A good handful of fans were happy to learn that the mythical GoldenEye 007 came back through a new version for modern devices. This includes only the Nintendo Switch, which brings the classic James Bond adventure across the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Packand Xbox platforms, which does the same through a port with 4K resolutiona smoother frame rate and other news.
Side effect of it being emulation is it picks up a few graphics quirks of the original. GoldenEye was breaking new territory on the N64. 🙂
— Code Mystics Inc. (@CodeMystics) January 27, 2023
However, it seems that this latest version has some graphic bug that the players have not been slow to point out. As initially reported from VGC, the Code Mystics studio, which has helped with the port of GoldenEye 007, has been dedicated to responding to the problems raised by various Twitter users. Because, according to your posts, it turns out that these bugs come from the original version Released for Nintendo 64.
“The side effect of being an emulation is that collects some graphic peculiarities of the original. GoldenEye opened new territories on Nintendo 64″, the studio replies to a player who pointed out the bugs in the title. Another user, who mentions “strange flickers” on Xbox Series X, receives another similar response: “For better or worse, the occasional spaces and combat in Z are authentic, not an emulation glitch. It’s just easier to watch them in HD. But the glitches were checked against a real Nintendo 64 during development. What’s left was there too, only blurrier.”
For better or worse, the occasional seams and Z fighting are authentic, not an emulation glitch. It’s just easier to see in HD. But glitches were checked against a real N64 during development. What remains were there too, just blurrier.
— Code Mystics Inc. (@CodeMystics) January 27, 2023
GoldenEye 007, the return of a classic in the genre
It should be noted that the bugs reported by players do not cause major gameplay issues, and it is quite possible that many users are too busy reliving nostalgic scenes to focus exclusively on these details. After all, the Nintendo 64 title starring James Bond was a before and after in the genre, which is why we think that shooters wouldn’t have been as successful on consoles if it wasn’t for GoldenEye 007.
