# Perfect Dark

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/perfect-dark/

7 people recommended Perfect Dark in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend this Nintendo 64 shooter for its nostalgic appeal and a PC port based on the decompilation project that plays well, including on Steam Deck.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- PC port plays great (2 comments in the sample): "PC port based on the decompilation project that plays great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49474570)) "probably one of my most played games on my steam deck" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49072379))
- Nostalgic childhood experience (2 comments in the sample): "I still had a wonderful nostalgic "childhood dream"-like experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476281)) "DKC and their games on N64 were my childhood." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50234095))
- Modern controls feel less clunky (2 comments in the sample): "the best version of Perfect Dark (the HD release of the original with modern controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416178)) "it's night and day. The games stop feeling clunky." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186622))

## Other video games people recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2/): 33 recommend, 14 mixed, 33 criticize
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper/): 31 recommend, 8 mixed, 24 criticize
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2/): 25 recommend, 5 mixed, 7 criticize
- [The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/witcher-3/): 22 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Perfect Dark", https://hackerapproved.com/p/perfect-dark/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.