Below are all of the GoldenEye reviews of the time that we were able to track down. All authors on the respective reviews are listed, though some outlets did not credit the writer.

• Edge
  • Outlet: UK-based magazine
  • Current status: Print and digital magazines, web content via GamesRadar+
  • Source: “GoldenEye”. Edge. No. 48. Future Publishing. August 1997. pp. 76–78. Read full review
  • Author/Score: “Edge staff,” 9/10
  • Abbreviation: Edge

• Electric Playground
  • Outlet: TV show aired in the US and Canada 
  • Current status: Primarily on YouTube
  • Source: “EP Classic: GoldenEye 64 Review” on YouTube 
  • Authors/Scores: Victor Lucas (9.5/10), Tommy Tallarico (9.5/10)
  • Abbr.: EP

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • Outlet: US-based magazine 
  • Current status: Online at egmnow.com. Produces Walmart Gamecenter magazine
  • Source: “Review Crew: Goldeneye 007”. Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 99. Ziff Davis. October 1997. p. 52. Read full review 
  • Authors/Scores: Crispin Boyer (9.5/10), Shawn Smith (9.5/10), Dan Hsu (9.5/10), “Sushi-X” (9.5/10)
  • Abbr.: EGM

• Game Informer
  • Outlet: US-based magazine 
  • Current status: Print and digital magazines, web content at gameinformer.com
  • Source: “Shaken, Not Stirred”. Game Informer. No. 53. September 1997. p. 36. Read full review 
  • Authors/Scores: Andy McNamara (8.5/10), Andrew Reiner (8.75/10), Paul Anderson (8.25/10)
  • Abbr.: GI

• GamePro
  • Outlet: US-based magazine 
  • Current status: Shut down in 2011
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007”. GamePro. No. 108. IDG Communications. September 1997. p. 82–83. Read full review
  • Author/Score: “Johnny Ballgame” Jon Robinson (100 Metacritic interpretation)
  • Abbr.: GP

• GameRevolution
  • Outlet: US-based website 
  • Current status: Web content at gamerevolution.com 
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007 Review”. GameRevolution. Read full review
  • Author/Score: Colin Ferris (9/10) 
  • Abbr.: GR

• GameSpot
  • Outlet: US-based website 
  • Current status: Web content at gamespot.com
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007 (1997) Review”. GameSpot. Read full review
  • Author/Score: Jeff Gerstmann (9.8/10) 
  • Abbr.: GS

• Gaming Age
  • Outlet: US-based website 
  • Current status: Web content at gaming-age.com
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007 Review”. Gaming Age. Read full review
  • Author/Score: Greg Stewart (91/100) 
  • Abbr.: GA

• IGN
  • Outlet: US-based website 
  • Current status: Web content at ign.com
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007 Review”. IGN. Read full review
  • Author/Score: Doug Perry (9.7/10), Peer Schneider “Another Take” (N/A) 
  • Abbr.: IGN

• Next Generation
  • Outlet: US-based magazine
  • Current status: Shut down in 2002. 
  • Source: “Solid Gold”. Next Generation. No. 34. Imagine Media. October 1997. p. 168. Read full review
  • Author/Score: No author credited (5/5) 
  • Abbr.: NG

• Nintendo Power
  • Outlet: US-based magazine
  • Current status: Shut down in 2012. Returned as podcast in 2017.
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007”. Nintendo Power. No. 100. Nintendo of America. September 1997. p. 105. Read full review
  • Author/Score: No single author credited (9/10) 
  • Abbr.: NP

• Weekly Famitsu
  • Outlet: Japan-based magazine
  • Current status: Print and digital magazines, web content at famitsu.com
  • Source: “GoldenEye 007”. Famitsu No. 455 (September 5 1997), p. 31. Read full review
  • Author/Score: Hamamura Tsūshin, Ninja Masuda, Miki Watanabe, Takeyuki Haneda 7 / 8 / 8 / 8 = 31/40 (78 Metacritic)
  • Abbr.: WF

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Special thanks to the Internet Archive and Retromags.com for scanning and hosting retro video game magazines and to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for keeping older online reviews alive. This piece wouldn’t have been possible without you.

Thanks to Stephen Meyerink (translation) and Elizabeth Bushouse (bilingual proofreading) for their help translating Weekly Famitsu from Japanese.