The true gaming royalty is a list of undeniable greatness throughout videogaming history. Mario, Halo, Duke Nukem, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Zelda, Doom, Sonic…. let’s face it, the list is quite long now but most of these games have numerous titles in their franchises and their roots have been elaborated on and fleshed out, given a comic book series or a really crap summer movie and generally, the experience has been cheapened by the big machine’s want for more money….. except one.
When Goldeneye exploded onto the N64 back in 1997, the whole world took notice. It broke so many rules that had been laid down and even today, still defies that which we consider normality. It was a 1st person shooter, on a console, NOT getting a release on PC, had an AMAZING 4 player split screen multiplayer mode, it was tied to a movie and DIDN’T SUCK and it even got likeness rights from the principal actors. It did everything right. Story, level design, controls, weapon choices, sounds, animations and top notch graphics for its time. In fact, I thought I’d have a bash at the old Goldeneye on N64 recently and, with exception to the graphics, it held up damn well to most run and gun shooters of today. Continue reading
