GoldenEye Lives! Teaser Trailer Released

GoldenEye 007 (N64) is arguably one of the most important modern video games. A fast, 3D, first-person, twitchy shooter with great multiplayer, it is the spiritual granddaddy of all the great FPSs we play today. Its success paved the way more complex and powerful consoles like the Xbox 360 and PS3. And now GoldenEye is back as a lovingly crafted mod for Half-Life 2.

Although GoldenEye: Source (this particular mod) has been around for half a decade, the teaser trailer above is for the latest version that includes more maps, characters, and weapons all for the purpose of experiencing the sweet nostalgia of stalking your buds through the Facility with the Golden Gun. And while nostalgia is great, GE:S makes the game so much better than it ever was because it’s running on tech that was pure speculation back when this Bond was originally released in 1997.

Just flipping through the screenshots on the GE:S community makes me pine for the carefree high school days when we would kill many an hour crafting the best GoldenEye multiplayer experience. First, we would link multiple TVs to one N64 so that each player had his own TV. Then we would cover each TV with paper to block out all views but your own–even dropping out the GPS map.

It was our first great multiplayer experience with “NO CHEATING!” Eventually, those parties would give way to LAN parties, Internet play, and the online console gaming we old folks enjoy today.

Sigh. Yup, serve me a big helping of that nostalgia pie courtesy of GoldenEye: Source.

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