James Pond

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James Pond

Developer(s)	Millennium Interactive
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date(s)	1991
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Game Gear
Input	Keyboard, Joystick

James Pond is a computer platform game that was developed by Millennium Interactive and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga and other platforms in 1991.

In the game the player controls a walking fish who has to solve puzzles to defeat the enemy. The game spoofs James Bond with levels mimicking Bond movies, with titles like "A View to a Spill" and "Leak and Let Die".

It was followed by 3 sequels: another platform game: James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod, a game with sports theme: The Aquatic Games, and another platform game: James Pond 3: Operation Starfish.

James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod is being rereleased for the DS and Game Boy Advance under the name "James Pond: Codename Robocod".

[edit] Other James Ponds

The "James Pond" name was also used by a strip in the United Kingdom comic Buster, in which the secret agent was a frog. Another amphibian James Pond has appeared in Muppet calendars parodying James Bond movie posters, played by Kermit the Frog. Also, an amateur film company, Bookton MacArthur Productions is creating a parody series of mini-films entitled James Pond. The "James Pond" name was also used in a Bill Nye the Science Guy sketch.