Video: GoldenEye 007 Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & N64)

Can we see a side by side by side with the Xbox version

Wait? How is this coming to Rare Replay? Via an update?

@YoshiF2 digitally. They aren’t going to print new disks.

Wow, looks good.

Looks a lot cleaner. With the visual improvements and added online play, this is almost like a remaster.

I get that people are bummed that it's not the 60fps XBLA version, but wide-screen means I'm in. Fov slider pleeeeease?

That looks a lot better than I expected, the reduced fog and higher quality explosions are particularly nice.

@LikelySatan the widescreen was in the original version.

The big rumour was that the XBLA version had multiplayer without the split screen.

The XBLA version looked so good- it's a shame they didn't use those assets for whatever is being released on Friday.

@sixrings Weird. And now they're releasing it on XBOX with no online.
And yeeeeeah, as for wide-screen...I did not have a display capable of wide-screen until I was like 30? I played the game when it came out on a crappy 4:3 crt.

If you told me the NSO version was the N64 version I would have believed you. I don't remember the N64 looking so blurry. Maybe you just got used to it.

@Purgatorium It only looks blurry like that on an HDTV as the blurry only exist on an HDTV. On a CRT TV, the scanlines override the blurriness so anything that looks blurry to the eyes on an HDTV will look natural on a CRT TV cause scanlines are their to clean the blurriness. In a way if you play the N64 version on a CRT TV, it looks ten times better than the HD version. Sure it won't look good if you try to video capture it but to the naked eyes it's pixel perfect.

Looks like fun.

@YoshiF2 If you own a digital copy of Rare Replay you'll get GoldenEye for free. Was part of the original announcement.

@sixrings Which was an incredibly dumb rumour.

There’s some visual effects missing on the Switch side. I hope they’ll be fixed.

@LikelySatan you could have played in 16:9 letter box on your 4:3 tv.

@EVIL-C I don’t think it’s dumb if it’s an option. Nothing wrong with options.

@sixrings Having less features is an option?

Surprised they couldn’t figure a way to finish and release the leaked version for both consoles and allow multiplayer cross play as it is a fantastic update of you have managed to play it

The big question is: How will it control with the current Switch N64 button layout? Well this come with altered controls?

I think it looks fantastic. The graphics in N64 never bothered me… I’ll be STOKED once we finally get Bomberman 64, Castlevania 64, and please for all that is holy, Shadows of the Empire.

@sixrings Cool thanks I'll get right on correcting that, lol.
Anyway, this 16 year old kid in VA in 1997 didn't even know what aspect ratio was. I probably just thought the black bars were lame.

meh. It was great in the day.. but.. seriously? Does anyone care now? More than a passing interest that you'll play for 5 mins?

As long as it's 60fps with a manageable control scheme, then I am good to go.

@WhiteTrashGuy Me too, 60fps would be the game-changer for me. Playing the original was tough even back in the day (lows of single-digit FPS on 4-player split screen iirc!). But still a classic, regardless.

@Serpenterror this is partly true, N64 ran at 240p which is half of what a CRT could actually output. So it definitely looks better, but not amazing. Also the N64 didn't have RGB output which meant you had to use S-Video, resulting in a very poor image compared to some other consoles. Gamecube/Dreamcast actually output 480p over RGB and they provide the best possible image on a CRT (which is better than some Switch games in handheld mode lolz). Or for pixel graphics a Mega Drive outputting 240p over RGB will look great on a CRT.

I'll play it on Game Pass as I haven't renewed my NSO. Looks good and as expected. The game was originally designed around CRTs so I know what to expect and my expectations are set accordingly. Great game first and foremost. Graphics are secondary for me.

As with most N64 games I see this as a downgrade actually. The fogginess supports the atmosphere of most of the games. Take that away and you have just very aged graphics.it's the reason i barely play the switch online versions of these Classics.

@Kintypoo121
I'm one of those people where screen-tearing is more of a deal-breaker than frames-per-second. I always think of slowdown as s#!& getting super-hard-core, lol; especially in old 2-D action games like TMNT or Mega Man!

I choose Nintendo Switch version. The better one.

I'm waiting for the mini N64. To hell with subscriptions.

Biggest mistake of Nintendo is to hide these games behind a silly subscription when they could sell them individually as well. I would gladly pay 30,- even 40,- USD for this remaster.

I'll play it on my CRT with original hardware.
I don't need to give Nintendo money for something I have owned for 25+ years.

Glad it has finally arrived though.
Still can't beat couch multiplayer though.
Nothing like elbowing your mate in the ribs when you take them down.

@Clammy I’m playing right through the campaign! It’s still a game I go back to it’s awesome

Well apart from some visual effects being missing and the sound isn't great either with some of the music sounding off, which is very noticable in the pause menu. Hopefully Nintendo fix this as it doesn't look to be a great emulation of it

@Fizza Only a handful of N64 games had support for widescreen TVs, mainly from 1997 onwards and not one of them being made by Nintendo (Rare doesn’t count). It can be enabled in settings on the wrist clock and make the game letterboxed.

@HalBailman Shoulda gone to SpecSavers? Rewatch the video and try again

@Serpenterror Exactly. That's a problem when younger audience discover old games via Youtube/Emulation, they don't look at all how they really used to look on a CRT.

Definitely brighter and less foggy then I remember. I remember having to turn my TV's brightness up to play the Statue Park level. Then after I was done playing, turn it back down to the normal setting.

Welp, time to finally bite the bullet and upgrade to the NSO expansion pack.

The Switch version is what I remember the N64 looking like.

The graphics were so realistic back then.

@StAmbrosius I'm definitely hoping they make a N64 Mini! That would be amazing...

Going to be playing the online multiplayer from now until forever.

Will definitely be playing the single player on Xbox too.

@HalBailman Can you share any photos or vids where it shows that they cropped the tops and bottom to make it widescreen? Because I’ve watched the comparison videos almost frame for frame and any that are exact matches show MORE screen real estate on the top and bottom in the widescreen. Not less 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

That is surprisingly better than I expected! Will play this on switch and xbox then.

@HalBailman No worries, thank you for the retraction. Honestly I was concerned at first about the same, or that the widescreen wouldn’t be legit and so I was doing close checking myself.

Now I’m just curious about how the game runs and if it was optimized a bit or if we’ll get slowdown.

It's just the original rom being emulated...

Stable frame rate, and less foggy. Awesome!

@jco83 I didn't see that scene. I only took note of one specific scene, then clicked to the end. It's a lesson to be more thorough.

@AG_Awesome Thank you for your polite enquiry! We can all make mistakes, I'm happy to admit mine.

I don´t have NSO anymore.

I´ll play it on Game Pass!

As good as it gets for a Switch so can't really complain about the graphics. I also find it weird that online multiplayer is Switch exclusive... xbox is stuck with splitscreen.