Asikenzi eyodwa isikhathi eside, ngakho-ke i-primer emfushane: I-Retro Scope yilapho sikhuluma khona ngemidlalo emidala. Imininingwane yomuntu exutshwe nomlando omncane wokuzijabulisa kwamageyimu e-retro. Namuhla siyaxoxa I-GoldenEye i-007.
I-GoldenEye i-007 wangifaka enkingeni ngisemncane. Ngangineminyaka engu-11 futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngesipho sikaKhisimusi engangisanda kusiqaqa endlini kagogo wami ngalolo suku ekuseni. Bengilokhu ngikulangazelela Goldeneye izinyanga; Nintendo Amandla, incwadi yangaphambilini yenkampani yegeyimu ebizwa ngokuthi yanyanga zonke, ibilokhu ikhohlisa iphrojekthi futhi kubukeka sengathi akukho engangingakaze ngikubone ngaphambili. Bengazi nechashaza ngoJames Bond njengoba ayengeyona into etheni endlini yethu, kodwa imuvi ibiyinto enkulu futhi umdlalo, kimina, wawusuba mkhulu nakakhulu.
Benginakho lokho Goldeneye kungase kube ukungalungi uma ekugcineni ngiyidubula futhi ngaqala ukudlala. Umdlalo ubumuhle futhi ujabulisa, kodwa leso sibhamu esikusikrini ngaso sonke isikhathi besiqiniseka ukuthi sizokwenza uhlobo olungalungile lokunaka okuvela kubaba. Impela, ngenye intambama wangifikela ngisadlala futhi akazange amjabulele “isibhamu esihambayo” esibukweni. 007 waxoshwa… kodwa akakhohliwe. Ngagcina ngidlale ngendlela yami Goldeneye izikhathi eziningi naphezu kokusolwa okuqinile kanye nomthelela wakho ube namandla njenganoma yimuphi omunye umdlalo wenganekwane kuNintendo 64.
Ocarina Wesikhathi. Super Mario 64. Leyo misebenzi ye-seminal ingeyozalo olusobala nokungenisa, kodwa yini eyenza Goldeneye ekhetheke kangaka? Emehlweni abadlali abaningi besikhathi samanje, abasebancane kungenzeka ukuthi ukufaneleka kokuphuma kuka-007 kokuvulwa kwe-N64 kusekude nokuza. Uhlelo lokulawula intonga eyodwa, izinhlamvu eziyinqaba, ezinekhanda elivinjiwe—yini okungenzeka ibe yinto ekhethekile ngayo Goldeneye?
Kuningi, empeleni. Goldeneye yathuthukiswa yiqembu labantu abayisishiyagalolunye e-Rare. Ngokwethulwa kwe-Nintendo 64, i-Rare yagxiliswa njengozakwethu wokuthuthukisa itende likaNintendo. Umdlalo we-Rare ube nawo wonke amathuba okuba muhle njenganoma yini ekhiqizwe yi-House of Mario. I-Donkey Kong Country trilogy ku-SNES kwakuyisiqalo sokukhuphuka kuka-Rare ukuya kubhanana wesibili (i-pun!) kokubili noNintendo nabalandeli bayo, kodwa i-N64 yilapho inkampani iqinisa ngempela isimo sayo njengenganekwane. Goldeneye, nokho, akuzange kubikezelwe ukuthi iyoba yimpumelelo edumayo ekugcineni eyaba yiyo.
Imidlalo enamalayisense, ikakhulukazi ama-movie tie-ins, yonke ibithande ukuba udaka kuze kube maphakathi nawo-1990. Ungabheki okungaphezu kwesinengiso okwakuyinguqulo ye-Atari ET ukubona ukuthi umdlalo osuselwe kumabhayisikobho ungaba yiphutha kangakanani—kwasiza ekuletheni ukuwa kwemboni okukhulu ngo-1983! UNintendo, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wayezimisele ngokuthola amalungelo okukhiqiza umdlalo osuselwe ku-movie yakamuva ka-James Bond ngaphandle komlando omubi. Njengoba kwenzeka, i-Rare, ezinze eNgilandi okungenani, ibonakala ifaneleka ngokuphelele ukuthuthukisa iphrojekthi. Umdlalo bekungowabo ukuthi bawenze noma bawuphule.
UMartin Hollis wayephethe uKarl Hilton, David Doak, Mark Edmonds, B Jones, Steve Ellis, Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope, noDuncan Botwood ukuze bakhe lokho okwakuzoba Goldeneye ukuthi abalandeli bayazi futhi bathande. Ukuthuthukiswa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kwegeyimu kufake inguqulo ye-on-rails yesenzo esinabadlali abaqondisa i-reticle eqondiwe esikrinini ukuze bakhiphe abantu ababi. Okusheshe kwavela kubaklami ukuthi ikhono le-N64 lokunikeza izindawo ezisebenzisanayo zegeyimu ye-3D lalingelona ihlaya. Okubaluleke ngokulinganayo ukuthi induku ehlukile yesilawuli ye-analogue ibiguquguquka futhi inembe, okwenze iqembu ukuthi libuze umbuzo: kuthiwani uma sivumela abantu ukuthi bahambise i-Bond ngqo, esikhundleni salokho?
Emhlabeni wezinto eziduduzayo zasekhaya maphakathi nawo-'90s, abadubuli bomuntu wokuqala babebhekwa njengento engenakwenzeka ukuthi baphume kahle. Igundane nekhibhodi bekuyinketho engcono kakhulu yokudlala imidlalo ngalo mbono. Kodwa-ke, nasi isilawuli seNintendo 64, esikwazi ngokuphelele ukwenza lula ukunyakaza koketshezi nokuphokophela. Eqenjini laseRare, kwacaca ukuthi Goldeneye babe nezindlela zokuqeda lo mkhuba futhi benze okuthile abadubuli bekhonsoli ababengakaze bakwenze: balingane, uma kungenjalo, abafowabo be-PC.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinjongo kubadubuli bomuntu wokuqala bezisekelwe kakhulu ku- Doom-isitayela sokwehla ngamaphasishi sifuna okhiye beminyango ekhiyiwe futhi udubule yonke into oyibonayo. Iqembu lika-Hollis libuthelwe uthando lwabo lwe-Bond kakhulu njengekhono labo, futhi bonke abahilelekile babenethemba lokukhiqiza okuhlangenwe nakho okungafani nalawa akumamuvi ngokwawo. Kuzoba nendaba, kube nezinhloso, kube nokukhethwa kwabadlali ukuthi bazobhekana kanjani nemishini. Izibhamu ziyavutha noma zihamba kancane futhi azishintshile? Kuze kube yileso sikhathi imidlalo ye-FPS ayizange izihluphe ngalolu hlobo lwe-nuance, kodwa Goldeneye yayizokushintsha lokho unomphela.
Abasebenzi bebenokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kusethi yefilimu ye Goldeneye kanye nekhophi yombhalo. Imikhawulo ibiyingcosana, okusho ukuthi onjiniyela banganweba indaba lapho kudingeka khona ukuze kukhiqizwe izimo eziningi zokudlala njenge-Bond. Bakwazile nokuthwebula izithombe zezindawo ezahlukene efilimini kanjalo nabalingisi. Ithimba lika-Hollis lize laqopha umnyakazo wokuthwebula Goldeneye ukuze wenze ukunyakaza kwezitha nezinhlamvu ezihlukahlukene kubukeke kuyiqiniso ngangokunokwenzeka.
Kulapha ukuthi ukubaluleka Goldeneye iqala ukucwebezela. Amageyimu evidiyo kuze kube yileso sikhathi ayengavamile ukufaka izinto ezifana nabalingisi abathwebule izithombe ezinyakazayo, ikakhulukazi ngokwezinga abenza ngalo Goldeneye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqembu belisebenza ngaphansi kwemikhawulo eqinile yezobuchwepheshe ukwenza izinto ezinjengokudala kabusha ubuso babalingisi. Kuya ku Goldeneye, bekungakaze kube khona umdubuli womuntu wokuqala ovumele abadlali ukuthi bakhombe izingxenye ezithile zomzimba abazozikhomba futhi badubule kuzo. Ukusabela okuhlukile kwehithi kusuka ekudutshulweni ezinyaweni ngokuqhathanisa nekhanda bekungakaze kuzwakale. Ngokombono wezobuchwepheshe, Goldeneye kwavutha endaweni entsha.
Ngisho nokukhomba isibhamu sika-Bond kwaba into entsha, njengoba isibhamu singase sisetshenziswe ngaphandle kwekhamera engaphakathi kwegeyimu. Ukuntuleka kwenduku yesibili yokulawula kwakusho ukuma unganyakazi ukwenza lokhu, kodwa kwakuyisengezo esilethe ukunemba okumangalisayo emakhonweni okudubula omdlali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukufakwa kwesibhamu se-sniper kwaba okunye ukuqaliswa okwenza igeyimu ihluke kwabanye abadubuli abaningi.
Kodwa-ke, ukukwazi ukudubula nokunyakaza okumanzi kangaka kwasebenza kuphela ngenxa yesimo sobuchopho somdlalo wegeyimu. Yebo, kunezimo lapho i-Bond ichitha khona izixuku zezitha, kodwa kunezinye izikhathi ezingenakubalwa lapho umdlali edinga ukucabanga ukuze aphumelele. Ukufunda izindlela zokugada izitha ukuze kudlule onogada bengabonwa kwaba intokozo ezweni langaphambi kokubaigiya lensimbi eliqinile, njengoba kwakunjalo ukugqekeza iziqhumane, ukuvala amasistimu ama-alamu, nokunye. Impela, okunye kwalokhu kusanda kwenziwa kabusha Doom umakhenikha, kodwa ukubulawa kwakuhlakaniphe kakhulu futhi kujabulisa kakhulu.
Nini Goldeneye ekugcineni yethulwa, yayingaphambi kokukhishwa kwefilimu elandelayo ochungechungeni, kodwa yayingenamsebenzi—Goldeneye abalandeli abajabulile. Ingxenye enkulu yalokho kube ngenxa yokwengezwa kwamuva kugeyimu, okwakuyimodi yayo yabadlali abaningi. Iqembu e-Rare laqinisekiswa ukwakhiwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kwe Mario Kart 64 ababenabo estudiyo, bekholelwa ukuthi abadlali abaningi be-splitscreen bangasebenza ngokuphelele kukhonsoli yasekhaya. Abanye ochwepheshe bangabaza ukuthi abadlali bangazijabulisa kanjani bezungeza i-TV eyodwa enezikrini ezine eziboniswa ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa injabulo Le yindawo ka GoldenEye ukufaniswa kwakungenakuphikwa. Uma usukhule ngokwanele ukuthi ungakhumbula ukudlala amameshi we Halo ekamelweni lokulala, yazini ukuthi okuwukuphela kwesizathu imidlalo efana nayo futhi ekugcineni i-Call of Duty ikwazile ukwenza abakwenzile kungenxa yesisekelo esabekwa Goldeneye.
Ngokudabukisayo, kulandela ukutholwa kwe-Rare yiMicrosoft, akukaze kube khona ukukhishwa kabusha okufanele Goldeneye eminyakeni kusukela lapho. Kube khona ukuguqulwa okwashintsha inkanyezi uPierce Brosnan kwafakwa uDaniel Craig (okwakumnandi impela), kodwa ngale kwalokho abalandeli kufanele bavuse iNintendo 64 ukuze badlale umdlalo. Ukuthi sizokwazi ukudlala noma cha Goldeneye okufanele ku-Hardware yesimanje kuwukuqagela kwanoma ubani, kodwa lo mdubuli oyisiqalo ungomunye wemidlalo ebaluleke kakhulu ukuphuma enkathini ye-N64 futhi usisi kuze kube yintokozo ukuyidlala nanamuhla.
Uthi bewazi…
- Goldeneye ishintshe amayunithi ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili, okuyibeka endaweni yesithathu ngemuva Mario Kart 64 futhi I-Super Mario 64 njengemidlalo ethengiswa kakhulu kukhonsoli.
- Dark Perfect ungumlandeli kamoya Goldeneye lokho kuhlanganisa zonke izithenjwa ze-Bond kodwa yakhelwe phezu kwesitayela sokudlala esifana kakhulu.
- U-Nintendo ucele ukuthi i-Rare ilawule ubuqiniso bokufa nokubulawa kwabantu; Okungavamile empeleni de-saturated umbala igazi ngenxa yalokhu!
- Ikhodi yegeyimu iqukethe idatha yabalingisi bangaphambili be-James Bond abavela kumafilimu. Abadlali bebezokwazi ukukhetha phakathi kukaRoger Moore, Sean Connery, noTimothy Dalton, kodwa izinkinga zomthetho ngehora leshumi nanye zasiphazamisa lesi sici.
- Izithombe ezisetshenziswe kulawa mamodeli zivele eqoqweni lakhe lomuntu siqu lomklami u-B Jones lezincwadi ze-Bond.
- Ngemuva kokwethulwa komdlalo, bekunamahlebezi ashubile naqhubekayo okuthi “isiqhingi,” njengoba abalandeli besibiza kanjalo, singafinyelelwa ezingeni leDam. Sikwazi ukubonakala kunoma yikuphi ukuma edamini, isiqhingi siyindawo encane ephuma emanzini futhi engenakufinyeleleka ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngaphandle kokugebenga umdlalo, awungeneki.
- I-emulator yonke ye-ZX Spectrum enemidlalo eyishumi ishumekwe kuyo Le yindawo ka GoldenEye ikhodi. Inhloso bekuwukuba nekhabhinethi yemidlalo yaseshashalazini edlala imidlalo yakudala eyi-Rare ne-Ultimate Play the Game (isofthiwe yokuqala yomfowethu u-Stamper). Umbono wachithwa kodwa i-emulator isekhona futhi iyasebenza.
- Ama-consoles asekelwe ku-CD afana ne-PlayStation yakwa-Sony angabonakala emcabangweni ukuthi afaneleka kangcono ukukhiqiza umculo wemidlalo, kodwa ngokusho kwabaqambi uGrant Kirkhope noGraeme Norgate, i-cartridge yeNintendo 64 empeleni ibanikeze amandla angeziwe okwenza umculo uhambisane nomdlalo wokudlala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bakwazi nokwenza insada yomculo ngenxa yalokho—ngaphezu kwamahora amabili!
- Uma ungathanda ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nokuthi yiziphi izimfihlo ezikuyo Le yindawo ka GoldenEye ikhodi, qondani kulokhu Igumbi Lokusika Iphansi isixhumanisi!
