So for today’s article I wrote, its a retrospective on GoldenEye 007. Specifically with a bent towards the odd legal mix it caught itself up in with so many different entities being rights holders.

I covered how it was made (a team of nine, most of which had never developed games before!), how it was received (to say ‘well’ is an understatement), how it didn’t fit in with what was typical on the Nintendo 64 at the time, and more besides.

Its not a hard-hitting piece, but it you wanna jump back in time and enjoy some nostalgia for the N64 or for GoldenEye, then you might enjoy my retrospective on it:

https://gardinerbryant.com/goldeneye-007-the-accidental-masterpiece-trapped-in-licensing-limbo/

  • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This was a great read. Thanks for sharing. I bought my N64 specifically for this game at the time, and it didn’t disappoint. 😊

    Sadly, not having touched Nintendo products since their ClockWatch LCD handhelds years earlier, I struggled to find any other games I really liked on the N64. 🤷‍♂️ There were a couple, but it was all just filler to me.

  • Widdershins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I would faceplant open-mouthed into a pile of dog shit on the sidewalk if it meant Skate 2 got a PC release. I would settle for the game without a soundtrack at all. My theory is that the soundtrack was too good and they can’t re-release it due to all the big names on there and licensing all those songs.

    I would still faceplant into the shit if the soundtrack was replaced with just one assembly code song by Tim Follin.

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Dont try the N64 version. It has horrible controls that havent aged well. Theres a port remake on the Xbox (and maybe elsewhere idk) that does it justice.

      The praise/hype at the time and the nostalgia towards it are well earned, but mostly due to the controls it does not stand the test od time.

    • binarytobis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I’m not convinced this isn’t an elaborate attempt at gaslighting me to think this game existed.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Nice article. I had no idea GoldenEye was rereleased a few years ago! I’ll have to check it out.