Goldeneye 007, is still considered to be one of the best shooters game of all time. In this installment, Game Podunk covers another "Retro Rewind," featuring this Nintendo 64 classic.

Many James Bond fans considered Goldeneye to be the revival of a slipping hero. Pierce Brosnan was seen as the actor that brought a character thought dead after the end of the cold war back to life. Millions of fans went to the theatre to witness this revival. In turn, millions of fans went to the store to pick up this fantastic game. After a noted slump in the movies following the departure of Roger Moore, United Artists was looking for a way to bring Bond back to the present and maintain the “misogynist dinosaur’s” relevance in the modern world. Goldeneye 007 was the video game that defined how console first person shooters were to function and, despite a lack of Internet game play, became one of the most popular multiplayer games of all time.

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