GoldenEye 007 1997

Is it still worth playing?

Rare's 1997 first person shooter for the Nintendo 64, directed by Martin Hollis and based on the 1995 film, in which James Bond has to stop a criminal syndicate from using a satellite weapon. Levels have objectives and gadgets, stealth is encouraged, and body armor works as a second health bar, with no health pickups. There are three difficulties, Agent, Secret Agent and 00 Agent, and harder settings add objectives, while bonus levels and cheats unlock by clearing levels in target times. Four players can fight in split screen in several modes. Holding the shoulder button gives precise aim, but you cannot move apart from sidestepping. It showed that home consoles could carry first person shooters, brought stealth elements into the genre and pioneered multiplayer deathmatch on a console. Open levels with objectives that change by difficulty, plus the multiplayer, still hold it up today.