Enlarge / One console, four displays, zero “split-screen” antics (credit: B&H Photo and Video) Anyone who remembers playing GoldenEye 007 on the N64 likely remembers having to account for the “screencheaters” that would glance at another quadrant of the split-screen shooter to gauge an opponent’s locations. There’s even a modern game that forces players to […]
What’s so special about a fully fledged Timesplitters 2 menu? In this case, it’s the fact that this fully unlocked game has been hiding inside of another game for five years. [credit: THQ Nordic ] 2021 has been a bounty for a select group of retro console gamers—specifically, fans of Goldeneye 007. Earlier this year, we […]
The original Goldeneye 007 remake team, hanging out with cardboard Pierce Brosnan; this photo was graciously provided to Ars Technica by original team member Ross Bury (bottom-left). [credit: Ross Bury ] At Ars Technica, our love of classic shooter video games usually revolves around the PC, but it’s hard to talk about that golden age […]
The Goldeneye 007remake project, made for Xbox 360 consoles and then canceled, is now in our hands. Yes, that’s a higher-res version of N64-era Pierce Brosnan, aiming and shooting at us in much higher resolution than in 1996. As it turns out, we didn’t have to track down a stolen gunship, nor enter the password […]
The canceled Xbox 360 version of Goldeneye 007 has now been laid bare—and this view of virtual Pierce Brosnan bungee-jumping from the first level’s closing section is a good indicator of its scope. Some of the basic geometry is identical, while some major aspects have been touched up, particularly the character models and background geometry. […]