Rumor: Video surfaces of XBLA GoldenEye 007

i saw this on youtube yesterday. i think its real.

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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.

I hope it's real.

The framerate was nice, the textured were dealable, and that music is classic!

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.

we should get GoldenEye for free instead of Undertow(i tink it was) D:

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.

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...

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.

Just from the way its being played, I have to say fake!

My big wonder is how much easier the game will be now that we have way better controls?

But hey if they can't bring this game back they need to push for Perfect Dark. If Goldeneye or Perfect Dark come to XBLA with online multiplayer. Millions of gamers will be satisfied...

Scientist minus a head.

I call N64 Rom.

Anyone notice how the sound was really off or is that just youtube or my computer being a piece of junk?

wow no one mentioned the "saving content do not turn off your console" mesage at the end of the video

also you can see the 'b' button to go the the previous page and 'start' to start the game

pretty sure this is real

funny to think that one of the most revered, revolutionary and respected games is a movie tie-in

Looks to me like the AI really needs some work. They looked like they just stood there and did nothing, but it is hard to tell.

But as that would change the game they probably wouldn't be able to do that even if there was an XBLA version.

Ha! Only pussies play on "Agent" difficulty!

What the hell is happening when he gets into the lift. It just stays there for 1 min, and then "Saves".

Maybe the reason the scientist has no head is that the Soviets are experimenting with Invisibility, and there was an accident and the scientists head became invisible.

if this is real, this would be an amazing addition to XBLA... I'm sure there are millions of fans of this game.

I haven't played Goldeneye back in the day, but from the video it seems quite terrible compared to a lot of PC shooters from the same year (Quake II, Jedi Knight, etc), not to mention the ones that were released in 98. Especially the AI appears to be all but nonexistent and the game tries to compensate by throwing loads of complete retards at you. I don't think I really care anymore whether this gets released or not.

Hacking the ROM is no easy task, for someone to go through all that (we're talking weeks worth of work) to present this video is highly unlikely.

Yeah, G4 Adam Sessler, of X-Play confirmed on a recent episode that Goldeneye for XBLA was a no-go: http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=19792

(He'll tell you about it right after some PS3 sequel.)

The game wasn't meant to be ran through like that.

Anyone who didn't play Goldeneye back in the day won't realize how amazing this game was back in the day. Different body parts took damage differently, the weapon would slighlty auto-aim when shooting enemies making the animation very fluid and realistic. Kids today won't be able to appreciate it, but the game paved the way for many FPS games to come, much like Half-Life did many years later. This game was revolutionary when it first came out.

It was good for it's day as there was no other console FPS to compare it to. I am not impressed, nostalgia only goes so far.... Duke Nukem Atomic would have been more fun ; )

Arno, Half-Life came out ONE year later. Knowing what Goldeneye introduced to the shooter scene, it doesn't look remotely as revolutionary and/or influential as the id titles that preceded it or Marathon, Descent, Duke 3D, Jedi Knight, System Shock, etc. Doesn't seem to have aged well either. It may be impressive for an early console FPS, but nothing more. And I don't think that the compromise of using auto-aim is not something a game should brag about.
Just like "kids today won't be able to appreciate it", back in the day console-only players had no idea how much more advanced PC shooters were. And it stayed that way until Halo evened the odds somewhat.

No doubt the video is real. If you are pissed about the XBLA mess, there is hope for you. Play GE on your PC. Not a mod, the real deal. Online flasslessly also. Lot's happening with GE in 2008!! We could use some more fodder. Join us. www.GoldenEyeOnline.com

Wasn't there news like two weeks ago that a port of Goldeneye had been in the works for over a year, but was being scrapped because Microsoft and Nintendo couldn't come to agreeable licensing terms?

Cool vid and all, but thought this was sorta old news...

My hope is that the devs are trying to get strong support from the fans to help get this released. This may be the teaser that helps to force all of the parties involved to make this happen. I would pay 12 -15 bucks for an enhanced version with achievements, online multi, and cleaned up textures. You know this would be soo fun!!!

I want this so bad.

For one reason, which I think everyone will agree with me on:

Slappers-only 16-man online.

I can't think of anything better, really.

Fake. This is the GoldenEye mod for Half-Life 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBhwFt7ZTY

All it is is a speedrun of the N64 version of Goldeneye. If that's the XBLA version then it sucks there was a scientist w/o a head in the middle of the video.

@Zach S:

"It had a solid story, with cut scenes and missions in which you had certain objectives to complete (such as placing trackers, etc) and also others that could be considered "opportunity" objectives."

Nothing particularly innovative here. Neither good storytelling (Pathways into Darkness, System Shock), nor cutscenes were anything new in FPS games.

"It had a ridiculous arsenal of weapons, most of which could be dual-wielded."

Dual-wield has been around since Marathon, years before Goldeneye.

"Almost everything in the game could be shot and messed around with, and the AI was fairly intelligent (they would duck, roll, side-step, etc.), plus there were different damage points for the head, chest, arms, etc."

The first really impressive jump in FPS AI was in Unreal. Though I'd agree about damage points. Their use became widespread only after Goldeneye came out.

"The multiplayer had a ridiculous amount of customization, from around 60 characters to different weapons modes, game modes, 15 or so levels, etc. The game featured like 6 different control styles and used the trigger on the N64 to great effect for up to 4 players."

The multiplayer of console FPS games wasn't even worth mentioning before Halo 2. It is Doom, Quake, and Quake II that paved the way for modern multiplayer shooters (and to a great extent - online gaming). Even Goldeneye's creators acknowledge that this mode was an afterthought.

I don't doubt that Goldeneye was an excellent game for its time, which introduced a couple of neat new features and turned a lot of heads in the console world, but its impact can hardly be compared to that of Half-Life (and even Unreal with its revolutionary visuals, AI, and pacing and the ancestor of MMO FPS games - Starsiege: Tribes), which were released the following year.

This game was and is shit, I dont know why theres so much hype surrounding it, I dont care if they remake the game in the Crysis engine, the gameplay is still a steaming pile of shit. Revolutionary my arse, and didnt pave the way to games like half life which were released like 10 months later, I think by that stage half life would have been mostly done!

cool, now i can resume playing it from where i left off 11 years ago because of my rusty Japanese.