GoldenEye (video game)
GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter for the Nintendo 64, based on the James Bond film GoldenEye.
It was produced by then second-party Nintendo developer Rareware.
Story
The story of the movie was altered in several aspects to enhance the gameplay. The stolen helicopter was renamed the "Pirate", for example. In the game, Bond copied the GoldenEye key and left the original key on purpose - then planted a tracking bug on the helicopter so MI6 could find out where the helicopter was going. His first encounter with Natalya Fydorovna Simonova was not at the Statue Park, but in the Severnaya Complex, where she was imprisoned; this scene is noted by the fact that if you stay near her long enough, she says, "Have you been here before? You seem to know your way around."
A highly regarded game, it was considered by many to be the best first-person shooter of all time at the time of its release in 1997, and for some it retains this distinction. It was probably best known for its four-player "deathmatch" mode and its incorporation of stealth. The ability to play as both good and bad characters contributed to this popularity.
Sequels
Following the success of GoldenEye, Rare developed Perfect Dark in 2000 for the N64. Perfect Dark has many similarities and candid references to GoldenEye (e.g, if as Joanna Dark you hang around Clarinton long enough, he says, "Don't, Joanna, it makes me nervous.") and was even marketed as a semi-sequel to it, although Perfect Dark has nothing to do with the James Bond license.
The Bond license was picked up by Electronic Arts, which created multiple games based upon other James Bond movies; however, their most recent James Bond games have had original scripts and have even had live actors playing the roles of many characters.
In the Fall of 2004 EA Games will release GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for XBox, PlayStation 2 and Gamecube video game consoles. This will be the first game where you will not take on the role of James Bond, but rather an aspiring 00 Agent recruited by Auric Goldfinger, the villain in the movie Goldfinger. GoldenEye, the movie, will actually have nothing to do with the game nor does GoldenEye: Rogue Agent have anything to do with the GoldenEye, the game.
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