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Set up my old N64 for a laugh last week and got hooked at how good this game is. I remember it being fun as a kid but I think I appreciate it even more now.
After being used to playing more serious games with excellent graphics and realism, there is a lot going for older games like this which are just plain fun (even more so in multi-player). If you have it, hook it up and have a bit of fun!
I was watchin vids on youtube after getting back into the game and this retrospective review below is a must watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8vibZquW5E
After being used to playing more serious games with excellent graphics and realism, there is a lot going for older games like this which are just plain fun (even more so in multi-player). If you have it, hook it up and have a bit of fun!
I was watchin vids on youtube after getting back into the game and this retrospective review below is a must watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8vibZquW5E
Edited by neil1jnr on Wednesday 2nd July 13:54
Brilliant game sadly someone in the family 'borrowed' my N64 at some point complete with the red memory upgrade cartridge and never returned it.
Probably one of if not my first FPS, the multiplayer was good too. The golden gun etc...... good times.
Probably one of if not my first FPS, the multiplayer was good too. The golden gun etc...... good times.
CaptainSensib1e said:
I wihs thye'd do a version of this for android, would love to play it again. If you could do multi-player with your mates on their phones it would be epic!
Not tried it personally but how about an N64 emulator and Goldeneye ROM? Just had a quick look and both seem to be available. Though I can't believe the ROM is only 10MB, where did they fit it all?Edited by GrumpyTwig on Thursday 3rd July 00:04
GrumpyTwig said:
Brilliant game sadly someone in the family 'borrowed' my N64 at some point complete with the red memory upgrade cartridge and never returned it.
Probably one of if not my first FPS, the multiplayer was good too. The golden gun etc...... good times.
Not me.... The other one ;-)Probably one of if not my first FPS, the multiplayer was good too. The golden gun etc...... good times.
CaptainSensib1e said:
I wihs thye'd do a version of this for android, would love to play it again. If you could do multi-player with your mates on their phones it would be epic!
Not tried it personally but how about an N64 emulator and Goldeneye ROM? Just had a quick look and both seem to be available. Though I can't believe the ROM is only 10MB, where did they fit it all?Edited by GrumpyTwig on Thursday 3rd July 00:04
Btw. I thought the expansion thing was a graphics upgrade?
Something I never even knew until a few months ago was that you can plug two pads in and dual wield both in the single player game! I still have my N64 so can confirm it works, which is a good thing as trying to play a FPS game with only one stick is almost impossible these days. It also has a hidden ZX Spectrum emulator complete with games, but that can only be accessed by hacking
Funny you should mention it, we had a couple of mates over to my girlfriend's place on Friday and spent the evening playing Goldeneye and DiddyKong Racing (couldn't find Mario Kart!).
Spent most of it playing 4-player deathmatch on 'Temple' using different weapon combos. Throwing knives was hilarious, none of us could hit anyone to save our lives. At one point two of us were in one of the small rooms at the bottom circle-straffing each other ineffectually throwing knives for a good 5-6mins of a 10 minute round with zero hits scored
Spent most of it playing 4-player deathmatch on 'Temple' using different weapon combos. Throwing knives was hilarious, none of us could hit anyone to save our lives. At one point two of us were in one of the small rooms at the bottom circle-straffing each other ineffectually throwing knives for a good 5-6mins of a 10 minute round with zero hits scored
Many an hour lost on the N64 version.
I did find a mod for HL2 on PC which converted it to Goldeneye level and weapons. No idea if there still servers playing it:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/goldeneye-source
I did find a mod for HL2 on PC which converted it to Goldeneye level and weapons. No idea if there still servers playing it:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/goldeneye-source
My favouritest game eveR111!!!!!!!!1!!
Honestly this game was my babysitter, used to spend hours and hours on it, talked about it in school, with mates, etc. I did all the levels on 00 agent difficulty and only had a handful of cheats to try and get so imagine my surprise when I got home from school one day and found my younger brother deleted all the files GRRRR. I used to play with three other mates, all of them against me and still beat them comfortably. Used to enjoy karate chopping them with a well placed shot to the back of the neck as they sprayed bullets around, instant kill and red death screen.
I also had a gameshark and could alter loads of things, like the intro screens and in game music. It also unlocked statue, cradle and all of the facility levels (no locked doors) to use in multiplayer which was fun.
Best level for me was probably Aztec or Facility.
Honestly this game was my babysitter, used to spend hours and hours on it, talked about it in school, with mates, etc. I did all the levels on 00 agent difficulty and only had a handful of cheats to try and get so imagine my surprise when I got home from school one day and found my younger brother deleted all the files GRRRR. I used to play with three other mates, all of them against me and still beat them comfortably. Used to enjoy karate chopping them with a well placed shot to the back of the neck as they sprayed bullets around, instant kill and red death screen.
I also had a gameshark and could alter loads of things, like the intro screens and in game music. It also unlocked statue, cradle and all of the facility levels (no locked doors) to use in multiplayer which was fun.
Best level for me was probably Aztec or Facility.
Goldeneye was just incredible when it came out (and so was Mario64). I have never wanted anything more and begged my mum for about a year to get me an N64 just to play it. Although I eventually got one, we had not a lot of money and found small shop down the road where you could rent consoles and did that a few times first 
Probably paid for the console twice over!
I havent played it for years and dont even have a console any more but still have my goldeneye cartridge with all of my saved games on including all the cheats which were so bloody difficult to get! Cant bring myself to get rid
The N64 was just generally so exciting to me all round as it came out at the perfect age of 10 for me. Hmm....off to Ebay I go.
Probably paid for the console twice over!I havent played it for years and dont even have a console any more but still have my goldeneye cartridge with all of my saved games on including all the cheats which were so bloody difficult to get! Cant bring myself to get rid
The N64 was just generally so exciting to me all round as it came out at the perfect age of 10 for me. Hmm....off to Ebay I go.
Undoubtedly the best multiplayer ever!
A while back I decided I wanted to play Goldeneye so dug out the 64 and couldn't get it to work on my 32" Sony (it had worked fine on my previous 40" Samsung). Got another new TV (Panasonic 42" this time) and worked out that 5/35 cartridges I've got worked and the rest didn't due to framerate? issues. Sometimes the splash screen would come on once and then not reappear. I also realised that out of the 35 cartridges I had Goldeneye wasn't one of them. I spent £50ish on cables and HD converters and £7 on new(used) Goldeneye cart.
Anyway, my girlfriend was away for the weekend, so I got all the kit out once again. Flicked on the on switch with trepidation and my living room and ears were full of the sound of Der dud der der dun der once again! It's the music and the sound that gets me - I'm instantly transported back to the days when I actually had 6 hours to sit on my arse playing games
A while back I decided I wanted to play Goldeneye so dug out the 64 and couldn't get it to work on my 32" Sony (it had worked fine on my previous 40" Samsung). Got another new TV (Panasonic 42" this time) and worked out that 5/35 cartridges I've got worked and the rest didn't due to framerate? issues. Sometimes the splash screen would come on once and then not reappear. I also realised that out of the 35 cartridges I had Goldeneye wasn't one of them. I spent £50ish on cables and HD converters and £7 on new(used) Goldeneye cart.
Anyway, my girlfriend was away for the weekend, so I got all the kit out once again. Flicked on the on switch with trepidation and my living room and ears were full of the sound of Der dud der der dun der once again! It's the music and the sound that gets me - I'm instantly transported back to the days when I actually had 6 hours to sit on my arse playing games
cliffe_mafia said:
Undoubtedly the best multiplayer ever!
A while back I decided I wanted to play Goldeneye so dug out the 64 and couldn't get it to work on my 32" Sony (it had worked fine on my previous 40" Samsung). Got another new TV (Panasonic 42" this time) and worked out that 5/35 cartridges I've got worked and the rest didn't due to framerate? issues. Sometimes the splash screen would come on once and then not reappear. I also realised that out of the 35 cartridges I had Goldeneye wasn't one of them. I spent £50ish on cables and HD converters and £7 on new(used) Goldeneye cart.
Anyway, my girlfriend was away for the weekend, so I got all the kit out once again. Flicked on the on switch with trepidation and my living room and ears were full of the sound of Der dud der der dun der once again! It's the music and the sound that gets me - I'm instantly transported back to the days when I actually had 6 hours to sit on my arse playing games
I just hooked it up to an older CRT tv and had no issues, had this problem in the past so keep an old tv for when I fancy playing old games.A while back I decided I wanted to play Goldeneye so dug out the 64 and couldn't get it to work on my 32" Sony (it had worked fine on my previous 40" Samsung). Got another new TV (Panasonic 42" this time) and worked out that 5/35 cartridges I've got worked and the rest didn't due to framerate? issues. Sometimes the splash screen would come on once and then not reappear. I also realised that out of the 35 cartridges I had Goldeneye wasn't one of them. I spent £50ish on cables and HD converters and £7 on new(used) Goldeneye cart.
Anyway, my girlfriend was away for the weekend, so I got all the kit out once again. Flicked on the on switch with trepidation and my living room and ears were full of the sound of Der dud der der dun der once again! It's the music and the sound that gets me - I'm instantly transported back to the days when I actually had 6 hours to sit on my arse playing games
neil1jnr said:
I just hooked it up to an older CRT tv and had no issues, had this problem in the past so keep an old tv for when I fancy playing old games.
That's probably the way to go if you've got the space - I used to have a Sony 32" and it was a monster. It weighed a ton and took up half the room. Great picture on it though! Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff