Game Review

Parker Brothers games division was short lived, and they'll probably be best remembered for some decent arcade conversions (especially Q*bert), but they also went down the licensing IP route with mixed results. James Bond 007 is one of the worst from their catalog! While ostensibly inspired by various James Bond movies, it's really more of a frustrating Moon Patrol clone. You drive what looks like the moon buggy from the Atari 2600 version of Moon Patrol and each level has different goals to complete (such as destroying an oil rig, etc.); not bad conceptually, but the gameplay is actually quite annoying. It's all too easy for your vehicle to get destroyed while jumping or diving and there's little you can do about it. All of the versions are pretty similar and on the more technically advanced platfroms don't take advantage of the graphics and sound capabilities.