Top 5 Mysteries of GoldenEye 007's Weirdest Stage

[@AntVenom]

14:12 H4, C3, K2, A1. Seems like the intended word to unscramble there is Hack, which would be fitting of the devs to throw in there.

[@EspireMike]

Wow, great point!

[@bencheevers6693]

Was literally about to write the same thing, there's no information in 4 repeating or the 4 3 2 1 sequence so the only information you get is HCKA which probably means hack

[@recklessrecluse9123]

Kinda off topic, but I have yet to hear any youtuber talk about the small, silver rolling door on the ground on dam in the satellite building. My dad told a friend and I that it opened up and guards came out while he was playing, but I still call BS to this day🤦

[@Cjx0r]

@CHOUT86 silo launch code

[@cheeplethebulldog1420]

Maybe its some odd lettering? I do not get the silo level, as I just find it odd.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

I would guess a lot of the weirdness with Silo in particular is because it was a survivor of the rail shooter beta footage that exists out there. Silo was clearly one of the earliest levels that was finished enough to have a demo to show to the press, so it's not a surprise there's a lot leftover from the game's rail shooter life. Those missiles firing off would've been a helluva setpiece to rival the most badass Time Crisis moments for sure.

[@HectorVII]

totally agree

[@mathprodigy]

Rail shooter? Not sure I knew this! Would definitely explain Silo's extremely linear design.

[@Lightforspirit]

I love the mysteries of old games. Why did the developers and 3D modellers choose to do something? It's all lost in the mists of history.

[@GamerFolklore]

I feel the same way.

[@CamrosMedia]

Find the devs and ask them?

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

It does make me wish every game had a feature similar to Valve's developer commentary mode, when you walk through the game in real time and learn about hidden dev intentions. That'd be cool if we could retroactively implement that in every old game. (as a sidenote I wish so called remasters of old games would put effort into features like that instead of ruining art styles or the stability of the game) I guess that's what video developer commentaries are made for though.

[@darkjapan]

​@@CamrosMedia Sometimes they don't remember, because it was something they made on a rainy afternoon 20 years ago and forgot about. People wonder about it for years but even the person who made it doesn't know!

[@Yupppi]

Luckily Goose has an interview with Dr. Doak revealing some of the mysteries so we're not in complete shadow.

[@user-et2ti5nk9e]

My F R I E N D S

[@perks6292]

My F O E S

[@gabeandcheesed5341]

My A C Q U A I N T A N C E S

[@1c3M0nk3y]

IT

[@bigbubba7753]

I like how the most liked comment is one of the only ones he didn't heart

[@uknighted213]

FELLOW COHORTS

[@bobbybrowny123]

Is it possible that the original objective was not to open the ceiling doors but to close them before launching so the silo exploded without the c4? I wished we knew!

[@mathprodigy]

Launching the missile into closed doors to blow the place?! Wild haha

[@ryanknox6285]

@@mathprodigy If it's a Weapon of mass Destruction/ Nuke wouldn't it defeat the purpose of disarming it if it's c4 blown up or launched like the other guy said? Or I guess not because it has to have a hard impact from the high altitude landing on it's target to cause damage.

[@Arcademan09]

Goose: this is a briefcase... "Dear god!..." Goose: ...and you can't use the key "No!..."

[@ConanVictor]

Ourumov's briefcase contain your mom's nudes and he's going to sell them to a zoophile.

[@MahDryBread]

I had no idea you could open the silo roof like that! That's so cool

[@xTwistedFleshX]

I’m 34 and just now am beginning to Speedrun. I chose OOT as my game but Goose you’re a huge reason for me getting into the scene. Love your vids thank you.

[@jameswilson591]

Good on you! I wanted to get into speed running but the more I learned about the frame perfect button presses and other insanely difficult strategies involved I became too intimidated. Hahahahaha I do shoot for personal bests so I guess I’m kind of a speed runner but in no way am I even close to being a threat to anyone on the rankings. Best of luck to you.

[@mathprodigy]

​@@jameswilson591 that's me lmao I'll threaten u with a Dam56 🤣

[@jameswilson591]

@@mathprodigy you definitely got me beat on dam. I can get a 1:04 on cradle 00-agent using the wall technique to force Trevelyan to blow himself up. I believe the current world record is still :32. Hahaha

[@TheSquareOnes]

@@jameswilson591 Not every record is as tightly optimized, these N64 classics are insane but if you like any more current games it could be worth looking into their speedrunning community. For some just doing a deathless run in one sitting with otherwise normal gameplay can get you on the board, then each personal record you set can inch you closer and closer to that imaginary trophy. It's a pretty fun hobby as long you don't take it too seriously.

[@ydna]

dude silo is such a good demo for the game in general. I remember playing it on a demo console before buying the game 🥺 I was blown away that the mission was failed if the scientists got unalived

[@jameswilson591]

I discovered something recently that I never knew about Aztec. I knew about the wall climb technique in the pit at the beginning of the level so I had an idea. After clearing out all the enemies, I wanted to run back into the pit and lure Jaws back to that wall so I could do the wall climb technique and shoot him from above. To my surprise, not only can Jaws shoot you through that wall from the bottom of the pit, but he can do the wall climb as well and that totally destroyed my idea. Hahahahaha I had hopes that it would work but it’s still pretty awesome learning something new after 25 years.

[@mathprodigy]

If u can climb it, why couldn't a 7 foot monster dual wielding AR44s wearing suspenders climb it hahaha

[@jameswilson591]

@@mathprodigy because it is a technique that exploits a game glitch. If you walk up to that wall, look straight up while pushing yourself into it and rapidly switch weapons you can warp straight up to the top of it.

[@tetravega567]

@@jameswilson591 No glitch, I remember just being able to go up the wall by walking into it. Thought it was funny as a kid. It's getting back into the Facility vent that requires strafing left while aiming/spinning right on the toilet.

[@jameswilson591]

@@tetravega567 I don’t know what wall you’re talking about but the one I’m talking about you cannot just walk up it. It’s literally called the “goldeneye Aztec wall climb glitch”. Look it up

[@tetravega567]

I always assumed Ouromov's briefcase held an early Goldeneye key or prototype James could choose to take as a 2nd/alt objective for Mi6/Q to study. IIRC it was in a briefcase in the movie.

[@aforgottenevent504]

At 13:10, "RDP" probably stands for "Reality Display Processor." It's another part of the N64's graphics chip. I can't link the source bc KZbin thinks it's spam, google "nintendo 64 architecture" and it's the top result.

[@mewimi]

The only other thing I could think of was "Remote Desktop Protocol" XD

[@carefulchris]

I love your videos exploring Goldeneye and its mysteries. I always save these ones to watch during prime comfy time.

[@GamerFolklore]

I hope you have the comfiest time, exactly when needed. ☕🔥

[@Punkt1komma2strich]

Objective f) Launch Missile Obtain Ourumow's briefcase (launch codes) -> reprogram missile (use one of the computers next to elevator) -> open roof (Ourumow's keycard) -> leave Beta test: "... no, it takes too long. I cannot finish DLTK mode any more" :(

[@tetravega567]

Or launch missile w roof closed to destroy the place?

[@HectorVII]

I have a theory based on nothing that silo was one of the first, if not the first level that they made. It seems like it would fit the on rails style they were originally going for. Guards hiding behind boxes, stuff like that, classic arcade style level. Maybe these weird assets were from when it was still an on rails shooter. Also does anyone else remember ever seeing a video, or image, or something of Silo having like a mini boss, in like a different room? The model of the guy was that black suited model (like the ones in Cradle) and had the face model of that character with the dark eyes. Not Duncan Botwood but the other one with dark eyes.

[@Crazdor]

You're probably right about that, yeah. It was also a level that was available for demos early on, so it would make sense that it was finished earlier than most. And I remember seeing a custom level like that, but nothing officially.

[@chemicalimbalance7030]

There’s always more to discover in this fascinating game

[@2mrwario]

I dont know why your videos interest me so much, I'm not typically into speed running lore...I've never ran goldeneye only played it casually. But your videos keep me engaged. Keep it up. Would love to hear you talk more about TWINE 64 again. I know it's a bit niche though

[@GamerFolklore]

Glad to hear you enjoy them so much. Hopefully I'll do a TWINE video sometime this year!

[@nihongo_jouzu]

What a wonderful comfy video to start my morning with, you're always killing it Goose!

[@sad2540]

The ultimate speedrunning & n64 lore channel of all time!!!!

[@nightfallalicorn4246]

I had messed around a lot on that stage but I don't think I've ever noticed the silo doors opening. I always figured that the hardware cards were for the GoldenEye. I didn't think it was an Easter Egg for the names of the Nintendo 64 hardware components. Technically. If there's a GoldenEye on that level. That would mean that there was a third one were as in the film it was indicated there were two? I can't remember if destroying it after taking the photo fails the objective though. But the silo does explode it on higher difficulties. I imagine the lowest difficulty is to help players learn the level. I'd like more videos like this. I find them fascinating.

[@LuckyWabbitGaming]

I love the wub calm intro and music you use often!~

[@yaya_delta530]

Once again, after two decades of playing the game and I still learn new things. Some I already knew such as the silo roof and new things such as loading jungle before B1 to get ghost guards

[@NightshadeDt]

I wonder if the silo roof is as simple as the roof assuming it's an (unfinished) cutscene if it's on screen with no weapon.. just a weird quirk that wasn't bothered to be taken care of.. because who'd bother to go unarmed looking at the ceiling?

[@mathprodigy]

Some other guy left a comment on this vid and said it was a developer feature for capturing cool footage of the doors opening with the missile in the foreground, and they forgot to remove it. In that light it makes perfect sense haha

[@NightshadeDt]

Oh, thats interesting- and in a way, kind of makes more sense with the doors having the ability to close back rather than just staying open.

[@mathprodigy]

@@NightshadeDt yep. I love learning about those little tidbits of oddities we never noticed before

[@haunteddeandollsuk]

you know when peach comes up and says “he we gooooooo”👰🏼‍♀️ you know it’s time for a truely remarkable goldeneye video

[@mewimi]

I can make a guess on that opening missile door. They planned to have that as part of an objective to close the door, so that when the rocket launches, it would detonate inside the silo.

[@LimitBreakr424]

Nostalgic memories of watching DetStar's web page slowly load over a 56k modem

[@elbiggus]

RDP: Reality Display Processor. The RCP is split into two parts, the RSP (Reality Signal Processor) and RDP; the RSP does all the vertex calculations, then the RDP does the texturing, blending, filtering, etc. to actually generate the display.

[@NTNchamp2]

I love your videos! Thank you for all your effort. I recently rediscovered Goldeneye on the Switch and Perfect Dark on Xbox and have enjoyed trying to beat them both on the hardest difficulties. I did not know about any of these mysteries! I’d love to see more Perfect Dark videos. Are there any mysteries in Area 51? 😂

[@thetombuck]

There's a giant invisible keyhole in the ducts!

[@mogo8990]

Don’t forget about the railing that is missing where the elevator was going to be. Pretty sure there is beta footage of Bond riding it. (Also, someone else mentioned the guard that is standing on the lone catwalk.) So many weird things in this level.

[@julianadlyngton6806]

I wonder where that guard ends up if you shoot him to get his attention. The door he’s next to goes nowhere but if you’re far away enough from an enemy they can clip through doors in pursuit of Bond

[@KevinForfar]

Yes, there exists beta video footage of Bond riding the elevator lift. The footage was a very brief segment in some promotional video.

[@julianadlyngton6806]

UPDATE: I tried getting the guard to notice me by shooting next to him, no response. I shot his rifle, he flinched but otherwise didn’t move. Evidently the AI knows he cannot go anywhere

[@sjshady0169]

Another interesting tidbit about the Silo mission is that the room where you can open the bay door, there is a balcony and guard that you cannot get too through normal means. I wonder if there are game genie codes that allow you to explore that area more.

[@Audiojunkk]

Hell yeah Goose. Love the goldeneye content. Can’t wait to watch

[@brosevideogames7908]

The behavior of Ouromov with his briefcase strikes me as weird in LTK too. Ouromov normally drops the briefcase and runs as soon as he sees you. I assume this is because it’s tied to his health and he starts with zero health in LTK, but you don’t even have to shoot him once… I mean, it’s not like all the guards see you and just die in LTK, they have to be shot, even if shot in the gun. Not so with Ouromov and his briefcase.

[@truvegan]

LTK

[@alm5992]

Oh my gosh, I always wondered what those circuit boards were about! That's perfect xD

[@R3_dacted0]

I actually did know about the room names. I recently dusted off my N64 after decades and started a new run in this game and was stuck on Silo 00 Agent for a while because I kept missing one of the silos when planting the bombs. So I started to keep track of each room I went in by remembering each of their names.

[@XGPLAYZ]

Very cool, my friend at the time had Golden eye N64, his name is Graham, If I stayed in contact I would for sure send him this video! Very cool

[@GamerFolklore]

Awesome! Best wishes to Graham!

[@keithwysocki9003]

I’d like to think the briefcase contains Marsellus Wallace’s soul

[@therealbearminator]

100K subs, what a milestone. Congratulations

[@EdmondDantes224]

The ladder you can't access, and that it leads to a vent, makes me wonder if the vent was actually supposed to be where the level *starts* at one point in development.

[@pirate4460]

How do the scientists get the satellite out of the 4-A1 room? it looks too big to fit through the doors. Do they build it, then disassemble it?

[@theUBERsashimi]

Keep up the good work, buddy. Been watching since the good old days, and I'll continue to do so.

[@GamerFolklore]

Thank you very much ♥️

[@killwalker]

Water Caverns, Facility, and Complex are the most fun MP maps!

[@aaronsteindler3245]

To me the biggest mystery is why we have to prime a building with explosives, when it's going to explode anyways in 8 minutes.

[@NytroDesigns]

Interestingly, I might be able to get you a better view of some of these stages soon™ I've been slowly working on trying to dump the level data from the game, since I've been wanting to play with them in other game engines and with proper lighting, rendered in something like Cycles.

[@GamerFolklore]

Woah, that's cool! Keep me posted.

[@daltonsales5481]

My Friends Always great seeing a new goose video.

[@TheFoxEssence]

My gosh… I’ve always wondered about these details in Silo. As a kid I discovered the silo doors by my self. Ans wondered about that ladder and vent. Part of me recalls even getting down to the bottom of the silo. But my mind is definitely foggy. Maybe I used a GameShark. I have always had a huge fascination with the different areas in Goldeneye and Perfect Dark that were inaccessible but had more beyond the barriers. These games are fascinating ❤

[@majortom7648]

Detstar! That's a name I haven't heard of in a long time, nice

[@Alkaris]

I'll bet if you can score an interview with one of the old devs from Rare they could tell you what they had originally planned for this stage in GoldenEye.

[@plinx99]

The game forces you to switch to unarmed when you complete a level, and usually the level completes when the game forces you to switch to nothing. Maybe this was a part of the ending????

[@MINI_91]

The briefcase contains the GoldenEye launch discette if we go with what happens in the movie.

[@DrumEagle]

Another mystery: How do the scientists want to take out the GoldenEye-satellite out of its room?

[@crazymage9636]

People trippin over a briefcase, meanwhile Bond holding 800 rounds of ammunition for a pistol.

[@endrit5885]

what about the weird glass beakers on the vents in facility? Saw those as a kid and to this day its still a mystery to me. ...

[@RhetticusRex]

𝔸nd *lightning strike*.. It was on this black noon that the dark lord, Marcus, proclaimed: "Ye of little faith...", placing a great curse on Silo of three agents...

[@ep1phany62]

Maybe they meant the other keycard for the opening the roof thing. Maybe they didn’t know the dot was technically Oramov’s key card? 🤷‍♂️

[@the1eliterhoy757]

"pass him away" if only there was another word ;/

[@T.Maximus]

Love this game just beat it recently

[@jimdanielguzinski4596]

What's your soundtrack in the intro of the video?

[@unRealityFPV]

This could be a false memory, but I remember something about the silo roof would only open if you had basically beaten the level first and then gone all the way back

[@WhiteJarrah]

You neglected the most obvious mystery about _Silo:_ why does a SOVIET launch vehicle resemble a NASA Saturn V rocket?

[@KurticeYZreacts]

I love these weird glitches

[@annikinstarkiller600]

RPD is N64 Reality Display Processor

[@vlinder64]

I still play this game for a long time and I still a noob 😢. I'm stuck playing 00 agent in Silo. I wish I was faster and more precise 😥.

[@algar6616]

Effin incredible

[@ryobibattery]

Failing the mission produces Unwatchable Audio

[@Xbob42]

Bro just say "defeat them" or something! Why pass away? It's been a long time but it still sounds so awkward and brings my brain to a screeching halt!

[@bobojenkins5805]

The silo is an allegory for Americas orphace that the Russian missile will be exploding through

[@hardlyfunny]

Archives!

[@WikiPeoples]

I liked this video

[@AlphaCentCom]

It's, 'depart this mortal coil.'

[@ChristianRuf91]

Nice

[@DontFuckWithPeople]

dope video, congrats on 100k :)

[@Glazier160]

i'm a person from the country the mission takes place in

[@LinkageAX]

Aren't the 4 keycards HACK?

[@lornenix2243]

Reality Display Processor (RDP)

[@philbateman1989]

The RDP unit of the N64 is the "Reality Display Processor". It's pretty much a discrete GPU that handles frame buffering, depth testing, and rasterising to take those tasks off the CPU. That generation of consoles were largely the earliest ones to feature hardware acceleration for 3D graphics.

[@saintjimmy456]

A lot of the unused properties of Silo: the vents, the rocket launch, the ability to open and close the launch door, remind me of the end of Aztec. I wonder if they decided the two levels were becoming too similar and stopped developing those features in Silo, or whilst making Silo, became inspired to create Aztec. In regards to Ourumov's briefcase, they might have added it before realising that the player would have to kill Ourumov to obtain it, but Ourumov can't die in Silo because he is needed in Train, and by that point it was just easier to leave the briefcase and key in than go back and remove them.

[@onewithsource9742]

Very good theory. Makes sense

[@EspireMike]

Regarding the blast doors that open in the roof when the player becomes unarmed, I'm 99% sure I read somewhere that this was added by the Devs so they could record some cool footage of the blast doors opening with the missiles clearly visible in the foreground. And that they forgot to remove this function!

[@GamerFolklore]

Woah, that's pretty cool, I hadn't heard that detail before!

[@apaxtoa]

"Ourumovs briefcase" sounds like a physics experiment or something. Maybe they put Schrodingers cat in Ourumovs briefcase? 😂

[@devinmccanna645]

Saw the notification come up and clicked off another video because I knew this was going to be TRULY REMARKABLE.

[@gabrielgodinho3187]

Another strange thing: the timeline in Silo does not make sense. It says that it happen 2 years before the main story and that it takes place in Soviet Kirghizstan. The main story is set in 1995, the year of the movie, however, that would put Silo in 1993, 2 years after the USSR ceased to exist. Therefore, it should've been set at least 4 years before the main story.

[@alexndr27]

If you look in the 'mission background' it states that "Deep intelligence reports suggest that this operation may well be outside the control of the former soviet powers in the region" which suggests the silo was abandoned after the dissolution of the USSR and the Janus group (Trev/Ouromov) took it over.

[@thejackal007]

It's fascinating that we continue to learn so much about the inner workings of this gem so many years after it came out!

[@Vereid]

When I was younger I tried to kill Bond in some weird places to try and get a bette view of some things. The ladder on this stage, the other side of the vent on Facility and the bottom of cradle were the ones I was obsessed with lol. Great video as usual!

[@GamerFolklore]

I remember doing similar!

[@pinkpools]

I was so worried you were going to move along without commenting on Ouromov's cheeky little dance.

[@GamerFolklore]

It is such a silly little dance! 🕺🪩

[@surplusvalues]

JUST the video I needed tonight! So excited to watch!!

[@GamerFolklore]

Enjoy and have a great night!

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

I think Ourumov is just dancing like that because he has to pee.

[@MofoMan2000]

There's also a catwalk in one of the silos with a guard standing on it, but you can't actually get to it because the door goes nowhere. Also the RDP is the Reality Display Processor, it's a part of what you might consider the N64's GPU.

[@GamerFolklore]

I was thinking about exploring that catwalk! Maybe in a future video.

[@theemjay]

@@GamerFolklore The inaccessible catwalk was more of a mystery for me as a kid than anything else on this list and I spent a lot of time studying the map in a walkthrough booklet trying to figure out where it was in relation to the higher levels. YES...do a video! :)

[@julianadlyngton6806]

Great video, this is probably my favourite level to replay. Another quirk of the briefcase is that it makes the “click” of picking up a weapon as opposed to the usual beep of a gadget/item

[@GamerFolklore]

Great point about the click vs beep! I hadn't considered that.

[@HarryKoakuma]

I doubt it's true, but a silly theory that I just thought of: Perhaps an early concept for the Silo mission was to infiltrate the Silo, obtain the briefcase and key, use the key to open the roof and then use the briefcase to reprogram and launch the missile, and finally escape before the missile launched, possibly with the ultimate idea being to use the missile to destroy their own silo here. And then during development, the objectives were reworked into the final version of Silo, with those earlier ideas being recycled into Aztec instead. Theory aside, the main thing that sticks out to me is that it's quite similar to Aztec though, with the opening roof paralleling the exhaust bay and the implication that the missile was meant to launch at some point. I have to wonder if there is some connection there at least.

[@Kreege]

first

[@devinmccanna645]

This fact checked by real American patriots: TRUE

[@chompythebeast]

@@devinmccanna645 Could we get a more reputable source on fact checking real quick? lol

[@devinmccanna645]

@@chompythebeast you objectively cannot

[@mathprodigy]

@@chompythebeast anyone except the ones who said the Hunter Biden laptop story was false, and except the ones who said the virus definitively didn't originate from a lab... not THOSE "fact checkers "

[@Punttipate62]

The biggest mystery of goldeneye is how I still haven't played it to this day

[@jameswilson591]

Oh man, you haven’t lived. Hahahahaha unfortunately the newly released ones for Xbox and Switch has gotten tons of negative reviews.

[@Punttipate62]

@@jameswilson591 yeah and sadly I'm a playstation and pc player so I don't even get to play the rereleases

[@mathprodigy]

​@@Punttipate62 wait you're a PC player, there should be a way for you to play the canceled Xbox 360 remake from over a decade ago, it's the one all Goldeneye players wanted and looks incredible. Just KZbin a video of how to do it, I haven't done it yet, but hopefully it isn't anything more than downloading the file and then patching it or something.

[@Punttipate62]

@@mathprodigy I'm gonna look into that, thanks!

[@muito_facil]

Ourumov's briefcase was the only mystery I remember about Goldeneye64 since I was a child. What happens if you shoot the Dostovei in his other hand, does he recoil like the guards? (here I am, talking about Dostoveis in the hands of enemies again 😂🤣)

[@Basicx951]

Wonder if the creators of the game see these video`s and laugh their asses of. With reactions like "check out these dudes freaking out over goldeneye". Love your video`s and enthousiasm. Long live the nostalgia.

[@maskoolio5824]

"Pass away" is much better way of avoiding saying "dead/kill" than the awful "unalive" bullshit. It's a shame the Internet is being made so advertiser friendly at tbe cost of being able to discuss anything like adults.

[@threatlevel_TACO]

I'd love to see an explanation of the backstory for the blood splatter that made it to the back of the gamebox, but never made it to the game.

[@KnoxCarbon]

All they did was replace the blood splatter effect with the spark effect. Nintendo asked them to tone it down last minute, and the screenshot had already been taken at that point for the box art.

[@threatlevel_TACO]

@KnoxCarbon someone needs to make a mod to replace the spark effect with blood again

[@KnoxCarbon]

@@threatlevel_TACO Someone already did, search "GoldenEye Blood mod"

[@Whoreschach69]

​@@threatlevel_TACOThe closest thing is a GameShark code that made the spark red. Looks weird too

[@ZER0-C00L]

Congrats on the 100k subs !

[@GGSpeedruns]

Love these obscure Goldeneye facts videos, Super interesting stuff.

[@jealousagain783]

Does the sky physically change to mirror another level, or just in the code? You've talked about it at length over the years, but every time you show footage I only see the default blue sky in the missile room.

[@DaveDott]

I love this channel.

[@MillenZaLPhA]

4-A1, code word for quadruple Steak Sauce 🥩 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🫳🏼🎤

[@HumanOptimization]

It would be awesome to get guys like you and the other goldeneye playing gurus to have an interview with a few of the developers and ask away.