and EA encouraged developers to create future Bond games unrelated to any of the films.
In 2001, EA released Agent Under Fire for Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube, featuring an original storyline and lacking the likeness of then Bond actor Pierce Brosnan. The game took risks by adding the new elements of "rail" shooting and driving segments to a first-person shooter. The game has sold nearly 5 million copies since its release, making it the second-most successful game in the franchise, while only receiving mixed reviews. There are no differences between the console versions.
In 2002, Nightfire was released. It was developed by Eurocom for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox consoles, with a PC port by Gearbox Software and a Mac port by Aspyr. The computer versions are substantially different from the console versions, featuring different missions, a modified story line, and online play. In 2003, the game also had a Game Boy Advance version by JV Games, which also differs from both the console versions and PC versions.
In 2004, EA released Everything or Nothing, developed by EA Redwood, for the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox. Unlike the two previous installments, Everything or Nothing is a third-person shooter with driving missions, and it stars the voices and likenesses of Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe and John Cleese, among others. It was written by the scriptwriter of GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies, screenwriter Bruce Feirstein, with a plot connected to the Roger Moore Bond film A View to a Kill. It was released to mostly positive reviews, the game also had a Game Boy Advance version by JV Games, which differs from the console versions.
Later that year, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent was released on the same platforms with the expectation of the Game Boy Advance version. A first-person shooter loosely connected to the Bond franchise a spin-off, it stars a former MI6 spy known as "GoldenEye", who works for Auric Goldfinger against Dr. Julius No. The game was panned for its misleading title and poor storyline. the game was released on PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and Nintendo DS.
2005 saw the release of From Russia With Love, based on the film of the same name. It starred Sean Connery once again as James Bond, and the other characters had the same likeness of the original cast. The game is a third-person shooter in the same style as Everything or Nothing, with expansions in the story and certain details changed (such as trading SPECTRE for OCTOPUS, due to legal problems). The game received positive reviews, and was released on Gamecube, Xbox, PS2 and PSP.
Electronic Arts announced in 2006 a game based on then-upcoming Casino Royale,[3][4] but it ended up being cancelled, because it would not be ready by the film's release in November. This fact, which would lead MGM to lose millions in licensing fees, along with EA's commitment to move away from movie franchise games and focus more on internal IPs, led the company to abandon the Bond franchise in May 2006.[5]
2007–13[edit]
Shortly after Electronic Arts abandoned the license, in May 2006, Activision acquired non-exclusive rights to develop and publish James Bond games, which were to become exclusive in 2007.[6] Activision's first game was a tie-in to Quantum of Solace. Quantum of Solace: The Game, which also included elements from Casino Royale, was released on 31 October 2008. it was released on PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, PC, Wii and DS. The game received mixed reviews, with the PS2 version receiving the best reviews.[7]
At E3 2010, Nintendo officially revealed GoldenEye 007, a Wii-exclusive remake of the critically acclaimed 1997 game. Developed by Eurocom, using their Dead Space: Extraction game engine, the game updated the story of the movie, with a script by Bruce Feirstein and the current Bond actor Daniel Craig as 007.,[8] it received positive reviews. A month later, a leaked media release suggested that Activision had hired Bizarre Creations to work on 007: Blood Stone, an original Bond experience written by Bruce Feirstein. Both games were released on November 2010. 'Blood Stone' was released for PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and DS, with mixed-to-positive reviews. In December 2010, a video (later backed up by Activision) and some screenshots from a new Bond game were leaked, identified as developed by Raven Software. This new game was thought to be set for release in 2011, but Activision never commented on any connection or status of that apparent title. In 2011 Activision ported the new GoldenEye 007 (featuring Daniel Craig's likeness and voice even though the film and original game featured Brosnan) to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Entitled GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, it presents an HD remastering of the original Nintendo Wii shooter from the previous year.
On 19 April 2012, Activision announced plans for a new game titled "007 Legends" to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond film franchise.[9] The game has been described as a "greatest hits compilation",[9] retelling six film narratives with an overarching storyline to connect them together. Activision did not comment on which film stories would be included in the game, but announced that the gameplay mechanics would return to the first-person shooter after 007: Blood Stone experimented with the third-person perspective suggesting that this had been the case due to the mixed reviews the game in question had received.[9] On 21 May 2012, Activision released the first trailer for 007: Legends. Thereafter, the missions are revealed to be based upon Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Licence to Kill, Die Another Day and Moonraker. On 9 November 2012, Activision added the last mission to the game, released as a downloadable content, which was definitely based on Skyfall. The game received negative reviews from several reviewers. Eurocom has since closed down.[10][11]
On 4 January 2013, Activision and Steam's online stores quietly removed online copies and pages for Quantum of Solace, 007: Blood Stone, and 007 Legends without explanation or warning.
On 20 February 2013, Activision confirmed that in 2013 it would be backing away from licensed games in a statement though not confirmed, The 007 game license may have been revoked - The statement reads "Like any successful business, Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues—this is an ongoing process. In 2013, we expect to release fewer games based on license properties and as a result are realigning our structure to better reflect the market opportunities and our slate. Approximately, 30 full-time employees have been impacted globally, which represents approximately one half of one percent of Activision Blizzard's employee population. We are offering those employees who are impacted outplacement counseling services"
2014–present[edit]
On 7 January 2014, president and co-founder of Telltale Games Kevin Bruner has expressed an interest in making a future James Bond game if he were ever afforded the chance. He stated that "I'm a giant James Bond fan and I'm always frustrated by games that make him a mass murderer." when he was asked which license he'd adapt next if money and licensing hurdles were not a factor. "He's a super-spy, and that's a different skillset. The films make him less of a mass murderer, and there's not much killing in the books – more spying and intrigue."[12]
Cancelled games[edit]
Film based games[edit]
Octopussy[edit]
Shortly after James Bond 007 video game was released in 1983 by Parker Brothers, another video game was announced that was called Octopussy, based on the film of the same name. The game was planned for release on the Atari 2600 System, Mattel Intellivision, and compatabile systems. Set for release in the summer of 1983, it was cancelled shortly after it was announced by Parker Brothers.[13]
GoldenEye 007[edit]
A racing version of GoldenEye 007 was going to be released the same year for the ill fated Virtual Boy. Only a screenshot was released on the internet, but the game was later cancelled.[14][15][16]
Related, a revamped version of the Nintendo 64 game by Rare was planned for release for Xbox Live Arcade on 27 February 2008, but due to financial disagreement between Microsoft and Nintendo corporations, the project has faded out. As of January 2014 Microsoft has made no comment on the idea of Rareware's GoldenEye 007 being released on XBLA.
Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues[edit]
The original VHS release of Tomorrow Never Dies featured a brief trailer with Desmond Llewelyn which highlighted a game that would "start where the film ends".[17] Footage shows Bond skiing, scuba diving and driving in third person and on a first-person shooting mission.[18] The game was to come out on PlayStation and PC in the fall of 1998 and was being made by MGM Interactive, not EA; EA was not involved in Bond until November of that year.[19]
A Tomorrow Never Dies game was finally released on 16 November 1999, distributed by EA, but with notable differences from the 1998 attempt. The game was a third-person shooter with the scuba diving level nowhere to be found. But perhaps the most glaring difference was the fact that the story now followed the plot of the film, not the continuation that had been promised.
A level in the game sees Bond skiing down a mountain and killing a Japanese terrorist named Sotoshi Isagura (who had featured very briefly in the film), while on another stage Bond has a driving mission in Switzerland. These were not from the film and may have survived from the 'continuation' story.
The World Is Not Enough[edit]
A port of The World Is Not Enough for the PC and PlayStation 2 version was cancelled in favor for 007: Agent Under Fire.[20]
Casino Royale[edit]
Based on the film of the same name where Daniel Craig starred as Bond and was going to give his voice and likeness in the video game. It was set to release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. The game was 15% developed when the project was cancelled as Electronic Arts would not finish it by the film's release in November 2006. Later, unfinished development screenshots from the Venice level were uncovered.[5][21][22]
Original games[edit]
007 Racing sequel[edit]
A PlayStation 2 sequel to 007 Racing was rumoured to be in development.[23]
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent sequel[edit]
A sequel to 2004's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent was originally planned but scrapped due to poor sales and reviews. The game's ending heavily suggested a sequel as well. According to various sources, the sequel would have included vehicles and a longer story mode. On the EA website for GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, a forum with many questions about what fans wanted to see in the next game when it was available. Rogue Agent's engine for the DS was used as a concept for a version of Halo: Combat Evolved for Nintendo's handheld (informally called Halo DS), but didn't get past verification, despite a playable demo being made.
Phoenix Rising[edit]
The game was originally meant to be released in 2005, set to star Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 007. Nothing was ever revealed about the plot but the rumours said that it was a follow up to Nightfire with the gameplay elements of Everything or Nothing video game. First, the title was going to be used for Nightfire but later was pushed back for the 2005 Bond game that never saw the light of the day and was switched into Sean Connery's From Russia With Love video game adaption when Brosnan officially announced that he was stepping down from the role.[24]
Untitled Raven Software Bond game[edit]
The sequel to Blood Stone was not announced officially. It was set to star Daniel Craig as Bond in an original storyline developed by both Bizzare Creations and Raven Software studios. However, it was cancelled in late 2009. Only some screenshots were hit on the internet and many cancelled main-title sequences are shown, rumours say that the plot was involved with diamond smugglers, or with oil-problem. It has been also suggested that the game was actually based on Skyfall, as the footage shared similarities to that of the early scripts written for the film, set in an oriental location, particularly India, in which the film was going to be shot but was replaced with another. However, Activision's final installment in the series called 007 Legends, features a mission based on the film.
Other games[edit]
Role-playing games[edit]
A role-playing game, James Bond 007, Role-Playing in Her Majesty's Secret Service was released in 1983, by Victory Games, a branch of Avalon Hill.
Mobile and Smartphone Games[edit]
Since 2002, games featuring the Bond character and the 007 trademark have been published and distributed on mobile phones. The first two were being based on action sequences from Die Another Day, one of them was titled Hover Chase and the other was Ice Racer. Both were published by Vodafone.
In 2006, when the franchise was rebooted, Sony Online Entertainment released a side-scroll action game based on Casino Royale, which followed the storyline closely to that of the film's. In 2008, two games were developed and produced by the same firm to promote the release of Quantum of Solace, one of them was a tie-in based on the motion picture itself, featuring similar gameplay to its predecessor, and the other one was an arcade game called Top Agent. With the exception of the arcade game, the film tie-ins were developed by Glu Mobile.
In 2014, it was announced that MGM Interactive was going to work with Glu Mobile, that is no stranger to the Bond saga, and produce a game in the franchise specialized for smartphones and tablets.[25]
Fanmade remakes[edit]
GoldenEye: Source is a total conversion mod using the source engine developed by Valve Corporation for the computer game Half-Life 2. GoldenEye: Source is based on the award-winning Nintendo 64 video game, GoldenEye 007. A 5th beta release was released on 25 December 2010.
In 2013, fans of the original Nightfire began porting the PC version to Source engine,[26] planning to release it on Steam as Nightfire: Source.[27]
Actors portraying James Bond in the video games[edit]
The actors listed below have provided the likeness of Bond in the 007 video-game series. However, they have not all provided voice work. The people who have voiced the character, filling the vocals of the official actors, were Adam Blackwood, Maxwell Caulfield and Timothy Watson. Jason Carter also voiced 007 but in a non-Bond game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. The classic games only provided the real actors' footage on the cover for whatever era the franchise was in, such as Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton. The first voiceover performance has been started from Tomorrow Never Dies video game, by Adam Blackwood.
Cast of James Bond characters

Video Game
James Bond
Voice Actor

GoldenEye 007
Pierce Brosnan 
Tomorrow Never Dies
Adam Blackwood
The World Is Not Enough

007 Racing

Agent Under Fire
Andrew Bicknell
Nightfire
Pierce Brosnan Maxwell Caulfield
Everything or Nothing
Pierce Brosnan
From Russia With Love
Sean Connery Sean Connery
Quantum of Solace
Daniel Craig Daniel Craig
GoldenEye 007

Blood Stone

007 Legends
Timothy Watson
See also[edit]

Portal icon James Bond portal
Outline of James Bond
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "GoldenEye 007 Reviews". gamerankings.com. Retrieved 29 January 2006.
2.Jump up ^ "Microsoft Acquires Video Game Powerhouse Rare Ltd". Microsoft. 24 September 2002. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
3.Jump up ^ James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond
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External links[edit]
Bondpedia; The Bond Encyclopedia
James Bond universe (GameSpot)
MI6-HQ.com - Gaming Section
James Bond licensees at MobyGames
Treyarch to Develop Next James Bond Game
MobyGames - James Bond



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