London, UK
James Bond is summoned to the famous top-floor office of M, head of MI6, and given leave as a death-threat from the world's sharpest freelance marksman arrives with 007's name on it. Useless on his current assignment, Bond suggests to M that he is only good to the Service if he finds the assassin Francisco Scaramanga before Scaramanga finds him.

Beirut, Lebanon
Beginning the near impossible task of finding the illusive hit-man, Bond visits the locale of Bill Fairbanks' (002) death. Bond's colleague of the 'licence to kill' department was assassinated by Scaramanga in a smoky nightclub in the heart of Beirut. Bond meets with an exotic dancer, also Fairbanks' ex-lover, now wearing the golden bullet as a lucky charm. Bond charms his way to retrieving the bullet, whilst fending off attackers.

Macau Province, China
The bullet is analysed by Q-Branch and points to Lazar, a specialist arms-maker in China. With a little prompting Lazar reveals to 007 how he gets the bullets to Scaramanga. Bond watches at the Floating Macau Palace as Lazar makes his drop and it is collected by a woman. Bond tails the beautiful but troubled Andrea Anders via ferry to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong
Bond, with the help of agent Mary Goodnight, traces Miss Anders to the Peninsula Hotel. Questioning Anders, Bond discovers that Scaramanga has an appointment at the Bottoms Up Club on Hankow Road. Whilst staking out the venue, Bond is shocked to find that the hit-man's appointment is the assassination of Gibson - an expert in solar energy. Amidst the commotion Bond is picked up by MI6's own Lieutenant Hip and whisked to the wreck of Queen Elizabeth in Kowloon Bay, now a service outpost.

Bangkok, Thailand
Bond and Hip visit Scaramanga's associate Hai Fat. The evening does not go how 007 had planned and ends with Bond waking up at the Muang Boran Karate school where he is ably rescued by Hip and his nieces. Undeterred, the black-belts at the school give pursuit and Bond is chased through the river-side markets of the Khlong and Thon Buri. With no new leads, Bond and Goodnight have a romantic dinner at the Oriental Hotel, but their evening is interrupted by Anders who agrees to provide the Solex Agitator in exchange for 007 killing Scaramanga.

Saraburi Province, Thailand
Bond and Goodnight rendezvous at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium where the pair have agreed to meet Anders. But 007 discovers the cold corpse of the damsel and Scaramanga nearby to gloat. When Bond makes his move, the assassin has disappeared and taken Miss Goodnight with him. Bond pursues with Louisiana Sheriff J.W. Pepper in tow, but in a disused warehouse Scaramanga's Medator sprouts wings and takes off.

Scaramanga Island, South China Sea
The homer in Goodnight's outfit leads MI6 to believe Scaramanga is hiding out on a remote island in the South China sea. Bond seeks permission to go in under the radar via seaplane and extract Goodnight and the Solex technology. Bond's plane is spotted and Scaramanga dines with 007 before challenging him to a dual. In his 'funhouse' Bond battles the assassin, ultimately taking the place of a mannequin Scaramanga has made in Bond's likeness.