Unlocking the Invincibility Cheat in GoldenEye 007 is no easy task...
The feat is to clear the Facility mission in 2:05 (on 00 Agent difficulty, no less).
Even if you do everything perfectly - It's all for nothing if Dr. Doak isn't upstairs.
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| Alternating between Silenced PP7 and KF7 Soviet, performed a miraculous
race to the lab only to come up empty handed. With absolutely no guards
following me, decided to curiously backtrack to find the Soldiers milling about, having
completely given up on the chase. |
Hadn't actually unlocked the
GoldenEye 007 Invincibile Cheat in over a decade, so decided to give it a shot.
So legendary that it's become the most-sought after Achievement in the entire game.
Takes a bit of dedication to earn the right to say "
I AM INVINCIBLE".
Just need a good run to coincide with a Dr. Doak encounter. (He can randomly appear in
seven different locations)
After an hour or two of cursing swearing (and re-living the frustration) decided a break was needed...
(The
GoldenEye 64 Blog contains the actual "
Strategy Guide":
Speedrun For Invincible...]
Enter
Perfect Dark...
The Invincibility Cheat is unlocked in
Area 51 Escape (game's ninth mission).
Completing the level within the target time of
3:50 (on the easy
Agent difficulty this time!).
Once I got back into this
PD speedrun, some annoyances were rekindled - But not to the extent of the frustrating Facility. (The rant about Jonathan's "heroics" can be found in the
Perfect Dark N64 Blog post "
Area 51 Escapades". I tried not to swear.)
These Biotechnicians still give me the creeps...
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Four Biotechnicians at the start of Area 51 Escape.
It's not always possible to tag them all when you're
racing through the lab...
Survivors will give
chase and meet you on the return trip
(subsequently trying to drug you
with their sedatives).
Sometimes they even follow all the way outside. |
Dashing back towards the
secret hangar (making use of the strafing skills learned in
GoldenEye 007).
Attempting to earn
PD's coveted Invincibility Cheat, still coming up just seconds short. Watched the YouTube video by
Graslu and learned a few necessary tricks.
(For a more satirical analysis of this frustrating accomplishment, see the
Perfect Dark N64 Blog:
Escape From Area 51,
Area 51 Escapades and
Preheat 350)
Perfect Dark offers a more challenging overall game, but I'm going to say that the Invincibility Cheat is more difficult to earn in
GE than it was in
PD (as far as difficult accomplishments go).
More on the legendary
GoldenEye 007 Achievement (from the
GoldenEye 64 Blog):
A quick "Strategy Guide":
Speedrun For Invincible...See also:
Earning Invincible... It's Infuriating!
EDITOR'S NOTE: After finally completing this daunting task on the PC ROM, performing the feat on the
N64 console was suddenly so simple... Got it almost instantly.
The ROM is beautiful and completely customize-able... The console might not be as pretty, but it handles so much smoother.
