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Perfect Dark XBLA set to have online multiplayer photo

Perfect Dark for the XBLA was finally confirmed last week during the madness that was E3. It's probably one of the best news to come out of E3 for me. Yes, I know that Perfect Dark doesn't really stand the test of time when it comes to FPS games, but it was one of my all time favorite games on the Nintendo 64 and I will gladly pick this game up again.

4J Studios is behind the revival of this classic shooter, which is going to be in full HD, 1080p and will be running at 60 frames per second. Everything that was in the original game will be here (no Expansion Pak required!) and there's going to be new Xbox LIVE features such as online multiplayer.

Below are some screenshots for Perfect Dark XBLA and it's hard to say if going HD, 1080p on a Nintendo 64 game is a good thing. It's like comparing a picture of dog sh*t taken with a cell phone camera to a picture of dog sh*t taken with a Canon 10MP camera. One looks better, but they're still both pictures of dog sh*t. 

By the way, don't forget the free Perfect Dark dashboard theme before it's gone for good!

[Via Joystiq]


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Diverse's Avatar
Diverse at 06/09/2009 04:20
The screens for Perfect Dark in HD make me fucking drool. Can't wait for its release so I can go back to defending my briefcase with a laptop gun.
CHU BOI's Avatar
CHU BOI at 06/09/2009 04:22
Hmm, good analogy Hamz. But I hope you're not saying PD64 is dogshit or else you n' me need to have a long talk lol.
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Freefall at 06/09/2009 04:28
Oh god, yes.
Tarvu's Avatar
Tarvu at 06/09/2009 04:42
That is a great free theme!
Kris S's Avatar
Kris S at 06/09/2009 04:56
Great, now someone sort out the legal crap and get a touched up Goldeneye on XBLA with online multiplayer...please :)
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JustLikeBuck at 06/09/2009 06:17
So they've brought PD up to the standard of Half:Life?

Well done, them. But who hasn't been playing it on N64 or emulator all this time anyway?
Quest's Avatar
Quest at 06/09/2009 06:18
hell yess ... i do want !!! :)))
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dangerman at 06/09/2009 06:51
Wow... Normally I can agree with you guys but the dog shit statement just came off arrogant. This game had some great level designs and beautiful concepts and while the rendering and texture qualities was lacking because of the N64's processing power it still looks great. In fact I would rather look at these graphics over almost 50% of modern day shooters that are filled with poor uninventive designs.

That's just me though.
wilbo's Avatar
wilbo at 06/09/2009 06:59
hey look
its that shitty game
Jon B's Avatar
Jon B at 06/09/2009 07:29
Perfect Dark? With a decent controller?

Fucking YES.

Also to anyone who owned the original, the screens are sex.
They've upped the anti aliasing or something cause it looks better there than it does on my emulator.
dip's Avatar
dip at 06/09/2009 08:07
One of the few games that make me want a 360... and it's an N64 port. =/
Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 06/09/2009 08:34
Fuck this give us Goldeneye
bodybreak's Avatar
bodybreak at 06/09/2009 09:09
ugh, if i bought a 360 it would be solely for the online marketplace and the assload of amazing content they have on there.
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Kraid at 06/09/2009 09:19
Perfect Dark I love you so much! I want to have your Online Multiplaying babies.........>_>
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ShadowKirby at 06/09/2009 09:38
Elvis =D
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Azereki at 06/09/2009 09:58
I really thought the graphics were going to receive more of an update, sorta like the screenshots that were leaked awhile back showing off Goldeneye.
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Clbull at 06/09/2009 10:01
I didn't like Perfect Dark Zero at all, but I think I'll pick this up, because I loved Goldeneye on the N64. (although I would have liked to see the XBLA remake of Goldeneye happen)
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RolfSchewe at 06/09/2009 11:02
This "dog shit" was a lot of fun on the N64, namely the 4 player co-op battle mode against the sims.

We played this game for days and days just like Goldeneye in battle mode. The graphics were always incredibly bad in multi-player split-screen mode but we didn't care because it was tons of fun. Now with 1080p? I am going to buy this the day it comes out.

Magnalon: They need to give us Goldeneye too!
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Deathofthedead at 06/09/2009 11:10
Give me an RCP120 and drop me in the Facility map and I'll be set. Man, this flashes me back to sophomore year in high school.
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Necros at 06/09/2009 11:36
Hamza doesn't know what he's talking about with these screenshots, because he is forgetting that the N64 was one blurry mess. All games, no matter the graphics, were output in 240i and scaled up to 480i. The effect was like smearing vaseline over your TV. The difference is already night-and-day when Nintendo takes an N64 game and releases it on Virtual Console, which is in 480i/480p, and I saw similar wonders worked in the XBLA port of Banjo-Kazooie. These screens don't quite have that difference, but they look at least as clear as 480i screens, so that will be reason enough to appreciate the HD facelift.

Of course, once your friends start punching you in multiplayer, you'll get a blurry screen anyway...
Solgrim's Avatar
Solgrim at 06/09/2009 12:14
@Necros: I played Super Mario 64 on emulator and was blown away. It looked like it was upscaled to HD. Everything was so bright and crisp.
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Holyetheline at 06/09/2009 12:32
I've never been so stoked about a re-release in all my life. This will be amazing!!!!
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Woverine at 06/09/2009 12:34
omg I used to play 8 player multiplayer with bots on this (I had no friends :( ) with the only weapon being those N-bombs I think they were called? as long as we can have matches like that still.. I am so fucking excited. also, I predict an achievement for finding all the secret cheese in the game! (google it)
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falinter at 06/09/2009 13:04
If this news was a woman I would make sweet passionate love to her.
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Chronic Logic at 06/09/2009 13:57
That is some sexy dogshit. I hope they release more classic dogshit and sexify it.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 06/09/2009 14:35
Oh thank god. THANK YOU GOD. Now please just allow private Xbox Live matches with Bots enabled. PLEASE. . .
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
Hamza CTZ Aziz at 06/09/2009 14:36
CHU BOI: NO! As I said in the post, Perfect Dark 64 was my favorite N64 game of all time.
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psycho terror2 at 06/09/2009 14:43
@ Jon B

why not turn up the antialiasing on your emulator?

i have to wonder if i'll be able to finally put my face on the dogshit as the devs originally intended.
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Woverine at 06/09/2009 16:31
@psyco

I totally forgot about that! they got all scared because of columbine so they took that out! god I was so looking forward to scanning in my face and killing myself! blahhh!
ClarenceBoddicker's Avatar
ClarenceBoddicker at 06/09/2009 18:17
@psycho and @woverine
i still have my gb camera lets DO THIS!
Mr Kite's Avatar
Mr Kite at 06/09/2009 19:31
boner.
Rammstein's Avatar
Rammstein at 06/09/2009 21:29
They better let us use the XBox Live Vision camera to upload our faces! Also: WHERES MAH GOLDENEYE AT!?

Although when PD64 came out, it was basically GoldenEye64-2, fixing/updating the previous game, but I have never, ever, EVER played a videogame that had levels that were EXACTLY like the scenes/stages from the movie they were based on. And thus, the only ever good movie-to-game transition ever.

Yes, yes, I recognize Bourne Conspiracy. And Lost: Via Domus. SHH! /rant
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