The poster of the video states that he was able to get the game ROM working with the emulator used by the Virtual Console version of Sin & Punishment. He gives no details on how he managed the feat, mentioning only that the game works "for the most part" with occasional slowdown and a broken borked save system.
Hopefully Nintendo will see this video and, rather than simply order it pulled offline, realize just how much people really want a proper Virtual Console release of the game.
[Via Wii Fanboy]
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I wonder if that game is really as good as I remember it.
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FPS have evolved so far beyond what Goldeneye did it's not even funny.
Goldeneye + 4 people = greatest gaming experience ever
But if you were of the group that found it one of the best games of the 90s (along with Perfect Dark), then you'd probably still like it today (especially with the same friends you played it with 10 years ago).
Goldeneye hasn't aged well at all. Neither has Half Life, but I can still play Half Life Deathmatch or Sven with a few friends for a couple of hours and have a blast, which is more than I can say for Goldeneye. In fact, a couple of days ago a few friends of mine sat down to play Goldeneye (I recently acquired some new N64 controllers) and we didn't play for thirty minutes before wanting to switch to 007:TWINE, which didn't gain the popularity of Goldeneye, but offers a much more polished, deeper multiplayer mode than Goldeneye.
Basically the only thing Goldeneye has going for it anymore is nostalgia.
Its not just the nostalgia factor, it has great pacing, great level design, and its just the right combination of simple+complex. I'd buy it on the Wii (but i'd prefer an updated WiiWare version with wiimote and internet multiplayer).
Now go mod the PS3 so I can pirate games I don't deem to be worth $60. Like BF Bad Company and Burnout Paradise. I'd pay my local gas station/DVD bootleg store $25 for those games. $60 is just too much.
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You're trying to sell your car for more than I think it's worth. So I'm taking it.
I miss this game though.
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I just want an actual release. Once they release an official Super Smash Bros and Goldeneye, I will be happy.
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But yeah, come on Nintendo! Get Goldeneye on the VC.
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Plus Perfect Dark is something Rare has full rights to bring to XBLA anyway
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What I would like however, are the maps from the game ported to another game like halo or call of duty or something. The facility map in the early versions of counter strike was straight up awesome.
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Come on, vote me down too, I can take it!! >:O
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GoldenEye 64 was like the Elvis of the gaming world - he came, he caused he stir, he left just as quick, and then all the imitations and wannabes that followed just never got the mix quite as perfect again. It looks a bit old now, but I don't care about that really, I played it first time and can look past that.
Rare indeed need to be honoured for the gaming demigods that they are. If they made a game as futuristic now as they achieved with GoldenEye in '97 we'd probably need alien technology to read it.
What better way for Nintendo to honour them than to let all their gaming hardcore that loved it first time round have another go?
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Rare is responsible for proper pock marks, smoke effects, debris flying off objects, mission objectives in general, visible damage on 3d models, proper muzzle flashes, realtime reloading, proper impact sound effects, once-popular detailed death animations & animation reactions to specific locations targeted, damage locations such as headshots, and quite likely more.
And to the shame of the game industry, some of these effects are NOT equalled or surpassed in some games to this day, 9 years or more later. Believe it or not.
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