James Pond: Codename Robocod

With tongue firmly in cheek, and more than a wink aimed at a certain Ian Fleming creation, the hugely successful character James Pond first appeared in the games world in 1990.

Four games using the James Pond character were created during a four-year period. In 1990, James Pond: Underwater Agent appeared on the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga and Sega Genesis (Megadrive), published by Electronic Arts and Millennium Interactive. Between 1991 and 1994, James Pond 2 - Codename Robocod was released on thirteen platforms ranging from the Commodore C64 and Sega Genesis, to Super Nintendo (SNES) and finally Nintendo Game Boy. Publishers ranged from US Gold (now Eidos), to Ocean (now Infogrames), Electronic Arts (USA) and JVC (Japan). In 1992, Electronic Arts and SCi published Aquatic Games, a brief foray into a somewhat sportier genre, for the Amiga and Sega Genesis and SNES. Pond’s last mission in the 16-bit era was published by Electronic Arts in 1994, when he appeared in James Pond 3 on Sega Genesis.

Christmas 2003 saw the release in Europe of modified versions of James Pond 2 - Codename RoboCod on the Nintendo Gameboy Advance, through publishers PlayIt.

Last updated on August 14, 2015