James Bond in film of the funding for the Bond films, fell into financial difficulties following the box office failure of "Heaven's Gate" (1980), bringing uncertainty to the future of the funding. The situation was resolved in May 1981, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired United Artists. Following "For Your Eyes Only", Roger Moore had expressed a desire to stop playing James Bond. His original contract had been for three films, a requirement fulfilled with "The Spy Who Loved Me". Subsequent films had been negotiated on a film-by-film basis. The producers engaged in a semi-public quest for the next actor to play Bond, which would be for
The Spy Who Loved Me (video game) reaction on the ZX Spectrum, with "CRASH!" giving it a 79% rating and saying "Good Mr. Bond, but not quite good enough to deserve an accolade", "Sinclair User" giving it 72% and saying "This one will leave you shaken but not stirred; A competent movie licence", and "Your Sinclair" rating it at 76%, saying "Half good/half bad Bond game. There's quite a lot here though, so it's not bad value." It was less well received on the Commodore 64, with "Zzap!64" giving it a rating of 38%, describing it as "an uninspiring and unambitious conversion". The Spy Who Loved Me