Video games designer David Doak , who worked on the original game, told the BBC it was fun to see the remastered game "out in the wild". David Doak also appeared as a character called Dr Doak in the original game, but was replaced in the remastered version. Some gamers have already modified the leaked software to put him back in, which he said was "particularly touching".
Based on the James Bond movie of the same name, GoldenEye was a best-seller on the Nintendo 64 console. However, by modern standards the console has very low resolution graphics and fans have long hoped for a high-definition remake. Rare was bought by Microsoft in and did release updated versions of several of its games on the Xbox Live Arcade service. It also developed a remaster of GoldenEye , which retained the full single player campaign and popular multiplayer mode.
The updated game ran at a smooth 60 frames per second, and players could switch between the updated graphics and original N64 graphics at the touch of a button.
Levels' distant backgrounds can bolt new geometry like mountain ranges onto the older, simpler versions, while various parts of characters, particularly the number of polygons dedicated to faces, can be swapped in and out with higher-resolution textures attached.
But the ways joints come together and animate is identical, even if you furiously tap the "new graphics" button over and over. Some objects, like weapons and Bond's hands, were rebuilt with new geometry and textures; others, particularly vehicles, buildings, and wooden crates, couldn't be overhauled any further than texture updates without breaking the original code base.
Updated character models and faces were handled by Sergey Rakhmanov, who Bury says "had a great pipeline to work through in-game characters quickly. For main characters, I believe he just used his skills to improve their look from his source library and Internet reference, certainly nothing official to use.
With the exception of Natalya's updated "boxy" head, they look quite impressive, especially as made by apparently only one artist. As the project went on, Edmonds and Bury point to a moment—exactly when, they can't recall—when their bosses gave the GE team a green light. The rights were all cleared, with no condition that anybody had to work on a version for a Nintendo console or any other requirements.
That was all the team needed to hear to continue work on the Xbox version. Later, the eight devs on the project learned the truth about negotiations If you're wondering how some of Rare's N64 games eventually wound up on Xbox consoles, remember: Rare took many of its older games' rights with it to Microsoft, but not all of them. Neither Edmonds nor Bury has particular insights on the evolution of Nintendo, Rare, and Microsoft's combined rights relationship, having both left Rare years ago.
When pressed about a leaked mini-documentary from , which hinted to Goldeneye almost landing on Xbox One via the Rare Replay anthology, Bury shrugs his shoulders. This includes loud rumors that MGM and OEM's handling of Bond video games evolved over the years to place serious restrictions on the license in games, many of which have never been confirmed. You must login or create an account to comment.
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