Christmas Jones

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Lore & Background

The game's plot follows James Bond and fellow 00-agent Alec Trevelyan infiltrating a chemical weapons facility in 1986. Trevelyan is shot by General Arkady Ourumov, but Bond escapes. In later years, Bond investigates a satellite control station, a missile test, and the Janus crime syndicate, eventually discovering that Trevelyan faked his death and leads Janus. The story involves the GoldenEye satellite, an electromagnetic pulse weapon.

In Their Own Story

The countdown is relentless. Bond bursts into the control room, gun still hot from the firefight outside. A woman in a lab coat, Christmas Jones, is already at the console, fingers flying over the keys. 'The override is here,' she says, not looking up. 'But I need you to hold off the guards while I reroute the power.' Bond nods, taking position at the door. The alarms scream. The timer ticks down. Christmas works, her voice calm amid the chaos. 'Almost... there.' The satellite dish groans, and the GoldenEye weapon powers down. She finally looks at Bond, a faint smile. 'That was close.'

Reader's Guide

Players navigate levels completing objectives such as recovering or destroying objects while shooting enemies. The game features over 20 weapons, stealth elements, and three difficulty settings. Multiplayer mode allows up to four players in split-screen deathmatch scenarios including Normal, You Only Live Twice, The Living Daylights, The Man With the Golden Gun, and Licence to Kill.

Did You Know?

• Development began in January 1995 and took two and a half years.
• The game was originally conceived as a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
• It sold over eight million copies, making it the third-best-selling Nintendo 64 game.
• The Klobb submachine gun is noted for its high rate of fire and wide bullet spread but is severely underpowered.