Ten Years Ago, FPS History Was Made
August 27th, 2007 by James Hyde in Action, FPS, Multiplayer, News
It’s hard to believe, but it’s actually ten years since GoldenEye was released on the N64. It was groundbreaking game on all fronts; visuals, weapons, controls, and of course, multiplayer. It was the first multiplayer shooter I ever played, and I can’t remember ever again having the sort of experience I got from playing GoldenEye 007 at that time, both single and multiplayer.
The interesting part is, GoldenEye was barely marketed, and when it was shown at E3 a few months earlier, it received almost no attention at all. It took everyone by surprise when it was released, getting perfect a score from many publications, and went on to sell 8 million copies worldwide. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest game ever made, and holds a special place in many gamers’ hearts. Use the comments section to share your GoldenEye experience and trivia.
Tags: Action, FPS, Multiplayer, News
August 27th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Thanks to this game, I never lacked for friends in college. Then again, I also went through 20 controllers in 5 years from people freaking out and throwing them across the room/against the wall/at me.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
This was the game that convinced me to buy a N64. Shooting someone in the butt and watching them jump up grab their behind was amazing.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
This game helped me open up to people in a time when I had problems socializing with people. I loved this game and being able to play it with people helped me open up and make friends. This game holds an extra special place in my heart.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I remember my friends and I rushing home from high school to have four player multi-battles that would last until dusk. There has never been an FPS since that had such silky gameplay and controls, not to mention the longevity, trying to complete the missions in record time to unlock the cheats (painball was my fave).
I only wish Rare were developing games for the Wii - with the controls I think they could make something as spectacular as this.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
It says something about this game that I was willing to play for hours against my friend who had completely mastered this game. Didn’t matter how many times I died, I’d always come back for more. Very addictive.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
got to love that laser gun and the paintball matches. The n64 had the best 007 games they were better than the new ones.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
I just played this game last weekend. My buddy took his console out, blew the dust off, and popped in the game. He had all 4 controller and all of us went at it. I will never forget this game…
August 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
haha this game is great. i tried ever so hard to get to that “hidden” island on the Dam level, and floating mine trick FTW!
August 27th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Best game of all time! The CS mod they tried to make was a good refresher but it will always be one of the kind. If I had my N64 I’d still play this.
I wish Rare would make games too, they did such a great job.
My favorite things to do were to be invincible then drive around in the tank on the airstrip (3rd mission I believe) and run over the soldiers to hear them scream and their bones crunch. I would also toss all these proximity mines around myself. I did that for hours…
Another thing I loved to do was to purposely get a Nut Shot; hit a bad guy in the balls only once and watch them kneel and squirm in pain. Since I’m female (and evil) I felt no sympathy.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
wow, this game brings out so many memories. I remember inviting my frineds over to go vs. and man their faces was priceless, none of them had played 64, they all had super, so the leap from super to 64 was heaven to them. They had no idea mines could be used in a game so efficiently, it was my 1st FPS ever played, and for them it was their 1st 3d game they ever played. Those were the days, halo tried to take that spot from Golden Eye as inovative, but we all know no shooter can ever achieve what Golden Eye did.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
xD Yeah.. So, many wasted hours in front of a screen. Thankyou Goldeneye.
I remember exploring in Silo and killing Ourimov with the golden gun, stealing his suitcase which I think was a key, and using it to open the Silo doors.
August 27th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
This game is the reason I got into the fps genre and just to think not 1 bond game hase ever come close to being as good as goldeneye it a tribute to the quality of games that rare comes out with,why did I sell my 64 sniff, they gotta get it on the wii as a virtual console title… yesterday
August 29th, 2007 at 7:06 am
apart from this game the N64 was shit…Nintendo’s ugly child…..