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Seven Years
of 007
September
24 2006 marked 7 whole years of the Goldeneye website...
In some ways, I remember it like it was yesterday... But seven years
is a fair chunk of time. I'm posting some of my original thoughts
and impressions about the game, as well as a bunch of screenshots
that I don't think were ever featured on the website... But If you've
seen some of 'em before, don't shoot me.
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The
first time I picked up a controller to play Goldeneye, only the original
8 characters were available... And the coolest ones were taken.
I picked General Ourumov, and was dubbed "the dude with the big
hat!" for the entire match...
It's amazing that I remember some of the little details... Like how
the KF7 Soviet reminded me of a Duracell battery... And how the blood
splatter all over Bond made him look like a butcher wearing a tuxedo.
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Knock
knock...
Anybody home?
The crazy shootouts in the Archives (both in Mission and Multiplayer)
was time well wasted.
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A
badass guard armed with double Klobbs is about to be caught in a
massive explosion.
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Each
shotgun blast fires a spread pattern of five "bullets"...
Here, you can see every single shot hitting the guard in the chest.
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It
started out as an innocent game of office paintball...
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Now,
we've got a homicide investigation on our hands.
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What
a pretty gun you have.
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This
guard was found mysteriously stabbed, in a pool a blood.
Where the hell are we gonna bury him? We're in the middle of frozen
Russia!
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Hats
off...
Some fine knife throwing knocks the hat off the guard, who remains
unharmed... At least for now, anyway.
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An
explosive shootout with a grenade-happy guard.
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I
told ya I'd bust a cap in your ass!
Before I owned this game, I was unlocking cheats on a borrowed copy.
The target time for the Control mission was 10:00 on Secret Agent.
It sounded insane, because the control was such a tough mission...
But I somehow believed I could accomplish the feat. I pulled it
off, and was rewarded with Infinite Ammo... Awesome!
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The
satisfaction of knowing that your bullets have hit their mark...
When
the gun flies, the guard dies.
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Apparently,
the bottom of the dam is guarded as well.
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Screenshot
from SubDrag, showing the "beta" alarm on the Dam's island.
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Another
shot from SubDrag, showing that the game's memory has presets for
items on the island.
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Another
famous island, is the "James Bond" island in Thailand.
This was the location of the famous duel between James Bond and
Francisco Scaramanga in The Man With the Golden Gun. Following the
film, the island has become a huge tourist destination.
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The
Simpsons have probably featured about a dozen 007 spoofs...
One of my favorites is the intro where Homer Simpson fires a shot
through the famous James Bond gun barrel.
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Japanese
cheat menu... Maintains English words like "DK", "PP7"
and "RC-P90".
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Mad
scientists in the "beta" Facility.
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Yo,
gimme your bike!
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Mayday
makes a surprise appearance in the Jungle.
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Trevelyan
attempts to perform Moonraker Laser surgery on 007.
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Something else I didn't know about Goldeneye
until recently is that they also created a pinball machine based
on the Goldeneye movie.
I bet you could probably find a used one
on e-Bay for a few thousand dollars... But the Goldeneye 007 N64
game is still the better buy.
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