Rare’s canceled Xbox Live Arcade remaster of the N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 was unveiled in its entirety with a two-hour video.
The video below, published on the YouTube channel of GoldenEye 007 creator Graslu00 (via GoldenEye Dossier), shows the full game played on the OO Agent issues in resolution of 4k and 60 frames per second, with 30 minutes of multiplayer the end. The footage shows how GoldenEye 007 XBLA runs on an emulator to achieve the higher resolution.
In 2007, Microsoft-owned Rare developed an HD remaster of its N64 classic, released on XBLA, but the copyright disputes made the project idle. Prior to this video, only 30 minutes of the game were released. Now we see the game in all its glory – from its iconic opening level to the final bonus level Egyptian – all with an acceptable framework!
In a tweet, Graslu00 insisted that this game is not related to any recent leak. On the contrary, the game was acquired years ago from PartnerNet, a sandbox version of Xbox Live available only to developer owners. According to Graslu00, the game will be released sometime in 2021.
While the XBLA remaster never saw the light of day, we finally got a full remake on the Wii with the same title GoldenEye 007 in 2010. This version, developed by Eurocom and published by Activision, later had an HD port got on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as GoldenEye 007: reloaded in 2011.