When James Bond in 1997 with Golden Eye 007 his debut on the Nintendo 64 celebrated, everything changed. Suddenly there was a “first-person shooter with blood” from Nintendo that, despite the limited storage space of a cartridge, eclipsed everything I had done before shooters on consoles had experienced. I was 17 at the time and had never really warmed to the N64. After my beloved Super nintendo had gone out of fashion, I decided to get a chipped one due to lack of money PlayStation with corresponding “backups” of all the exciting new 3D games like Tomb Raider, Tekken or Resident Evil. But with GoldenEye 007 at the latest, Nintendo had me back.
James Bond’s GoldenEye 007 is the breakthrough for first-person shooters on consoles
As a console player you knew it doom, FPS shooters were played back then, however on PC with WASD and mouse. Shooting games from the first-person perspective counted joypad as unplayable. After all Golden Eye 007 (buy now ) and the analog stick of the N64 controllers changed everything. The agent adventure from the then legendary developer studio Rare impressed with breathtaking foresight (keyword: sniper rifle), stirring music (keyword: Grant Kirkhope) and gripping multiplayer duels (keyword: four-player split screen).
After I already had a during the corona pandemic Nintendo 64 had increased, the purchase of the followed during a city trip to Amsterdam 96 megabit module by GoldenEye 007 in a traditional game shop for 30 euros. As soon as we got home, we immediately went hunting for opponents in a tuxedo as James Bond. And what should I say? GoldenEye 007 was still terrific. The atmosphere, the level design and the many memories… nostalgia can kick really hard.
GoldenEye 007: Awesome 4K version on Xbox
When GoldenEye 007 was announced for Nintendo Switch and Xbox a few weeks ago, I was happy, but I also thought that I would personally like the reissue yes would not have needed. My N64 comes with one expansion pack pimped and I own one PAL TV with 60 Hz as well as a Scart cable. I play everything in between as a matter of principle 8 and 64-bit on tube TVs, as I love the authentic aesthetic of the image. However, since I’m also a Game Pass subscriber, I’ll have a look at those 4K version thrown. And I was really surprised how good James Bond looks in high definition graphics.
Tube TV vs. 4K: This is how crass GoldenEye 007 looks on the Xbox (2)
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I usually have a hard time playing retro games on modern screens. In particular, the pixel optics of NES, Master System, Mega Drive or Super Nintendo benefits extremely from the slightly washed out flicker optics the old television. Early polygon graphics have it harder. The 3D look of Saturn, Playstation and Nintendo 64 has aged extremely badly very quickly over the years. The look of surprised me all the more Golden Eye 007 in 4K on Xbox.
Tube TV vs. 4K: This is how crass GoldenEye 007 looks on the Xbox (3)
Source: TenBoe Media for PC Games
On the one hand, it became totally weird looking these days angular graphic with the washed-out textures, but the edges of the individual objects are beautifully smoothed out. Because the individual colors through stronger contrasts turn out fuller, stand out NPCs and enemies much better from the scenes of the game world. The controls are still sluggish and lame, but thanks to the timely use of both analog sticks not so tricky anymore. A direct comparison to the N64 version on my old TV finally drove me all romantic retro nostalgia the end.
Golden Eye 007 was a precursor to Halo, Call of Duty, and countless others First person shooters on consoles. It’s still worth catching up on this grandiose classic today. On the one hand, the creators of the new edition succeeded in demure charm of the aging original, the playability thanks to the careful use of modern technology however, increase significantly. And you have to do that first. So in the future I will continue to fondle my N64 with the GoldenEye 007 module plugged in, but I’ll probably go for the 4K version in Game Pass on Xbox in the future.
