When I saw Perfect dark being released for XBLA i couldn't believe my eyes, it was a dream come to true to see a Nintendo classic made by Rare being re-released in all it's original glory for us Xbox users as a download for 800msp.
Then I had a thought.... If Perfect Dark can make it onto XBLA maybe Goldeneye can too, being made by the same company for the same console and all! Then I totally forgot about it until I saw the Daniel Craig Remake being released exclusively for the Wii (which apparently is shocking). This made me go to my computer and find out why us Xboxers have no Goldeneye original or remake!!!
After half an hour of research I found that a re-release of the original Goldeneye, original graphics, guns, map, and all but a few characters (due to licensing issues) was a mere 2 months away from reaching us on XBLA. This was 2 years ago!!
The only new thing that would make it onto the game is the online multiplayer!!!
Apparently it all came down to money! Microsoft and Nintendo could not come to an arrangement as to how Nintendo would be paid, either one big payout or a cut of every sale and download of the game from the marketplace.
This seems like a very silly reason to stop the best first person shooter of all time being released for us if you ask me. So I started thinking about starting a petition to Show Microsoft and Nintendo that us Xbox owners are willing to hand over our hard earned cash to be able to play this on the Xbox. But thankfully I found a petition with well over 27,000 signatures on it already and here it is for you all to sign-
http://www.petitiononline.com/rare007/petition.htmlTell all your gamer buddies, tell everyone you know that ever played Goldeneye, Tell your Grandma to sign this petition! Lets show Microsoft and Nintendo that this would be the most beautiful thing ever to happen in the gaming world. The best first person shooter ever to be made accessible to millions of older gamers that want to revisit the experience, and millions of new gamers that need to be shown what really makes a FPS great.
Lets work together as a community and make this happen if we show them we want to hand our money over they will come to an arrangement to take it from us!!!
Here’s some footage on You Tube of the classic in action-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM_iLkIJ9Yg&feature=relat...there is a Facebook group too apparently but i don't use the site so maybe someone else can comfirm that.
ok ok i've got one....... whats the difference between jam and marmalade?