Rare GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64 it was a classic shooting game and many players still fondly remember facing their friends in the game’s competitive modes. VideoGamesChronicle has reported a fascinating development for those who wish to be able to return to the game – a canceled Xbox 360 remake ROM is circulating on file sharing sites. Players can revisit the single-player and multiplayer campaign, all remastered – or they can hit a button to put things back on the original N64 graphics, which are charming in their blocks.
On January 29, a YouTube user named Graslu00 posted a two-hour video of the remastered, which showed the remake in great detail. There have been occasional glimpses of this project on the Internet since its existence was first announced in 2008, but this was the closest look players have ever had. Shortly thereafter, the ROM was leaked, allowing people to start the game and relive a classic.
Grant Kirkhope, composer of the original GoldenEye, told VideoGamesChronicle that the game was never released to the public due to a complicated copyright knot and legal issues. “The main reason this didn’t happen was because there were a lot of stakeholders,” said Kirkhope. “Microsoft, Nintendo and [Bond rights-holder] EON could never agree to the terms, and that’s before you even started considering getting all the actors in the original film to agree to have their images used again. “
A similar game, Perfect Dark, was the attempt to track Rare on a sniper, and it owes a lot to GoldenEye. Perfect Dark has been successfully redone and is available on Xbox Arcade. At The Game Awards 2020, it was revealed that developer The Initiative will create a new Perfect Dark game.