Nintendo 64Very Good
GoldenEye 007
The accidental invention of console FPS
Rare1997FPS, Action
Emulator
RetroArch
Quality
Very Good
Notes
ParaLLEl-N64 core. Multiplayer fully functional with 4 controllers.
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The Story
A team that had never made an FPS, working from a James Bond film tie-in brief that nobody believed in, accidentally created the template for the modern console first-person shooter. GoldenEye proved FPS games could work on a controller and in a living room. The split-screen multiplayer became a social ritual for an entire generation — slapping Odd Job, no Rockets, Temple. Bond was just the license. Everything else was Rare's invention.
Tags
fpsmultiplayersplit-screenclassicrare