The funniest thing with the Cerebral Bore in Turok II was the mechanic that made it ignore brainless enemies. The weapon basically told you "Sorry, but this creature is too stupid for me to bother with." I don't think I've ever seen that in a game before or since.

At this rate, Looks like we're getting closer every year to a Dreamcast FPS retrospective.

4-player Goldeneye (and Mario Kart) absolutely defined the N64 for me. How we managed to do it all huddled round a 14 inch TV, I'll never know, but those are some of the fondest memories of my life. Just amazing fun.

Perfect Dark's OST is criminally underrated. It's completely loaded but somehow always gets left out of the classic OST discussion. For my money the track Pelagic 2 is right up there with the best of HL2 and Halo for sci-fi action. The reload animations/scound design goes hard too. Probably 20+ years since I've played and I can still hear the Office printer/fax machine sound the Cyclone makes as it smoothly "scans" the clip.

God, that was nostalgic. Overall, the N64 & PS1 both had great FPS libraries and it's great to see them get their due respect.

I came in expecting footage of Emulated games but it turned out to be real N64 footage, so for that you have my greatest respect

Perfect Dark was seriously my favorite game on the system once it came out. I spent so much time just playing the multiplayer with bots. The campaign was also amazing but the level in the Carrington Institute is probably what kept me from 100 percenting it.

Appreciate your comment about the intuitive nature of the N64 controller. Seems like a lot of people think it was derided at release but it was pretty groundbreaking at the time and is actually pretty comfortable and has sort of a proto dual analog scheme with many FPS allowing you to use either the D-pad or C buttons for character movement and the stick for aiming.

I recall having a fair amount of fun with Duke Nukem 64's multiplayer mode back in the day, though I was always terrible at head-to-head deathmatch.

58:44 That use of the smeared texture to create the impression of motion blur on the passing train is really effective for such a simple trick

Perfect Dark is genuinely one of the best experiences you can have on an N64, no question. For all its faults, it punches well above its weight and is among the most memorable narratives of its generation

The World is Not Enough graphics are incredible for N64. Really impressive. It even looks like the passing train has motion blur.

Hey Gman, I really LOVE all the attention you give on your channel to retro-gaming and just going back to the classics. You ROCK!

Man. The split screen couch gaming was the absolute best. Skipping high school to play Golden Eye, Perfect Dark and Mario Kart are some of my best memories with mates. Perfect Dark with the split screen multiplayer was awesome too. Fill the lobby up with different level bots while you and a mate rack up kills and see who got the most and the best accolades. That was a smashing good time too.

Turok 2 had a great multiplayer mode in its own right - it laid much off the foundation that Rage Wars built upon. Back in middle school, my friends and I would spend weekends just cycling between Goldeneye and Turok 2 split screen!

I agree about the visuals of Turok, particularly the first one - it had genuinely surreal dream-like energy.

@14:05 Oh my sweet summer child. We're in 2024, not 2013, unfortunately. Doom 64 is almost 27 years old at this point.

The pokemon snap thing about Slowbro, if you grew up in Gen1 you basically knew that as common knowledge. It was a nod to the tv show

Man, Perfect Dark was so overstuffed with features, it was unreal! I remember the multiplayer mode had tons of options for bots, difficulty, and weapons! and one mode that was unfortunately not even mentioned and I, for the life of me, don’t know why other games haven’t done it is Counter-Op mode where one player plays the game normally as Joanna trying to complete her objectives while another player plays as one of the random enemies trying to stop her. If they’re killed they take control of another enemy until Joanna either completes her mission or is killed. I don’t remember if you could sabotage mission-critical objectives and just lock them out that way but it is certainly a mode that deserves revisiting! I mean you could play a game where ALL the enemies are controlled by other players but there is the major difference i health and firepower (and possibly regenerating health?) against a numbers advantage

N64 Rainbow Six is a total banger, I even forgot it had co-op, we really did grow up luckier than a lot of folks having these gems to remember, what a trip seeing them again ❤️

When it comes to playing GoldenEye and Perfect Dark on an N64 controller, I personally recommend using control scheme 1.2 and using the D-pad for movement. That way your right hand is on the stick which is used for aiming, and it feels very modern. Also, GoldenEye and Perfect Dark both had anamorphic widescreen support from day one. What that means is the game will render in 16:9, but you have to manually stretch the image to the right shape otherwise you would still get a 4:3 image and it would just be skinnier. In GoldenEye it's at the bottom of the settings menu in the watch, and in perfect dark it's under the video menu in the options.

Damn the amount of time's nightdive is on this channel they should show you some love

What is that HD goldeneye PC game you played at 29:45 ?

I had no idea until this year that Doom 64 was a totally different game than the PC version of Doom. I played it this year in Nightdive’s remaster and I was blown away. It’s so good. Also, “I can’t leave without my buddy, Superfly!”

What a treat! I remember playing Turok and Goldeneye at a friend's house. This was already the early 2000s so I knew there were newer consoles and games to play, but I really liked the N64

I've sunk in so much time on Goldeneye and Duke Nukem. It makes me happy to see them get covered here.

To be fair to the N64 controller, it was out in 1996 and good to go for many types of games from day one, whereas Sony only thought of introducing analogue at all after the release of the N64, it was the same deal with rumble as well. Dual shock is certainly better than the N64 controller but it also used the N64 controller as a massive influence. PS1 launched with digital control only, dual shock is pretty much a direct influence from Nintendo in terms of including analogue and rumble. The same happened a decade later with Sony releasing Move controllers as a direct response to Wiimotes.

Gman has become the best gaming youtuber available. Love the humour and Aussie references. Was watching a docco on Half Life the ither day and saw how important that opening level is and instantly wondered what Gman would think

Just yesterday I bought Doom 64 on PC and I didn't expect it to be so good and fits my taste, I think devs got a lot of inspiration with the atmosphere of Quake 1 ​

A lot of these games I have huge nostalgic ties too. Turok, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Doom 64, Hexen, and my favorite Duke Nukem 64. Thanks for taking me back!

An over 1-hour long video from gmanlives to begin the new year? Hell yea!

I didn't realise how many great FPS i missed out on back in the day, i remember picking up Doom 64, Quake 64 and Quake 2 64, everything about the games blew me away and Aubrey Hodges soundtrack for the 3 still gives me chills to this day.

That was like a time capsule. Almost feel like I went back to the golden years of gaming.

When I was young I enjoyed Pokemon Snap so much! I loved Doom and Half-Life, Quake, etc. But Pokemon Snap was so cool and different. It's so surprise I eventually turned my love of photography into my passion for life.

Back in the day I actually found two willing friends to play Hexen co-op 3-player all the way through. It was an absolute blast although I dread to think what it would be like trying to play it on a quartered screen these days...

Just want to point out, the Dual Shock 1 released over 2 years after the PS1 came out. The PS1 released in Dec 1994 in Japan, but the DS1 didn't come out until August 1997 (November in Japan). So for a good while, the N64 controller was the only one with an analog stick, rumble capabilities, and a trigger button. And since it came with 4 controller ports built in, it was the perfect system for FPS games and multiplayer at the time.

I still play Turok 2 on my N64, it's still a masterpiece 👏

The Nintendo 64 was always my favorite console and I was a kid. Great video man.

Tried Goldeneye on Gamepass and it gets incredibly difficult without the ability to zoom in for precision shots in later missions that rely on it. Its insane to me that the pc gamepass wont allow you to play it with the mouse and keyboard. Will definitely tried out that fan version you mentioned.

Fantastic video man. Easily one of my favorites from you. Love the long video format. Please continue this series.

I've been really enjoying the Perfect Dark PC port lately. It is worth checking out if you are a fan!

God, The World Is Not Enough is just a nostalgia bomb for me. I remember spending hours with my brothers just doing stupid shit in multiplayer, like trying to stage a boxing match on that grey porch roof on the Istanbul map, holding contests who could break the most windows on Merchant, or simply playing hide-and-seek on Frostbite (our solution to looking at the other's screen was either looking at the ground or straight at the sky/ceiling). The map Flashpoint (even though to this day I have no idea what that map is supposed to be) was both great and terrible for the latter, because everything looked the same, but you could very easily get lost there. We only owned like three games that allowed for multiplayer that WEREN't racing games, so we had to get a bit creative with what we had. Also, some maps back then just simply came off as oddly unnerving to me, because I wasn't really familiar with the James Bond movies, so I had no idea what they were supposed to represent or what they were referencing, if anything at all. Some are obvious, Merchant is the bank from the first mission, MI-6 is the MI-6 headquarters in the second mission, labyrinth is a literal hedge maze, and Istanbul is a city. But some weren't as obvious. Field of Fire for instance, which was just some ominous cave system with random flames along the walls, Hidden Volcano was obviously some sort of military base, but the purpose didn't really come to my young mind (in hindsight it was probably a nuclear weapons facility given the warhead that is moved through one section of it), and Silo Surprise was even worse, since it lacked any sort of distinguishing characteristics, and only had dirty, beige walls, metal catwalks, and a bunch of wooden boxes, and one room with a bunch of fans in the floor, making it feel less like an actual place and more like some nightmare location akin to the Backrooms. Never got to play any of the unlockable maps though. In any case, thank you for bringing these childhood memories back to me.

perfect dark has a very special place in my heart. appreciate you makin this vid, Gman!

Love your editing style with the very sight fades and nice quick cuts between dialogue and concise moments of gameplay. Honestly reminds me of the old gametrailers videos back in the day. Refreshing.

That trident controller actually worked really well. If I recall correctly you could pretty much remap the controls in most of the shooters I played. I think Turok had by default a sort of dual stick layout by way of using the c buttons for your movement and looking with the stick. I would set up something like goldeneye and perfect dark to control like Turok did and just absolutely run circles(literal) around my stick only friends.

I suspect there is another reason why Doom 64 got poor reviews. There was a time during the 90's when the market had been pretty saturated with Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom and various expension packs that kept getting released even after Quake had gotten released and dominated the FPS genre. So a lot of people were thinking that Doom was getting kinda old and outdated at that point.

I am so glad I tried playing Perfect Dark 64 with my brothers and my cousin (who basically gave us his copy lol). Back then as a kid, I thought the game would be too hard to get into, but the campaign and the split-screen was truly an amazing experience. I'll forever cherish Perfect Dark 64 in my heart.

Perfect Dark was so good. Playing skirmish matches with the highest level bots was so much fun

Definitely a great video Gman. Loved seeing each game being reviewed. And what a way to close this year off with. My hats off to you sir!

It’s worth noting that the perfect dark remaster also got X enhancement. So if you play on a One X or a Series X you get 4k and some other extra visual quality bonuses

This video was randomly recommended to me and I’ve just watched it. It was fantastic, such a nostalgia hit. GE was my life at one point until Perfect Dark came along. Having 3 friends who were also majorly into them helped I think. Really great video, I’ve just subbed and look forward to seeing more :) Also loved the Sean Lock reference - he was a legend, and I was lucky enough to see him live on a few occasions - such a funny guy.

An hour of Gman while grinding. Would love to see more long format videos.

As someone that grew up poor, this is a great way for me to witness what stuff I have missed back then. Thanks Big G.

It's a good day when GMan posts an hour long video 🍿

@GmanLives Just so you know Turok Rage wars had 4 different control schemes. Yes the default was inverted but the 2nd was not and the 4th would allow you to use the D-pad. Used to play the crap out of it as a kid with my friends. My main gripe with the game was with 4 player mode you all shared the same control scheme so you all had to agree on one. (something golden eye had fixed so all players could play as they wanted) Also the game ate the entire memory card if you tried to actually unlock all the characters so using the unlock cheat was a must unless you liked keeping a single card for a game. Still a lot of fun playing as a cloud of maggots or stacking mines on a guy and waiting for them to engage someone so you'd get a double kill or fire repulse rockets to deal with someone who jumped all over the place. The chicken and monkey modes were the most fun though as one turned everyone in to chickens making your traps like the sentry turret suddenly kill you after deploying it. And Monkey tag was just silly fun if you knew your way around the map as a monkey and score an easy tripple kill.

Haven't made it through the whole video yet but the Sean Lock video inclusion means this is instantly one of my favorites.

I just played Doom 64 in VR yesterday. Absolutely loved it.

Legit had no idea duke 64 had split screen coop. That’s awesome

That DataDyne mission was the GOAT. Perfect Dark was literally perfect.

Played the world is not enough the way others did goldeneye. 4 players in istanbul with laser guided rockets flying around corners was amazing.

N64 was held back by the cartridge. Had Nintendo opted for a CD the console would have been able to fully utilize its powerful CPU and fast RAM.

I find it a bit ironic how the N64 had a rep back then for being the "babies system" while also being a great gateway to the FPS genre and FPS games being developed for consoles

There is also Knife Edge Nose Gunner it is like Pokemon Snap in the sense that it is a rail shooter, but you are a helicopter gunner blasting things. Pretty fun back in the day especially with a friend!

Thank you for clarification on that H-G segue, I was a bit puzzled XD Great video!

The World is Not Enough feels like a prototype for Nightfire. The World is Not Enough is good, but Nightfire is brilliant.

In this game category, the n64 is the best of its generation.

These videos are such a fantastic trip down memory lane. Please keep doing what you do, easily one of my favourite channels on UKposts!

It’s refreshing to hear someone talk positively about the Goldeneye controls because they actually changed the control scheme. So many people complain and are completely oblivious to the options menu’s existence

True story. My dad bought Rainbow Six for our 64 and ended up taking the console and game to work as a training tool for his SWAT team.

Aww man. What a ride! I got some serious Cybernet nostalgia watching this review. So many N64 classics were previewed/reviewed on that show. Would really hit that nostalgia trip if this video was narrated by Lucy Longhurst

1:09:05 That Port of Adria soundtrack hits right in the nostalgia instantly, I can hear this song as if I heard it yesterday, can't believe it's been 25 years already...

Perfect Dark is so good. I still can't believe they fit all of that on a 64 cartridge, and that it even run on the console.

Would you be willing to do the fps games on Dreamcast at some point? It'd be neat to see

across all games we averaged around 17 fps

the trick with Natalia in goldeneye is to leave her in her cell. complete every other objective then come back and let her her out. go to exit. mission accomplished.

Very good video. For me personally I learned fps games with the Turok franchise. Movement with the C buttons (basically your WASD), aming with the left thumb with the joystick and having "inverted" was my default way for years to play these games and I had no issue at all. It took me some time to adapt to modern shooter controls on consoles like in Halo or so, but your criticism about the controls in Rage Wars is based off what you were used to. In fact a lot of N64 games had inverted controls as default, like Super Mario 64 or Donkey Kong 64.

I'm starting to think Gmanlives likes FPS games 🤔💬

Don't forget: Turok is responsible for modern FPS control scheme for consoles. The modern dual analog stick approach is just a modified version of Turok's analog stick/C-button control.

GMan, massive respect for all the effort you put into your videos. Crazy good how you can play, review and put this all together. Legend. Also, love the compilation videos (especially your train one). More is needed, much more!

My favorite Perfect Dark track was the one in the Credits Screen.

It's pretty interesting that the N64 has so many FPS exclusive games, and the ones I've enjoyed the most are the Turok games.

Really? Not gonna mention the Bot system in Perfect Dark, so expansive that could basically be its own game? Not gonna mention the coop mode or the never-seen-before-or-after counter-op mode? Perfect Dark is better than Goldeneye. Period. GmanLives belongs right here in clownworld.

Hello gman, first I'd like to say thank you. Thank you for bringing my childhood back to life through your videos. Although I do have one question, I'd like to ask your your advice on where I can find the 007 goldeneye you used at the end of you goldeneye section, but I can find anything similer to it. I've also found a remaster that unfortunately got canceled so I'm at a dead end. Once again thank you for the videos man, keep it up and I hope to keep seeing your videos :)

Loved Rainbow Six. I remember me and my brother playing. We could sit with pen and paper and plan everything and try everything! Loved the planning aspect in the game more than the gameplay.

It was neat that Nintendo was embracing shooters around this time.

Haha! Did not expect to see my Duke Nukem cosplay pic pop at 17:23. First time I ever cosplayed Duke & was still kind of early for me as a cosplayer.

The N64 was the king of couch co-op. Goldeneye, Turok 2, Perfect Dark and Quake 2 were amazing experiences playing with my brother and cousins for hours at a time. I had a friend who would unplug the system if you “looked at” his screen. He’s a baby still to this day. Also, myself and everyone I grew up with played/plays with an inverted y-axis. I don’t see how people play any other way. Fun video man! Thank you.

Thank you g man...Being 30 now I had my first taste of Duke...on the n64 the haunting atmosphere and true to life levels and environments really blew me away at the time and it was the first time seeing anything like it...At that time it wasnt just a half baked port of action parady shooter it truly was a groundbreaking.... Experience for me especially being able to play through the levels on co op!

Gman, Awesome video and trip down memory lane! The N64 was Vital for me and allowing me to experience my first shooters i'd ever played. Growing up, we didn't have a PC, so the games on N64 allowed me to have access to them, and my God did i fall in love with them! The fist FPS I ever had/played was Turok 1, and what an amazing game to have as my first shooter. This one then lead me down the path of Goldeneye, Doom 64, Turok 2, Duke Nukem 64, and eventually Perfect Dark. All of those shooters are among my GOATs FPS'! I played Duke 64 so much. My friend and I used to rent it from a small town video store every weekend. We had a blast playing through the campaign together, and then doing multiplayer with the Dukebots. Eventually, that small video store had Duke 64 for sale and i was able to get it for my Birthday that year. I still have it CIB. Thank you for the video, i just wanted to share a bit of my favorite games! Keep the videos coming my man!

33:20 that falcon-2 reload is satisfying as hell

16:23 Great shoehorn of Sean Locks greatest joke. Well played.

9:37 nearly spat out my coffee! haha

You did such a great job on this video, the memories come flooding back

Just realized i played Goldeneye aiming with my left hand and moving with the C buttons. And inverted aim of course. Sounds like a nightmare now

One thing I love about Goldeneye is that the auto aim allows you to run round a corner and blast em. It created a proper rock, paper, scissors feel to the combat and allowed people to get the jump on people.

What's up G Man? Happy New Year! Dig your channel, brother. Oldschool shooters deserve some love

One thing about Perfect Dark that I rarely see mentioned is how good enemy reactions are. Not only can their guns be shot out of their hands or otherwise disarmed, but they also have varied possible reactions (surrender, pull out a gun, kick you, etc.), can be permanently damaged such as limping when shot in the leg, and flinch in pain longer than in most other games. In GoldenEye, enemies feel like successive shots don't do anything if they're already in an animation; and in TWINE, they hardly flinch at all and feel very robotic. To this day, PD has some of the most satisfying enemies in any FPS, although I also love covenant enemies in the Halo series. Perfect Dark also has or does various things that I wish more FPSs did: an explorable hub area, completely optional tutorials, being in complete control of your character at all times, multiplayer bots that you can customize and give even objective-specific commands to if they're on your team, tons of options with the ability to save MP setups, and hit detection that's so good that you can shoot homing rockets mid-flight and dropped grenades and mines - plus things that were mentioned in the video like added objectives with each difficulty level and secondary functions.

Dude the mushroom gag im still cracking up. Good stuff

THIS, this is why I'm subbed to Gman. Starting off the new year right.

Man what a nostalgic trip. I was fortunate to have played Rainbow Six on the 64 split screen with my bros back then. That took me back seeing the door opening loading bar haha. This whole list is basically my teenage years.