GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter based on the 1995 James Bond film. The game features a single-player campaign with 20 missions across multiple difficulty levels, emphasizing stealth, varied objectives and mission-based progression. Players can use a range of weapons and gadgets while navigating diverse environments inspired by the movie. The local split-screen multiplayer mode supports up to four players and offers competitive scenarios such as deathmatch, team modes and character selection from the…
Clunky to control today, but the split-screen chaos and smart mission design still hold up.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Objectives grow with difficulty, adding real replay value
- Legendary four-player split-screen
- Great stealth and hit-location reactions for its time
Not so much
- The frame rate tanks in busy scenes
- Controls feel stiff without modern dual-stick aiming
Play it if friends on a couch who want old-school split-screen mayhem.
Skip it if players used to smooth, modern shooters.
No cheat codes
GoldenEye 007 doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Hold R to aim manually and squeeze off headshots; most guards drop in one hit to the head.
- Use silenced weapons on stealth-heavy levels like Facility and Bunker so alarms don't trigger.
- Read the mission objectives for each difficulty; higher levels add tasks you'll fail if you skip them.
- Grab body armor whenever you see it: it soaks damage before your health takes a hit.
- Shoot out security cameras before they spot you to prevent alarms and endless guards.
- In multiplayer, Oddjob's short height makes him harder to hit, which is why friends often ban him.
Hidden in plain sight
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Trivia
- Most of the development team at Rare had never made a game before.
- Multiplayer was added late in development and came together in just a few weeks.
- It sold around eight million copies, making it one of the N64's biggest hits.
- A spiritual sequel, Perfect Dark, came from the same team in 2000.
