Is Dam 51 Actually Possible Now? 

Its been SIX years since dam 52? That is absolutely insane it feels like a year or two ago

This video has helped me realise that I’ve now been watching this channel for over 6 years now

That kf7 box boost into the pp7 lock shot is so smooth daym

Congratulations to IIFEVER! Hearing about new innovations in Goldeneye takes me back to reading about cheats in N64 Magazines in my childhood. Thank you for helping me feel young again Goose!

A blacksmith, a locksmith, a tinsmith and a wordsmith walk into a bar. The bartender goes, "Hi Rebecca!"

Karl's record was what brought my attention to Goldeneye and its speed lore. I've been following casually ever since. It's hard to believe it's been six years already

I have mad props to any speedrunners on the new Goldeneye remakes, the controls are so funky that I can bare move swiftly on my own.

Playing the switch is very useful to n64 players cos you can suspend play and replay from 'checkpoints'. For instance, you see Doak loads far later than assumed in Facility, and Trevelyan's location changes at decoder door, NOT earlier.

It would be interesting to see all the times from this version added together and compared to the total time on The Elite website. You could see how much time is saved all together from lag reduction right now. If everyone optimized and acquired the best times for this newer version, which would still take quite a while, I bet the total time saved between that and the N64 would be a pretty wild amount. I agree though. It would be rough as hell on those harder 00 levels getting back boosted.

Dude I made it in the video! Lol that's actually amazing. Thank you for covering the Xbox community dam 51s been a wild topic of discussion

HUGE congratulations to Fever. and thank you Goose, for making another phenomenal video!!!

that thumbnail is legendary

The speedrunning community is amazing. Nowhere else can you find people that can turn 20 seconds of staring at the sky while running sideways into something so engaging.

I wanted to say, I took it a little bit as for granted that you cover the minutiae of the developments in this community. I have zero interest in speedrunning this game, I don't even watch people stream it. I played this game a few times when I was young at best. I watch all these videos because the amount of passion you have for conveying this information. A lot of people that are only concerned with getting a video out on a schedule could simply weave half-formed narratives where there aren't and be onto the next thing. I can safely say that isn't the case with your channel. I am genuinely overwhelmed with how much earnestness comes through in your presentation that someone like me can follow it. I feel like I've said this before, but I mean it, and not in a backhanded way. It might be easy to lose sight of just how radiant these types of videos are when you're working on them all the time. Sometimes the best stuff in life flows naturally onto the page.

Awesome, I’m glad we’re still finding new strategies :3 thanks Ryan for everything you do.

4:46 Casually dropping that he has (or at least had) the world record for Dam 00 Agent on switch without even saying it, what a chad 😂

You mean, there is a version you can make videos about where the runner is not looking at the floor or at the sky during half of the run?? Feel free to make more videos about XBox!!

so much for my first twr haha, this was long overdue my friend, amazing run iiFever !!

Much better sound mixing this video man haha good video as always though

This thumbnail is extremely legendary

Liking and commenting for the algorithm! But also because you make great videos. Thanks for continuing to make awesome content!

thanks so much for the speedlore review goose, can't wait to watch that with a beer! Next request - can you please upload part 2 of N64 iceberg

Mad respect for the post you made on the Elite, maybe now the Goose is truly loose and can now fly free.

You are so humble! I like how quickly you glossed over the fact that the "slow" record on DAM 00 Switch is yours.

You're right about that 64 controller, I was able to snatch mine during the second restock of them on Nintendo's website, you had to be FAST ordering that.

Is that Karl and Jirard on thumbnail?

I'm excited to see you play and review both the new Perfect Dark game and Agent 64!

i just ran a dam 50 but forgot to record it unfortunately

over 6 years since? man you really didn't need to drop that on me I am shook

It would be interesting the have the remake have its own separate times and rankings. There are enough differences just due to how the game runs on the more powerful system to change what's possible in a run. As the N64 version gets more and more maxed out, it would make sense to have the remake rankings starting up along side the original.

literally never played goldeneye, still know every level and most strats purely from these videos

Great vid as always. IDK i just think the 64 loses too many frames. Karl and Calle had high 52's, asking for perfect movement, rng, and boosts sufficient for 51 seems even more improbable than the man who a few weeks ago had a 14-leg parlay on NFL that 14 different guys on different teams would score a touchdown, him winning that bet, and winning over $420k on a $5 bet... it's even less probable than that i would surmise.

Stressful to watch but so cool to see the records achieved

I have "happy"(?) memories of playing Goldeneye on N64, completing the game on the different layers of difficulty. Then going through the business of getting record times to unlock the easter eggs and different weapons. Completing the Dam level I recall I did quite quickly, perhaps one day I will get another N64 and start again :)

I got Dam agent 0:54 on the xbox and have basically 0 experience running the game. Pretty safe to say that the xbox version is easier to get fast times on. Ive considered trying to go for 53 but the difference between 54 and 53 seems to be rather large and im not sure its possible for me but who knows what the future holds

You are my favorite youtuber.

I always like how you call us my friends! Really enjoy the channel man! Keep it up!

Excellent clickbait. Not what I expected, but a story well worth telling.

Peak Thumbnail

The double. Two quick ones.

I think it would be Heresy to combine all GoldenEye records from the different consoles onto The Elite Rankings. I cannot believe Ocarina allows this.

absolute legend Karl is, i swear i don't have the time like i used to, to try and give it a whirl at speedrunning this one, atleast for the fun of it

I speedrun this game on the Xbox and I can say Dam :51 is definitely a really difficult time to get! Epic video goose! There are a bunch levels that can go lower than n64 but there are a few that most likely can’t. I was just able to get :48 on Jungle Agent and it’s definitely due to lag reduction that it’s possible.

goose we have desperate for 2 things - more on the N64 iceberg AND speedlore review of 2023 PLEASE!!!!

alot less technical variables to consider on the xbox version as it plays so flawlessly which means speedrunners on xbox may not be able to achieve rutzouisation from the extra focus of trying to compensate for the technical hurdles of the N64. I am not trying to talk down on xbox players by any means but it may be harder to achieve rutzouisation on the xbox

Very interesting, I thought 52 was definitely the end time but it seems 51 may be possible.

Is that the completionist on the thumbnail :0 Classic :)

ahh, such good rng. on a real note, I am glad you are chronicling goldeneye as time continues on.

iiFever recently got Dam 51 on Xbox Series X. It’s not necessarily a indication of the possibilities on N64 hardware but the GamePass/Nintendo/PS+ version of the game has been done. The XBLA version has been 51 for years.

I'm planning on trying out speedrunning GE for Switch as I got the n64 expansion recently, wish me luck!

Hope you had a good Christmas and new year ryan !

Amazing thumbnail 👍 (since they can change, it currently contains Jirard Khalil’s face photoshopped onto a stock photo of someone posing with a gun James Bond-style)

I welcome other platforms, i wouldn't want to run the N64 version myself due to lag and having to stare at the ground or use alternate control shenanigans, but the N64 runs will always be king.

Hi Goose 👋 A Quick question.. Is it normal in the level Archives that when you shoot the window open, that you get stuck for a while before you can get out and finish the level? I use the 1964 emulator to speedrun the game.

How has it been 6 YEARS! I remember hearing the news on my way to uni and was blown away... also how has it been 2 years since CW got it... madness.

Whys Jirard in the thumbnail lol.

I dont like speedrunning but i love watching your videos about it.

A friend of mine beat that record by four seconds already. Last time we spoke he suddenly screamed: "Dam Agent 47". And then later we found he had been murdered, and all video evidence of that day was gone.

Can you aim and strafe on the n64 version if you use double analog controls?

no way it's been 6 years already!

I know being in a different set of ranks from the N64 scores (which it should be IMO) is disincentivizing, but it's only a matter of time until The Elite has ranks for both Xbox and Switch as well as plenty of times. People have to divorce themselves from the fact that PAL vs NTSC vs JP times are in competition but different consoles aren't, because really, those have never been in fair competition either when it comes to hardware/software performance. It was just an exception made in a simpler time, though I do think that a line can be drawn for N64 to remain N64. At the end of the day though, the important part is platform parity. The Xbox version FINALLY offers people the ability to speedrun where the playing field is even on something besides the N64. The runs are respectable and should be considered important in their respective contexts, whether it's Xbox or Switch.

Congrats Ifever! Crazy to see

Oh I believe wholeheartedly that :51 is possible. I played on N64 for just under a year and always got around :55 - :54 and playing on Xbox series X, I can get a solid and clean :53. If N64 is theoretically capped at a solid high to mid :52 then I would find it common for high grinding to produce a :51 with the right requirements and gameplay!

It’s been a while since I recorded my gameplay on Xbox but I’m pretty sure you could at least at one point record more than just a minute of gameplay? If I remember correctly, it went up to 5 minutes of gameplay?

Came for the Karl, stayed for the Jobst.

Is 3rd party non turbo controllers aloud in the true N64 version? I have a brawler pad 64 that I wouldn’t mind grinding with. (Due to the fact my og controller isn’t in great condition)

damn agent 51.

That was a clean Dam run!

This took me back 😅 Now I wanna bring out the old 64 and run again

IIFEVER already knew he was on the perfect line

the thumbnail supposed to be jirard and karl jobst

If you're speed-running on xbox, you really want to use an external drive for game captures, as from memory the maximum manual record is 1 hour, and I think the maximum flashback clip is 3 minutes at 1080p

IIFever is axctually gunning for 50 now on his stream

That thumbnail had me cracking up

Dam 51 possible?!! This is insane!!!

"7 seconds ago". Truly amazing.

the thumbnail is killing me

What happens to the code that gets frame dropped and how doesn't the game crash?

Brilliant stuff mate 👍

Not being adaptive to change leads to being obsolescent.

I love the video!! Only thing I would say is the Nintendo Switch pro controller plays no different than an Xbox controller. In my opinion. I’ve run the almost all the levels on switch and achieved a few records on Xbox. So I have played both quite a bit to know.

I achieved dam 51 over 3 years ago, on emulator lol.

A very lucky boost could and will put the record lower, but anything beyond that will be a very crazy glitch passing the player through a obstacle, one of those one in a billion spec of dust on a chip kind of events. 😂😅

You can make GE play extremely well with the Switch Pro controller, it just takes a lot of fiddling with the in-game settings and the Switch controller system settings. But I 100%ed the game using it without too much trouble.

It’s so nice to hear a shout out to Xbox speedrunners for goldeneye ❤

Did you take that “51” from Pokemon 151s logo? 😂 I dno why Im even asking I know it is

While it is cool in a way that ppl can speed run different versions of Goldeneye on different consoles, I hope the N64 version is the main focus for records

Karl Jobst gets the jobst done like the ABSOLUTE legend that he is. GO KARL, MY LIEGE

Vid and did. Well played IIFEVER

Cool stuff, love Karl and you too Goose

the goat uploads, I watch

Legendary

We had another Damcember and we didnt even know it

I hit 54 on Xbox and feel I could get a 53. I’m so damn close.

When Dam 52 was set, COVID-19 didn't even exist. Hard to imagine!

my friends it just keeps happening we are back for another goldeneye video, “ here we goooooo” says princess Peach 👰🏼 i don’t think nobody should use the switch and xbox versions as it’s not fair for those on n64! the n64 has lag and choppy framerates making the runs harder , the modern versions have smoother framerates etc

Betteridge's Law

...6 years

Is that ai completionist and tcap hansen on the thumbnail?

That ISNT Jihad Killall on the left?