James Pond creator Chris Sorrell has criticised the forthcoming James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough collection, saying he was neither consulted nor involved and accusing those behind it of lacking respect for the series. The dispute matters because the release has drawn widespread accusations that its new presentation uses AI-generated art, reviving concerns about how older game franchises are being repackaged.

The collection brings together four James Pond platformers originally released for the Amiga, Mega Drive, Commodore 64 and SNES. Developer System 3 says the artwork was produced through a “human-led process”, though its defence also prompted AI-use suspicions; Sorrell does not own the rights, which are shared by System 3 and Gameware Europe, so he has no control over the project. The disputed artwork appears to be limited to menus and box art rather than the original games themselves.