GoldenEye 007
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The name is Bond. James Bond. The famous hero of Ian Fleming's novels returns in this first-person shooter, which is based on the movie of the same name. Agent 007 and his friend Alec Trevalyan (a.k.a. Agent 006) were sent to the Soviet Union on a secret mission. But everything goes wrong, James Bond barely escapes, and his friend is presumed dead.
Ten years later, a mysterious organization named "Janus" appeared. Commanding a new satellite called "GoldenEye", the organization attempts to steal money electronically from banks, deleting all evidence of transfer. It's up to our Agent 007 to venture to the Soviet Union once again and to put an end to Janus' ambitions.
In this 3D action game, the player controls James Bond from a first-person perspective, using a variety of weapons (from knuckles to grenade launcher) to eliminate his foes. However, many parts require the player to be careful, to stay unnoticed, or to snipe guards from distance, since they will react to his presence and alarm their comrades. The game is divided into missions, and in most of them Bond will have to perform other tasks besides killing his enemies: disarm bombs, take pictures of important evidence, or avoid killing scientists. The game features a multiplayer mode with a variety of options and three difficulty levels. Higher difficulty means, besides having to deal with tougher enemies, additional objectives needed to be fulfilled in order to successfully complete the level.
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- ゴールデンアイ 007 - Japanese spelling
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Critics
Average score: 93% (based on 54 ratings)
Players
Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 232 ratings with 16 reviews)
Proved that First Person Shooters werent just for the PC
The Good
First of all, the graphics really astounded me, with the ships and tanks and sky textures and detail. it is all so real looking. Sound was also a very good aspect of the game. The musicand sfx were excellent, and combined with the rumble pak, it proved for a really great game. Multiplayer is very fun, as you can get a bunch of friends over and have a great time with this one.
The Bad
Some missions could get very hard, like the control mission. It took me a long time to get past that one.
The Bottom Line
Good game, despite difficulty. Nice graphics, great sfx and music, and well designed levels and music.
My Rating < 4.5 / 5 >
Nintendo 64 · by ThE oNe (180) · 2002
Near the end of a phone conversation "Oh yeah" said my friend "Buy GoldenEye"...
The Good
Story:
An helicopter that is not effected by E.M.P blasts is stolen and MI6 agent of the devision 00 James Bond, code number: 007 has been sent in to find this helicoptor, the plot thickens as an outpost on the coast of Russia is destroyed and an foe emerges, such a foe that Bond will find hard to kill.
Menu: A crosshair style cursor on a dossier menu. Very nice.
Difficulty: Each setting brings more objectives and more harder to beat foes.
Graphics: Very good. The textures are real and add alot of character to the game. The game's levels have been lifted straight from United Artist's movie set blueprints and recreated piece by piece for the game. (more on that later). The guards are all in their lovely brown overcoats and wearing deer hunter hats, just like in mother Russia. The weapons are well detailed too, from the lines on the ammo clip to the tiny sight bump on the end of the barrel. The guards all have different facial expressions, these are all done at random and look very real, the faces on the main stars match up with the ones from the movie almost perfectly. The levels range from the famous bunjee jump at Arcangel dam at the start of the movie to the battle atop a suspended antenna array. Also when you get hit, you stay hit. Nice touch that, body armour can be found to act as a shield. Bullet holes and burn marks from weapons apppear on the walls and floors. And reflective glass shatters
Sound: Brillant: Each level has a different trademark theme to it. The third level even has a remix of the Bond theme halfway though the music track. Weapons are good as well, from the clink, clink of a grenade to the sound of a gun being dropped from a guard all adds to the bond atmosphere.
Gameplay:
This game made a new name for first person shooters back in 1998. Firstly was the stealth option, sneak, and we mean sneak. Make too much noise with that weapon and guards will fill you with lead. The guards also react to where they are shot. In the arm: They will grab and wince, Foot, hop about a bit, hand, shake it, head...die. This can also be an advantage, low on ammo? shoot in foot, then take to the head. The A.I of these guards is incredible, they are not just drones, they duck, jump, weave, roll and simply side step from you. They also duck behind crates as well as do this annoying charge attack. Cameras play a vital role to steal, while you may not fail your mission, it will be harder with more guards in the house. Glass can be shot through, many panes in fact with any weapon. Speaking of weapons there are about 20+ different weapons, from the PP7 (PPK) to the Sniper rifle's butt. All have different strategy and reload times. Some can be paired in each hand for an Arine akimbo style play. Multiplayer is the jewel of this game's crown. With up to four players in 8 arenas, slugging it out with weapons from throwing knives to timed mines. There are also different types of gameplay from "You only live twice" (You can die only twice) to "the man with the golden gun" (the golden gun kills instantly). All are very enjoyable, the characters that can be chosen are huge in range, from Bond to Goldfinger's mute handyman: Oddjob.
The Bad
Some weapons were either too crap (The Klobb) and some were just too killer friendly (RC-P45). Some graphical glitches, such as the sprites (2D carboard cut out like graphics) did not react to explosions and often remained infront of the explosion. But that is all that there is to this great game.
The Bottom Line
Not just for fans. I became a Bond fan AFTER I played this game. You will love it.
Nintendo 64 · by Sam Hardy (80) · 2001
The Good
Though in some areas it's been surpassed by Perfect Dark. (It's real sequel, not that other garbage that took the Bond name) I still prefer Goldeneye. This game is all small touches, like the posters of Marx everywhere, or the exploding furniture. The controls are slow and steady, unlike what I've seen in most FPS's these days, and makes it perfect for playing under the influence... of whatever you like to be influenced by. The enemies make satisfying yelping and gurling noises when shot, and are positioned very well. I also think it's neat how you can kill Boris near the beginning, and then he pops up, completely unharmed, near the end. Then you can kill him again. Genius.
The Bad
For one thing, you can't blame the dated graphics. It's a pretty old game, and they do get the job done. The collision detection is a bit wonky, resulting in enemies sometimes poking their gun barrels through the torsos of the guys in front of them and firing, causing no harm to them but plenty to you. Babysitting Natalya gets old rather fast as well.
The Bottom Line
Worth buying an N64 for. In fact, until road rash and perfect dark came out, it really was the only reason TO buy an N64.
Nintendo 64 · by Tom Blackwell (6) · 2001
Discussion
Subject | By | Date |
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What gameplay features were first in Goldeneye? | BurningStickMan (17916) | Aug 12, 2011 |
Which is better? Perfect Dark or GoldenEye? | TwoDividedByZero (114) | Apr 5, 2010 |
Worth the playing time ? | GAMEBOY COLOR! (1990) | May 29, 2008 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
GoldenEye 007 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Cheats
Was one of the first games to feature unlockable cheats. In other words players were required to work for cheats in this game.
Cut Content
- The gun that you see in some of the screen shots on the back cover of GoldenEye 007 (the one that looks like a Soviet, except it's mostly black and brown at the tip) was called a Spyder --- it was scrapped at the last moment and replaced by the Klobb.
- In the beta version of the game, Bond was required to cross the Dam level on a boat to reach the mysterious island. At the far reaches of the level sits a protruding dock, where a boat waited for Bond. On the island he had to defeat a drone gun and a guard to acquire the pontoon gun to rappel down the side of the dam. However in the release version the idea was scrapped due to complications. Now the dock sits idly and no boat awaits. The island now sits with no guard, only an inactive drone gun. However by using the gameshark you can play the beta version and play this part of the mission.
- Originally the runway level there was a motorbike which was intended to be in the game however was scrapped before the release probably due to the difficulty of controlling the bike in a first person shooter.
- The truck in the dam level apparently has no purpose. Though there is speculation that in the beta version you were intended to destroy it, it was either scrapped or never taken into account. Rare responded to this and simply said it was to guide the player through the first level. However this only leads to more questions and most doubt this was the original true meaning.
- The back cover for the American release for the game includes multiple false screen shots and false information. In the description it says that you can navigate 12 interactive 3-D environment. However there were way more levels actually in the game. The screenshots show the original Spyder gun, a gun which was included in the beta version of the game, however scrapped before the release for the Klobb. The screen shots also show Bond shooting a man and blood shooting out of his body, which was not included in the release. Finally, the screenshot of Bond in the silo shows him holding an AR33 assault rifle, a weapon you cannot acquire in that level without cheats.
- It was intended that there would be a cheat that allowed you to play as all Bonds (Moore, Connery, Lazenby, and Dalton) in multiplayer mode. However because the rights of their names belong to MGM and the respective actors, the idea could not be pulled through.
- The statue and cradle levels of the game were included in multiplayer in the beta version of the game but strangely scrapped before its release. Some speculate that cradle was too slow and too big to be included, and statue park in multiplayer when played on the gameshark has multiple glitches which were possibly not fixable. Both can be played in beta version using a gameshark.
- There is an inaccessible trapdoor in a guardhouse in the dam level, where you install the covert modem on the back of it. It was speculated that this is where Bond got explosives for the rumored mission where you had to blow up the truck. However, no one is certain. There are also rumors that it once led down to the data backup room, as it is almost directly over it.
- In the dam level, there are three guard towers on the main dam, and one is across the lake on the mysterious island. The ones on the dam are marked 2, 3, 4 in order, and the one on the island doesn't have one. So what happened to tower #1. It is speculation that it was immediately to your right once you shot the lock to the dam, and was probably removed and the programmers forgot to change the other numbers.
- At the very beginning of the Silo, you can look down and see this vent, and have an even closer look with a Sniper Rifle. It was originally believed that it was somehow connected with the level's lost elevator (that can be seen in an early promo video), but I now suspect that the area below was the original starting point for the level. They just placed a grate over it instead of deleting it. Notice how at the end of the walkway, the railing ends... Why would it do that?
Development
GoldenEye 007 was originally going to the Super Nintendo as a side-scrolling game but with the *new* Nintendo 64 Rare decided to scrap their original idea and make a totally 3D First Person shooter instead.
German Index
On March 31, 1998, GoldenEye 007 was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.
GoldenIsland
On the first level, the Dam mission, it is possible to see what has been dubbed the "GoldenIsland", a distant platform with a tower and a gun turret. Go to the very edge of the level's end, to an outcropping pier at the base of the dam. Use the fullest zoom of a sniper rifle to see it.
Inaccuracies
In the dam level, the climate appears mild, however in the runway level, which is a few hundred feet below it, it appears absolutely freezing. Normally the higher locations are colder.
Multiplayer
Despite the fact that Oddjob and Mayday were both selectable characters in multiplayer mode, neither of them were included in a singleplayer mission.
Player's Guide
A screenshot in the players guide for GoldeEye 007 depicts a Russian Guard at the ending cutscene of Surface 2 with two (maybe three) faces.
References
- David Doak, as of 2001 the Managing Director of Free Radical Design, was part of the Rare team when GoldenEye 007 was developed. He was rendered into the game as Dr. Doak in the 2nd mission.
- The Klobb is named after Nintendos Ken Lobb. His head is in the game as well, it has black hair and a mustache.
- One of the items in this game, the CCVV tape, has the GoldenEye movie poster on it.
- A reference to every Bond movie (except, of course, those made after GoldenEye's release) is made in some form throughout the game.
- Many of Rare's games have their logo throughout the levels. In GoldenEye 007, there is the Rare logo in the Depot, in front of the Train building.
- The clever people at Rare included a no Bond sign in the Facility. It's the famous James Bond silhouette, of course with the line across it. Those soldiers must really have something against Bond, huh?
- The faces of all of the guards in the game are the faces of people who developed the game.
- Joseph Stalin and Karl Marx both make an appearance in GoldenEye 007. Stalin's face appears in the Statue Park level. It is a bit hard to find it, but it is inscribed into the side of a block of stone, and it is a bit hard to make out his face. Marx is much easier to see. In the archives, near the windows where you have to jump out on the second floor, Marx's face appears on a poster near the door.
- The "D.K. Mode" cheat appears to be a reference to Donkey Kong, due to the similar build of the character used on the cheat. It should be noted that the developer Rare was involved with Nintendo's Donkey Kong franchise at that time.
Sales
One of the best selling video games for the Nintendo 64 with over a million copies sold, allowing it to become a Player's Choice title.
Scientists
The scientists are normally passive, putting their hands up and running away when the shooting starts. But on the harder difficulty levels, Secret Agent and 00 Agent, if you shoot the scientists they get out their guns (DD44 Dostovei) and attack you.
Secrets
In the second Bunker level, a few interesting things pop up on some of the computer screens. One is a man on a skateboard. The other, a man moving his mouth as if he's talking.
Truck
Some rumors went around that a soldier was actually driving the truck in the dam level. It makes sense for Rare not to let us see it, the doors are locked and the windows are blacked out. By using tiny bond mode you can wait for the truck to run you over by crouching. When you see under it you can clearly see that no one is driving the truck, unfortunately.
Unused Room
There is a strange last room in the Train where Xenia and Alec disappear to after you shoot Ourumov. If you have cheats to move fast enough or have a Gameshark, then it is accessible. In the room there is another locked door, and if you use a Gameshark to go through doors, there is only an empty space. The room was only added for completeness.
User Created Content
GoldenEye 007's popularity as a game has cemented it as a classic and has made it the subject of mods for other FPS games. Two notable mods are: GoldenEye: DOOM II - this is a complete total conversion (meaning it does not need the original DOOM II). Due to the restrictions of the engine, the mod lacks many aspects from the original game, most notably the lack of 3D graphics, multi-player and targeting. * GoldenEye: Source*: the entire game recreated using the Source engine, with many enhancements.
Awards
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Electronic Gaming Monthly
- November 1997 (Issue 100) - ranked #25 (Best 100 Games of All Time)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Game of the Year
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - N64 Game of the Year
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Action Game of the Year
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Multiplayer Game of the Year Runner-Up
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - First-Person Shooter Game of the Year
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Sound Runner-Up
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Game of the Year Runner-Up (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - N64 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Action Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - First-Person Shooter Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Multiplayer Game of the Year (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Graphics Runner-Up (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Music Top Write-In (Readers' Choice)
- March 1998 (Issue 104) - Best Sound (Readers' Choice)
- 1998 Buyer's Guide - Most Addictive Game
- 1998 Buyer's Guide - Best Movie to Game
- 1999 Buyer's Guide - Ranked 2 (Top 10 Nintendo 64 Games)
- February 2006 (Issue #200) - #16 on the "Greatest Games of Their Time" list
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Game Informer Magazine
- FAugust 2001 (Issue 100) - #16 on the "Top 100 Games of All Time" Poll
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GameSpy
- 2001 – #38 Top Game of All Time
- Retro Gamer
- October 2004 (Issue #9) – #26 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)
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Detstar.com
This website is fully dedicated to every aspect of the Bond game, with weapons stats, player stats, enemy stats, level walkthroughs, and gadget and weapon listings. There are examinations of how well each level translated from the movie as well, and an entire section dedicated to answering strange mysteries of the game including the mysterious damn level island and the missing citadel level. -
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The Making of GoldenEye 007
A transcript of a speech given by Martin Hollis, the game's director and producer, at the 2004 European Developers Forum. It describes the process of making the game and reasons why Hollis believes it was so successful.
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Game added April 3, 2001. Last modified August 27, 2024.