Emulator discovered in Nintendo64 game Goldeneye
By: Hard core Rikki
April 11th, 2012
5:17 pm
A fully functional emulator for the ZX Spectrum console was recently discovered, hidden inside the code of Nintendo64 game Goldeneye (released in 1997). A dozen games from RARE are included as well.
10 comments on "Emulator discovered in Nintendo64 game Goldeneye"
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@ruantec
I can't believe such news get ignored in this forums.... things have changed a lot here and is just sad....
Anyways thank you for the news and information Rikki
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Strike105X
lol now this is quite the surprise and to think its only been discovered now after all this time.
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n_w95482
Originally Posted by Strike105XIndeed. It makes me wonder what else is out there in other games, waiting to be found
lol now this is quite the surprise and to think its only been discovered now after all this time.
. Hats off to the people that made the discovery.
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tykel
I still remember seeing screenshots of the Citadel level in N64 magazine.
Amazing there are still secrets in that cartridge. -
Khameleon
That is pretty kool
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SBP
one has to admit/like devs that don't easily share all their Easter eggs to early! it sure adds to the value of a game. I think more companies/devs should employ such challenges and not give away so easily. fun time!
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cyclonmaster
Wow! what a discovery. Hidden for a long time ago.
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michaelbas
Awesome! but Could nintendo or Rare get sued for this?
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Xblade
Originally Posted by @ruantecI read it and didn't comment o_o.
I can't believe such news get ignored in this forums.... things have changed a lot here and is just sad....
Anyways thank you for the news and information Rikki -
Homicide
What other secrets lie inside the plastic sandwich?
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GoldenEye Spectrum Emulation Unlocked
Little benownst to the world all this time, GoldenEye (N64) has a fully-functional ZX Spectrum 48x emulator built into it. By feeding it a proper Spectrum monitor program and calling menu 25 to load a snapshot, any Spectrum 48x program can be run.
The emulator started life as a side project to see if Spectrum emulation was possible on N64 and was hooked into GE, the current game in development. It was supposed to be removed before release but was only made inaccessible and inoperable. All the registers, dependancies, and script required to run the emulator still reside in retail GoldenEye carts.
The original list of games were previous Rare titles, then known as Ultimate Play the Game.
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