List of James Bond villains

The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. From Le Chiffre's encounter with Bond in the original Casino Royale novel of 1953 to the his conflict with terrorist mastermind Dominic Greene and his ally General Medrano in Quantum of Solace (2008), Bond's foes have been one of the most important reasons for the book and film series' continued popularity.

Game villains
The following is a list of original main villains in James Bond computer and video games.

Villainous organisations

 * SMERSH &mdash; "Death to Spies", Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only briefly mentioned in the films. The Soviet agency in charge of assassination.
 * SPECTRE &mdash; Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, first appeared in the novel Thunderball and replaced SMERSH as Bond's nemesis in the films. An independent terrorist organization, headed by Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
 * The Spangled Mob &mdash; Bond's enemy in the novel Diamonds Are Forever. They also appear in Goldfinger and The Man with the Golden Gun. An American Mafia family based in Las Vegas.
 * Drax Industries - Hugo Drax's company.
 * Stromberg Shipping Line- Karl Stromberg's organisation.
 * Auric Enterprises- Auric Goldfinger's organisation.
 * KGB-Russian military police force. (After SMERSH)
 * Janus Syndicate &mdash; Alec Trevelyan's vehemently anti-British terrorist organisation in the Bond film GoldenEye.
 * Yakuza - Japanese crime-gang in "The Man with the Red Tattoo"'
 * COLD - Terrorist organization that Bond faces in COLD.
 * The Union &mdash; Villainous organisation in Raymond Benson's novels High Time to Kill, Doubleshot and Never Dream of Dying.
 * OCTOPUS &mdash; Replaced SPECTRE in the video game From Russia with Love for copyright reasons.
 * BAST- Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism featured in Win, Lose or Die
 * Quantum &mdash; is the shadowy terrorist organisation seen in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. One of their leading members, Dominic Greene, leads a cover organisation called Greene Planet.
 * SCUM - stands for "Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem", the main villainous organisation in the James Bond Jr. series.