Seriously, for our younger readers out there, your phone is at minimum ten-times as powerful as the Nintendo 64, and that’s if you’re using an incredibly outdated model. While a couple of these would share the same maps the rest were completely unique, with each managing to pull off a remarkably distinct feel given the hilariously outdated limitations of the N64 and its cartridge-based format. Released over a year before the success of Half-Life would shift the focus of single-player campaigns to the more connected and naturally flowing form of levels and level progression, Goldeneye gave its players a level-select screen.
Goldeneye existed back in a time where a traditional level-based structure was standard. While the game itself could never reach Doom regarding opening the entire genre up to the world, there were many innovations and additions which helped popularise Goldeneye as one of the best Nintendo 64 games, and as one of the most influential games of all time.
Released as a first-person shooter from the most family-friendly console developer, Goldeneye came with some of the most advanced shooting and response mechanics we had seen yet. Released on the 24th of August 1997, Goldeneye 007 was a true rarity among console games and is far from what we might consider a traditional game for a Nintendo platform.
