Homebrewer hacks GoldenEye to run on Wii
by David Hinkle 
{ Jul 3rd 2008 at 2:45PM }
Sit down if you aren't and don't start taking a sip of something before you click the play button on the video above: someone managed to get GoldenEye 007 to run on the Wii. As evidenced above, the title can be emulated on the Wii, but not in perfect form. There are still some issues with saving and frame rates dipping here and there. But, all in all, pretty impressive and manages to only strengthen our desire to have this one show up on the Virtual Console.
[Thanks, trefox!]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mgroves @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:56PM
I would only be excitied about Goldeneye on Wii (or 360 for that matter) if it allowed multiplayer online.
SoshiKitai @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:09PM
And yet, the most fun about Golden Eye was sitting there with friends smack-talking each other while eating snacks...
...you know, them being NEXT TO YOU.
mgroves @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:21PM
Fair enough, except I can just drag out the N64 to do that. And if there was voice chat in a Wii/360 version, smack talk could still occur.
sn1per @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:35PM
If you pay attention, you can see at 2:52 that the Wii thinks it's loading a VC copy of Sin and Punishment. Basically, what this guy did is remove the Sin and Punishment code and replace it with a rom of GoldenEye. I've seen this done with Smash Bros. 64 too, but whoever injected that rom went as far as changing the banners, so the icon you see in the system menu is for Smash, not Sin and Punishment.
sn1per @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:39PM
Here's a link to the video of smash bros. 64 running on the Wii.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaaMOpE4Kto
Q-Kid-Kyle @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:11PM
DAMN MICROSOFT! Why did they have to buy out the company that made Goldeneye and Battletoads. Those, in my opinion, are two of the greatest games ever made before the year 2005! The least Microsoft could do is put the two on the wii virtual console for lets say, two weeks, then take them away from download. Players would keep the games and Microsoft would be a nice company! Not greedy little bitches
sn1per @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:02PM
Microsoft tried to get GoldenEye on VC and XBLA, but Nintendo refused to let them put it on XBLA. So you can blame Nintendo for the lack of GoldenEye on VC.
Q-Kid-Kyle @ Jul 4th 2008 8:45AM
never heard that...DAMN NINTENDO FOR BEING SO GREEDY
Shalan @ Jul 3rd 2008 8:44PM
Oh man, if they were to release this for the virtual console I may never see my husband again! LOL Our friend had this on the 64 and it used to drive me nuts how much we had to play it (that and Turok). Good game, don't get me wrong, but when you're not that good at it and your opponent has a thing for proximity mines, it gets a little frustrating.
Nebinator @ Jul 3rd 2008 9:02PM
A remake of the original would be nice... Especially with niki perfect shot compatibility! And advance wifi and multiplayer, sort of like mario kart wii! Online highscores, graphic improvement, rumble..... hey! who needs halo?
cole.wt @ Jul 3rd 2008 9:37PM
Thats awesome! Looks too good to be true. My understanding of why we have not seen this injected earlier is because goldeneye makes use of custom microcodes developed by rare , so it couldnt be swaped like smash bros. The best I could do with goldeneye was about 4 fps. (no joke). Definitely going to be keeping my eye out for this one.
4N1M3H34D @ Jul 3rd 2008 10:26PM
This would be something to pursue if he got this working with the wiimote and nunchuck. But I have no desire to play Goldeneye,or any FPS on my Wii for that matter, with dual analog controls.
4N1M3H34D @ Jul 3rd 2008 10:46PM
I'd be very interested if he got this working with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. But I really have no interest at all in using dual analog controls for any FPS on the Wii, even if it is Goldeneye
mike @ Jul 4th 2008 6:03PM
There is a Goldeneye mod based on the Steam engine. It has online multiplayer and every weapon and level is remade like the original!! Awesome.
Q-Kid-Kyle @ Jul 4th 2008 8:49AM
Hey, does anybody know...i wanna put this on my wii, but i dont have TP. So, if i rent TP and do the TwilightHack, do I only need to do the hack once? Or would I need to keep renting the game each time I want to play?
4N1M3H34D @ Jul 4th 2008 10:35AM
renting it once will work fine