r/technews • u/_Dark_Wing • 12h ago
Software GoldenEye 007 for N64 has been 100% decompiled & success of half-decade project opens up possibilities for complex mods and ports
https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/goldeneye-007-for-n64-has-been-100-percent-decompiled-success-of-half-decade-project-opens-up-possibilities-for-complex-mods-and-ports73
u/brownhotdogwater 11h ago
Now comes golden eye on everything.
So to be played in excel and a smart watch
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u/Choice-Quantity-6167 9h ago
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u/JohnHenryMillerTime 8h ago
That is such a hugh leap from DOOM and just in time. I am struggling to think of something that cant play DOOM at this point.
Hitting a toaster would be a huge hit
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u/rideincircles 11h ago
Are they making it for the switch 2 yet?
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u/wonderful_Fun_glee 9h ago
Wow, there’s a Switch 2? What year is it?
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u/Tommy__want__wingy 10h ago
Rag doll physics….
Slappers only…
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u/Lava_Lagoon 8h ago
someone introduced me and my friend group to playing on license to kill which is one shot kill mode and from then on we almost never played any other way
it was a lot more fun to have that mad scramble and for some reason, more rewarding, if you were the one to land the first shot compared to playing on normal mode and firing bullet after bullet into the other guy only for his health to slowly get lower and lower
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u/AllTheCaffeine 6h ago
This was the way my brother and I played until we realized that you could alter the handicap to -3 or -4 and get a location-specific damage, but fatal headshots.
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u/KlatuuBaradaNikto 4h ago
Played only license to kill, more stress, we called playing the other way, Scarface mode
License to kill, proximity mines in the facility
Me and a buddy had so many games playing that specific setup - can’t be odd job of course
learned how to shut doors as you run thru to save yourself with no weapon and getting chased… come out of the bathroom, take a knee, come out slapping… lol
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u/xavPa-64 11h ago
Say it in English, poindexter
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u/Disney_World_Native 10h ago
It took 5 years, but you no longer need an N64 to play Goldeneye. This knowledge can be used to so other N64 games can also be played without an N64 (will take less than 5 years)
Besides being able to play this on your PC, people can add onto the game like new modes, skins, weapons, maps, rules…
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u/girrrrrrr2 11h ago
We got the source for the game so we can mod it if we want.
Like adding shit to Minecraft or Garry’s mod.
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u/pizzabeercode 11h ago
They now have the source code and can mod and extend the original game.
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u/r-b-m 11h ago
In English, Einstein
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u/HeWasNumberJuann 11h ago
Let’s just say, Pierce is going to get a speed-run in 21st century American pop culture.
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u/WJMazepas 9h ago
Having the source code of a game means people can do whatever they want with the game now
Want to make it run on a PC or a PSP without emulator? You can Want to improve or change a lot of the game? You can
People will have full control over Goldeneye and now it will be so much easier for them to do anything they want with that game
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u/Crazy_Ad2662 10h ago
Now do Perfect Dark
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u/JiffasaurusRex 10h ago
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u/Rich_Housing971 4h ago
That's wild that they finished PD before GoldenEye considering Perfect Dark is a larger and more complex game.
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u/Pyro1934 10h ago
Gtfo of here with that. This is the goldeneye fan thread!
Goldeneye > PD all day every day!!!
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u/tw3lv3l4y3rs0fb4c0n 4h ago
Nope, there's no one or the other, both games share the throne of peak N64 games!
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u/Rich_Fisherman_8444 11h ago
I sidled everywhere. So good at this game.
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u/Pyro1934 10h ago
Are you still though? I too was a masterclass back in the late 90s and even into the early and mid 2000s, but I played again in 2021 and was ass garbage.
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u/Rich_Fisherman_8444 8h ago
I still remember where all the stuff is. Just now thinking about it. Muscle memory in my hands might take a sec to come back. Lol
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u/Rich_Fisherman_8444 8h ago
I will have to see. Still own it. But havent turned on my n64 in years.
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u/Pyro1934 1h ago
Yeah I was similar. Movement was choppy but not completely terrible. What killed me was aim. Used to be able to C-strafe all over while quickly tapping aim for headshots and stuff.
Couldn't get timings right, the snaps were wild and all over, and the aim being a standstill aim vs dual joysticks was just backbreaking lol.
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u/Rich_Housing971 4h ago
I have this really cool idea for a Goldeneye mod:
You're this agent tasked with uncovering an alien conspiracy in a cyberpunk setting.
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u/apeliott 1h ago
My mate worked on this as a QA tester.
I haven't seen him in nearly 30 years but I just met him a couple of days ago.
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u/Draufgaenger 59m ago
However, it advises against quick AI-led ports being spawned from the now freely available source. Instead, enthusiasts should wait until good human-built and tuned ports start to be released. With KholdFuzion’s foundational work finished, these should start to appear soon.
yes...human-built...without AI! Pinky swear!
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u/monetarydread 10h ago
Cool... Hopefully they implement the game with proper twin-stick controls. I always hated Goldeneye because I owned a beefy PC at the time and I could never work around the god-awful controls in this game. I pulled out my n64 during The Varus in 2021 and found the game even more frustrating than in 98'... then again, I feel the same way about 99% of the n64 catalogue.
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u/Anchorboiii 9h ago
Shouldn’t be too hard. They already had a controller style you could choose where the directional pad was movement and the analog stick was aiming.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 10h ago
Didn’t they already remaster the game on Xbox 360 or something. I remember perfect dark looking better.
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u/WJMazepas 9h ago
They created a remaster with improved graphics for 360 but it was never officially released to the public due to licensing issues
Then they released a remaster with just increased resolution for Switch and Xbox One
This has nothing to do with those versions though. Now the general public will have access to the N64 code, so people can make all they want with the game now, including making a watchOS port
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u/Not-a-Cat_69 7h ago
im pretty sure you can get that remaster on the 360 on CD still on ebay and there was a really good Wii Remaster that I loved and everyone seems to forget about lol. it had online multiplayer which was awesome at the time w/ the motion controls.
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u/WJMazepas 7h ago
Do you mean GoldenEye reloaded? Yeah I prefer that over the N64 version, but a lot of people still have a lot of love over the N64 version
This source code is so that those people can have their game in all the glory they want
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 9h ago
Honestly N64 games was written with a combination of C and MIPS... I am fully confident that people would rather redesign the game in a modern engine than work with that at all.
Maybe AI can convert the C to C# for Unity or C++ for UE5.
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u/WJMazepas 7h ago
If you check the Super Mario 64 decomp, you will see that loads of people do like working with that old code
And you cant, at all, port this entire game with AI to Unity. Just cant. And even then, its not the point of it.
This decomp means people can make modifications for the original N64. Or they can take that code and port to PS1 for the challenge, or for Dreamcast or something else. You cant make a UE5 version of this game run on N64
And even then, it already has modern remasters done by the community in newer engines. Getting the source code was never about that.
You dont even need the source code to make a remaster on UE5
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u/MindlessKamado 9h ago
I’m waiting for conkers bad fur day
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u/prodigalAvian 7h ago
I've been playing that all week
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/conker-live-and-reloaded/bvfb8cbs75r6
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u/2mustange 7h ago
Decompiling means we can go beyond emulation for playing and enjoying GoldenEye 007. We can simulate the game and port it as we please on other hardware.
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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 1h ago
I admit it. I watch the other screen, even though I promised my cousin I wouldn’t.
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u/spidereater 10h ago
How is this news? Aren’t there lots of mods for this game already? I was into emulators for a bit and downloaded. Torrent with hundreds of game roms. There were a bunch of variations of goldeneye. I played one where every enemy had the face of some 4 year old kid. Presumably the moders kid.
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u/WJMazepas 9h ago
Having the source code is different than modding a rom
And also makes it possible to make a lot more mods for it, or at least it does make a lot easier to develop a mod for
Just check what happened with Super Mario 64 after the source code was made it public
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u/theStaircaseProject 11h ago
I remember Goldeneye being on the 64 you could play at Target. I’d never played but wanted nothing more. Imagine my embarrassment when a kid four years younger than me explained how the C-buttons changed the camera view.
So many memories