UPDATE: After many years, the Citadel has finally been found, hidden away inside the game's memory. For more info, check out Citadel Found.

Plenty of Citadel screenshots exist, but the early ones were all taken during setup screens. Setup screens are easy to make fakes with, so that explains the large number.

The huge mystery, and big question regarding the level, is "What was it?". We'll never completely for sure. In my opinion, it was just as Rare stated, a rough, test level. Perhaps it was even used to test out gadgets and items for missions.

The first real clue about the Citadel's existence, is the two names that still remain in the Goldeneye cartridge. The name was discovered rather quickly following the game's release. You can use numerous Gameshark codes to view the names, one in Capitals, the other not.

(Gameshark codes for above pics are A002B199 00AE, and A002B235 00AF)

We can see inside the game's memory, the two Citadel names, one with capitals, the other without. They are located after the Egyptian Temple's name. It's the last level name in the game's memory. You can name any level "CITADEL", but the Gameshark code to rename the Egyptian level is 8002AEFB 00AF.

Just for fun, here's Rare's official answer regarding the existence of the level: "'Citadel' was a very rough test level designed during the early stages of Multiplayer mode. It's not in the finished game in any shape or form, and Oddjob and Mayday wouldn't be in it if it was."

Here is one of the first known screenshot of the "Citadel". It's in the place where Egyptian should be. We can rename Egyptian to CITADEL with the Gameshark code 8002AEFB 00AF. But a code to modify the level picture into the one seen in these screenshots has not been found.

This rather controversial screenshot almost has to be a fake. But the mission picture looks almost exactly like the level's picture, above. The similarities are unbelievable. The obvious spelling mistake in the Ashton Martin Objective, (Aston Martin, Bond's Car) makes it a certain fake. But could Rare have accidentally made this simple spelling mistake? One other spelling mistake occurs in the game though: Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec God, where Rare left out the "l".

A whole series of these 007 Mode screenshots exists. Ones for Citadel, Moon Base, and Buddha Temple. This is almost certainly a fake, and it wouldn't be hard to do at all. The Egyptian Temple is now Mission #9. If this is supposed to be real, What happened to the other Missions? The odds of this being a real screenshot aren't good, and I'm positive that it's a fake.

THE CITADEL BUNKER

There are also rumors that the Citadel was originally the name of the Bunker mission. But this photo could have easily been taken from a Gameshark. Also notice how the Egyptian level exists, so this picture is very likely made with a Gameshark. *UPDATE* I've received mail from someone who states that this picture was in fact made with a Gameshark. The Gameshark level name modifier code A002 AC91 00AF will rename the Bunker to Citadel. The Bunker was never called the Citadel, and this rumor was only created by what is below...

Regarding the false Rumor, someone found a code to play the "Citadel Bunker". It's nothing at all, it's just the Bunker with the doors, crates, and enemies taken out. And, you'll start in front of the big screen. It has nothing at all to do with the Citadel, no matter what you hear. It just renames the level, and lets you play the empty Bunker. With this in mind, and no expectation of a cool level, here is the code: A002AC91 00AF, 8002A8F6 0014. It is actually a different Bunker, and Bond is even wearing a different suit. Your in game paused mission screen is titled "E R R O R", and "There is no briefing for this mission." Check out more details in my Beta Bunker Section.

This picture was in fact made with a Gameshark. In Multi, on the Multiplayer level select screen, the Facility pic is replaced by a Question Mark, along with the Citadel name. This screen appears. Press start, and you'll start a one player Agent Mission in the Facility. It's pretty much useless, but here's the code:

There is another code similar to this, that will make the Multiplayer select level Egyptian, be the Question Mark named Citadel. It's exactly the same, only the Egyptian's pic will be changed, and you'll play in the empty Bunker. If you must have the code, it's:

8102B523 0001

8102B17D 00AE

8102B17F 00AF

8102B185 0001

8102B183 0010

CITADEL FAKES:

Here's another Citadel fake. It all started as post on a Messageboard, promising the code to be posted on the web later. The whole thing of course turned out to be a complete hoax, as is this screenshot to go with it, which was cut and pasted from a beta facility picture. We were to believe that with a one hundred line Gameshark code, we could access 'The Citadel', which the 'creator' proved to be a very rough test level, with pieces and graphics missing. This is what the creator intended to show with this fake screenshot.

This screenshot that has been found turns out to be fake. It is an edited version of a screenshot found in the Instruction Booklet, page 20. The crosshair position and everything else is the same, the Citadel name has simply been edited in. You can even tell just by taking a close look at the word Citadel, and noticing that it doesn't fit properly with the style of the rest of the text. It almost looks like C i t a d e l.

Here's a fake screenshot of the Citadel as a selectable level in Multiplayer. It appears as though you could select almost any level to play in Multiplayer. I've received information from two sources that know this picture is FAKE. The picture looked a little weird, so I was suspicious. Thanks to 007's Control Bunker, and to Oddjob for giving me a site that shows it's fake. The site showed step by step, with pictures the making of the pic, mirroring, cutting and pasting parts of the Aztec and Egyptian. Compare them with the end result. Unfortunately, that page isn't on the net anymore. I wish I would have saved them.