18:52 I like how they incorporated dialogue from ‘The Living Daylights’ into that briefing, though I can’t read it without thinking of your old TLD review: “Community? What do you all meet up at Christmas and have parties?”
One of the things I love most about this game is how faithful it is to the movie, the sets like the bunker, facility and cradle look identical in layout to the movie and grant Kirkhope absolutely nailed the soundtrack.
I was 23 or 24 when I first played this and I loved it just as much as any kid who got to play the game for the first time in the late '90s. Some of my fondest gaming memories are of playing one-on-one against a friend and spending hours hunting one another through the different levels of the game. In the years since we've gotten the Halo franchise, the Call of Duty games and countless other FPS console and PC games but to me this was the one that launched it all. The greatest video game of its era. Bravo for this video, Calvin! You made this 46-year-old feel 24 again.
My favorite game of all time and my game for life. Also the game that I grew up with. The good old days of gaming. No online play, no DLC just ready to play games out of the box. Back when you had to invite your friends over. Back when games had less or no dialogue. Those were the days.
20 year old here, and this game very much does hold up, first played when I was around 17 or 18 and I enjoyed the level design and gameplay, but the thing that really stood out was like you said, the N64 trigger. Every time you fire a weapon, you feel like Bond. I found myself making a Brosnan esque face whenever I fired a load of bullets into an enemy.
Great review Calvin! I picked this game up when I was 17 (five years ago); I played the Wii remake when I was a teen and was curious to play the original. When I first bought it, I played through dam but couldn't get past Facility. The next few years, I solely played the multiplayer and always had a blast with my friends. I returned to play the single player this year and finally beat the main game (excluding Aztec and Egyptian). My thoughts on the game are that it's super fun, but some parts are cryptic and unclear on how to proceed. Overall, I really like this game, and the multiplayer is simple enough to be a fun time for anyone.
Awesome review, Calvin. I beat the entire game twice - once in high school, and once in college when I successfully got every cheat. Haven't played single-player in more than ten years, but feeling very inspired right now. There goes the next month of my life...
Possibly my favourite video game of all time. Sometimes on the cradle level I used to go straight to the platform and plant mines in advance so when he dropped down the ladder at the end I would just blast him to kingdom come.
GoldenEye 64 holds so many memories for me...it and Shadows of the Empire were the first two N64 games my brother and I ever owned, part of one of the greatest Christmas gifts my parents gave us (they guilted us so hard about the effort they went through to score the N64 and the games for Christmas 1997 :D)! This game was one of my prized possessions and it took me like 8 months to just beat it on Agent difficulty, with levels like the train, Jungle and Cradle triggering near-apoplectic rage fits over how often I got fragged trying to beat them...took less time to whip through the game on harder levels, once certain tricks were learned.
7:05 I’ve always chuckled a bit over how the bungee cord is practically invisible due to the graphics of the time, and that cutaway looks as if he’s just willingly jumped to his death.
One thing that needs to be mentioned is the INCREDIBLE soundtrack by Graeme Norgate and Grant Kirkhope. It is outstanding from beginning to end, but for me the Aztec and Train themes are perfection itself.
I was afraid this review would break our nostalgia and point out how much the game has aged... but I am genuinely relieved to see that there is still a lot of gold in Goldeneye.
Great video Calvin. This was one of the first memories I have of Bond. I remember first playing the game in 2012/2013 as a child and it boosted my Bond fandom to where it is now. The game is still and will always be my favorite game of all time.
@@Rocket1377 You're totally right. My experience however, was that I couldn't beat the level until I read about this in n64 Power magazine. I had no idea that firing a few shots wouldn't trigger the usual onslaught. Maybe I'm a dummy but how could I have figured that out by myself when I was 12?
@@Rocket1377 Its a broken stealth mission. But basically you just need to either slap or throw knives, and when it gets tough then just blast everything, while also shooting security cameras. I consider "Archives" to be the best level including the Dam obviously. But its due to how much of FPS genre it embraces in that level, you can hide and shoot often behind things. Aka the perfect level!
I’m astonished to know you are so keen on my favorite level, Frigate! There’s something about that simplicity of the level that does it for me. Turn on paintball mode, unlimited ammo, and you’re off to the races! It’s my favorite one to drop in, play, and get out.
Great video, fantastic trip down memory lane. I think you're right Calvin, the Bond franchise was very lucky to be associated with this game. The Bond franchise would've done well in the 90s regardless but making Pierce Brosnan's Bond relevant to the video game generation really sparked an interest in the next couple of films.
20 yr old Bond fan here. Didnt grow up playing Goldeneye, but I've played all the Bond games and it truly is the best. It has an atmosphere that doesn't carry over to any of the other games.
I have quite a nostalgic view of it. I met my wife in 1999 and she shared a house with a girl who's boyfriend had an N64. We got talking about Bond and then he mentioned Goldeneye on the N64. I was hooked. I married my wife the following June. Maybe Goldeneye on the N64 had something to do with it! ;-) I did soon after buy my own N64 and Goldeneye. It's in the garage boxed up and the moment.
I actually got into the original game like 2 weeks ago. I bought an N64 just so I could play this game! Back in 2015, I was getting into gaming for the first time, and I heard everyone talking about how Goldeneye on the N64 is the greatest game of all time. I heard so much about it, I decided to watch the movie, and that got me into James Bond as a franchise. I played the DS game to death, and I finally got the N64 game and even though I haven’t gotten far, it’s easily a great game. It took me a sec to get the controls down, but when I did I was running around pumping guards full of led.
This is one of my favorite of your Bond Game Reviews and this game is one of my favorite games of all time. I have fond memories of playing Goldeneye when I was 4 or 5 and they are good memories.
First time I experienced this game was watching my dad play the game on his N64 when I was kid, which funnily enough I was born in the same year: 1997. The game was my entry to the James Bond franchise with the movie being the first one I watched as a teen, there's so much nostalgia fused with this game for me it's insane. Only playing Dam because I could run straight to the end on Agent, start up Frigate, get on the boat and then get back onto the speedboat to end (fail) the mission early. Eventually learned how to properly play the game and actually complete a playthrough of the story. Tons of matches against my dad including a Slappers Only match that took forever, and a match with Remote Mines where the game glitched so they were stuck floating in the air. Since I still have an N64 I've continued to revisit the game on official hardward but I also regularly play on PC with a special emulator that allows Mouse & Keyboard controls. There's GoldenEye: Source which I discovered on TH-cam after being disappointed with the Wii Remake, and then of course there's the modding community. Custom Levels, Custom Weapons, Custom Campaigns, and Custom Characters...which lead to me making Mario Characters with help from some of the big mod creators. It's a real shame that this game never got its official, faithful remake and it's a shame that GoldenEye 25 got a C&D, but with Spies Don't Die keeping the core gameplay, and Project 007 being announced I think we're finally going to get some new, good Bond games again.
For every GoldenEye fan out there, I HIGHLY recommend TimeSplitters 2, which was made by the same team and took the gameplay of GoldenEye and ran with it, making a zanier and even better shooter, especially in multiplayer!
Been waiting for this video for awhile! I think the enjoyment that comes out of this is a combination of both nostalgia AND Goldeneye being a genuinely good game that still holds up very well...maybe clunky controls aside. But Goldeneye is also a marvel for just how well programmed it is. Look at how many retro games speedrunners have SHATTERED with bugs and glitches (I'm looking at you Ocarina of Time) and yet nothing TRULY game-breaking has ever been discovered in Goldeneye; it's just so well built and it's astonishing when most of the Rare team at that time had little to no experience working on video games. Nice review Calvin! And, I don't know if you've actually played it, but if you fancy pulling your hair out in frustration, I'd love to see a review of the "spiritual successor" Perfect Dark one day. MUCH more difficult than GE!
I haven't played Perfect Dark in years but would be very interesting to revisit it again! I remember having a good enough time with it but the same friend whose brother completed the whole game had it and insisted we play multiplayer on that instead of GoldenEye when they got it and I was always a bit miffed as I wanted to keep playing GoldenEye so it does have something of a dark cloud hanging over it haha!
As someone who was introduced to the game 20+ years after it was released, it still holds up fascinatingly well. As much as the technical and graphical limitations of the time hold it back when compared to modern shooters, it’s still stunningly well-designed. The multiplayer, in particular, is untouchable even when directly compared to newer games.
Very well done as usual Calvin! It might be worth consulting Graslu00 and doing a review of the Goldfinger64 adaptation if you want another idea involving this title!
I started playing this game in 2005 when I was 5 and I haven’t stopped ever since to this day in 2020. My generation missed out on n64 with mostly playing PS2 and the first Xbox however I only had an n64 from my brother growing up and also being a bond fan so I was lucky to experience this when none of my friends ever did. For me it holds up purely based on the freedom to change up gameplay however you want, all the Easter eggs there are, the attention to detail with level design and cheats ultimately making each level play through so customizable. There are some things I newly discover 15 years later playing this game that take me back to the wonder of playing it as a kid. And as a huge bond fan myself, the Goldeneye movie with game combo is just the ultimate complementary pairing, I’ll never get tired of these two fantastic pieces of entertainment and art. Truly spectacular and important to my life!
That opening TV show-esque sequence was REALLY WELL DONE! Evoking heaps of 90's tv show vibes!! Great job!! Side note: I feel like, if companies actually put enough money into it, a James Bond tv show (done 90's style) would have been EPIC. Every episode would have been a 2 parter for sure but still epic!!
N64 Goldeneye came at a perfect point in my life. I was starting High School, and had been a Bond fan since I was 007 years old when I saw my first Bond film... A View To A Kill! This game was a huge bonding tool for my friends and I, because I had a considerable Bond history knowledge back then, so I could explain to them all about Jaws, Oddjob, Aztec level, etc. It allowed me to introduce my friends to many classic Bond films that they had refused to check out up until then. The game is without a doubt, one of the most influential video games of all time. I definitely credit Goldeneye N64 for introducing the character into many new generations and making him relevant at a time Bond desperately needed it. Excellent game! Haven’t played in ages, I wonder how I would do in a Multiplayer match today.
Loved it as a kid before I learned about all the movies, going back and playing it with my knowledge of the movie made it so much better and bond is still my favorite movie series of all time!
15:06 In the 00 Agent difficulty, your objective IS to destroy the entire silo by setting up plastique explosives. Presumably, two were already launched before destroying the base.
It would make sense. In the film it’s implied the satellites have been in space for several years by the time the film begins. Indeed, they have CCCP markings on them, so they most definitely were not launched in 1993. Maybe the one in the silo is a spare, just in case.
When I'm in the right mood Goldeneye is like that elusive Nostalgia drug we all love hooked directly to the veins, the 64 graphics, the sublime music and unique atmosphere. Sure many aspects are dated but who cares when it's just that much fun to play.The level that stands out is Siberia 2 with those ghoulish guards who hunted you down and the ominous red sky
I'm too young to have been around for the Goldeneye phenomenon, but I've played the game on a simulator and it's pretty great. But personally I prefer Nightfire and Everything or Nothing 😬. Thanks Calvin for all the great content, it's really amazing and inspiring 👊
I remember around the year 2000 when I was 4 watching my brother and my cousins playing GoldenEye multiplayer and I played a little bit of it but not much. 12 years later I got the game for myself to finally see if it was as good as everyone said and... I was addicted. The controls took a bit of getting used to but once I got used to it I couldn’t put it down. So much replay value and I make it a point to play through it at least once or twice a year. Absolutely one of my favorite games ever
I absolutely love this game, this was my introduction to 007. THIS the thing that got me into being a bond fan. So this game is my favorite for multiple reasons. The Egyptian level is pretty good, and there are multiple ways to play that level, and once you knock out semidu twice the level goes all dark and gets all confusing if you don’t know what you are doings, you could also kill semedi 1st and than collect the golden gun. What you could do if find the button codes the ones you enter once the level starts and you could use it to help you beat the remaining levels on 00 agent-to unlock the final level and once you complete all levels on 00 agents you unlock an editor difficulty where you can choose how accurate deadly and quick the enemies are.
I got Goldeneye with my N64 on Xmas day 1998. My brother and I as well as my older cousin spent that whole time playing the multiplayer as well as the single player. After that, anytime we had friends over, there were always goldeneye battles and so many hours were spent battling each other, with all sortsnof game modes. I really have fond memories of that game. I miss those carefree times
I remember playing at my uncles house with my younger cousin for hours into the night during the summer when I’d go to visit. I was so excited to finally get it for myself later on down the line and have a friend over for multiplayer.
Nothing more classic then this game, as one of my earliest N64 games back in 1997. So many great memories of this, though the multiplayer was the highlight for me. I loved the single player, but it was always the explosive multiplayer games me and my older sister used to play with her friends. It usually ended with me getting ganged up on by them, so it ended with me getting annoyed and using Oddjob just to get some revenge. Well unless we played Golden Gun mode, I could play as anyone and kill anyone with that gun. My sis used to hate me so much for that, she couldn't aim for crap with it, but I was always able to get her and her friends in one shot. So satisfying, oh and the proximity mines. I was the little bugger who would lay them on the ground all over the place, and when I noticed one of them entered an area with it. BOOM! Ah so many memories. Though I will say, I was surprised you didn't mention the CCTV tape in the second bunker level. If you look at it in your inventory on your watch, you will notice the tape is actually an old VHS tape of Goldeneye itself. I can't deny I love that little easter egg.
Problem is. I played tomorrow never dies first in the mid 2000s. Only to discover goldeneye about a decade later. So I’m like that one guy in the room who’s nostalgic for tomorrow never dies as opposed to goldeneye😭
I was born in 99 and still played the hell out of this game as a kid. Was by far my most played N64 game growing up and probably led to the movie being my favorite movie as well. Loved Goldeneye so much that I bought a Walther PPK as soon as I turned 18 as well.
I was really hoping that now that Nintendo and Microsoft seem to be all buddy buddy lately (Microsoft released the Xbox exclusives Cuphead and Ori on Switch, and allowed both Banjo-Kazooie and Minecraft Steve to be characters in Smash) things could finally turn in this whole saga. How cool would it be to get a simultaneous release of the cancelled 360 upresed port to both Xbox and Switch simultaneously with cross-platform online multiplayer? Like you said it would print money. You have to wonder if it's simply the Bond rights that are keeping that from happening at this point.
Supposedly, Microsoft still plans to actually release the GoldenEye XBLA port at some point, as some developers were caught unlocking achievements for it not too long ago. Sadly, the war in Ukraine has basically indefinitely delayed that project, much like what happened to the Advanced Wars remake.
Your reviews are well done! You're very knowledgeable about the movies, and I actually like that you're not a real "hardcore" gamer. Not sure how much you're into sci-fi, but one of my favorite games of all time was the spiritual successor to this game, perfect dark. Made by the same team, it was basically their dream game and was extremely ambitious for it's time. Has an excellent soundtrack. Just bringing it up in case you see around somewhere, you should pick it up! Many references to GoldenEye in it.
Okay, I seriously lost it, Calvin, when you did the sitcom style opening for Goldeneye! 😂 You should try to do other Bond movies as well. If it wasn't for Goldeneye 64 then I don't think I would be as big a fan as I am. It was this that got me into Bond so many moons ago!
So Boris was actually mispronouncing, he meant to say "I am invisible!", which I guess also can work for a hacker. Great retrospective, I learned some new things and had some great laughs as well, the waking up in the middle of the night sketch was LOLish.
My favourite console shooter of all-time! Rare made this game so much fun and very authentic to the Bond/GoldenEye experience. I loved the Multiplayer mode and Cheats. It's very hard on 00 Agent. Easy 10/10 rating from me!
I've only ever played GoldenEye N64 once in my entire life. When I was younger, my sister was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation and she spent a week in hospital recuperating and in the children's ward was a play area filled with toys, books, videos and a load of old video game consoles and I pretty much spent my time playing these games and GoldenEye was one of them.
Im 21 years old and i grew up on gamecube so it was "agent under fire" that was the nostalgic bond for me. However, i would visit my grandparents every other weekend and the games on N64 were Crusin World, Mario N64 and this game. It still holds heavy in my heart of nostalgia even though it was before i was born. The train mission was my favorite but i could never get past the jungle mission because i wasnt good enough haha. Either way, still smell the scent of their guest bedroom
Saying Silo is one of your favorite levels says a lot about your personality. Nothing wrong with that, I enjoy Silo too, it's just rare to hear somebody say that. My generation has a good deal to say about this game with favorite levels at the top of the list, but Silo is normally listed at the bottom of the list of levels. It's nice to hear Silo get some love.
There is a special emulator called 1964 for GoldenEye 64 and Perfect Dark on PC that allows you to play them with mouse and keyboard in widescreen 4k and with 60fps, you can even play the Goldfinger mod on it (yes there is a mod for GoldenEye 64 that turns the game into Goldfinger).
Fun fact about archives level: You can plant a timed mine on the wall opposite of the window (after breaking it) This will trigger an explosion during the cutscene. And sometimes, if mine is placed back in the alley enough, Natalya even survives. If not, the mission fails during the cutscene If I remember correctly, you could also instant blow up remote mines with pressing A and B simultanously
I remember in 1999 I was 5 years old and a neighbor had the N64 and a bj ch of games he let me borrow for a few weeks. Goldeneye was one of the games and me and my mom would always play multiplayer... she always knew where the golden gun was -.-" years later I had some money saved up and wanted to buy my own N64 and the person sadly didn't have Goldeneye so I almost said no but I still ended up buying the system. Months later during Christmas I got a small gift, opened it and there it was, Goldeneye. Me and my mom relived our memories of multiplayer and I actually tried to play the story mode in which I sucked haha. When the remake for the Wii came out I beat the game in 1 day, 1 sitting. Never got to beat the original though. Great review, lots of nostalgia and i agree it needs some kind of remaster or a re-release on the Switch or something with online multiplayer and local. I'll be happy to spent money again on this piece of history.
The most interesing thing is this game can be modded, creating mods of this game, one of the mods is Goldfinger 64, a full convertion of GE into the Goldfinger movie, and there is upcoming full mods to, like The Spy Who Loved Me 64 and The Living Daylights 64... PS: I do one called RickRollEye 64 where 007 is replaced with thr british singer Rick Astley and another "dead" memes
So to your question about not having the nostalgia. My son is 14, I'm a huge Bond fan and he has recently become one. This is obviously one of his favorite movies. He has the N64 emulator on his phone and we were watching your video and I asked him what he thought. He absolutely loves this game, as a gamer and as a Bond fan
Really Great review Clavin! ... been waiting for this particular review on the channel for like 5 years now, and it didn't disappoint. If you haven't, you should take a look at perfect dark one day, I think you would really like it.
Well done Calvin, you may not be a gamer, but if you were i think youd make great reveiws of video games seeing as you play and talk about them all the way through. this is the best goldeneye 64 reveiw ever seeing as you incorperate all the aspects people spotted back in the day (Boris dissapearring in the air vent hahaha) :)
N64 Natalya: Me. It was all me. It has always been me. The author of all your pain.
The woman you're talking to now. The woman inside your head...
my wife character is like Natalya :) so i play this game haha :) good old memories
No lies were told.
Here we go. I've been waiting for this.
Very much hope you enjoyed it! :D
You've been waiting a very long time. I applaud your patience.
Wow, you're a fan?
My powers has doubled since the last time we met count nerd
@@calvindyson also 13:00-14:00, you can shoot Boris in the Head!!!!!!!!!!! yes, he is NOT INVINCAIBLLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18:52 I like how they incorporated dialogue from ‘The Living Daylights’ into that briefing, though I can’t read it without thinking of your old TLD review: “Community? What do you all meet up at Christmas and have parties?”
...Always loved that classic Dyson line too 😂
Given how many times the head of the KGB comes round to MI6's HQ's for cosy drinks, I wouldn't be surprised.
The automatic subtitles think you're saying "damn" when you're saying "Dam" and it's amazing.
One of the things I love most about this game is how faithful it is to the movie, the sets like the bunker, facility and cradle look identical in layout to the movie and grant Kirkhope absolutely nailed the soundtrack.
I was 23 or 24 when I first played this and I loved it just as much as any kid who got to play the game for the first time in the late '90s. Some of my fondest gaming memories are of playing one-on-one against a friend and spending hours hunting one another through the different levels of the game. In the years since we've gotten the Halo franchise, the Call of Duty games and countless other FPS console and PC games but to me this was the one that launched it all. The greatest video game of its era.
Bravo for this video, Calvin! You made this 46-year-old feel 24 again.
I still can't believe we're getting a new Bond game
It’s just such a shame its from the hitman people hope its good.
@@residentsteve If anyone is gonna make a good bond game... it'll be IOI.
Especially one by IOI
@@residentsteve wdym, it's a very good thing its from the hitman creators
@@residentsteve Shame? The past two Hitman games are absolutely excellent and actually feel a lot like James Bond.
1:28 Starring Charles Gray as the guard
"It's just a jump to the left!"
AND THEN A STEP TO THE RIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
With your hands on your hips
My favorite game of all time and my game for life. Also the game that I grew up with. The good old days of gaming. No online play, no DLC just ready to play games out of the box. Back when you had to invite your friends over. Back when games had less or no dialogue. Those were the days.
20 year old here, and this game very much does hold up, first played when I was around 17 or 18 and I enjoyed the level design and gameplay, but the thing that really stood out was like you said, the N64 trigger. Every time you fire a weapon, you feel like Bond. I found myself making a Brosnan esque face whenever I fired a load of bullets into an enemy.
As crazy as is may seem, this game helped me fall in love with the James Bond movies 😂
no thats isnt crazy at alll..... it just might work!
Same for me; I happened to play this game before I ever saw a Bond film.
Same here
Control on 00 Agent was a pain in the rear! Absolutely loved this game and played it for an unreal amount of hours when I was a kid.
I was born when N64 games were no longer being made, and I think this is one of, if not the best N64 game ever made.
It's also what made me a Bond fan
Great review Calvin! I picked this game up when I was 17 (five years ago); I played the Wii remake when I was a teen and was curious to play the original. When I first bought it, I played through dam but couldn't get past Facility. The next few years, I solely played the multiplayer and always had a blast with my friends. I returned to play the single player this year and finally beat the main game (excluding Aztec and Egyptian). My thoughts on the game are that it's super fun, but some parts are cryptic and unclear on how to proceed. Overall, I really like this game, and the multiplayer is simple enough to be a fun time for anyone.
Awesome review, Calvin. I beat the entire game twice - once in high school, and once in college when I successfully got every cheat. Haven't played single-player in more than ten years, but feeling very inspired right now. There goes the next month of my life...
Possibly my favourite video game of all time. Sometimes on the cradle level I used to go straight to the platform and plant mines in advance so when he dropped down the ladder at the end I would just blast him to kingdom come.
GoldenEye 64 holds so many memories for me...it and Shadows of the Empire were the first two N64 games my brother and I ever owned, part of one of the greatest Christmas gifts my parents gave us (they guilted us so hard about the effort they went through to score the N64 and the games for Christmas 1997 :D)!
This game was one of my prized possessions and it took me like 8 months to just beat it on Agent difficulty, with levels like the train, Jungle and Cradle triggering near-apoplectic rage fits over how often I got fragged trying to beat them...took less time to whip through the game on harder levels, once certain tricks were learned.
45:24 superb David Zuritsky cameo 😅 the James Bond TH-camrs Cinematic Universe is real
7:05
I’ve always chuckled a bit over how the bungee cord is practically invisible due to the graphics of the time, and that cutaway looks as if he’s just willingly jumped to his death.
One thing that needs to be mentioned is the INCREDIBLE soundtrack by Graeme Norgate and Grant Kirkhope. It is outstanding from beginning to end, but for me the Aztec and Train themes are perfection itself.
YES! The music is absolutely incredible. It totally sets the tone for each level and really makes this game surprisingly atmospheric.
I have this particular soundtrack on a playlist on YT music
I was afraid this review would break our nostalgia and point out how much the game has aged... but I am genuinely relieved to see that there is still a lot of gold in Goldeneye.
Great video Calvin. This was one of the first memories I have of Bond. I remember first playing the game in 2012/2013 as a child and it boosted my Bond fandom to where it is now. The game is still and will always be my favorite game of all time.
The trick to the second Servanaya bunker mission is to shoot 1 or 2 shots at a time, shooting more will trigger guards to constantly spawn.
Yep, that's why the game gives the player throwing knives, to hint that this is a stealth mission.
@@Rocket1377 You're totally right. My experience however, was that I couldn't beat the level until I read about this in n64 Power magazine. I had no idea that firing a few shots wouldn't trigger the usual onslaught. Maybe I'm a dummy but how could I have figured that out by myself when I was 12?
@@Rocket1377 Its a broken stealth mission. But basically you just need to either slap or throw knives, and when it gets tough then just blast everything, while also shooting security cameras.
I consider "Archives" to be the best level including the Dam obviously. But its due to how much of FPS genre it embraces in that level, you can hide and shoot often behind things. Aka the perfect level!
I’m astonished to know you are so keen on my favorite level, Frigate! There’s something about that simplicity of the level that does it for me. Turn on paintball mode, unlimited ammo, and you’re off to the races! It’s my favorite one to drop in, play, and get out.
very glad to finally see a review of this one! well done Calvin
And in sad news the observatory in Puerto Rico that was used for Alec's base is being dismantled.
Actually it blew up. Just after Bond flew off.
Arecibo, yes. I hope the petition to replace it is successful - but i doubt it will succeed since parabolic antennas are on the way out.
It’s actually one hundred percent collapsed in the last week.
Fortunately, no Sean Beans were completely skewered in the collapse of this observatory
@@caelmcleish1212 I dunno, I heard somebody spilled the Beans.
I live in arecibo
Where that scene was filmed
Honestly, your sitcom opening for Goldeneye felt more like the opening to a generic action show that lasted for one season
It reminded me of CSI/NCIS too
But what weas the music from?
Best joke in the vid tho
Great video, fantastic trip down memory lane. I think you're right Calvin, the Bond franchise was very lucky to be associated with this game. The Bond franchise would've done well in the 90s regardless but making Pierce Brosnan's Bond relevant to the video game generation really sparked an interest in the next couple of films.
20 yr old Bond fan here. Didnt grow up playing Goldeneye, but I've played all the Bond games and it truly is the best. It has an atmosphere that doesn't carry over to any of the other games.
I have quite a nostalgic view of it. I met my wife in 1999 and she shared a house with a girl who's boyfriend had an N64. We got talking about Bond and then he mentioned Goldeneye on the N64. I was hooked. I married my wife the following June. Maybe Goldeneye on the N64 had something to do with it! ;-) I did soon after buy my own N64 and Goldeneye. It's in the garage boxed up and the moment.
I actually got into the original game like 2 weeks ago. I bought an N64 just so I could play this game! Back in 2015, I was getting into gaming for the first time, and I heard everyone talking about how Goldeneye on the N64 is the greatest game of all time. I heard so much about it, I decided to watch the movie, and that got me into James Bond as a franchise. I played the DS game to death, and I finally got the N64 game and even though I haven’t gotten far, it’s easily a great game. It took me a sec to get the controls down, but when I did I was running around pumping guards full of led.
This is one of my favorite of your Bond Game Reviews and this game is one of my favorite games of all time. I have fond memories of playing Goldeneye when I was 4 or 5 and they are good memories.
Great cameos from certain Bond lads in here! Thanks Calvin Dyson!
First time I experienced this game was watching my dad play the game on his N64 when I was kid, which funnily enough I was born in the same year: 1997. The game was my entry to the James Bond franchise with the movie being the first one I watched as a teen, there's so much nostalgia fused with this game for me it's insane.
Only playing Dam because I could run straight to the end on Agent, start up Frigate, get on the boat and then get back onto the speedboat to end (fail) the mission early. Eventually learned how to properly play the game and actually complete a playthrough of the story.
Tons of matches against my dad including a Slappers Only match that took forever, and a match with Remote Mines where the game glitched so they were stuck floating in the air.
Since I still have an N64 I've continued to revisit the game on official hardward but I also regularly play on PC with a special emulator that allows Mouse & Keyboard controls. There's GoldenEye: Source which I discovered on TH-cam after being disappointed with the Wii Remake, and then of course there's the modding community. Custom Levels, Custom Weapons, Custom Campaigns, and Custom Characters...which lead to me making Mario Characters with help from some of the big mod creators.
It's a real shame that this game never got its official, faithful remake and it's a shame that GoldenEye 25 got a C&D, but with Spies Don't Die keeping the core gameplay, and Project 007 being announced I think we're finally going to get some new, good Bond games again.
For every GoldenEye fan out there, I HIGHLY recommend TimeSplitters 2, which was made by the same team and took the gameplay of GoldenEye and ran with it, making a zanier and even better shooter, especially in multiplayer!
Indeed! One of my all time favourite games. Future Perfect is great too.
@@calvindyson Even the first level is an homage to the Dam level in Goldeneye.
Been waiting for this video for awhile!
I think the enjoyment that comes out of this is a combination of both nostalgia AND Goldeneye being a genuinely good game that still holds up very well...maybe clunky controls aside. But Goldeneye is also a marvel for just how well programmed it is. Look at how many retro games speedrunners have SHATTERED with bugs and glitches (I'm looking at you Ocarina of Time) and yet nothing TRULY game-breaking has ever been discovered in Goldeneye; it's just so well built and it's astonishing when most of the Rare team at that time had little to no experience working on video games.
Nice review Calvin! And, I don't know if you've actually played it, but if you fancy pulling your hair out in frustration, I'd love to see a review of the "spiritual successor" Perfect Dark one day. MUCH more difficult than GE!
I haven't played Perfect Dark in years but would be very interesting to revisit it again! I remember having a good enough time with it but the same friend whose brother completed the whole game had it and insisted we play multiplayer on that instead of GoldenEye when they got it and I was always a bit miffed as I wanted to keep playing GoldenEye so it does have something of a dark cloud hanging over it haha!
So glad you made this series of video game reviews.
As someone who was introduced to the game 20+ years after it was released, it still holds up fascinatingly well. As much as the technical and graphical limitations of the time hold it back when compared to modern shooters, it’s still stunningly well-designed. The multiplayer, in particular, is untouchable even when directly compared to newer games.
Very well done as usual Calvin! It might be worth consulting Graslu00 and doing a review of the Goldfinger64 adaptation if you want another idea involving this title!
I started playing this game in 2005 when I was 5 and I haven’t stopped ever since to this day in 2020. My generation missed out on n64 with mostly playing PS2 and the first Xbox however I only had an n64 from my brother growing up and also being a bond fan so I was lucky to experience this when none of my friends ever did. For me it holds up purely based on the freedom to change up gameplay however you want, all the Easter eggs there are, the attention to detail with level design and cheats ultimately making each level play through so customizable. There are some things I newly discover 15 years later playing this game that take me back to the wonder of playing it as a kid. And as a huge bond fan myself, the Goldeneye movie with game combo is just the ultimate complementary pairing, I’ll never get tired of these two fantastic pieces of entertainment and art. Truly spectacular and important to my life!
This was a great read, Kurt! Thank you for sharing this!
@@calvindyson Thanks Calvin, big fan of your channel man, keep up the great content!
I waited like 4 months for this!!! Thank you Calvin!! This is my favorite game of all time! Now time to view TWINE for N64 brother!!!
That opening TV show-esque sequence was REALLY WELL DONE!
Evoking heaps of 90's tv show vibes!! Great job!!
Side note: I feel like, if companies actually put enough money into it, a James Bond tv show (done 90's style) would have been EPIC. Every episode would have been a 2 parter for sure but still epic!!
N64 Goldeneye came at a perfect point in my life. I was starting High School, and had been a Bond fan since I was 007 years old when I saw my first Bond film... A View To A Kill!
This game was a huge bonding tool for my friends and I, because I had a considerable Bond history knowledge back then, so I could explain to them all about Jaws, Oddjob, Aztec level, etc. It allowed me to introduce my friends to many classic Bond films that they had refused to check out up until then.
The game is without a doubt, one of the most influential video games of all time. I definitely credit Goldeneye N64 for introducing the character into many new generations and making him relevant at a time Bond desperately needed it.
Excellent game! Haven’t played in ages, I wonder how I would do in a Multiplayer match today.
OMG....10 year old Calvin needs his own TH-cam channel...although he sounds suspiciously like Dobby from Harry Potter....
Loved it as a kid before I learned about all the movies, going back and playing it with my knowledge of the movie made it so much better and bond is still my favorite movie series of all time!
Quite appreciate the Black Adder reference
15:06 In the 00 Agent difficulty, your objective IS to destroy the entire silo by setting up plastique explosives. Presumably, two were already launched before destroying the base.
It would make sense. In the film it’s implied the satellites have been in space for several years by the time the film begins. Indeed, they have CCCP markings on them, so they most definitely were not launched in 1993.
Maybe the one in the silo is a spare, just in case.
Great video that was well worth the wait. Despite it's age, it's still a fantastic game! Can't wait for you to review The World is Not Enough N64.
One "remake" that you missed is the fan-made Goldfinger 64, a really wild project.
Same team is currently working on a Tomorrow Never Dies and The Spy Who Loved Me remake as well. Super cool they've been whipping up
@@Risico16 The Living Daylights 64 too, i working in the 3 projects but the 3 projects are directed by 3 different persons
Just like Goldeneye 007, you won't get a mention or review for Goldfinger 64 from Calvin for 23 years.
@@johnnythundertherevenger945 The best Bond movie for a video game.
License to Kill 64 please!
When I'm in the right mood Goldeneye is like that elusive Nostalgia drug we all love hooked directly to the veins, the 64 graphics, the sublime music and unique atmosphere. Sure many aspects are dated but who cares when it's just that much fun to play.The level that stands out is Siberia 2 with those ghoulish guards who hunted you down and the ominous red sky
MASTERPIECE. Best Goldeneye retrospective yet.
I'm too young to have been around for the Goldeneye phenomenon, but I've played the game on a simulator and it's pretty great. But personally I prefer Nightfire and Everything or Nothing 😬. Thanks Calvin for all the great content, it's really amazing and inspiring 👊
Goldeneye, I found his weakness
Goldeneye, he'll do what I please
Goldeneye, no time for sweetness
But a bitter kiss will bring him to his knees
YOUUUUUUU'LL NEVER KNOOOOOOOW HOW I WATCHED YOU FROM THE SHADOWS AS A CHIIIIIILD...
@@nekusakura6748 You'll Never Know How I Watched You On My N64 As A Child
revenge a kiss this time i wont miss.... now ive gottcha in my sightsssssssssssssss
thank you for makin these! always a higlight of my day!
I’m really happy you put GRADLU00’s footage in your vids...I watch his stuff too!
This is hands down the funniest video of yours so far! The waking up bit killed me
"I am inviiiisible" killed me
I've been subbed since 2012, and you've always been my number one spot for Bond news and entertaining reviews of some of my favorite film series.
Haha loved the cameos near the end!
I remember around the year 2000 when I was 4 watching my brother and my cousins playing GoldenEye multiplayer and I played a little bit of it but not much. 12 years later I got the game for myself to finally see if it was as good as everyone said and... I was addicted. The controls took a bit of getting used to but once I got used to it I couldn’t put it down. So much replay value and I make it a point to play through it at least once or twice a year. Absolutely one of my favorite games ever
At long last, the review we've all been waiting for!
I absolutely love this game, this was my introduction to 007. THIS the thing that got me into being a bond fan. So this game is my favorite for multiple reasons.
The Egyptian level is pretty good, and there are multiple ways to play that level, and once you knock out semidu twice the level goes all dark and gets all confusing if you don’t know what you are doings, you could also kill semedi 1st and than collect the golden gun.
What you could do if find the button codes the ones you enter once the level starts and you could use it to help you beat the remaining levels on 00 agent-to unlock the final level and once you complete all levels on 00 agents you unlock an editor difficulty where you can choose how accurate deadly and quick the enemies are.
the sitcom intro was epic, well done!!!!
I got Goldeneye with my N64 on Xmas day 1998. My brother and I as well as my older cousin spent that whole time playing the multiplayer as well as the single player.
After that, anytime we had friends over, there were always goldeneye battles and so many hours were spent battling each other, with all sortsnof game modes.
I really have fond memories of that game. I miss those carefree times
I remember playing at my uncles house with my younger cousin for hours into the night during the summer when I’d go to visit. I was so excited to finally get it for myself later on down the line and have a friend over for multiplayer.
Was waiting for this for ages, love it!!!
''Nice to know I waste my future'' - absolutely brilliant!! Love it.
Nothing more classic then this game, as one of my earliest N64 games back in 1997. So many great memories of this, though the multiplayer was the highlight for me. I loved the single player, but it was always the explosive multiplayer games me and my older sister used to play with her friends. It usually ended with me getting ganged up on by them, so it ended with me getting annoyed and using Oddjob just to get some revenge. Well unless we played Golden Gun mode, I could play as anyone and kill anyone with that gun. My sis used to hate me so much for that, she couldn't aim for crap with it, but I was always able to get her and her friends in one shot. So satisfying, oh and the proximity mines. I was the little bugger who would lay them on the ground all over the place, and when I noticed one of them entered an area with it. BOOM! Ah so many memories.
Though I will say, I was surprised you didn't mention the CCTV tape in the second bunker level. If you look at it in your inventory on your watch, you will notice the tape is actually an old VHS tape of Goldeneye itself. I can't deny I love that little easter egg.
Problem is. I played tomorrow never dies first in the mid 2000s. Only to discover goldeneye about a decade later. So I’m like that one guy in the room who’s nostalgic for tomorrow never dies as opposed to goldeneye😭
Same!
You think that's rough try being nostalgic for rogue agent lol
EEEEHHUUUHHUU IN the mean time, you can enjoy the View!!!!!!!!!!!
@@SB992REBORN 🤣🤣 you said it bro😭
Brought back good memories of an excellent game ,your review was excellent and very entertaining, well done.
20:20 your right she gave me kind of a nightmare while I was protecting her in control and also
In a deep voice: NATALYA
I admire your commitment to the bit. It really sells it. I'd also love to know how you implement those video transitions.
Goldeneye 007: My name is Bond..................JAMES BOND!
007 Legends: ʲᵃᵐᵉˢ ᵇᵒⁿᵈ
10 year old Calvin is adorable! Also liked the cameos from David and Joe near the end!
I was born in 99 and still played the hell out of this game as a kid. Was by far my most played N64 game growing up and probably led to the movie being my favorite movie as well. Loved Goldeneye so much that I bought a Walther PPK as soon as I turned 18 as well.
I've been waiting for this review for so long, keep up the great James Bond 007 content Cal. 😃👍🏻
I was really hoping that now that Nintendo and Microsoft seem to be all buddy buddy lately (Microsoft released the Xbox exclusives Cuphead and Ori on Switch, and allowed both Banjo-Kazooie and Minecraft Steve to be characters in Smash) things could finally turn in this whole saga. How cool would it be to get a simultaneous release of the cancelled 360 upresed port to both Xbox and Switch simultaneously with cross-platform online multiplayer? Like you said it would print money. You have to wonder if it's simply the Bond rights that are keeping that from happening at this point.
I want to point out that there was a project to bring Halo on the Nintendo DS but that fell through
Supposedly, Microsoft still plans to actually release the GoldenEye XBLA port at some point, as some developers were caught unlocking achievements for it not too long ago. Sadly, the war in Ukraine has basically indefinitely delayed that project, much like what happened to the Advanced Wars remake.
It took two years but you called it.
Your reviews are well done! You're very knowledgeable about the movies, and I actually like that you're not a real "hardcore" gamer.
Not sure how much you're into sci-fi, but one of my favorite games of all time was the spiritual successor to this game, perfect dark. Made by the same team, it was basically their dream game and was extremely ambitious for it's time. Has an excellent soundtrack. Just bringing it up in case you see around somewhere, you should pick it up! Many references to GoldenEye in it.
Okay, I seriously lost it, Calvin, when you did the sitcom style opening for Goldeneye! 😂 You should try to do other Bond movies as well.
If it wasn't for Goldeneye 64 then I don't think I would be as big a fan as I am. It was this that got me into Bond so many moons ago!
So Boris was actually mispronouncing, he meant to say "I am invisible!", which I guess also can work for a hacker. Great retrospective, I learned some new things and had some great laughs as well, the waking up in the middle of the night sketch was LOLish.
My favourite console shooter of all-time! Rare made this game so much fun and very authentic to the Bond/GoldenEye experience. I loved the Multiplayer mode and Cheats. It's very hard on 00 Agent. Easy 10/10 rating from me!
23 year old Bond fan here. Absolutely love this game!!! I prefer Nightfire, and From Russia With Love, but Goldeneye comes in at 3rd place for me!!!
Great stuff, thanks! Well done :D
I've only ever played GoldenEye N64 once in my entire life. When I was younger, my sister was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation and she spent a week in hospital recuperating and in the children's ward was a play area filled with toys, books, videos and a load of old video game consoles and I pretty much spent my time playing these games and GoldenEye was one of them.
Im 21 years old and i grew up on gamecube so it was "agent under fire" that was the nostalgic bond for me. However, i would visit my grandparents every other weekend and the games on N64 were Crusin World, Mario N64 and this game. It still holds heavy in my heart of nostalgia even though it was before i was born. The train mission was my favorite but i could never get past the jungle mission because i wasnt good enough haha. Either way, still smell the scent of their guest bedroom
Saying Silo is one of your favorite levels says a lot about your personality. Nothing wrong with that, I enjoy Silo too, it's just rare to hear somebody say that. My generation has a good deal to say about this game with favorite levels at the top of the list, but Silo is normally listed at the bottom of the list of levels. It's nice to hear Silo get some love.
There is a special emulator called 1964 for GoldenEye 64 and Perfect Dark on PC that allows you to play them with mouse and keyboard in widescreen 4k and with 60fps, you can even play the Goldfinger mod on it (yes there is a mod for GoldenEye 64 that turns the game into Goldfinger).
*1964 GEPD, not just 1964.
Goldeneye on N64 is the reason I became a Bond fan... thanks for reviewing!
That 10 year old Calvin voice 🤣🤣
I don’t think I’ve found anything as satisfying as using the watch laser on the escape hatch in the train level. Pure bliss.
Fun fact about archives level:
You can plant a timed mine on the wall opposite of the window (after breaking it)
This will trigger an explosion during the cutscene.
And sometimes, if mine is placed back in the alley enough, Natalya even survives.
If not, the mission fails during the cutscene
If I remember correctly, you could also instant blow up remote mines with pressing A and B simultanously
When I was a kid, I made it past the shutters on train. It blew my mind
I remember in 1999 I was 5 years old and a neighbor had the N64 and a bj ch of games he let me borrow for a few weeks. Goldeneye was one of the games and me and my mom would always play multiplayer... she always knew where the golden gun was -.-" years later I had some money saved up and wanted to buy my own N64 and the person sadly didn't have Goldeneye so I almost said no but I still ended up buying the system. Months later during Christmas I got a small gift, opened it and there it was, Goldeneye. Me and my mom relived our memories of multiplayer and I actually tried to play the story mode in which I sucked haha. When the remake for the Wii came out I beat the game in 1 day, 1 sitting. Never got to beat the original though. Great review, lots of nostalgia and i agree it needs some kind of remaster or a re-release on the Switch or something with online multiplayer and local. I'll be happy to spent money again on this piece of history.
I’m here for Calvin’s impressions and the bedroom scenes... So basically, I’m here for Bond. 😎
The most interesing thing is this game can be modded, creating mods of this game, one of the mods is Goldfinger 64, a full convertion of GE into the Goldfinger movie, and there is upcoming full mods to, like The Spy Who Loved Me 64 and The Living Daylights 64...
PS:
I do one called RickRollEye 64 where 007 is replaced with thr british singer Rick Astley and another "dead" memes
Yes best mod ever created
Wait so they are making “Living Daylights 64”?
@@FunkSwaggMusiK si
So to your question about not having the nostalgia. My son is 14, I'm a huge Bond fan and he has recently become one. This is obviously one of his favorite movies. He has the N64 emulator on his phone and we were watching your video and I asked him what he thought. He absolutely loves this game, as a gamer and as a Bond fan
Great Work, man!
Really Great review Clavin! ... been waiting for this particular review on the channel for like 5 years now, and it didn't disappoint. If you haven't, you should take a look at perfect dark one day, I think you would really like it.
Well done Calvin, you may not be a gamer, but if you were i think youd make great reveiws of video games seeing as you play and talk about them all the way through. this is the best goldeneye 64 reveiw ever seeing as you incorperate all the aspects people spotted back in the day (Boris dissapearring in the air vent hahaha) :)
Fantastisk intro you made there:)