This really was one of the best games on N64 and probably one of the best games ever. I remember seeing it for the first time in Toys ‘R’ Us and actually being interested in a first person shooter for the first time. I spent hours and hours playing the single player campaign mode and I’ve still never finished it on 00 Agent mode let alone the one after that. I could only unlock some of the cheats by using the GameShark. And the multiplayer…many evenings were completely blown while my friends and I lost sleep over it. The first time I ever played I got my ass kicked every game, but it didn’t take long and people started hating to play against me. And somehow, they still did…

It saddens me to think that the chances of Goldeneye appearing on the virtual console for Wii are slim to none. Maybe that will be one of Nintendo’s last surprises – actually convincing both Rare and EA to license it. If you’d like to reminisce with me, here’s a pretty cool article from one of the game creators.