Rumor: Video surfaces of XBLA GoldenEye 007
We'd like to direct your attention to the embedded YouTube video above. This video is somewhat special. Special, because it's rumored to have been uploaded by an employee from Rare showing off an in-house build of what GoldenEye 007 would look like as an Xbox Live Arcade game. You know, because there have been numerous rumors of an XBLA version being worked on. But the video is very controversial. Controversial, because nobody can be 100% sure that it's real or fake. The improved textures, framerate and gameplay lends itself to being real, but some say it could be a l33t programmer doing a ROM hack. You'll have to ponder this one and analyze the picture evidence. Real or fake? We dunno, but we thought this video was worth your attention. That is all. Good day.
[Via N4G, Thanks Karl]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
1-20-2008 @ 1:05PM
a ham sandwich said...
i saw this on youtube yesterday. i think its real.
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1-21-2008 @ 11:48AM
Josh said...
Hey, if anyone wants to play Goldeneye with dual analog on Project 64, I have a dual analog control file I made here:
http://potdparadiso.com/dotcom/goldeneye.cpf
You have to mess with in-game control options but it makes Perfect Dark and Goldeneye play like Halo. They are super easy when you don't have to stop and aim. I also have this one for general N64 ROM play with the 360 controller:
http://potdparadiso.com/dotcom/360.cpf
1-22-2008 @ 2:03PM
dan stabbingworth said...
Sorry, not to be a lazy noob, but can you go into a little further detail about this?
1-20-2008 @ 1:06PM
LesbianHam said...
IMAIGODTHEMEMOREEZ
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1-20-2008 @ 3:43PM
Zach S said...
I just pulled out my N64 two weeks ago and played some Goldeneye with a friend- still just as fun as it was years ago! Hopefully the XBLA thing happens, with Live support!!!
P.S. Why don't Nintendo and Microsoft just both agree to allow each other to have it in their respective virtual consoles? Duhduuuh!
1-20-2008 @ 1:11PM
Tony said...
Some people on XBLArcade.com were discussing how some of the textures are different, etc.
I don't know what to think about it. It really doesn't seem as nice as the supposed leaked screen, even when accounting for YouTube compression. If anything, most of these textures just look like they had a smoothing filter applied over them.
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1-20-2008 @ 1:15PM
flameofdoom666 said...
Even if that is the case, it is still an upgrade- plus the framerate is the only thing that REALLY matters.
1-21-2008 @ 11:43AM
Josh said...
In the comparison screens some of the geometry (like the lite) is different. You can't change that by just smoothing a texture.
1-20-2008 @ 1:14PM
flameofdoom666 said...
I hope it's real.
The framerate was nice, the textured were dealable, and that music is classic!
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1-20-2008 @ 1:17PM
Ubercharged said...
I think everyones memory of this game is distorted, i busted out my N64 the other day to play Ocarana of Time and decided to put goldeneye in. It is really not very good, mostly because of the one analogue stick on the N64.
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1-20-2008 @ 1:46PM
Platinum_Skeet said...
All the control problems though are thrown out the window now that your playing on a 360 remote. Plus multiplayer will be bad ass if they can make it more than 8 people...
1-20-2008 @ 11:47PM
Andy said...
I feel the same way. I tried to give this game another shot recently... man it is downright unplayable.
They need to change the control scheme to the dual "left stick move, right stick look" modern FPS style.
That would rock.
1-20-2008 @ 1:22PM
Tony said...
Goldeneye had a controller option that allowed you to play it like Turok, essentially echoing the two-stick method we're all used to before the method even existed.
So I'd have to imagine the controls will be adjusted accordingly.
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1-20-2008 @ 7:56PM
xenocidic said...
heck yes, it was called "Honey" and that's how I rolled.
1-20-2008 @ 1:23PM
Brave said...
we should get GoldenEye for free instead of Undertow(i tink it was) D:
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1-20-2008 @ 1:33PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Gods....I really hope to God it's real, and that we'll get it via XBLA sooner than later (Castle Crashers, where the HELL did you go anyway???)
Anyway yeah..weirder things HAVE happened..like the TMNT Arcade game...
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1-20-2008 @ 1:43PM
Andy said...
As much as we all want this on XBLA, I really think the video is fake. I mean it could be someone using an N64 emulator and just recording gameplay, and you see the framerate reader on the top left...emulators do that all the time. I mean if it really is the XBLA version it could be an emulator Rare has put together, but I seriously doubt that.
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1-20-2008 @ 10:17PM
SovietSpartan said...
lol. of course its an emulator. most arcade games run on emulation technology by digital eclipse. your 360 emulates your old xbox games.
Now if you are saying this is a pc emulator i have to agree. back when voodoo 3 was all the rage on pcs i used to dl n64 roms and play them with a 3dfx glide emulator and it looks just like the video. It enabled texture smoothing and bilinear filtering which made it look much better. And if i remembered correctly, some people had been modifying the roms for better textures since the computers could handle it.
For now i have to say this is not running on the xbox 360 until i see it widescreen and recorded off a hdtv!but then again you can hook up your computer to the hdtvs now a days.
1-20-2008 @ 1:53PM
Code601 said...
Just from the way its being played, I have to say fake!
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1-20-2008 @ 9:18PM
Tom said...
apparently you never played on agent, lol