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Things I Didn't Know Existed: GoldenEye: Source

Posted by Bob Mackey

No matter how snobbish we may act about it today, if you had friends and access to video games in the late 90s, then it's likely you spent an inordinate amount of time playing GoldenEye for the N64. It's really nothing to be ashamed of; after all, until Halo came out, GoldenEye was basically the only FPS in town for consoles. Today, however, it's little more than a curious relic. Anyone going back to GoldenEye more than a decade after its release shouldn't be surprised by the slow, swimmy movement and awkward shooting mechanics of Jimmy Bond--remember, the N64 controller had no second analog stick. This means that returning to GoldenEye for an N64 nostalgia trip might not be the greatest of ideas--unless, of course, you seek out alternative methods for playing the game. And this is where GoldenEye: Source comes in.

In case you weren't aware (and I wasn't), GoldenEye: Source is a total conversion package for Valve's versatile Source engine that apes the classic N64 FPS with the benefit of modern graphical and control standards. And if having a free, playable version of GoldenEye available for your PC isn't enough to make you start polishing your golden gun (sorry), perhaps this trailer for the newest beta will stir up some Bond love deep within your loins (again, I am sorry).



Go here to check out GoldenEye: Source. And let's pray that lawyers don't have a problem with any of this.

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Roto13 said:

I still don't get why Goldeneye gets all of the love when Perfect Dark was basically Goldeneye, only better.

February 10, 2009 12:04 PM

Odin said:

Looks fun, but I'd rather pull out the N64 for that 4-players-on-the-couch experience.

Roto13, I'm glad I found somebody who agrees with me.  I played just as much Perfect Dark as I did GoldenEye.

February 11, 2009 8:22 AM

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For a brief period of time I was Bull from TV's Night Court, but some of you may know me from the humor column I wrote for Youngstown State University's The Jambar, Kent State University's The Stater, and Youngstown's alternative newspaper, The Walruss. I'm perhaps most well-known for my bi-weekly pieces on Something Awful. I've also blogged for Valley24.com and have written articles for EGM, 1UP, GameSpite and Cracked. For all of my writing over the years, I have made a total of twenty American dollars. It's also said that I draw cartoons, which people have described with words such as "legible." I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby and am looking to do so again in the future.

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