10 GoldenEye Facts

[@jimdraws8037]

Goldeneye has to be one of the best multiplayer games ever created, spent years playing it with friends. Never had a game so addictive before or since for multiplayer. Still got Sabre Wulf on my ZX Spectrum, not had a cassette deck for 15 years though...

[@onaretrotip]

Couldn't agree more, Jim! I still enjoy playing the multiplayer with mates.

[@justinanthony8858]

Fantastic, you could actually dual wield any 2 guns in multiplayer, without any cheat codes, you had to bash the reload and and change weapon buttons and eventually it would glitch, you had no control over which 2 weapons you could wield, but it was epic.Great video btw

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks!

[@3DSage]

Every time i think i know everything about goldeneye 64, i watch another video and learn something new. Such an interesting game and production.

[@onaretrotip]

It certainly is! The whole story of the development process is really interesting, and seeing how the final game as we know it came about.

[@iana.dickson5464]

Good for Steve Hellis for putting out his BLOOD, SWEAT, and TEARS also expending his energy to making this game a success.

[@onaretrotip]

Who's Steve Hellis?

[@jadencoucopoulos2567]

"Well balanced difficulty" Sounds like someone never played the Aztec Complex on 00 Agent difficulty yet.

[@onaretrotip]

LMAO. That level is so unforgiving; it's miles more brutal than the rest. I've been playing it loads this year, and that level just ruins me. The start is the worst as a lot of it is blind luck with the first three guards' reactions.

[@jadencoucopoulos2567]

Lately I have been playing this level so many times on 00 Agent that I can actually beat it _somewhat_ consistently now, because I learned a few tricks from all of my attempts. So here’s some advice from a true 00 Agent like me: In the first room, there’s three guards; one on the right, and two on the left. When you start the mission, crouch down by holding R and C-down, then releasing R. Then go to the wall to your left, and take out the one guard on the right side first, then take out the other two as they come around the corner so you don’t get surrounded. Now there’s a chance one of those guards can throw a grenade. If this happens, run out and hide behind the left pillar. Or if you want to play it safe, restart the mission and try again. Once you’re done in the first room, go towards the hidden door from the _left_ side, so you have more cover from the guard in the very back of the next room. Shoot at the guard in front of the doorway, then using the AR33’s zoom scope, aim and shoot at the guard in the very back of the room. This will cause the other two guards to react and go after you. Now you should stand just around the doorway and wait for these guards to come around so you can shoot them. These guards can also throw grenades. If they throw one towards you across the hall, the grenade will land right at the doorway, causing the guards to run into the explosion, killing themselves. Now go through the hallway, hugging the right side wall. When you’re a few steps away from the end of the hall, hold R and tap C-left until the guard behind those steel boxes to the right starts shooting. When he does, wait until he stops firing. Now there will be a break when he stops firing as expected. Use this time to peek around the pillar and shoot him. Then do the same thing for the guard to the left. In the room with the launch protocol data, I found that the best thing to do is to just shoot near, or directly at the guard to the far left by hitting his hand. This usually causes most of, or all five guards in this room to go after you. Now you need to just stand to either side of the doorway and take out the guards that come out of the door one by one. The room leading up to the exhaust bay is very easy, because you can shoot at the guards’ heads through the gaps without them seeing you. If the guards from inside the exhaust bay come out early, you can just go into one of the spaces the previous guards were in and shoot them. If they don’t, shoot the floor in the exhaust bay, then they will run out. Now do the same thing as stated before. Once you’re in the exhaust bay, it will automatically open. Destroy the computer on the left, and walk through the vent. Go straight ahead and you will find two turrets facing away from you. Destroy the turret on the right, so you can go around and pick up the body armor. Use R + C-right to kill the other guards and destroy the other turret. Before you enter the room with the shuttle, you need to slowly walk against the left wall until you can see a turret and destroy it. For the next one, you NEED to use the PP7 to destroy it, otherwise the explosion will destroy the glass that’s blocking the two turrets on the high ceiling, which just makes the mission harder. There are three guards who are in your sight that have Moonraker Lasers. I would recommend getting rid of the one that’s closest to the right from where you’re looking, Stand in a very precise spot behind the vent, then use R + C-left to see the guard from between the steel boxes and the wall you were standing in front of. Use the AR33’s zoom scope to aim and shoot at the guard there. For the other two, quickly go around to the space where the ladder is, and use R + C-left to aim and shoot at them, same as always. There will also be one more guard close to the mainframe to the right. Kill him, and destroy the turrets on the ceiling. *Don’t forget to close the exhaust bay before moving on!* This will open the door inside the exhaust bay that you need to go through later. When you get to the rooms with the stairs, get rid of any guards you encounter, until you get to the room with Jaws. Quickly enter the room and shoot at or near Jaws to get him to chase you. Now go to the first room with the stairs around the gap in the middle(the first room you enter after leaving the previous room), and make sure Jaws follows you in here. He will not be able to see or shoot at you from across the gap, but _you can._ Use this to your advantage to chip away at his health. Once you kill him, he will drop a security smart card. Pick it up and quickly run to the room with the launch protocol data. You can run faster by holding C-up and C-left/right(1.2, 1.4), or by holding the Control Stick up + C-left/right(1.1, 1.3). At this point, guards that are dual-wielding Moonraker Lasers will infinitely spawn around you randomly. The good news is that you can also dual-wield your weapons, too. The first thing you need to do is open the glass door and close it so guards won’t shoot you from far away. Pick up the launch protocol data and equip the shuttle guidance data from the watch menu to upload it. Once that’s done, arm yourself and go to the mainframe that controls the launch sequence. When you get there, upload the launch protocol data and then go up the ladder to open the exhaust bay, or else the launch will be halted until it is open. While the exhaust bay is opening, watch out for any guards that come around the corner. When the countdown is finished, you’ve beaten the mission. -------------------- One thing that I like about this mission is that it doesn’t rely too heavily on RNG, unlike the Control Center or the Train. So if you learn this level, you can beat it with very few problems. And it feels really good when you master this level; your friends wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against you in Multiplayer mode. Shame that the level right after it is very disappointingly easy, with an equally easy cheat to unlock(which I’ll say right now, is REALLY worth it when you get it).

[@aydan1686]

Still one of my all time favourite games even now and while many won't agree I still think it's aged well overall the only thing that held it back was the n64's crappy controller but other than that it's amazing. Still so well balanced and fun to explore and do different objectives. Ahh they don't make them like they used to.. keep it up pal, really enjoyed!

[@onaretrotip]

+Game Taff Thanks Aydan! Yeah, many people say that it's aged very poorly, but I still thoroughly enjoy playing both the single and mutilplayer modes. The game is designed so well that it's a joy to play through the story, and some levels are still a challenge after years of playing it.

[@pferreira1983]

Great facts list! Always learn something new.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks mate! It was fun doing these.

[@FunkLogicOne]

Great vid Pete!! Would be great to see your hints and tips walk through on multiplay. Peace!!

[@onaretrotip]

+funklogicful Thanks Asim! I'll def be doing a detailed walkthrough at some point.

[@RetroGamesCollector]

Absolutely fantastic video of one of my top 5 games Pete. So much goodness to be had through cheat codes! Always loved the fact there were the Ultimate games in there for obvious reasons ;)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot Ant, it's one of my favourites too. Yeah I absolutely loved the cheats, especially the no radar in multiplayer. I used to absolutely dominate without the radar!

[@Champion2D]

certainly a lot of things I didn't know Pete. Great vid mate.

[@onaretrotip]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot Rob.

[@herbieass007]

superb vid buddy! im a massive bond fan (hence the name) so i thoroughly enjoyed this ☺

[@onaretrotip]

+herbieass double-o-seven Thanks so much Ian! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@RetroCynical]

Interesting, I learned a couple of things I didn't know about this game.

[@onaretrotip]

That's great, thanks mate! Love this game.

[@MLCrafter81]

I liked the video, however there are more differences with the Japanese version (aka NTSC-J), which are a slightly faster fire rate for the AR33, better auto aim for Secret and 00 Agent, and there’s more body armor on Secret and 00 Agent. These changes help a lot while speedrunning. There’s also a difference on PAL, and that is laggy levels are handled better, especially Train and Jungle, which helps if you’re speedrunning those levels, and the frames per second is different as well.

[@onaretrotip]

Ooh, interesting! I didn't know about the fire rates or differences in auto aim and body armour. Thanks for the info!

[@Fiveminded]

Just saw this video, stil got an N64 with Goldeneye. Played hours and hours of 4-man mutiplayer. Way ahead of its time!

[@onaretrotip]

Nice! Me too, I still play multiplayer GoldenEye with mates, and I still thoroughly enjoy the single-player campaign. So good. It definitely had a huge influence on the genre going forward.

[@anyoldusername81]

Nicely put together Pete :) next!!

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha, cheers Pat!

[@noneofyourbusiness910]

I still take this game out for a spin every once in a while. Despite being so old, it is still very fun to play. I wish to play it on my computer one day so that I can play it with mouse and key board and be deadly accurate like a real life James Bond!

[@onaretrotip]

Oh hell yes, me too. I still find it an absolute pleasure to play. I've never played it on PC with mouse and keyboard, but I know there's a decent online community that play it. The name's Wheeler... Zachary Wheeler.

[@devastator200]

Good thing about Goldeneye X is it uses the perfect dark engine which also runs with the expansion pak :) it's still in working progress on the solo front but has a 'challenge mode' like PD and multiplayer game play which is pretty awesome as well. Many fans upload there mods on the website too ;)

[@onaretrotip]

What I've seen of it looks awesome. Absolutely love multiplayer GoldenEye, so much fun. And I'm damn good at it hahahaha!

[@devastator200]

+onaretrotip hahaha might think twice to challenge you anytime soon lol but it be a good laugh! Due to the problems of the N64 analog stick I use the hori 64 controller, it's like a mould between the GameCube and N64 controller, love it so much i bought two for this very game ;)

[@onaretrotip]

BASS INVADER * Fair enough. Personally I think that the N64 controller is perfect for the game, although not much else.

[@TheRetroGodfather.]

Very informative video pete, full of great GoldenEye facts many of which i wasn't aware of, Great video mate !

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot Dal! Glad there were some interesting facts in there.

[@LukesGamePage]

+onaretrotip The Japanese rocket launcher/ sniper combo is so cool

[@onaretrotip]

Luke's Game Page I know, right! I wish we'd have gotten that, what a combination.

[@devastator200]

This is awesome Pete well done mate!! Wow as a massive fan Im completely surprised there was still a few facts I hadn't know about this legendary game!!! Still play this game to this day. RareWare were my heroes back in the day! Check out my earlier vids in regards to the awesome goldeneye X projects Hope your well buddy speak soon ;)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks Luke, glad there were a few in there that were new to you. I still play it too, fantastic game. A lot of people say it's aged poorly, but it's still as enjoyable as it ever was in my opinion. I'll definitely check out your GoldenEye X videos dude!

[@argeniscanez9503]

I would love to see a Doom 10 Facts

[@onaretrotip]

Already done one, brother! ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJqah6SpmbCAp7s

[@MattandJaelon]

Dang sir...many thanks for sharing!

[@onaretrotip]

Haha, you're very welcome.

[@jonknight4616]

Cool video. I never played Goldeneye (though I was aware of it) nor did I ever own any consoles after the Game Gear (which I traded my NES for). At different points, I tried to plan getting another console, but it just never materialized, so I was mostly a PC Gamer. Still, I find videos like this fascinating!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Jon! See I was the opposite, I drifted away from PC gaming in the late 90s, and then all together when I left home around 1999. GoldenEye is still one of my favourite games. I don't like many games on the N64, but those I like I love.

[@KITT171]

Another well done fact video man.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot Mike!

[@LukesGamePage]

Lovely stuff, inormative and great trivia. Didn't know it outsold Zelda, mad.

[@onaretrotip]

+Luke's Game Page Thanks Luke! Yes indeed, I guess that having it packed in with the console was a huge factor in the sales figures. It was certainly a system seller.

[@GRUSSNewton]

Fact!: never played this! Very good video Pete :-)

[@onaretrotip]

You're missing out Russ. Absolute classic mate, really innovative at the time.

[@GRUSSNewton]

onaretrotip If they have this on a N64 at play I want a guided tour! Lol

[@onaretrotip]

+GRUSS Newton Oh, definitely. They usually do.

[@DirtBagGaming]

great video, and awesome channel in general, that rumble pak reload idea would of been brutal on the controllers haha.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much! Hahaha yes, it certainly would have been. Nice idea though, albeit completely impractical.

[@DirtBagGaming]

no doubt, could only imagine how much good n64 controllers would cost now if they had that added wear and tear to them because of a feature like that.... scary to think about lol

[@onaretrotip]

Dirt Bag Gaming Haha yup.

[@CallingAllNerds]

Absolutely loved this game at the time, but find the controls unplayable now. A great watch.

[@onaretrotip]

+RetroGamerAddict Thanks Lee! I know what you mean, but I still really enjoy the game. The controls just feel right for the game, even though I'd find them a nightmare on others.

[@JediBUZ]

Great Video, What can you tell us about Perfect Dark?

[@turokforever007]

Could be fact i was first to find floating mines. FACT the magazine i sent video proof to stole it and claimed they had discovered it. Also a bunch of speed run tips that had never been seen.

[@onaretrotip]

😯

[@SegaSentMe1]

Great video Pete. Very insightful. You going to play This year?

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks Mark! Yes indeed, I go every year. Can't wait! You going?

[@SegaSentMe1]

+onaretrotip I may do actually if i can get in a Hotel, Never been. I would spend all day on the arcade machines.. i bet you can spend a fortune on games.

[@onaretrotip]

SegaSentMe1 Yeah, for sure. There are a lot of traders there with some great stuff. The free arcades are definitely a highlight. It's always great fun.

[@HacksignKT]

nice video.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@RetroGames1979]

7:15 you only live twice, I hate it when people correct me when I've done such a good video :)

[@onaretrotip]

+RetroGames1979 Oh fuck, hahaha! I didn't even realise I'd said that. Whoops! Thanks for watching mate.

[@TheSynrgy1987]

Love Goldeneye great game.

[@onaretrotip]

+TheSynrgy1987 Me too, one of the greatest for sure. I must've clocked over 1000 hours on this game!

[@TheSynrgy1987]

Yeah spend way too much time on multiplayer but even on single player replaying the levels. I never unlocked the two bonus stages though , so that's on my bucket list

[@onaretrotip]

TheSynrgy1987 Whaaaaaat? Oh you really should, Aztec is the hardest level in the game by a long way. I've completed it and gotten the 007 passport many times, but it's still always a challenge.

[@TheSynrgy1987]

the one i couldn't do back in the day was Street, kept running out of time, not tried in years though it's probably easy now

[@onaretrotip]

TheSynrgy1987 Yeah, that's a fucker. You have to learn which route to take, and even then it's just drive and hope.

[@mikeymike3240]

hi there, this is one of my favourite games on the n64. I didn't know most of the facts, so I enjoyed this video. how do you get the speccy emulator up and working, I played all their speccy games in the day. 😀 👍 👍

[@onaretrotip]

Hey Mike! Mine too, in fact it's one of my all-time favourite games on any system. I have never actually bothered trying the Speccy emulator myself I'm afraid, so you'd probably be better off Googling it or looking on KZbin for a tutorial.

[@stonecoldmark316]

great vid love goldeneye we need a remake and of course subbed

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks Mark! Yeah, a remake would be good but not sure how well it would work on a modern control scheme. Strange that it hasn't been done already, in fact I remember reading at some point that an HD remake was actually made but was prevented from being released for whatever reason. Thanks for the sub ;)

[@jadencoucopoulos2567]

Now the Xbox 360 remaster has finally been leaked some time ago, and I heard it has a control scheme based on the 2.2 and 2.4 presets from the original.

[@Demospammer9987]

Well balanced difficulty?! What?!?!

[@onaretrotip]

You disagree?

[@BlueHedgehogMan17]

I didn't know there was a Japanese release of the game.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh yes! Interesting that the weapon cheats are slightly different.

[@tootyuk]

loved that Pete! you defo have a market for these pal ;)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks Stu! Really glad you enjoyed it.

[@onaretrotip]

Word for word? Watch both videos and you'll see they're nothing alike. All the research is done online, I don't copy other videos. They're actually very different, and are bound to contain similar facts as I assume that channel doe their research online the same as I do. Way to be a dick, Bradley.

[@onaretrotip]

+JediBUZ Thanks! Hmm, not sure I can tell you much, but we'll see ;)

[@DonMasterGamer]

did you know the wii has a golden eye game?

[@onaretrotip]

+DonMasterGamer Yes indeed, but not really a fan.

[@christianmalo4980]

Fact: Liscenced games are STILL poor quality in most cases, AAA or not. I mean damn, just look at the mess that was Batman: Arkham Knight on PC... (think I'm gonna puke, better change the subject) :P

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, generally true unfortunately. I'm hoping to see a decent Star Wars game at some point, to the standard of the early 90s LucasArts heyday, with titles like Dark Forces and the X-Wing series.

[@ryanbroome6954]

I was so good at this ☺😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😉😉😉😉😠😠😠😠😠

[@onaretrotip]

Me too! I still am; I won a tournament at a gaming event about six years ago, I was so chuffed haha.

[@2001mstang]

Remake 4 xbox

[@onaretrotip]

Wonder if it'll be any good.