Hope you all enjoy this one. All six interviews will be uploaded in full (with video) in the coming weeks to the playlist below. th-cam.com/video/P73YuAeHvMc/w-d-xo.html
Oh man, hearing Mr. Doak talk about people who say GE or PD don't hold up made me wince. Even before the Project Bean leak, I had already replayed both GoldenEye and Perfect Dark using an Emulator along with a Mouse & Keyboard plugin. The controls felt really tight, and this is coming from someone who grew up on Quake games. It's a cryin' shame that GoldenEye XBLA will likely never see an official re-release, almost seen as a pariah by the right's owners.
To any of the Rare team involved in this game that are reading this, thank you. Thank you so much of hours of entertainment. You're all purely legends.
@@Chadhogan111 never played Halo? Left4Dead? There were lots of couch games after Goldeneye, not sure how many were on Nintendo, other than Smash Bros etc
Hideo Kojima had the exact same philosophy with Metal Gear and was literally fired for it. People have accepted low quality and paid for it. Supply and demand. If people would simply stop buying trash, they'd stop making it. It's the consumer's fault.
@@onaretrotipI know I stopped. After Battlefield 3 I have yet to pre order another game, literally returned the game same day I picked up and went back to Bad Company 2
Absolutely. This is a labour of love and it’s apparent that hundreds of hours were invested in pulling it off. The contributors were also aware they must’ve been partaking in something substantial! Great work. Thanks.
Well said this is very well made you maid quite the documentary. As someone who was born in 91 i lived the goldeneye and nintendo 64 years iv always whanted to know the making of and this video answerd it quite well thnk you
Young people will never understand how important and how pivotal this game was for defining and shaping first person shooters. This is the GOAT without question. So many hours played with friends on split screen, sleep overs, bets, etc. the memories are engrained in me and many of my longtime friends even 25 years later. This is an amazing piece of work
Had a few of my younger colleagues round for beers during lockdown and had the n64 out and gave them a shot. It was interesting that only 10 years difference existed between us but theyd never heard of or appreciated goldeneye.
Quake enters the chat. Quake did everything GE did and A LOT more over a year before GE did it. All Goldeney did was jade multiple generations of gamers into thinking that FPS games could work at all with a controller forever fucking over design in the genre. Controllers DRAMATICALLY hinder FPS game design.
Yeah... lol ... like .. Woah Hey check out this video game.. wow this is a really cool area here .. Oh so that's what the character looks like that you play as? Dude we should like totally gather our resources & time & effort & just start filming an entire movie based off of THIS video game! How about Pierce Brosnan? He looks just like this video game's main character!!
@@LeonSheeter Sometimes I wonder if they used Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean as inspiration for the characters. Great casting eye for whoever cast the cast.
@@EyeDyeGrys I wonder that too... but uhh.. Oh, while I'm at it.. What the F--- kinda "making of" video is this?? I thought it would show the whole Rareware team sitting around like "There, now we have proximity mines all coded, How are you doing over there, Dr. Doak? good"
This documentary is an astounding achievement. And GoldenEye 007 didn't just change gaming. It changed millions of lives and created permanent childhood memories for an entire generation.
I’m still playing this on the 64 that I got Christmas morning when I was 5. My wife doesn’t play, but I’ve caught her humming some of the music around the house 😂 the music is her favorite part.
I allowed my mom to sell my games in a garage sale a long time ago, but told her not to give up the console. Very glad I was smart enough to mention that part.
I still remember walking up to the counter at Toys R Us with a bag full of quarters and singles to get my $70 copy of GoldenEye complete with rumble pack. This project is beyond just being a game.
@@Sov92 It was quite common back then for people to go to their local Blockbuster and rent the console and the game on weekends to play all nighters instead of buying such an expensive game and console… me and my roommates used to do that in the late 90s when I was in college. I never played the campaign pf this game - only match after endless match of the multiplayer. It was so addicting!!
I HATE DOAK!!!!!! And Goldeneye now because of him!!! Which is weird because I used to love it before playing this recent port and trying to get 00 agent facility time 2:05 😂
@@llamajuice my grandparents almost didn't make it so my kid is going to know the history is important we teach history so it hopefully won't be repeating
Nothing beats being sat there with four of your mates on a 14" television all with grenade launchers in the Temple. No phone constantly buzzing with all that Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat nonsense. Wish I could go back to that time. I remember unboxing my N64 on Christmas day (with Goldeneye) and my dear Dad helping me to set it up. A bottled, treasured feeling. Thanks for a great documentary! Much appreciated!
This is exactly what me n friends would do! When me n my friends graduated school we played this n Tony Hawks pro skater almost every single night! But on goldeneye it was always the funniest with grenade launchers only! Especially those long shots u jus get lucky on once n a while. 😂 man the nostalgia is real with this one!
Even better is when your parents go away for the weekend, so you set the N64 up on the big TV downstairs. You load up Goldeneye, and tape bedsheets to the TV so that you can divide the screen up and block the other players from looking at your screen. Playing multiplayer Goldeneye as a genuine stealth game (turn the radar off for extra fun) is amazing. The only downside is having to explain to your parents what those sticky marks on top of the TV are.
I love the fact that the dev team was made up of mostly greenhorns who never made a game before. Honestly, as a programmer myself, that's inspirational.
An incredible piece of work Pete. Since the games release, we’ve all heard and read much more diluted versions of the development history via individual interviews and lesser scale documentaries but to have the ambition and dedication to pull something of this magnitude together should be applauded. You should be extremely proud of what you’ve achieved here. Many thanks.
Ah, thank you so much, Darren. I found that too - there doesn't seem to be a making of GoldenEye video with the developers in that's all-encompassing. It's all dotted around in pieces. Really glad you enjoyed it!
As someone who used to work in the industry and was deeply involved in distribution at the time this game was released, I can't really emphasize how important this game was. Before there was a Halo there was GoldenEye. Well done, I think I'll subscribe.
Yes, I've found that people really understate its impact because it's "just another FPS on console". But at the time, FPS on console really wasn't a thing. Hugely influential. Thank you!
One of the most brilliant, talented group of people to ever develop a game, certainly one of the greatest games ever made. During high school I spent many a weekend playing multiplayer with my 2 closest friends, often going to bed at 6 am Saturday or Sunday morning. Sometimes we even had a fourth if my other good friend was over. Those times rank among the finest gaming moments of my life. I can't believe it's been 25 years. Thank you for this incredible documentary.
RARE...you are responsible for a majority of my best childhood memories with my siblings. Thank you for creating something that brought people together in an innovative way.
I still play it to this day, in fact I recently attended a Goldeneye tournament at a brewery. Hadn’t booted it up in years, but didn’t take long to get back into the groove. Thank you to everyone who worked on this. Many happy memories. Best video game ever!
Very well done. The fact that they were able to make the most iconic first person shooter of all time with so many limitations is mind blowing. Oh and that pause music 🤯
It was also great that Nintendo wasn't going all micro on them like most of the big publishers do nowadays. Sony coming down on Hello Games for NMS after they already told them it was going to take longer than they wanted it to being a good example. Or EA blowing out Mass Effect Andromeda, and Dragon Age 2 because "MONEY NOW"
I used to live a 15 minute drive away from Twycross when I was a child. If the 10 year old me knew that my favourite games like DKC, Killer Instinct and Goldeneye 64 were made in my city, my mind would've been blown.
The algorithm finally blessed me 9 months later, what an excellent documentary of an all time great revolutionary game. You hear little tidbits of this over the years, but this is so concise and it's intriguing hearing all aspects of development and how it all came together perfectly. I love the story of the multiplayer development. I wonder if they knew how truly special of a game they had when they had those moments and how millions of people would share that feeling. It was good to hear at E3 how receptive people were over it especially with doubts over your own game. Possibly my favorite movie and game combination ever, I can't think of anything that tops it.
I've watched so many Goldeneye 'making of's' on TH-cam that I really didn't think there was anything new to learn. I was wrong. Yours is the best one. It's definitive. Well worth the 101 minutes - which incidentally, must have taken you an ice age to make !
This game is so close to my heart and I loved hearing each and every one of their stories on how it all came together. Thank you to the team at Rare and Thank you onaretrotrip for putting this video together.
So many memories playing this game for hours and hours as a kid with my friends. Big head mode, paintball mod, tiny agents, etc. Then when your friends go home you could have a blast with the campaign. So much fun to be had with this game.
i remember the day of picking this game up for the first time in a mom and pop's video rental store for $1 a day, and setting it back on the shelf and my uncle telling me, lets rent it. And we did. and it was glorious. Crazy how that memory of that moment was sealed in my mind.
This is so well put together. The amount of hours my friends and I put into the multiplayer after school is unreal. I would know exactly where everyone was who needs a UAV when you can screen cheat! 4 player split screen on a 14inch TV, I even managed to get it running on a black and white radio tv tuner that had a 5inch screen. Good times
I’m a autocad drafter in an entry level job, to hear that the creators were inexperienced although we’re given this opportunity is so inspiring. I never went for video game production because it seemed to be overstated a lot and so I was doubtful. Even though this was a very different time, it’s still pretty inspirational.
Coming back to this after playing the Switch service release. Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but with just a handful of control tweaks, Goldeneye holds up incredibly well. Such an incredible landmark game. Goldeneye walked so Halo could run!
Same here, I changed some of the buttons around and it's the only thing I've played on switch since it released. So so good. Brings back so many memories.
Absolutely brilliant, this and Mario Kart were the best years me and my mates ever had gaming. Such a nostalgia trip, thanks for posting the story behind it all!
Such an incredible effort here, dude. Unbelievable that you got the whole gang. The insight into the process is fascinating. Another incredible service you've given the community!
The generation of children who grew up in the late 80s, throughout the 90s, into the wee 00s were part of the greatest generation in my opinion. Being a child in the 90s you were on the front lines of so many revolutionary things previous generations just didn’t have. I wouldn’t want to grow up in any other time. I think 1990-2010 is probably the peak of society. We peaked. It’s all been downhill since, save for some great games and music that have come along.
It’s amazing that hiring people that love and respect the source material would be a seen as groundbreaking in today’s gaming industry. Much respect to the Rare team. You all made my childhood a little more special.
This was great. I love that you managed to get so many new interviews and details from the original team! If I could thumbs-up this more than once, I very much would!
This is absolutely fantastic! Goldeneye absolutely blew me away when I was 10 years old and still does to this day! This documentary gives me so much insight into exactly why in every department. Thank you, man!
Great video! Thanks for the upload and very well done! An extra thanks the Goldeneye team members who participated! I'd love to see someone do comprehensive Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters making of documentaries like this with the team members. Video was awesome!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. Love Timesplitters too. David talks about it a bit in his interview, and several of the team talk about Perfect Dark. I'll be uploading the full interviews (with video) soon.
An aspect of this game that I dont think gets enough attention is the music. The music produced by Graeme and Grant in this game makes them a couple of the most genius composers ever. Each mission (except Jungle) has a unique theme that adds a distinct atmosphere that disappears in the event that it is turned off. The fact that each song is also a derivative of the Bond theme song makes it even more genius. Theres no other game that has even remotely replicated this feat before or since. Halo for example, does have some great atmospheric music that enhances the game, but it is nowhere as impactful or as distinct as GE. This game truly is one of a kind.
The choice to omit music entirely from Jungle after so many levels accompanied by intense, driving electronic and rock music was genius. It turns a relatively ordinary, linear corridor shooting level into a tense crawl through the underbrush, never sure if the next tree is hiding a soldier who will cut off a third or more of your health.
Maybe I'm in a minority, but I think Goldeneye's graphics are still pretty good. I do prefer retro gaming. It has a charm that games these days don't capture much now. Also, the fact that you can put a cartridge in and play the game from start to finish without microtransactions or downloading updates. I miss the 90s and early 2000s 🙂
One of the most informative YT game videos I ever had the great pleasure to watch. By far my favourite video. Really shows how humble and great the team at Rareware back then! Fantastic watch and an absolute Incredible effort. Thanks so much Pete! 🔥
LOL A premiere is a TH-cam feature where everyone can chat in real-time while watching the video; I didn't mean it like a film premiere. Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it!
It’s hard to put into words how completely this game captured my imagination as a 12 year old. I still remember vividly the first time I played the Dam level and came to the locked gate. I was so confused. “There’s no way I can shoot this lock, right?” When I shot it and it popped off I knew this game was something special. The single greatest gaming experience I’ve ever had.
Yes! It's a shame that a lot of people only experienced the multiplayer, because the single-player missions were absolutely brilliant, and the way the levels and missions were designed was very clever.
@@onaretrotip Someone said that Nintendo re-released this game on their Switch? Is that true? My ex-boyfriend gave me his used Switch, but I have yet to fire it up even though there is quite a few games I would like to play on it. I used to play Goldeneye 007 damn near every weekend for a while there with my college roommate and her boyfriend back in ‘97 (we’d rent the console and game from Blockbuster). It was addicting af! We would play so bloody much in those Friday and Saturday overnighters that during the few hours of sleep I got, I’d dream and dream that I was still playing the game, frantically running through corridor after corridor lol. I was way too busy with my studies to play the game’s campaign (when you put yourself through college, you don’t fuck around much so you don’t fuck it up) - therefore all we’d do is play non-stop multiplayer for the precious little time we were renting the console. I would definitely be interested in seeing what the campaign is like, so that would be super cool if it really is available on the Switch! P.S. This video was such a good reminder of those memories, so thanks for that! I often think about how special gaming used to be when I started on the Atari as a kid in the 80s, then on to Nintendo, and then my friend getting an XBOX with Halo on it in the early 2000s... gaming was extra special back then because it was so focused on friends and family playing _TOGETHER_ *in the same physical room,* where you can see each other’s expressions and laughter in person. Sure, once in awhile a game will include couch co-op campaigns these days, but it’s extremely rare. So much of our social interactions have been reduced with the advent of internet multiplayer - *it’s just not the same.* Moreover, they can even isolate you from having a normal healthy IRL social life - being quite deceptive in that way. Like MMORPGS have done to countless folks (World of Warcraft was infamous for that, for example). You’re playing with people, but only _KIND OF._ You know? Sorry for my tangent there.
@anti-ethniccleansing465 Yes, it's now on Switch and XBOX. Shame it's just the original on am emulator, as the cancelled 360 remaster is so good. I've not tried the Switch yet, but been playing it on XBOX and there are some annoying graphical glitches. Prefer playing it on my N64 and CRT to be honest, but it's good that more people can experience it.
@@onaretrotip Wow you’re a quick responder (for a YT creator)! ;) Thx for the reply! I think you might have responded while I was still editing it with my long tangent haha, so idk if you saw it all after I finished. Anyways, how were you able to play a cancelled remaster? Doesn’t “cancelled” imply that it was never released? I had to get rid of my luxurious beast 2001 Sony Trinitron 32” tv last year, even though it was in mint condition. Broke my heart because it was going to be torn apart by a recycler (it didn’t deserve that 😢), and not to a different home to be appreciated by a gamer. I watched 911 go down live on it when it was brand new. But I desperately needed the space in my little shoebox apartment before an apartment inspection was about to happen on short notice. So, there’s no chance of me experiencing the glory of this game properly again, but that’s very cool you can! :) It sucks to hear that the game has such issues on XBOX (and I’m sure it will on Switch being that it’s on an emulator), but I guess it’s better than nothing indeed. Thanks again for the info! P.S. Do you mind if I ask what platform you are writing me to from? I am just curious because there is a “465“ added to my username when you addressed me and it is a text-based tag instead of a link. I have been starting to see that from some commenters, and I don’t get it. I also just noticed that YT didn’t put a golden star next to your reply notification, which it used to do when a creator responds. That sucks. : /
@anti-ethniccleansing465 A lot of cancelled games get leaked, as was the case with the 360 GoldenEye remaster. I have a modded JTag 360 so I downloaded it on to that. Very good! Um, not sure, but I know TH-cam recently changed how it displays tags on comments.
This documentary is truly legendary, so much stuff I didn’t know about, especially how the music was engineered! Seriously, great work, I couldn’t imagine how overwhelming this was to edit.
What I enjoy about GoldenEye N64 is the amount of freedom and extras features that adds more life to the game. I could write a huge list out. However, the documentary has actually pointed out of lot of them. I can also add: being able to shoot enemy hats off, enemies dropping an inactive grenade if the player defeats the enemy before they activate them, what-if scenarios say the player destroys a console that Natalya is suppose to use and gives alternative dialogue, secret doors to find, etc. The player can go back and fourth through levels or take alternative routes if they're struggling in a certain section. In GoldenEye Reloaded, it was a corridor driven story game with little freedom. Like the player will only experience mostly the same things. I used to like messing around in Dam, Facility, Runway, Surface, Bunker 1 & 2, Silo, Frigate, Archives, Train, Control, Caverns, Cradle, Aztec and Egypt. I think I noticed that enemies have an odd spawn system at the start Facility and Bunker 2 were if the player hasn't explored a certain part of the level and makes a lot of weapon noise. It will spawn 3 times more enemies. This is without the alarm going off when the player is seen on camera. Overall. They made an amazing game. I just wish I could play it on PC though.
Ironic how a game that started as an on-rail shooter ended up having more freedom and non-linearity in its level design than many games that start as freely controlled shooters. It's cool that the detached hats practically never despawn and remain present until the end of the level. I've seen the dropped inactive grenades too, sadly you can't pick them up for yourself but you CAN shoot them and they'll explode.
That's it; it was the freedom the player was given that took it up a notch. The way the levels were designed first, before the objectives, really made it brilliant (almost accidentally).
I'm 36. To this day, it is the best FPS in history. The physics, the auto aim, the loud gun sounds, the unique level layouts, the soundtrack, the ruthlessness of those baby blue turrets on the ceiling. Best experience of my life and I wish they'd remaster it in full
33 here. I always remember being unsettled by blood soaking through their clothes on multiplayer... And the blood didn't leave upon respawning. It added a brutal intensity to the gameplay.
You've got to buy some newer games if you think this is the greatest FPS of all time. For some reason, people often list outdated games in their top 10 of all time. The question is best game -- not "game I enjoyed most growing up" or "Game I have the most nostalgia for" or "Game that impacted video games the most" or "Game that was superior to all games in its genre back in the day and maybe a little bit in the future" or any other question. I'd rather play a 5/10 modern shooter over Golden Eye any day.
Incredible documentary. So glad I found this gem. That era of gaming was different. When creativity and talent ruled studios, not the bean counters. To think that the majority of the team were not even game developers.
I never owned an N64 (I had a Playstation), but I kept hearing people rave about Goldeneye as a kid, and I was always curious about it. It's now on Xbox Gamepass and I played it for the first time and I really enjoy it. I can see why so many people loved it at the time.
One of only two games I enjoy on the N64, utterly brilliant video Pete, TH-cam on another level. You've been great company at work today, thanks mate 👍
Paused the video as soon as I started it to say this! I'm 40 years old and have been a gamer my entire life. Goldeneye 64 absolutely took my life over back when I was 14 years of age. I remember being in 9th grade when I got the game for Christmas and would be so damn excited all day long at school to come home and hop on the game! I remember racing my other friends who also got it on Christmas to see who could beat the game first! I got so damn good at multiplayer on the game, that it would often times piss off some of the neighborhood friends that I was close with whenever I'd mop them up in the game! They'd often times cuss me out, unplug their controller they brought over, and would literally leave my house all pissed off just because they couldn't hang with me on Goldeneye 64! I used to love playing the CAVES map on multiplayer, forcing everyone to pick one of the army guys (because they wore camo) and would blend in with the walls and could hide easier on the CAVES map, and then we would purpose turn the brightness on the TV WAYYYY down in order to make it even harder to detect where people would be hiding. We'd then use only the Golden Gun and would play like this for hours! I got so good with the one shot kill mechanic and nobody in my neighborhood, or at my school could ever hang with me! Fast forward to 10 years after the game came out and I was in my early 20's getting into music production. I've sampled quite a bit from the legendary GE64 soundtrack and have made some incredibly dope songs by sampling music from the game! Basically I'm saying this. Goldeneye 64 was a huge part of my adolescence and it brings me incredible nostalgia and so much joy seeing something like this pop up in my TH-cam recommendations!
That's awesome. Haha I can relate to being hated for being too good, as many people would get frustrated with me. I remember when my sister was at University, one of her flat mates was saying how amazing he was at GoldenEye. My sis says, "oh, Pete plays that", but I played it down how good I was. He was VERY confident. Ended up playing three matches, first to 20. I won 20-0, 20-1, 20-0. Then he wouldn't play anymore LMAO Your music using GE samples sounds interesting, got any links?
In 1997 one of the greatest games ever made dropped, and I was hooked for 100s of hours of gameplay. Goldeneye is back 27 years later and it hasn't missed a step. Yall are absolute legends and if it was up to me, I'd have the lot of you Knighted. Again many thanks for bringing this game alive again.
So glad we get to play this again on our Xbox and or switch. This game will always be favorite and what a great story. They are legends forever. The retirement home in 2060 is going to be all goldeneye land parties.
This is an absolutely incredible video. I'm only an hour in so far but you can see just how much work has gone into this. Props for getting the original developers on board too, icing on the cake. Well done.
No one was looking forward to this game. I ignored it in Nintendo Power and other magazines. Then one evening the commercial for it played on TV and said it was launching the next day. My whole family was blown away by what we saw and my dad stated "we're going to buy that first thing tomorrow". We woke up early and picked it up at K-Mart. We were that store's first sale of it. I played the first few levels, and started running around the neighborhood, cartridge in hand to show it off to everyone else. Virtually the whole block immediately ran out to buy their own copies after tasting it. What a time, and what a cultural zeitgeist of a game. Block parties and sleepovers were so special back then.
People have said it in loads of different ways in the comments, it's hard to add anything, but this is truly a sensationally well made video on this amazing game.
I am definitely sharing this with my siblings and cousins, who played GoldenEye nonstop from its launch until the early 2000’s. I simply love this game. Thanks for putting together such an amazing full-length documentary on this excellent team. Someone should make a movie about its development!
So many of us have fond memories of playing this multiplayer. oh, it was my pleasure to make it; it was such a treat speaking with the developers of a game I love so much. I'd love a movie! All it would need is someone with a budget higher than mine (zero) hahaha.
Playing Goldeneye with my friends was one of the best memories from my childhood, we played the multiplayer maps so much that we had to slide our own first person camera against the wall so that our friends couldn't see where we were going. Licence to kill, pistols GO!
I've been doing allot of research in regards to SGI hardware. Finally the YT algorithm knocked it out the park! What an amazing docummentary! A Perfect Dark documentary would complete my life. I feel these 2 games are conduits of the FPS paradigm shift.
Same here! It was great working things out for ourselves. And as David Doak said, they wouldn't even tell you where to place things or where to go. A different time.
@@onaretrotip yeah when Doak mentions that it took me right back. Aztec took a while to figure back then... Even working out things like using key analyzer and throwing the key, to attaching the covert modem on dam in the right place
@@onaretrotip yep, I'm still not past it on agent. Although I'm trying to get the guard to open the glass. But they do a lot of damage and they're so fast.
As an editor I can tell the passion that went into this. Really and truly well done. As a fan of the game I can say that, at least in my opinion, THIS is the only video one would need on the topic. You've done it!
When this game came out there was a long drought of new or good N64 games. My friend and I would always go to the video store to see if anything new had come out to rent. One day Goldeneye was there, a movie tie in game... Ughhh... But we took a chance and rented it anyway. Took it home, played it for about three hours then took it back to the video store and returned it. We immediately went to Toys'R'us and I bought my own copy. Played this for like a year straight. Everyone else I knew wanted to buy it too but they could never find a copy it was always sold out. Amazing game, Thank you to everyone who was involved in making it.
To this day - one of the greatest FPS games ever made. I was in the 7th grade when this came out. And EVERYONE was playing it. Guys, Girls, every cliq, and group. It brought people together. You had needs playing the game with jocks, cheerleaders with music kids, and so on. This game was a FORCE OF NATURE when it came out. What a time to be a kid. I have so many amazing memories thanks to this game. Goldeneye 007 - one of the greatest FPS games ever made. Still one of thr main reasons why people seek out N64 consoles.
I remember when I was a dating this girl in the mid 2000’s she bought me a 64 console and Bond for us. It was great looking back. I had 64 before her but I think my brother traded it for an upgrade of some kind.
Pete, that was an amazing piece of work. The edition is top notch, as was in the Monkey Island documentary. The almost two hours flew by while watching it, and the amount of info you managed to get from the team on the interviews is remarkable. I'm amazed at the relative level of freedom the developers enjoyed while designing and building the game. I have the impression that most modern, high budget games are designed by committee. And developers are not allowed to deviate a lot from those designs, or to try new things on the gameplay department. Maybe is just that I'm old and can't understand modern game design sensibilities, but most modern games feel samey to me. Again, a great video. Congratulations, man.
Thanks you very much! Yes, the days of games being made like this are long gone I'm afraid. That's why the '90s was the peak of game design for me - they were free to experiment, had creative freedom, and didn't have execs looming over them with budgets and schedules. Now it's just game factories churning out the same old thing year after year.
The multiplayer with 4 kids around a 14 TV was incredible. We had so much fun playing that. I'm playing the game again on XBOX One as it went on to Gamepass. It's as good as ever.
Yes, I still love playing it on my N64, either multiplayer or solo. I have a 21" B&O CRT set up, so I can enjoy it as intended. Yet to play the XBOX or Switch versions, but I will soon, although I've been enjoying the cancelled XBOX 360 remaster, and that's very good.
One of the greatest games ever made, incredible achievement from a bunch of guys basically just winging it. With passion and drive you can accomplish anything!
Excellent documentary. So much detail from people who were key to the games development. I wasn't expecting to watch it all but couldn't stop once I started. Much like when I got Goldeneye on day 1 release in the 90s. Thank you.
What a great documentary, amazing work. This is one of my favourite N64 games ever. So interesting to know most of the devs was new, cause soon as you hear Rare! You just assume pro’s. Thanks for making this!
Great documentary! It's so nice to hear the insights from the developers and how enthusiastic they are about the game after all these years. I also fondly remember the good old days of playing the multiplayer all day with my friends. Keep up the great work!
The game they created earned these developers a rightful spot within the James Bond legacy and video gaming alike. They were fans of Bond and games and definitely did both justice. Legendary game with an incredible development story that couldn't happen nowadays. Awesome video. 👍
I was working with producing radio commercials at the time, and one if my projects was to make and distribute a radio commercial + competition for Nintendo where one could win an N64 packaged with Goldeneye. I was lent an N64 with Shadows Of The Empire when working on the project... Goldeneye was yet to be released. Was a hugely successful promo project. And about a year later I finally got to play through Goldeneye myself, and it's still my favorite first person shooter. What a brilliant game!
You've really outdone yourself with this video! Such a huge game from my childhood and it's so cool learning about it and hearing from the devs. Well done and thank you for making this. It deserves all the views and more!
Wow. THE definitive Goldeneye documentary, and the separate interviews are absolutely spot on. Well done, this is epic!! And, to all the folks on the Goldeneye team at Rare and the supporters at Nintendo, thank you.
Hope you all enjoy this one. All six interviews will be uploaded in full (with video) in the coming weeks to the playlist below.
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Oh man, hearing Mr. Doak talk about people who say GE or PD don't hold up made me wince. Even before the Project Bean leak, I had already replayed both GoldenEye and Perfect Dark using an Emulator along with a Mouse & Keyboard plugin. The controls felt really tight, and this is coming from someone who grew up on Quake games. It's a cryin' shame that GoldenEye XBLA will likely never see an official re-release, almost seen as a pariah by the right's owners.
@@SuperFriendBFG I know, right. I loved that he said that, because I still play it all the time and find myself constantly defending it.
Hola , por que no pones disponibles subtítulos en español ???
@@kingtofive5 Están disponibles. Puede seleccionar la traducción automática en los subtítulos.
@@onaretrotip mmmmm voy a buscar , muchas gracias
To any of the Rare team involved in this game that are reading this, thank you. Thank you so much of hours of entertainment. You're all purely legends.
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I was chief designer of the levels and models and script and write the story and animations. I did about 60% of the game myself.
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 of course you did Bobby
Randy Boyer, is that you? It's me, Martin Mark, remember how we designed some of the levels together, especially later in the game?
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 your other comments on this video prove otherwise.
Kids these days will never know how much fun a bunch of friends split screening goldeneye can truly have
Sad but true.
Yes, multiplayer died after this game. Sad. /s
I'm a thirteen year old, and goldeneye is my favorite game. Me and my mom play the multiplayer together
@@Chadhogan111 never played Halo? Left4Dead? There were lots of couch games after Goldeneye, not sure how many were on Nintendo, other than Smash Bros etc
Not as much fun as Perfect Dark
"There was a pressure to deliver, but not of budget or time. But to deliver a good game first."
We need that again today
100%. At least it's returned to a degree with the indie scene.
Hideo Kojima had the exact same philosophy with Metal Gear and was literally fired for it. People have accepted low quality and paid for it. Supply and demand. If people would simply stop buying trash, they'd stop making it. It's the consumer's fault.
@@this_mfr I believe it
@@this_mfr Absolutely. This is why people need to stop pre-ordering games.
@@onaretrotipI know I stopped. After Battlefield 3 I have yet to pre order another game, literally returned the game same day I picked up and went back to Bad Company 2
This should be considered the definitive word on the history of GoldenEye. I’ll be rewatching for years to come. Well Done, man!!
Thank you so much, Calvin. Very kind.
Absolutely. This is a labour of love and it’s apparent that hundreds of hours were invested in pulling it off. The contributors were also aware they must’ve been partaking in something substantial! Great work. Thanks.
@@duncanmclellan Thank you very much.
Well said this is very well made you maid quite the documentary. As someone who was born in 91 i lived the goldeneye and nintendo 64 years iv always whanted to know the making of and this video answerd it quite well thnk you
@@WickedRaccoon16_61 My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.
Young people will never understand how important and how pivotal this game was for defining and shaping first person shooters. This is the GOAT without question. So many hours played with friends on split screen, sleep overs, bets, etc. the memories are engrained in me and many of my longtime friends even 25 years later. This is an amazing piece of work
I think young people take a lot for granted when it comes to video games. Good times back then though! Thank you.
I remember playing with 4 players and using a separate TV and blocking out half the screen with paper... 😆
Had a few of my younger colleagues round for beers during lockdown and had the n64 out and gave them a shot. It was interesting that only 10 years difference existed between us but theyd never heard of or appreciated goldeneye.
Quake enters the chat. Quake did everything GE did and A LOT more over a year before GE did it. All Goldeney did was jade multiple generations of gamers into thinking that FPS games could work at all with a controller forever fucking over design in the genre. Controllers DRAMATICALLY hinder FPS game design.
A masterpiece. Man,I'm getting old...
I cant believe they actually made a movie about this game. What a time to be alive!
LOL
No, the game was released one year after the movie itself! 🤣
Yeah... lol ... like .. Woah Hey check out this video game.. wow this is a really cool area here .. Oh so that's what the character looks like that you play as? Dude we should like totally gather our resources & time & effort & just start filming an entire movie based off of THIS video game! How about Pierce Brosnan? He looks just like this video game's main character!!
@@LeonSheeter Sometimes I wonder if they used Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean as inspiration for the characters. Great casting eye for whoever cast the cast.
@@EyeDyeGrys I wonder that too... but uhh.. Oh, while I'm at it.. What the F--- kinda "making of" video is this?? I thought it would show the whole Rareware team sitting around like "There, now we have proximity mines all coded, How are you doing over there, Dr. Doak? good"
This documentary is an astounding achievement. And GoldenEye 007 didn't just change gaming. It changed millions of lives and created permanent childhood memories for an entire generation.
Absolutely!
Games are a negative distraction for childs and should be banned.
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 agreed.all who play should be out to death. I'll bet you play games so
@bobby ray of the family smith you should be banned. Also, it is "children," not childs.
@@NintenDub I'm far too busy being a productive member of society to play child games.
I’m still playing this on the 64 that I got Christmas morning when I was 5. My wife doesn’t play, but I’ve caught her humming some of the music around the house 😂 the music is her favorite part.
Hahaha brilliant!
I got my N64 for Christmas when I was 7 and foolishly traded it in for a GameCube. One of my biggest regrets!
I allowed my mom to sell my games in a garage sale a long time ago, but told her not to give up the console. Very glad I was smart enough to mention that part.
@@ItsVictoriaG My N64 was stolen, I know how you feel.
@@wadeokaysguitar I sold my games except for Goldeneye, couldn't let go of it.
I still remember walking up to the counter at Toys R Us with a bag full of quarters and singles to get my $70 copy of GoldenEye complete with rumble pack. This project is beyond just being a game.
Ah, good times.
This game was $70?
@@Sov92 yes
@@sjredd22 That is mind blowing for the time but worth EVERY penny. It makes me even more grateful I had the chance to grow up with this fine game.
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It was quite common back then for people to go to their local Blockbuster and rent the console and the game on weekends to play all nighters instead of buying such an expensive game and console… me and my roommates used to do that in the late 90s when I was in college. I never played the campaign pf this game - only match after endless match of the multiplayer. It was so addicting!!
David Doak will forever be a living legend in my eyes.
“Dr. Doak”
Absolutely.
I HATE DOAK!!!!!! And Goldeneye now because of him!!! Which is weird because I used to love it before playing this recent port and trying to get 00 agent facility time 2:05 😂
@@clockworkNate lol 😂
Time to leave Dr. Doak
Thats my family name. I didn't know it was common enough
We all grew up with our dads watching WW2 documentaries endlessly. Our kids will grow up with us watching old video game documentaries.
Wow, I absolutely love this comment. So true.
facts although I think is important even to show kids from now the docu's about ww2
@@SuperHns Nah fam. Show them the documentary about the making of Medal of Honor or something.
@@llamajuice my grandparents almost didn't make it so my kid is going to know the history is important we teach history so it hopefully won't be repeating
@@llamajuice that too.
Nothing beats being sat there with four of your mates on a 14" television all with grenade launchers in the Temple. No phone constantly buzzing with all that Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat nonsense. Wish I could go back to that time. I remember unboxing my N64 on Christmas day (with Goldeneye) and my dear Dad helping me to set it up. A bottled, treasured feeling.
Thanks for a great documentary! Much appreciated!
Good times indeed :)
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
n64 was a special time
Just turn off notifications and get smaller tv.
This is exactly what me n friends would do! When me n my friends graduated school we played this n Tony Hawks pro skater almost every single night! But on goldeneye it was always the funniest with grenade launchers only! Especially those long shots u jus get lucky on once n a while. 😂 man the nostalgia is real with this one!
Even better is when your parents go away for the weekend, so you set the N64 up on the big TV downstairs. You load up Goldeneye, and tape bedsheets to the TV so that you can divide the screen up and block the other players from looking at your screen.
Playing multiplayer Goldeneye as a genuine stealth game (turn the radar off for extra fun) is amazing.
The only downside is having to explain to your parents what those sticky marks on top of the TV are.
I love the fact that the dev team was made up of mostly greenhorns who never made a game before. Honestly, as a programmer myself, that's inspirational.
It's great isn't it!
@Micozane Woods A person who is inexperienced.
They created a masterpiece
there is a certain magic to a working on a project that has no "right way" to complete
Same
The death animations and reactions from the enemies being shot are the best ive seen in a shooter.
Yeah, they're awesome. And Duncan Botwood acted them all out!
Great part of the game for sure
And that was a looooong time ago
Huh? It's unrealistic. Are you high?
My friends and I would laugh our asses off watching the enemy ai die. For a bunch of 11 yr olds, that was funny 🤣
An incredible piece of work Pete. Since the games release, we’ve all heard and read much more diluted versions of the development history via individual interviews and lesser scale documentaries but to have the ambition and dedication to pull something of this magnitude together should be applauded. You should be extremely proud of what you’ve achieved here. Many thanks.
Ah, thank you so much, Darren. I found that too - there doesn't seem to be a making of GoldenEye video with the developers in that's all-encompassing. It's all dotted around in pieces. Really glad you enjoyed it!
“You game is too dark and not really Nintendo”
*proceeds to make Conker’s Bad Fur Day* 😂
😂😂😂
As someone who used to work in the industry and was deeply involved in distribution at the time this game was released, I can't really emphasize how important this game was. Before there was a Halo there was GoldenEye. Well done, I think I'll subscribe.
Yes, I've found that people really understate its impact because it's "just another FPS on console". But at the time, FPS on console really wasn't a thing. Hugely influential.
Thank you!
This is one of, if not the best making of a video game documentary I've ever seen.
Wow, thank you so much! 😭
One of the most brilliant, talented group of people to ever develop a game, certainly one of the greatest games ever made. During high school I spent many a weekend playing multiplayer with my 2 closest friends, often going to bed at 6 am Saturday or Sunday morning. Sometimes we even had a fourth if my other good friend was over. Those times rank among the finest gaming moments of my life. I can't believe it's been 25 years. Thank you for this incredible documentary.
Good times indeed. I'm sure so many of us have similar fond memories of playing this with friends. Thank you, it was my pleasure!
Oh yeah, sleepovers were next level amazing once Goldeneye came out.
RARE...you are responsible for a majority of my best childhood memories with my siblings. Thank you for creating something that brought people together in an innovative way.
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This game was so much fun, a prominent part of my childhood. Deathmatch especially when we had sleepovers
Good times.
Miss those times !
The Golden Gun 😍😍😍
Thank you to the Rare team for contributing such a massive amount to my childhood.
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I still play it to this day, in fact I recently attended a Goldeneye tournament at a brewery. Hadn’t booted it up in years, but didn’t take long to get back into the groove. Thank you to everyone who worked on this. Many happy memories. Best video game ever!
Awesome. I won a GoldenEye tournament about 7 years ago at an expo. I was so chuffed! LOL
Very well done. The fact that they were able to make the most iconic first person shooter of all time with so many limitations is mind blowing. Oh and that pause music 🤯
Thank you! Yes, it's amazing what they achieved. Got to love the pause menu music.
It was also great that Nintendo wasn't going all micro on them like most of the big publishers do nowadays. Sony coming down on Hello Games for NMS after they already told them it was going to take longer than they wanted it to being a good example. Or EA blowing out Mass Effect Andromeda, and Dragon Age 2 because "MONEY NOW"
In a way the limitations are what made it so good. They had to cut all the shit out to make it fit
I used to live a 15 minute drive away from Twycross when I was a child. If the 10 year old me knew that my favourite games like DKC, Killer Instinct and Goldeneye 64 were made in my city, my mind would've been blown.
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The algorithm finally blessed me 9 months later, what an excellent documentary of an all time great revolutionary game. You hear little tidbits of this over the years, but this is so concise and it's intriguing hearing all aspects of development and how it all came together perfectly.
I love the story of the multiplayer development. I wonder if they knew how truly special of a game they had when they had those moments and how millions of people would share that feeling. It was good to hear at E3 how receptive people were over it especially with doubts over your own game. Possibly my favorite movie and game combination ever, I can't think of anything that tops it.
Finally the algorithm comes good! LOL
Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it.
Same! Thanks algorithm, finally
I've watched so many Goldeneye 'making of's' on TH-cam that I really didn't think there was anything new to learn. I was wrong.
Yours is the best one. It's definitive. Well worth the 101 minutes - which incidentally, must have taken you an ice age to make !
Thank you so much, that's really kind of you to say. And yes, it took a very long time, but worth it!
All of these guys will always be remembered for this legendary game, im thankful for these group of guys
I am too!
We're going to be the old geezers soon
😂😂😂
This game is so close to my heart and I loved hearing each and every one of their stories on how it all came together. Thank you to the team at Rare and Thank you onaretrotrip for putting this video together.
Very close to mine too, so it really was a pleasure getting to do this. Thank you!
So many memories playing this game for hours and hours as a kid with my friends. Big head mode, paintball mod, tiny agents, etc. Then when your friends go home you could have a blast with the campaign. So much fun to be had with this game.
Me too. Great times :)
i remember the day of picking this game up for the first time in a mom and pop's video rental store for $1 a day, and setting it back on the shelf and my uncle telling me, lets rent it. And we did. and it was glorious. Crazy how that memory of that moment was sealed in my mind.
Amazing the little things we remember.
This is so well put together. The amount of hours my friends and I put into the multiplayer after school is unreal. I would know exactly where everyone was who needs a UAV when you can screen cheat! 4 player split screen on a 14inch TV, I even managed to get it running on a black and white radio tv tuner that had a 5inch screen. Good times
Thank you very much! Haha yes, good times. I've been playing it loads recently on a 9" CRT as the picture looks great.
Hey it's not cheating when everyone has the same advantage. It's just another tool.
This game will forever be a core memory of my childhood. My friends and I played this game non stop in the early 2000’s
Me too! :)
I’m a autocad drafter in an entry level job, to hear that the creators were inexperienced although we’re given this opportunity is so inspiring. I never went for video game production because it seemed to be overstated a lot and so I was doubtful. Even though this was a very different time, it’s still pretty inspirational.
Agreed! Great hearing that experience isn't everything when you're committed to doing the best you possibly can.
Coming back to this after playing the Switch service release. Maybe it's the nostalgia talking, but with just a handful of control tweaks, Goldeneye holds up incredibly well. Such an incredible landmark game. Goldeneye walked so Halo could run!
Agreed!
Same here, I changed some of the buttons around and it's the only thing I've played on switch since it released. So so good. Brings back so many memories.
Absolutely brilliant, this and Mario Kart were the best years me and my mates ever had gaming. Such a nostalgia trip, thanks for posting the story behind it all!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Feature-length film!? damn, im gonna need to get some snacks for this one.
For sure. And a nice drink. Hope you enjoy it!
Such an incredible effort here, dude. Unbelievable that you got the whole gang. The insight into the process is fascinating. Another incredible service you've given the community!
Thank you so much, Matt!
Yes! He did an amazing job.
The generation of children who grew up in the late 80s, throughout the 90s, into the wee 00s were part of the greatest generation in my opinion. Being a child in the 90s you were on the front lines of so many revolutionary things previous generations just didn’t have. I wouldn’t want to grow up in any other time. I think 1990-2010 is probably the peak of society. We peaked. It’s all been downhill since, save for some great games and music that have come along.
100%
It’s amazing that hiring people that love and respect the source material would be a seen as groundbreaking in today’s gaming industry. Much respect to the Rare team. You all made my childhood a little more special.
Having Brett on board with that collection really helped!
This was great. I love that you managed to get so many new interviews and details from the original team! If I could thumbs-up this more than once, I very much would!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
This video is truly a work of art. Thank you so much for creating such a treasure!
Oh wow, thank you so much! Too kind. It was my pleasure :)
This is absolutely fantastic! Goldeneye absolutely blew me away when I was 10 years old and still does to this day! This documentary gives me so much insight into exactly why in every department. Thank you, man!
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it.
Seriously one of the best gaming documentaries here on TH-cam ever made. Thanks for this!
Wow, that's high praise indeed! Thank you so much, Denis.
Great video! Thanks for the upload and very well done! An extra thanks the Goldeneye team members who participated! I'd love to see someone do comprehensive Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters making of documentaries like this with the team members. Video was awesome!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. Love Timesplitters too. David talks about it a bit in his interview, and several of the team talk about Perfect Dark. I'll be uploading the full interviews (with video) soon.
As someone who only played Goldeneye for the first time a few years ago, it does stand up, it holds up really well. Great video too.
Oh wow, nice! Yeah, I totally agree, it does hold up. Thank you! Glad you liked it.
yeah hardly played when it came out as was busy with other priorities, looking to come back to play this properly in full for the 1st time in 2024
An aspect of this game that I dont think gets enough attention is the music. The music produced by Graeme and Grant in this game makes them a couple of the most genius composers ever. Each mission (except Jungle) has a unique theme that adds a distinct atmosphere that disappears in the event that it is turned off. The fact that each song is also a derivative of the Bond theme song makes it even more genius. Theres no other game that has even remotely replicated this feat before or since. Halo for example, does have some great atmospheric music that enhances the game, but it is nowhere as impactful or as distinct as GE. This game truly is one of a kind.
Couldn't agree more! That's why I had to dedicate a good chunk of the video to the music.
The choice to omit music entirely from Jungle after so many levels accompanied by intense, driving electronic and rock music was genius. It turns a relatively ordinary, linear corridor shooting level into a tense crawl through the underbrush, never sure if the next tree is hiding a soldier who will cut off a third or more of your health.
Maybe I'm in a minority, but I think Goldeneye's graphics are still pretty good. I do prefer retro gaming. It has a charm that games these days don't capture much now. Also, the fact that you can put a cartridge in and play the game from start to finish without microtransactions or downloading updates. I miss the 90s and early 2000s 🙂
I love it. Still play the N64 original on my CRT all the time.
One of the most informative YT game videos I ever had the great pleasure to watch. By far my favourite video. Really shows how humble and great the team at Rareware back then! Fantastic watch and an absolute Incredible effort.
Thanks so much Pete! 🔥
Thanks, Luke! Kind words indeed. Yes, they're all incredibly humble, it's nice to see. Glad you enjoyed it mate.
I liked this at 0:02
😃👍 Thank you!
Wow, I thought you were being a bit cheeky with the "premiere" but you weren't joking. This was fantastic, keep up the great work!
LOL A premiere is a TH-cam feature where everyone can chat in real-time while watching the video; I didn't mean it like a film premiere. Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it!
It’s hard to put into words how completely this game captured my imagination as a 12 year old. I still remember vividly the first time I played the Dam level and came to the locked gate. I was so confused. “There’s no way I can shoot this lock, right?” When I shot it and it popped off I knew this game was something special. The single greatest gaming experience I’ve ever had.
Yes! It's a shame that a lot of people only experienced the multiplayer, because the single-player missions were absolutely brilliant, and the way the levels and missions were designed was very clever.
@@onaretrotip
Someone said that Nintendo re-released this game on their Switch? Is that true? My ex-boyfriend gave me his used Switch, but I have yet to fire it up even though there is quite a few games I would like to play on it. I used to play Goldeneye 007 damn near every weekend for a while there with my college roommate and her boyfriend back in ‘97 (we’d rent the console and game from Blockbuster).
It was addicting af! We would play so bloody much in those Friday and Saturday overnighters that during the few hours of sleep I got, I’d dream and dream that I was still playing the game, frantically running through corridor after corridor lol.
I was way too busy with my studies to play the game’s campaign (when you put yourself through college, you don’t fuck around much so you don’t fuck it up) - therefore all we’d do is play non-stop multiplayer for the precious little time we were renting the console. I would definitely be interested in seeing what the campaign is like, so that would be super cool if it really is available on the Switch!
P.S. This video was such a good reminder of those memories, so thanks for that! I often think about how special gaming used to be when I started on the Atari as a kid in the 80s, then on to Nintendo, and then my friend getting an XBOX with Halo on it in the early 2000s... gaming was extra special back then because it was so focused on friends and family playing _TOGETHER_ *in the same physical room,* where you can see each other’s expressions and laughter in person.
Sure, once in awhile a game will include couch co-op campaigns these days, but it’s extremely rare. So much of our social interactions have been reduced with the advent of internet multiplayer - *it’s just not the same.* Moreover, they can even isolate you from having a normal healthy IRL social life - being quite deceptive in that way. Like MMORPGS have done to countless folks (World of Warcraft was infamous for that, for example). You’re playing with people, but only _KIND OF._ You know? Sorry for my tangent there.
@anti-ethniccleansing465 Yes, it's now on Switch and XBOX. Shame it's just the original on am emulator, as the cancelled 360 remaster is so good. I've not tried the Switch yet, but been playing it on XBOX and there are some annoying graphical glitches.
Prefer playing it on my N64 and CRT to be honest, but it's good that more people can experience it.
@@onaretrotip
Wow you’re a quick responder (for a YT creator)! ;) Thx for the reply! I think you might have responded while I was still editing it with my long tangent haha, so idk if you saw it all after I finished.
Anyways, how were you able to play a cancelled remaster? Doesn’t “cancelled” imply that it was never released?
I had to get rid of my luxurious beast 2001 Sony Trinitron 32” tv last year, even though it was in mint condition. Broke my heart because it was going to be torn apart by a recycler (it didn’t deserve that 😢), and not to a different home to be appreciated by a gamer. I watched 911 go down live on it when it was brand new. But I desperately needed the space in my little shoebox apartment before an apartment inspection was about to happen on short notice. So, there’s no chance of me experiencing the glory of this game properly again, but that’s very cool you can! :)
It sucks to hear that the game has such issues on XBOX (and I’m sure it will on Switch being that it’s on an emulator), but I guess it’s better than nothing indeed. Thanks again for the info!
P.S. Do you mind if I ask what platform you are writing me to from? I am just curious because there is a “465“ added to my username when you addressed me and it is a text-based tag instead of a link. I have been starting to see that from some commenters, and I don’t get it. I also just noticed that YT didn’t put a golden star next to your reply notification, which it used to do when a creator responds. That sucks. : /
@anti-ethniccleansing465 A lot of cancelled games get leaked, as was the case with the 360 GoldenEye remaster. I have a modded JTag 360 so I downloaded it on to that. Very good!
Um, not sure, but I know TH-cam recently changed how it displays tags on comments.
This was the bomb back in the day! I need to dig out my old N64 and give this a whirl
Hell yes!
Insane to see the people that help create my childhood memories! Cant thank you enough!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was an absolute pleasure speaking with the people who made one of my favourite games.
This documentary is truly legendary, so much stuff I didn’t know about, especially how the music was engineered!
Seriously, great work, I couldn’t imagine how overwhelming this was to edit.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, editing it together was a logistical nightmare, but a lot of fun LOL.
What I enjoy about GoldenEye N64 is the amount of freedom and extras features that adds more life to the game. I could write a huge list out. However, the documentary has actually pointed out of lot of them.
I can also add: being able to shoot enemy hats off, enemies dropping an inactive grenade if the player defeats the enemy before they activate them, what-if scenarios say the player destroys a console that Natalya is suppose to use and gives alternative dialogue, secret doors to find, etc.
The player can go back and fourth through levels or take alternative routes if they're struggling in a certain section. In GoldenEye Reloaded, it was a corridor driven story game with little freedom. Like the player will only experience mostly the same things.
I used to like messing around in Dam, Facility, Runway, Surface, Bunker 1 & 2, Silo, Frigate, Archives, Train, Control, Caverns, Cradle, Aztec and Egypt.
I think I noticed that enemies have an odd spawn system at the start Facility and Bunker 2 were if the player hasn't explored a certain part of the level and makes a lot of weapon noise. It will spawn 3 times more enemies. This is without the alarm going off when the player is seen on camera.
Overall. They made an amazing game. I just wish I could play it on PC though.
Ironic how a game that started as an on-rail shooter ended up having more freedom and non-linearity in its level design than many games that start as freely controlled shooters.
It's cool that the detached hats practically never despawn and remain present until the end of the level. I've seen the dropped inactive grenades too, sadly you can't pick them up for yourself but you CAN shoot them and they'll explode.
That's it; it was the freedom the player was given that took it up a notch. The way the levels were designed first, before the objectives, really made it brilliant (almost accidentally).
I'm 36. To this day, it is the best FPS in history. The physics, the auto aim, the loud gun sounds, the unique level layouts, the soundtrack, the ruthlessness of those baby blue turrets on the ceiling. Best experience of my life and I wish they'd remaster it in full
Totally agree. A proper remaster would be nice. Love the cancelled XBOX 360 version; been playing that a lot.
Yup. Best game ever made. While all the preps were playing their fancy new Xboxes with that Halo garbage, my friends and I played N64.
Try the leaked canceled remaster.
33 here. I always remember being unsettled by blood soaking through their clothes on multiplayer... And the blood didn't leave upon respawning. It added a brutal intensity to the gameplay.
You've got to buy some newer games if you think this is the greatest FPS of all time. For some reason, people often list outdated games in their top 10 of all time. The question is best game -- not "game I enjoyed most growing up" or "Game I have the most nostalgia for" or "Game that impacted video games the most" or "Game that was superior to all games in its genre back in the day and maybe a little bit in the future" or any other question. I'd rather play a 5/10 modern shooter over Golden Eye any day.
This is the best goldeneye doc on youtube, great work!
Thank you!!!
Incredible documentary. So glad I found this gem. That era of gaming was different. When creativity and talent ruled studios, not the bean counters.
To think that the majority of the team were not even game developers.
Thank you very much! Yes, those creative days are gone I'm afraid, in favour of money-centric motives.
Absolutely loved watching this documentary. Well done Pete! You outdid yourself!
Thank you very much! Thanks for watching.
I never owned an N64 (I had a Playstation), but I kept hearing people rave about Goldeneye as a kid, and I was always curious about it. It's now on Xbox Gamepass and I played it for the first time and I really enjoy it. I can see why so many people loved it at the time.
Yes, it was pretty special.
One of only two games I enjoy on the N64, utterly brilliant video Pete, TH-cam on another level.
You've been great company at work today, thanks mate 👍
Thanks so much, David. I enjoyed very few games on the N64 as well, but this is one of my all-time favourite games. Glad you enjoyed it mate!
Paused the video as soon as I started it to say this! I'm 40 years old and have been a gamer my entire life. Goldeneye 64 absolutely took my life over
back when I was 14 years of age. I remember being in 9th grade when I got the game for Christmas and would be so damn excited all day long at
school to come home and hop on the game! I remember racing my other friends who also got it on Christmas to see who could beat the game first!
I got so damn good at multiplayer on the game, that it would often times piss off some of the neighborhood friends that I was close with whenever I'd
mop them up in the game! They'd often times cuss me out, unplug their controller they brought over, and would literally leave my house all pissed off
just because they couldn't hang with me on Goldeneye 64! I used to love playing the CAVES map on multiplayer, forcing everyone to pick one of the
army guys (because they wore camo) and would blend in with the walls and could hide easier on the CAVES map, and then we would purpose turn the
brightness on the TV WAYYYY down in order to make it even harder to detect where people would be hiding. We'd then use only the Golden Gun and
would play like this for hours! I got so good with the one shot kill mechanic and nobody in my neighborhood, or at my school could ever hang with me!
Fast forward to 10 years after the game came out and I was in my early 20's getting into music production. I've sampled quite a bit from the legendary
GE64 soundtrack and have made some incredibly dope songs by sampling music from the game! Basically I'm saying this. Goldeneye 64 was a huge
part of my adolescence and it brings me incredible nostalgia and so much joy seeing something like this pop up in my TH-cam recommendations!
That's awesome.
Haha I can relate to being hated for being too good, as many people would get frustrated with me.
I remember when my sister was at University, one of her flat mates was saying how amazing he was at GoldenEye. My sis says, "oh, Pete plays that", but I played it down how good I was. He was VERY confident. Ended up playing three matches, first to 20. I won 20-0, 20-1, 20-0. Then he wouldn't play anymore LMAO
Your music using GE samples sounds interesting, got any links?
In 1997 one of the greatest games ever made dropped, and I was hooked for 100s of hours of gameplay. Goldeneye is back 27 years later and it hasn't missed a step.
Yall are absolute legends and if it was up to me, I'd have the lot of you Knighted. Again many thanks for bringing this game alive again.
Agreed!
So glad we get to play this again on our Xbox and or switch. This game will always be favorite and what a great story. They are legends forever. The retirement home in 2060 is going to be all goldeneye land parties.
Hahaha I hope so!
This is an absolutely incredible video. I'm only an hour in so far but you can see just how much work has gone into this. Props for getting the original developers on board too, icing on the cake. Well done.
Thank you very much! Glad you're enjoying it.
No one was looking forward to this game. I ignored it in Nintendo Power and other magazines. Then one evening the commercial for it played on TV and said it was launching the next day. My whole family was blown away by what we saw and my dad stated "we're going to buy that first thing tomorrow". We woke up early and picked it up at K-Mart. We were that store's first sale of it.
I played the first few levels, and started running around the neighborhood, cartridge in hand to show it off to everyone else. Virtually the whole block immediately ran out to buy their own copies after tasting it. What a time, and what a cultural zeitgeist of a game. Block parties and sleepovers were so special back then.
Yeah, film licensed games were not something people ever expected to be good.
People have said it in loads of different ways in the comments, it's hard to add anything, but this is truly a sensationally well made video on this amazing game.
Thank you so much, that's very kind. Means a lot that people enjoyed it.
Yes. Documentary of a legendary game
Sure is!
I am definitely sharing this with my siblings and cousins, who played GoldenEye nonstop from its launch until the early 2000’s. I simply love this game. Thanks for putting together such an amazing full-length documentary on this excellent team. Someone should make a movie about its development!
So many of us have fond memories of playing this multiplayer. oh, it was my pleasure to make it; it was such a treat speaking with the developers of a game I love so much. I'd love a movie! All it would need is someone with a budget higher than mine (zero) hahaha.
Been running through the switch port. Still an incredible game. You feel like you're in a different dimension when playing it. Great video!
Yeah, I've been playing it on XBOX. Still absolutely brilliant, although the emulation is a bit dodgy. Thank you!
Playing Goldeneye with my friends was one of the best memories from my childhood, we played the multiplayer maps so much that we had to slide our own first person camera against the wall so that our friends couldn't see where we were going. Licence to kill, pistols GO!
Couldn't agree more.
the development history of this game is BY FAR one of the most interesting ones.
Couldn't agree more. It's a fairy tale story.
I've been doing allot of research in regards to SGI hardware. Finally the YT algorithm knocked it out the park! What an amazing docummentary! A Perfect Dark documentary would complete my life. I feel these 2 games are conduits of the FPS paradigm shift.
Thank you, glad you liked it. I've been toying with doing a video on SGI hardware.
I absolutely love the fact that when I was 12 we learnt this game from start to finish totally unaided. Working out how to complete objectives.
Same here! It was great working things out for ourselves. And as David Doak said, they wouldn't even tell you where to place things or where to go. A different time.
@@onaretrotip yeah when Doak mentions that it took me right back. Aztec took a while to figure back then... Even working out things like using key analyzer and throwing the key, to attaching the covert modem on dam in the right place
@@Scotty_AV Been playing lots of GoldenEye this year, and damn Aztec is still really difficult.
@@onaretrotip yep, I'm still not past it on agent. Although I'm trying to get the guard to open the glass. But they do a lot of damage and they're so fast.
As an editor I can tell the passion that went into this. Really and truly well done. As a fan of the game I can say that, at least in my opinion, THIS is the only video one would need on the topic. You've done it!
Two huge compliments there! Thank you so much.
When this game came out there was a long drought of new or good N64 games. My friend and I would always go to the video store to see if anything new had come out to rent. One day Goldeneye was there, a movie tie in game... Ughhh... But we took a chance and rented it anyway. Took it home, played it for about three hours then took it back to the video store and returned it.
We immediately went to Toys'R'us and I bought my own copy.
Played this for like a year straight. Everyone else I knew wanted to buy it too but they could never find a copy it was always sold out. Amazing game, Thank you to everyone who was involved in making it.
Yes, film licensed games didn't have the best reputation. Who knew...
The multiplayer functionality is amazing, when you can see another player can see you…. Then the fear and panic.
One of the best games ever.
So good.
To this day - one of the greatest FPS games ever made. I was in the 7th grade when this came out. And EVERYONE was playing it. Guys, Girls, every cliq, and group. It brought people together. You had needs playing the game with jocks, cheerleaders with music kids, and so on.
This game was a FORCE OF NATURE when it came out. What a time to be a kid. I have so many amazing memories thanks to this game.
Goldeneye 007 - one of the greatest FPS games ever made. Still one of thr main reasons why people seek out N64 consoles.
Don't know what age 7th grade is, but I was 16 at the time and experienced the same. It was everywhere!
I remember when I was a dating this girl in the mid 2000’s she bought me a 64 console and Bond for us. It was great looking back. I had 64 before her but I think my brother traded it for an upgrade of some kind.
Pete, that was an amazing piece of work. The edition is top notch, as was in the Monkey Island documentary. The almost two hours flew by while watching it, and the amount of info you managed to get from the team on the interviews is remarkable. I'm amazed at the relative level of freedom the developers enjoyed while designing and building the game. I have the impression that most modern, high budget games are designed by committee. And developers are not allowed to deviate a lot from those designs, or to try new things on the gameplay department. Maybe is just that I'm old and can't understand modern game design sensibilities, but most modern games feel samey to me. Again, a great video. Congratulations, man.
Thanks you very much! Yes, the days of games being made like this are long gone I'm afraid. That's why the '90s was the peak of game design for me - they were free to experiment, had creative freedom, and didn't have execs looming over them with budgets and schedules. Now it's just game factories churning out the same old thing year after year.
The multiplayer with 4 kids around a 14 TV was incredible. We had so much fun playing that. I'm playing the game again on XBOX One as it went on to Gamepass. It's as good as ever.
Yes, I still love playing it on my N64, either multiplayer or solo. I have a 21" B&O CRT set up, so I can enjoy it as intended. Yet to play the XBOX or Switch versions, but I will soon, although I've been enjoying the cancelled XBOX 360 remaster, and that's very good.
the animation for goldeneye is so underrated its crazy
Yeah the mo-cap is spot on.
One of the greatest games ever made, incredible achievement from a bunch of guys basically just winging it. With passion and drive you can accomplish anything!
You can indeed!
Been hyped about this since the teaser trailer! These videos from you have become essential viewing!
Thank you!!!
Great documentary. The team were masters at making first person shooters. The magic carried on to Perfect Dark and the TimeSplitters games.
Thank you! They certainly were. Can't wait to see what Free Radical do with the new Timesplitters game.
Appreciate the Rare team for aiding in the creation of a memorable childhood. Still playing today.
Hear, hear!
I've come back for a second viewing a year later. Thank you.
Thank you so much, you're too kind! Glad it's still being enjoyed.
Excellent documentary. So much detail from people who were key to the games development. I wasn't expecting to watch it all but couldn't stop once I started. Much like when I got Goldeneye on day 1 release in the 90s. Thank you.
Thank you very much! Glad you found it interesting.
What a great documentary, amazing work. This is one of my favourite N64 games ever. So interesting to know most of the devs was new, cause soon as you hear Rare! You just assume pro’s. Thanks for making this!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant work on this! Always wanted to know the production of this infamous game 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you very much!
Great documentary! It's so nice to hear the insights from the developers and how enthusiastic they are about the game after all these years. I also fondly remember the good old days of playing the multiplayer all day with my friends. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! Yes, it's great to see them still talk passionately about the game and they were clearly very grateful to have worked at Rare.
The game they created earned these developers a rightful spot within the James Bond legacy and video gaming alike. They were fans of Bond and games and definitely did both justice. Legendary game with an incredible development story that couldn't happen nowadays. Awesome video. 👍
Yes, it's certainly a story you would never get these days, sadly. Thank you!
This is easily one of the best "homemade" documentaries I've ever seen on TH-cam. Fantastic fucking work, man.
Thank you so much! Very kind.
I was working with producing radio commercials at the time, and one if my projects was to make and distribute a radio commercial + competition for Nintendo where one could win an N64 packaged with Goldeneye. I was lent an N64 with Shadows Of The Empire when working on the project... Goldeneye was yet to be released. Was a hugely successful promo project. And about a year later I finally got to play through Goldeneye myself, and it's still my favorite first person shooter. What a brilliant game!
Nice. Thanks for sharing! A brilliant game indeed.
So enjoyed that! Brought back so many memories of that game! Especially the build up to its release!
Thank you for coming along! Really glad you enjoyed it.
You've really outdone yourself with this video! Such a huge game from my childhood and it's so cool learning about it and hearing from the devs. Well done and thank you for making this. It deserves all the views and more!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow. THE definitive Goldeneye documentary, and the separate interviews are absolutely spot on. Well done, this is epic!! And, to all the folks on the Goldeneye team at Rare and the supporters at Nintendo, thank you.
Ah, thank you so much! Kind words indeed.
@@onaretrotip You're welcome. Smashed it. Smashed it to bits.
Awesome video. Really cool to hear some of the devs share their stories and thoughts during development. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you, Spencer! I'll certainly try.
This deserves far more views. Excellent work.
Thank you very much!