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| Bond bolts out of the Bunker... |
The levels in GoldenEye 007 also offer a wide variety for potential speedruns.
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| With the black-clad Janus Special Forces troops, the "Bunker 1" mission is more exciting than Runway. |
Inspired to return to the Satellite Control Bunker (aka. Bunker 1, the game's fifth mission) after reading a few thoughts by Wouter Jansen (who set a good number of records for both GoldenEye and Perfect Dark back in the day).
Other missions around the 20-second mark include Runway, Frigate , Bunker 2 and Archives.
(Can barely mix up a vodka martini in that timeframe...)
Wouter Jansen also commented that it's required to take damage in order to set a world record...
It seems absurd at first - But Bond getting "pushed" by enemy bullets saves approximately .25 second (provided the hits send you in the direction you're heading).
His 17-second tear through Bunker 1 (Agent difficulty) in 2003 stood for a decade and a half.
(Others would tie the record... Eventually, Karl Jobst accomplished the feat of 16 seconds in 2018).
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| Photograph the screen and copy the GoldenEye Key... For a seasoned veteran, the first Bunker is such a quick mission that it's like a lap around the racetrack. But it's amazing what you can do to shed even more seconds of your best time. |
While I'll never take my speedruns to the extreme, can always pick up a few tips and tricks to up your own game - And to get into the mindset of what it takes to go for the gold.
World Records
GoldenEye 007 - Bunker 1
16 seconds
(fifteen players sharing the record)
https://wrs.the-elite.net/goldeneye/rankings.php
https://wrs.the-elite.net/goldeneye/recordlevel.php?level=5
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Not one bullet fired during the mission. (MI6 is definitely cutting their budget these days) |
Spontaneously picked up the controller and beat my previous best time by 2 whole seconds on the first attempt. Although I'm not a speedrunner, could maybe hit 22 seconds, eventually...
(Never thought I'd try to deliberately get shot in the back, but Bond flies down the stairs or hallway much quicker that way...)
My own best time for Bunker 1 on Agent is 25 seconds on the console (29 seconds on the ROM).
Relatively happy with it - But definitely room for improvement, considering the best players can finish the mission in practically half that time...
Will anyone ever hit 15 seconds???
