James Bond has been a mainstay of cinema for over 60 years, but author Ian Fleming's suave spy has also been in his element when it comes to video games. A charismatic hero foiling world domination plots concocted by diabolical villains made for a perfect video game recipe, and once you factored in Bond's talent for witty one-liners and his unmatched skill in getting rid of colorful henchmen, Britain's finest export found his place in the interactive entertainment scene--to varying degrees of success. Not every Bond video game has been good, but that's the case with almost all licensed video game franchises. The spy has gone on a number of successful missions in the world of games, though.

Bond has been kicking around since 1982 on a variety of platforms, and to celebrate four decades of shaken martinis, we're taking a trip back in time to see how Her Majesty's secret agent has evolved over the years. We imagine you've played at least a few James Bond games, but you've also probably never heard of some of these titles.

Shaken But Not Stirred (1982)

The first outing of MI6's top operative stuck closely to its literary origins, as this text-based adventure saw Bond tangle with Dr. Death. Words were exchanged, Dr. Death's henchman was the steel-fisted Paws, and a nuclear warhead was disarmed in this dialogue-heavy debut.