# GoldenEye 007

14 Hacker News commenters recommended GoldenEye 007 and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a classic Nintendo 64 shooter with great multiplayer, and a native PC port runs it at 4K and 60 FPS. Critics say its graphics and controls have aged poorly.

## Why people recommend it

- Fond memories of N64 multiplayer (5 comments): "I played Goldeneye 64 to absolute death in single and multi player" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476281)) "spent HOURS every Friday night into dawn playing that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180486)) "Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, etc. Great memories." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246457))
- Native port runs smoothly at 4K (2 comments): "GoldenEye 007 running natively through OpenGL at full speed, with 4K resolution and 60 FPS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404812)) "it's night and day. The games stop feeling clunky." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186622))

## What people warn about

- Graphics have aged poorly (2 comments): "early 3D games (PSX and N64 era) - particularly ones attempting to achieve texture-mapped photorealism, like FF7, GoldenEye, Tomb Raider etc. did not age gracefully" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49861205)) "Same reason Mario 64 still looks good and Goldeneye doesn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348827))
- Controls feel clunky and underwhelming (2 comments): "couldn't get a familiar control scheme in GoldenEye and gave up after about 20 minutes of trying" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181551)) "the real Goldeneye was also underwhelming with bad controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48184974))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "GoldenEye 007", https://hackerapproved.com/p/goldeneye-007/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).