It looks like Martin Hollis, the director of Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64, is seeking to make a brand new first-person-shooter (FPS).
Taking to social media, Hollis put the decision out for a “software program engineer/hacker” to work on a brand new micro FPS. “Do business from home. No recreation expertise crucial,” he added.
Launched in 1997, Uncommon’s Goldeneye 007 is extensively thought to be probably the greatest FPS of all time. Regardless of Hollis’ group being comparatively inexperienced, it went on to promote over 8million copies, making it the third best-selling N64 recreation of all time forward of The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time and Tremendous Smash Bros.
A Eurocom-developed remake of Goldeneye 007 was launched in 2010 whereas an Xbox One port got here in 2022. Final yr, it was confirmed that the unique Nintendo 64 model of the sport is about to be launched on the Nintendo Swap by way of its on-line library however to this point, no launch date has been introduced.
Microsoft has confirmed that it has “no plans” to carry on-line multiplayer to GoldenEye 007 on Xbox, though the characteristic has been confirmed for Nintendo Swap variations.
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Following the discharge of Goldeneye, Hollis turned head of software program at Uncommon and labored closely on Excellent Darkish earlier than leaving the corporate. After working as a guide on the creation of Nintendo’s Gamecube, Hollis based the Cambridge-based recreation improvement studio Zoonami in 2000. Within the ten years it was lively, Zoonami launched titles resembling Zendoku, Go! Puzzle and Bonsai Barber.
In recent times, Hollis has develop into an unbiased speaker and this untitled micro-FPS would be the first recreation he’s labored straight on since Bonsai Barber in 2009.
In different information, a YouTuber has recreated the whole lot of Radiohead‘s ‘In Rainbows‘ utilizing sounds from Tremendous Mario 64.
Every monitor sounds similar to the unique 2007 album model, with a Mario 64 twist that makes use of drum beats, bells synthesiser sound results and snares – test it out right here.