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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…

88 23 August 1997

GoldenEye 007 is a shooter developed by Rare, released 23 August 1997 on Nintendo 64. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.

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What GoldenEye 007 is

GoldenEye 007 is a shooter game developed by Rare and released in 1997. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 64 only. It runs on Custom Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set during the Cold War and its aftermath, GoldenEye 007 follows James Bond, an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service. The story opens with a covert operation at a Soviet chemical weapons facility, where Bond and fellow 00-agent Alec Trevelyan infiltrate the site before the mission goes wrong. Years later, Bond is drawn into an investigation surrounding GoldenEye, a space-based weapon capable of firing an electromagnetic pulse that disables electronics across a targeted area. As the trail leads through Russia and beyond, Bond works alongside computer programmer Natalya Simonova to uncover who controls the weapon and to stop the criminal syndicate known as Janus from turning it…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the James Bond series

GoldenEye 007 is the 14th of 44 entries we hold in the James Bond series. It arrived 4 years after James Bond 007: The Duel. The next entry was James Bond 007 in 1998. Its critic score of 88 is 21 points above the series average of 68. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

GoldenEye 007 holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 422 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9 hrs.

What it launched against

GoldenEye 007 launched on 23 August 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Breath of Fire III, Claw and EF2000 v2.0. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Breath of Fire III, Claw, EF2000 v2.0.

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GoldenEye 007 — frequently asked questions

When did GoldenEye 007 come out?
GoldenEye 007 was released on 23 August 1997 for Nintendo 64.
How long does it take to beat GoldenEye 007?
The main story of GoldenEye 007 takes around 9 hrs.
Does GoldenEye 007 have multiplayer?
Yes. GoldenEye 007 supports multiplayer.

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