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2/7/24

Earning Invincible - It's Infuriating!

A very delicate mission that requires precision and dexterity...
Putting together a "Golden Run" of the Facility in 2:05 (or less).
An assignment for 00 Agents only.

How the hell did I ever manage to do this back then? It was an insane dash that got me killed most of the time.

Feel that my movement is much smoother now... Can make it upstairs in perfect health with Dr. Doak nowhere to be found. Abort mission at 1:14. Three times in a row... At least I've developed consistency.


A compilation of attempts that didn't go so well...
Guard with the keycard decides to duck, dodge and do a little dance...
Emptied an entire clip at head level, and couldn't tag him once.



Room with the Security Activated door... The guards love shooting at the computer so it blows up.
Just wish I'd have gotten there a second sooner to press the button BEFORE they destroyed it.




Bond gets bounced around like a ping-pong ball...
Not only losing serious health, but finding it insanely difficult to keep running towards that door.
Sometimes the guards will hit the explosive crates (of potatoes and bananas) and everybody dies.





Chucking a Remote Mine down this hallway to dispose of these three guards...
Threw it WAY too far this time, with these guys nowhere near the explosion.






Down For The Count...

And because I absolutely want to re-watch my own death THREE times,
here are three of my favorites....
Bond sticks his neck into an upstairs laboratory looking to find Dr. Doak.
Definitely not where you want him to be - The ideal spot is out in the hallway.




On one attempt, actually found Doak in the very first room near the beginning of the level.
(Only went in there because I was practically dead anyway, and considered it a wasted run)
Grabbed the decoder and tore through the upstairs and subsequent bottling room as a practice.
Finished at 2:18.


"Close the door Alec, there's a draft... Alec?"

Shot to death on the stairs inside the bottling room... Never had that happen before.
With a mission time of 1:29, still plenty of time left to work with.


Closer still...
While I was destroying the tanks, the least Alec could have done was put a bullet in that guy's head...
Who's side is he on, anyway?




Still getting better. Put together another relatively smooth run shortly thereafter - But getting held up by guards in a few spots cost me valuable seconds. Performed other tasks efficiently and professionally, stepping out just as the conversation with Trevelyan wrapped up - Already knowing I just missed it.


Two separate attempts, finished at 2:09.
"Better luck next time, Mr. Bond."



Four seconds...



Would finally hit the target a few days later.
Blog Post: Speedrun For Invincible


An alternate strategy for gaining access to the Bottling Room...
Blog Post: Open Sesame!


Another miraculous moment like something out of The Matrix...
Blog Post: 00 Agent Facility in 1:54 - ZERO DAMAGE!








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GoldenEye 007 Instruction Manual Page 16-17 A few favorite (and consecutive) pages from the GoldenEye 007 booklet that came with the game....