GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter game based on the James Bond film, GoldenEye. It was developed by Rare and released for Nintendo 64 in August 1997. The players assume the role of James Bond as he fights against criminals trying to use a satellite weapon against London.
The team that developed GoldenEye was fairly inexperienced. Eight of the nine developers had never worked on a video game before. Also rather than release the game along with the movie, GoldenEye 007 was released after two and a half years of development. The game's cartridge only ended up being 12 MB.
Despite the creator's inexperience, GoldenEye 007 was a critical and commercial success. It sold more than 8 million units worldwide, making it the third best selling Nintendo 64 game.