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Your friendly guide to GoldenEye 007 on N64. Learn about James Bond's iconic FPS, its gameplay, multiplayer, and legacy. Perfect for beginners!

GoldenEye 007 (1997 game)

Hey there! So you've picked up GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64? Awesome choice! This game is a legend for a reason. Developed by Rare and published by Nintendo, it dropped on August 23, 1997, and it's based on the 1995 film starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Seriously, this game changed the first-person shooter (FPS) genre forever, especially when it came to consoles. It sold over eight million copies and got rave reviews – people still talk about it as one of the greatest games ever made.

What made it so special? Well, it moved away from the simple run-and-gun style of games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. GoldenEye 007 brought in stealth, varied objectives, and some seriously intense music. And the multiplayer? Oh man, the multiplayer deathmatch mode is what many of us remember most fondly. It was so good that Rare even made a spiritual successor, Perfect Dark, a few years later.

There was even a remake in 2010 for the Nintendo Wii, but honestly, the original N64 version is where it's at. Some folks even call it GoldenEye 64.

Contents

• Development
• Gameplay and design
• Multiplayer
  • Modes
• Easter Eggs
• Story
  • Additional missions
• Unfinished features
  • Citadel
  • All Bonds hoax
• Featured equipment
  • Weapons
  • Gadgets
  • Items
• Reception
• James Bond Licence
  • Electronic Arts
  • Activision
• GoldenEye 007 ports
• Trivia
• Images
  • Gameplay
  • Miscellaneous
• References
• External links

Development

This section is a work in progress, but we'll get there!