A list of James Bond characters in the video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
| Character from the James Bond franchise | |
| Affiliation | MI6, SPECTRE, now independent. |
|---|---|
GoldenEye is the main character in the James Bond video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. He never speaks in the game.
At the start of Rogue Agent, a recording by M (head of MI6) reveals that: "Three years ago, while on assignment, the agent was severely wounded in an encounter with Dr. No, and subsequently lost the use of his right eye. Consumed with vengeance, he frequently resorts to violence and brutality, and is no longer fit for service with MI6." According to the account, GoldenEye was shot in his right eye by Dr. No during a mission.
Three years after the incident which claimed GoldenEye's right eye, he is evaluated through a holographic simulation in which he is paired with 007 to stop Auric Goldfinger, a member of SPECTRE, from detonating a suitcase nuke inside of Fort Knox. He fails the test, and is held directly responsible for the death of 007. Charged with "reckless brutality", he is dismissed from MI6. As he leaves the headquarters, he is seen reading an offer by Goldfinger to enlist in his organization.
GoldenEye accepts Goldfinger's offer and is recruited as his enforcer, meeting with him at Auric Enterprises, where Goldfinger's scientists have developed a weapon known as the OMEN (Organic Mass Energy Neutralizer), which releases energy capable of breaking down organic matter on a nearly atomic level, resulting in disintegration. For his job of eliminating Dr. No, a fellow SPECTRE official who has declared war on Goldfinger's branch of the organization, GoldenEye is given a gold-hued cybernetic eye created by Francisco Scaramanga, another SPECTRE official (from which he receives his codename "GoldenEye"). As GoldenEye takes on more difficult missions, Scaramanga provides upgrades for the eye, starting with MRI vision, then an EM hack feature, then magnetic polarity shield, finally magnetic induction field.
GoldenEye is sent by Goldfinger against Dr. No on various missions in various locations around the globe (many of which are borrowed from settings found in James Bond movies and novels). He is eventually sent to Crab Key, where he confronts Dr. No. During their duel, GoldenEye uses his mechanical eye to sabotage the island's nuclear reactor, causing it to electrocute Dr. No. Upon No's death, Goldfinger contacts GoldenEye and informs him that he believes he is too dangerous to be left alive, and that he had contacted GoldenEye earlier and told him to pull a lever which would shut down the Lair's defense grid. Goldfinger reveals that he is intent on taking over SPECTRE's Lair, and leaves GoldenEye to die in the impending nuclear meltdown. GoldenEye, however, manages to escape in Dr. No's helicopter before the reactor overloads and the island is destroyed.
GoldenEye flies back to SPECTRE's Lair intent on confronting Goldfinger, Pussy Galore rendezvous with GoldenEye and informs him that Goldfinger has used the OMEN to wipe out most of the Lair's guards, and taken control of it. Scaramanga provides the mechanical eye with a computer virus which he can use to overload the OMEN.
GoldenEye fights his way through the Lair, eventually reaching the area where Goldfinger and the OMEN are. Goldfinger traps GoldenEye inside a chamber which he claims will soon be devoid of oxygen. GoldenEye now plants the virus in the OMEN, causing it to explode in a huge burst of energy, killing Goldfinger and his troops. GoldenEye and Galore leave the Lair aboard Galore's chopper, and Scaramanga and SPECTRE's Number One (Ernst Stavro Blofeld) later discuss what to do with GoldenEye, and decide to simply see what he does next before proceeding.