Leaked Goldeneye 007 documentary suggests it nearly launched on Xbox after all ~ USA Latest Games

This gallery consists entirely of "after-and-before" shots of Goldeneye 007, as revealed in this week's newly leaked video. Each image of the updated version is followed by a graphics-toggle to show the game's original textures in nearly identical environs, to see how they differ. Let's start with classic split-screen combat. [credit: Rare ]

Goldeneye 007 is arguably the biggest example of a late-'90s gaming sensation that has remained trapped in its era. Unlike other hits from the same period, which have received remasters and digital-download options ad nauseum, this 1997 Rare game has laid dormant on the N64, likely due to a tangled web of licenses and company-ownership issues.

Three years ago, however, we finally saw hard proof of what many had suspected: that original developers Rare worked on, and nearly re-released, an Xbox 360 remaster of the 1997 original. (Don't get that confused with the ho-hum Goldeneye "reimagining" on the Wii in 2010.) We took a hard look at a 2016 leak, which confirmed the Xbox 360 project's existence. At the time, we had ourselves a hard cry and moved on.

But this week, a massive video leak has reopened the wound of wondering what could have been—and the lack comes during arguably the most amicable period that license holders Microsoft and Nintendo have ever shared.

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