EA "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1999)

The title doesn't make any sense -- why should the game?


(Click on image to see a preview of the game.)
Tomorrow Never Dies, developed by Black Ops, tried and failed to live up to the standard set by GoldenEye. This game marks the fourth appearance of Pierce Brosnan's James Bond, although the voice of Bond is provided by actor Adam Blackwood in the game. The first mission ends with a scene taken straight out of The Spy Who Loved Me, however, as Bond skied off a cliff before deploying a union jack parachute. Unlike GoldenEye, the action in Tomorrow Never Dies was viewed from third person perspective and offered no multiplayer mode. A companion CD, Tomorrow Never Dies: The Original Score to the Video Game, was released alongside the game and featured much of composer Tommy Tallarico's musical score. Also included was the song "Letter to Paris" featuring vocalist Elaine Paiva.

One of the loading screens shows a level set on the HMS Devonshire, which was in the movie but cut from the game. There is speculation that other unused content may have survived from an earlier, cancelled game called Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues. There are, unfortunately, no real remnants left in the game to make these playable. But, as a bonus, you can play as other characters. By swapping the .TEX and .GUY files of a character with those of James Bond for each level (e.g. WAILIN22.GUY with BND05F11.GUY) will result in you playing as that avatar. Here is Paris Carver as Bond -- unfortunately she's not too good at holding onto her gun:



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