Question 1

True or false: Pierce Brosnan's likeness was used for Bond, but he didn't record any voice lines for the game.

Accepted Answer

True. Rare licensed his face model but couldn't afford his voice. Instead, actor John Bowe provided Bond's voice, though Brosnan later praised the game.

Question 2

True or false: The 'Cradle' level was cut from the final game because it was too difficult to complete on harder settings.

Accepted Answer

False. The Cradle was fully included and serves as the final mission. A cut level was the 'Streets' level, replaced by 'Statue Park'.

Question 3

True or false: Oddjob's height in multiplayer actually makes him harder to hit with headshots due to a collision box glitch.

Accepted Answer

True. His smaller character model caused bullets aimed at head height to miss, giving him an infamous competitive advantage in split-screen matches.

Question 4

True or false: The iconic 'Facility' level was originally a tutorial for the game's multiplayer mode.

Accepted Answer

False. It was actually a single-player mission based on the film’s dam infiltration. The multiplayer tutorial was a separate, unused concept.

Question 5

True or false: The game's default control scheme was intentionally designed to feel like holding a real gun.

Accepted Answer

False. It was actually a direct port of the control layout from Rare's earlier shooter 'Turok: Dinosaur Hunter', not designed for realism.

Question 6

True or false: The game's soundtrack was composed entirely using a Nintendo 64 sound chip without any external instruments.

Accepted Answer

False. Composer Graeme Norgate used an Amiga computer and external synthesizers, then converted the tracks to the N64 format.

Question 7

True or false: Rare had to remove a level set in a Russian bathhouse because it included too many naked character models.

Accepted Answer

True. The 'Bunker 2' level originally featured a sauna area with nude guards. Nintendo demanded its removal to keep the Teen rating.

Question 8

True or false: GoldenEye 007's multiplayer was added late in development by just two programmers in six weeks.

Accepted Answer

True. Rare's Steve Ellis and Mark Edmonds built the entire four-player mode in a frantic six-week sprint, originally as an afterthought.

Golden Eye 007 Trivia Questions