13:24 ah yes, he’s been in some of my favourite films, Danish Actor.

The bloodstone Nintendo Ds game lets you play poker to progress in the missions. It gave me flashbacks to this

The most recent Hitman games are a good example of what a modern day Bond game would be like

I played the N64 version of this game. Nothing but fond memories growing up. This and GoldenEye 64 is what made me fall in love with the Bond franchise.

12:15 Night Watch used to creep me out back in the day. Mainly cuz of the music and sneaking around trying to avoid Elektra's security guards. And how the body armours were just hanging onto nothing (like they were hoovering in midair) in random places like in a cupboard or that garage where we deal with Davidov. Also found it kind of creepy how the baddies would come running up to you while they're trying to shoot you dead.

The thought of an old lady being in the middle of a pub firefight while clutching her sherry had me in hysterics. You painted such an accurate picture 😂 I never played the PS1 version of TWINE but I still have it for the N64.

That npc movement in the casino reminds me of the drug lectures I'd get back in elementary school warning that drugs will make you think bugs are crawling all over you.

I had flashbacks to those helicopters... I hated them so much when I played this game as a kid.

Most of my gaming has been on Nintendo consoles, so I can’t say I’ve played this one. I’ve been playing through it’s N64 sibling, though, and been enjoying that - it’s the 2nd Bond game made by Eurocom after, uh, _James Bond Jr_ for the NES. Interesting that this one felt like _Agent Under Fire_ because N64 TWINE definitely felt a lot like _Nightfire_ to me. Probably because Eurocom also made the latter. Side note: Cigar Girl stabbing that man without a knife reminded me of the film _Daleks: Invasion Earth - 2150 AD_ in which many of the extras had to mime hurling bombs in an action scene because they ran out of bomb props. It’s quite clear they’re only throwing air at the Daleks, but it still makes them explode.

I died twenty times when M started talking about food in the cell stage. 😂 😂 😂

Bond holding a button to prevent an erection, M pooing in a box... the french accent you did... hilarious. are you upping your game lately? love it!

_James Bond 007_ on the Game Boy had a Casino where you could play Blackjack. In fact, you had to win a certain amount in order to progress through the game. Got rather tedious after a while, actually.

“Now now, if goldeneye jumped out of a window, would you...?” *jumps out of a window* I love it 😂😂

Only just found this channel recently now one of my favourites on KZfaq. Your passion comes across really well and you are a great reviewer.

The “Christmas only comes once year” scene is in the game as a bonus video for the final level. I can’t remember how to unlock it as it’s been a good 16-18 years since I last played the game.

Nice review, Calvin! Really looking forward to when you get around to the N64 version of this game. Maybe I'm biased because I grew up a Nintendo guy but I think that version of the game is superior to the PS1 version, especially since the PS1's graphics haven't aged particularly well...

that M voice imitation was incredibly spot on :D

05:00 Bond is known to go straight from D to V but occasionally a few stops between C and F are acceptable. A gentleman all in subtlety

Wow, the graphical jump from this to Agent Under Fire is insane.

Noticed regardless of what outfit Bond is wearing at the start of each mission when you see his wrists/arms throughout the levels it looks like he is rockin' a tuxedo !

9:17 That sound was adorable

The game that got me into James Bond, it started it all. I still enjoy playing this game

The nostalgia, I remember playing this game as a kid (in 2009 i wasn’t around in the 90’s). fun fact: From what i know the only other james bond game to feature a gambling mini game was the DS version of blood stone.

Good evening! I remember getting the N64 version for Christmas, I loved it back in the day!

I've come to your channel recently after playing through TWINE on N64. Your content is excellent, and having been a Bond fan for most of my life, it's nice to see someone who loves the franchise as much as I do. And who's so knowledgeable about it too! Great work!

Me: About to go to bed Calvin: Lol lets upload Me: Lets do this Sleep: Am I a joke to you?

This looks very different from the N64 version. I have to say from what I heard I prefer the N64 version. For one it actually has multiplayer.

Calvin absolutely great video love your video game reviews so great to see a return to them. You should totally review the PS2 version of Quantum Of Solace btw. Also "While he's putting his massive Golden Rod into the wall in another room" cue my very best Roger Moore eyebrow raise.

I have a lot of great menories of playing this game when I was a kid. Thanks for reviewing this Calvin. You rock dude!!!!!

This video was perfect timing, I literally just finished binging all of your other video game reviews!

Love these. So nostalgic and fun to listen to. Keep it up!

I think the problem with the PS1 era games, especially TWINE, compared to both the N64 and PS2 is that the games feel very dated and I think it's the choppy blocky graphics compared to the more refined looks of the N64 and PS2, and I think that's what brings a lot of those games down for me. And I've always been more of a N64 fan tbh, and I will cannpot wait til the day we get both the TWINE and Goldeneye N64 reviews.

I am really happy that Calvin reintroduced those little skits back into his video! They are hilarious😂

I remember getting a demo of this game! When you used to get them for Playstation magazine! Bought the game instantly and loved it! So much nostalgia here!

One game to review is a game called Operation Stealth it was a point n click adventure game from 1990 released on Amiga, PC and Atari ST. When it came out in the US Interplay had just secured the Bond licence and they renamed the game to James Bond The Stealth Affair and changed some characters name. Orginally instead of Bond his name was John Glames

TWINE on ps1 was awesome but the n64 version was AWESOME. Some of the best graphics on that console. Pushing the system to its limits

18:11 I just laughed with all of the "Rescue me" on screen!

Another cracking vid! Oh how do you stay to consistently funny? :)

When I played Night Watch as a kid, I figured out that punching the guards actually makes their models disappear whereas if you stun them with your phone or tranquilizer darts, they'll still wake up.

Thank you so much for making this video, it brought back soooooo many memories and I'm glad I'm not the only one that was frightened more than blofeld's cat when it came to that damn Radiation room. I've played every single game as well and I cant wait to see Tomorrow never dies since it had one of the BEST soundtracks (especially on boss fights, which oddly enough, you can find on Spotify)

Oh the memories from this game.

That was amazing. Since I had the N64 I never had this one. Didn’t know it was so different. Looks like there was a lot of problem solving in the game not just shoot em up. Great review.

18:01 - love that m briefing you made up cracks me up

This is my longest awaited video from calvin. I know it doesn't mean much, but thank you.

Much nostalgia for this game! Though I remember first playing it as a child and had no idea how to play it XD I absolutely love the music behind "Turncoat" too, so much so that I've been trying to find it here on KZfaq for quite a while!

Agree with everything in this review. Loved this game as a kid and even though I prefer the N64 version and played that more, especially the multi-player. I still hold a lot of fondness for this version and have nothing but happy memories. It's still fun to play in 2020 even though it is very much a product of the late 90's.

Brilliant review Cal. I remember this game being a lot of fun, during my first play through; maybe I should dust it off & give it another go, to see just how rusty I am, lol 😆😂 Sending you love as always ❤️❤️❤️

I've been waiting for you to get 'round to covering this one! The developers at Black Ops would only go on to develop a pair of the most reviled first-person shooters in the sixth console generation ('Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror' and 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'). And speaking as someone from the more "hardcore" end you alluded to? I tend to put this game right alongside those on account of its weak gunplay / generally flat design. It's obviously totally valid to find enjoyment in it from the Bondian perspective, and I can see folk overlooking its many technical shortcomings as you did; but I can't help but fixate on some of the more prevalent flaws, and to spot the DNA for some of Black Ops' later games. Granted, perspectives can be largely skewed by anyone having played Eurocom's N64 take on TWINE, which feels so far superior in nearly every regard / iterates on the GoldenEye formula in incredibly satisfying fashion. You're in for a treat when you get around to that one -- especially if you're looking into arranging for some multiplayer gameplay. If you enjoyed 'Nightfire's multiplayer, know that it is a direct evolution of the mechanics established in TWINE, going so far as to share some stages. I would also recommend attempting to play the game on 'Secret Agent' if at all possible, for the sake of the expanded mission objectives and such. Anyhow: Left this comment in the interest of weighing in on what might well be one of the weakest Bond games from my perspective, after having seen how much you comparatively seemed to get out of it. Maybe I need to give this game a more fair shot again? At the very least, it's better than 'Rogue Agent!' Writing a longform article around the development / content of that game sucked the life from me, but it's also how I first discovered your channel some time ago. Silver linings, I suppose!

I had this game on the PS1 never stopped playing it

I used to LOVE that Casino level! THE MUSIC!!! There's so many things I find so funny about this game I don't know where to start and I'm not even half way through. Glad you had fun with it though, Calvin! Have way more memories with TND as you know but I totally remember anticipating this release at the time, too! I'm definitely more of a third person guy though so I remember being a tiny bit disappointed with it initially but I've grown much fonder of it over the years! A much simpler time. Back in the days where you could punch female receptionists in the back of the head and get away with it apparently!

Thank you for looking at one of my personal favourites, Calvin ^^ Ive been looking forward to this! And I look forward to you looking at tomorrow never dies on ps1 sometime. Maybe even the DS games too. Stay safe, Calvin ^^

Don't be ridiculous, Dame Judi Dench does not poo in a box.

This was so funny Calvin! I love your jokes lol!

Something about this version feels so budget compared to the N64 version, but at the same time has so many more quality enhancements and features. It's like getting Filet Mignon, but for some reason it's from McDonalds.

11:36 maybe shes flipping her hair back? That's the only logical conclusion I can come up with. Also great video I hope you will check out the N64 version which is arguably superior.

Such a great channel! Just wondering though, when will the review of The Spy Who Loved Me come out?

The rescue me section just cracks me up

Awesome video as always Calvin. By the way, did you see where Pierce Brosnan is going to be live on the Esquire Network in the UK on April 19th? The bond film they're showing is GoldenEye.

I certainly hope you'll cover pre-GoldenEye and handheld Bond games eventually. Some truly interesting stuff outside of the 3D games and I love hearing your opinion on ANYthing Bond

Hi Calvin! Great to get another game review man! Have you seen this coming Sunday @7 Pierce Brosnan will be doing a live commentary of Goldeneye??!!! Esquire are looking for people to send in questions for it

WOW! This looks so different from the N64! I played the N64 version and also it has a great place in my childhood.I played it for so many times but this PS1 version is so different hehe. Great video Calvin, this was so interesting to see! :D

I will never forget playing that turncoat level for the first time and almost "blowing it" (pun intended lol) when I came across that bomb at 20:28. I had like a whole minute left (or close to a minute left) trying to figure out how to disarm it. When it came to just TEN measly seconds left I FINALLY knew what to do (I can't remember if I panicked at 10 seconds, paused the game and simply looked on KZfaq on how to disarm it, or if I accidentally discovered it myself). Either way I remember discovering that I had to shoot those spinning black square objects off the bomb. And after I shot all the square objects I had only FIVE seconds left! Then Robinson called and told me to quickly use the cell phone stunner on the bomb in order to short circuit/defuse it. And by the time I finally defused the bomb it was just ONE SECOND left! Talk about a "CLOSE CALL" lol! Couldn't have been any closer! That's my little funny story about the game. The n64 version is a LOT better than this version, but at least this version is better than that crappy (gameplay-wise) tomorrow never dies lol.

This game introduced me to James Bond as a kid.

I found your channel about a year ago when I first started actually watching Bond and I really enjoy your stuff dude! Also, do you plan on doing a ranking of all the Bond games after you get done reviewing them all?

27:50 You can play the game on PS3 too, although I noticed an audio glitch in the mission briefings. Alternatively, if you have a jailbroken PSP or Vita you can play it as an eboot rip.

Great review, Calvin. I am ashamed to say though, that I preferred 'Tomorrow Never Dies' on the Playstation to this. I don't know why... I just love playing that game!

Brosnan era was truly remarkable. Wish he’d done moore films with better scripts. Calvin, your thoughts on Brosnan in a film like Skyfall or No Time To Die?

The best part of this game , the soundtrack with the constant 'ice in the glass' sound in the casino level.

Fun fact: The music in the mission Night Watch is remixed in the missions: Cold Reception, Bad Diplomacy and Evil Summit in Agent Under Fire 007 for the GameCube/PS2/XBOX. Plus the music from the mission where bond tries to capture bullion is also remixed in Agent Under Fire.

I think the reason we don't get more gambling in Bond games has something to do with them breaking the pacing of the game, since they're almost always action- or stealth-oriented affairs. That, and people more casual to things like blackjack could get stuck for a fair bit like I did here as a kid. :Y

I got this game for the N64 Christmas when I was 4 I think, such a good game, but I didn't realize it was so different on Ps1 ! Gonna have to try this one out

Haha I loved this game. Used to randomly button bash in the Blackjack part as I was too young to know what I was doing 😂

Apparently if you beat the game on 007 mode you get an extended cutscene at the end where Bond and Christmas Jones are in bed together like in the movie. Lol

Loved this game as a kid! Took me ages to beat it!

What I really appreciate about this game is that you can change all of the controls! I set it to something similair to Nightfire, so it plays great!

Good review Calvin 😊

As someone who grew up with Agent Under Fire as one of his first video games ever, a part of me still wonders how that PS2 version of TWINE would have played. IIRC, I think I even saw some ads that came with the VHS/DVD release of the movie that showed screenshots of when Agent Under Fire was still a TWINE tie-in. Still, it's really cool to see how much of the mechanics and some animations and music had their origins in here and were retooled and reused come Agent Under Fire. If you like the cheats in PS1 TWINE, you should see some of the cheats you can fool around with in Tomorrow Never Dies.

Wow! This was the first Bond game I've ever played on PS2 followed by Tomorrow Never Dies although I'm sure Tomorrow Never Dies comes out before this? Or maybe I'm wrong? Anyway, I missed playing Goldeneye 64. I heard so much about it but never got around to playing it. Love this review, Calvin! Brings back so much memories!

this is a great channel

It's interesting how Agent Under Fire started as a PS2 port of this game. That's why some music, sfx and weapons are carried over :)

I am a hardcore gamer, but I love you Bond game reviews, these games are as good as shooters get, sometimes even better than the competition, I know it takes time, but I hope to see your next review sooner than later (don't rush it though), because they are quite entertaining to see games in the franchise I haven't played, or roll back in Nostalgia for the ones that I did play. By the way, you know you can play PS1 games on PS3 as well? You failed to mention it, and I recall that you played on PS3 some of the later games, so that is one less system you would need to plug into your TV if that helps.

Thank you calvin

I don’t have any nostalgia for this because the N64 game is so superior. But it’s still better then tomorrow never dies and 007 racing. Personally I want a Bond game in 2022 as we most likely won’t get a film for the 60th anniversary but I can’t decide on who I’d want to do it. But I don’t know if we’ll ever get one again sadly. Also I recently tried the quantum DS game and it is the weirdest controlling game I ever played. I don’t even know what genre of game it is I guess it’s a RPG?

Wow. 2:57 really sounds like Brosnan. Kudos.

In regards to the casino level and the lack of similar such levels in Bond games, the Game Boy Zelda “clone” Bond game actually had a casino in the Merrikesh part of the game where you had to win enough money in order to gain access to the High Roller area and thus advance the plot, not to mention you could get Bond banned from the casino tables by winning too much and netting the hotel’s presidential suite in the process. Just pointing that out since that game doesn’t get much love from the community these days. 😊

5:23 I reckon it is a cigar holder in courtesy of the movie. At the start of the movie in lechaise's office (might've not spelled that right), the girl who kills lechaise gives bond a cigar holder with a cigar inside.

I'm playing this game through on PC currently after watching this review, Really enjoying it personally. :)

The ladies doing that weird yoga. If you interact with the lady at 11:48 who's boyfriend is standing by Zukovsky's door from an angle so her boyfriend's in the background, she looks more like she's actually pointing at him as she says "he's head of casino security, the one over by Zukovsky's door."

Regarding 27:50 - Don’t forget that the PS3 also runs PS1 games. All models do it regardless of whether they contain the PS2 backwards compatibility. :) Thanks for the review, you’ve done an excellent job! I had the N64 version in my youth myself.... quite enjoyed it in spite of it not QUITE being up to the Goldeneye Standard - it still managed to be close.

A few things. 1: I'm not a huge fan of that ski level, but the Blackjack mission is pretty cool. 2: I'm advising against rapid fire shooting, as bullets don't effect enemies when they have their animations going on (this helps if one plays for score and cheats). 3: There's an extra FMV if one beats the game using the higher difficulty, containing that Christmas line. 4: I'm not a huge fan of protecting sequences either, be it Natalya or someone else. Definitely a fun game though, been having a blast recently with it. (Playing the NTSC-U/C version on actual PS1 (I live in Europe, so I've played the PAL version to death already), with a CRT TV, and with a PS2 controller as well, partly for having them vibrations, even though I have a PS1 controller that can vibrate as well.)

"Flogging fruit in Coven garden" ITS BRI"ISH INNIT BREV?

I loved this game growing up, And yes nostalgia!!!

6:10 Lol I laughed hard at the woman softly touching the guy to death

I really used to love this game, I once had a dream that there was run and jumping level set on top of the millennium dome, and I can vividly remember having to run along the top and jump into a hole... But in the actual game its just a movie cut scene? Mandela moment. I also love Tomorrow Never Dies, as it opens with a free roaming Goldeneye first level. I used to prefer TWINE but sometimes I prefer TND. The one thumbs down must be from a Nightfire supporter. :)

What did you use to record the game this time?

1:33 This seems to have been inspired by the first Rainbow Six game where each mission opens with Control [an overview of the situation], Commander [tactical advice] and advisor [on the ground tips].

I love that Cigar Girl's escape plan is to go to Renard's mate's East London Boozer. Clearly taking her cue from Shaun Of The Dead.

If you watch the E3 2003 trailer for Everything or Nothing, Bond has a different voice actor that could be the same one as from this game and 007 Racing. That trailer was also released prior to Heidi Klum and Shannon Elizabeth joining the cast.

I have a feeling that this weird animation with the females(11:36) was the only motion capture the developers did for the women in the game and were like "F it, we don't have time to record more idle animations for the women in this game. Just roll with the one animation we did."

I remember being so frustrated by the boss fight with Gabor in "Fallen Angel." It took me several tries to devise a strategy to run for cover, throw pipe bombs, and use the grenade launcher to weaken him and dispatch all the goons. When I finally defeated him, I couldn't believe what happened. I was in so much shock, I nearly blew the final part of the mission where I had to shoot Elektra.