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After Bond rescues Elizabeth Stark, he enters a hedgemaze to infiltrate a mansion, all the while followed by Red Grant. At the end of the hedgemaze, Grant kills Bond... who turns out to be an OCTOPUS agent, disguised as Bond for Grant's training. The real Bond arrives at MI6 Headquarters, where he receives his briefing. Heading to Turkey, he meets Kerim Bey, head of Station T. He manages to escape the Russians in his Aston Martin DB5, but Red Grant blows up a Russian car. Russians take hostages in Station T, and Bond is forced to rescue them and deactivate bombs strategically placed throughout the area. In Bond's hotel room, he meets Tatiana Romanova, and there is an instant attraction. Later, Bond and Kerim head off to the catacombs under Istanbul, in order to infiltrate the Russian consulate. They manouevre their way around Russian soldiers in the catacombs, where Bond discovers a man named Krilencu is planning an attack on Gypsies - some of Kerim's allies. Kerim goes off to warn them as Bond steals the blueprints for the Russian consulate, before escaping in a jetpack.

Kerim takes Bond to the gypsy camp, where Krilencu's men attack. Bond is almost shot by Krilencu, but Red Grant saves Bond, in order to make sure Bond steals the Lektor later. Bond and Kerim defeat Krilencu's men, but Kerim is shot. He decides to kill Krilencu, and the two friends head to an alleyway, where Bond shoots Krilencu as he grabs Kerim's neck. Kerim claims he is in Bond's debt, but Bond replies, "How can a friend be in debt?" The next day, Bond enters the Russian consulate as Kerim detonates a bomb, allowing Bond to meet up with Tatiana, steal the Lektor, and escape. It is with Kerim's help - in a car - that they can escape the Russians, in a chase across Istanbul, ending as the trio of friends arrives at the train station.

At this point, however, Red Grant enters the mix, masquerading as an MI6 agent. Grant kills Kerim in his cabin. Bond is almost killed when Grant pulls a gun on him, Bond realizing that he should have know he was an assassain when he ordered "Red wine with fish", distracts Grant, and a brawl ensues. Bond defeats Grant's henchmen on the Orient Express, and he and Tatiana chase Grant and Eva Adora - another Octopus agent - across the train station. Bond defeats Grant and pursues Eva to an Octopus factory somewhere in Russia. Bond destroys the factory, recovers the Lektor, and escapes to a guardhouse, to meet Tatiana. They flee to the docks in Bond's Aston Martin, before they escape in a boat, reminiscent of the boat chase seen in the film. At Bond's hotel room in Venice, Rosa Klebb appears, but Tatiana shoots her.

It appears, however, that Octopus hasn't taken Bond's theft of the Lektor too lightly, and has stolen a nuclear weapon, threatening to destroy London unless they pay them $100 million. Bond parachutes into Octopus's secret island ("Not anymore," Bond quips), reminiscent of the finale of You Only Live Twice, defeats Eva in her plane, disarms the warhead and sets an explosive. As he escapes, however, Red Grant - still alive, inside a giant ceiling-mounted pod - attacks, but Bond defeats him. Grant claims Bond won't shoot him in cold blood, commenting "Not very British, old man" as Bond wavers, until Grant pulls a pistol from beneath where he is lying exclaiming "-like red wine with fish!". Bond shoots him and as he walks away, replies "That was for Kerim". He returns to his hotel room with Tatiana. Tatiana asks if Bond was disappointed in her. Bond says he'll let her know - in the morning...

There are also four bonus levels in the game. You have to locate several awards to unlock the levels: The "Tunnels" level takes place before Bond meets Tatiana, as he deactivates Russian bombs in the tunnels under Station T. The "Ruins" level takes place as Bond and Kerim struggle to reach the Russian stronghold, taking place before they steal a boat to enter the catacombs of Istanbul. The "Plaza" level takes place after the train level, where Bond defeats Red Grant. He has to defeat several Russians within a time limit. The final mission, "Airport", takes place after the level on Octopus Island, where Bond faces off against several Octopus agents in a daring firefight.