Ben Colclough
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This world map used in GoldenEye's Frigate radio room comes from the Wraptures Volume One CD. Well, technically it's used, but you can't actually see it because of a draw order issue. Pic 2 is the original game. Pic 3 is a modified Frigate to show more or less what it's supposed to look like.
July 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This world map used in GoldenEye's Frigate radio room comes from the Wraptures Volume One CD. Well, technically it's used, but you can't actually see it because of a draw order issue. Pic 2 is the original game. Pic 3 is a modified Frigate to show more or less what it's supposed to look like.
In Runway there is a long thin cliff triangle, highlighted here in blue, that uses a different texture from all the others. It could be a hint, albeit far from conclusive, that Runway once used this texture for its cliffs. #2 pic is what Runway looks like with the other texture. #3 pic is final game
July 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In Runway there is a long thin cliff triangle, highlighted here in blue, that uses a different texture from all the others. It could be a hint, albeit far from conclusive, that Runway once used this texture for its cliffs. #2 pic is what Runway looks like with the other texture. #3 pic is final game
Reposted by Ben Colclough
Unfassbar. Textur in #GoldenEye aus den Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart... 😱
Ab 15:30min:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
Mehr zu dem Objekt online:
bawue.museum-digital.de/object/62
Ab 15:30min:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
Mehr zu dem Objekt online:
bawue.museum-digital.de/object/62
July 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
GoldenEye fans make sure to watch this video from Goose's Gamer Folklore, who does an outstanding job exploring and explaining oddities about GE's textures!
youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
Useless Facts about GoldenEye's Textures
YouTube video by Goose's Gamer Folklore
youtube.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
GoldenEye fans make sure to watch this video from Goose's Gamer Folklore, who does an outstanding job exploring and explaining oddities about GE's textures!
youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
youtube.com/watch?v=9f6Y...
Happy Sunday from Duncan Park, Lexington, Kentucky! First opened in 1915 and going strong.
June 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Happy Sunday from Duncan Park, Lexington, Kentucky! First opened in 1915 and going strong.
This Aztec wall texture originates from an authentic Aztec feather shield dating to about the year 1520.
Today this artifact is located at Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fe...
Today this artifact is located at Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fe...
May 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This Aztec wall texture originates from an authentic Aztec feather shield dating to about the year 1520.
Today this artifact is located at Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fe...
Today this artifact is located at Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fe...
One of the maps seen in Frigate's radio room is a portion of a 1959 USGS map of Benicia, California. This map can be found online here: ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/vie...
Click on the map and select Benicia, CA 1959 (HTMC, 1981 ed.) from the list on the right.
Click on the map and select Benicia, CA 1959 (HTMC, 1981 ed.) from the list on the right.
May 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One of the maps seen in Frigate's radio room is a portion of a 1959 USGS map of Benicia, California. This map can be found online here: ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/vie...
Click on the map and select Benicia, CA 1959 (HTMC, 1981 ed.) from the list on the right.
Click on the map and select Benicia, CA 1959 (HTMC, 1981 ed.) from the list on the right.
This monitor texture which appears in Aztec originates from a photo of the Sinai Peninsula taken on June 14, 1991, during Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS 40.
www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
May 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This monitor texture which appears in Aztec originates from a photo of the Sinai Peninsula taken on June 14, 1991, during Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS 40.
www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
www.nasa.gov/image-detail...
This Aztec texture comes from a picture (exact source unknown) of Altar 4 at La Venta, an Olmec archeological site located in Tabasco, Mexico. Historians believe this altar was actually used a throne to seat Olmec rulers during important ceremonies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Venta
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Venta
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This Aztec texture comes from a picture (exact source unknown) of Altar 4 at La Venta, an Olmec archeological site located in Tabasco, Mexico. Historians believe this altar was actually used a throne to seat Olmec rulers during important ceremonies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Venta
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Venta
Some Aztec textures originate from the Codex Zouche Nuttall, or at least a facsimile of it. You can see the codex for yourself at: archive.org/details/code...
In particular, slides 50, 85, and 86 have the GE textures.
In particular, slides 50, 85, and 86 have the GE textures.
May 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Some Aztec textures originate from the Codex Zouche Nuttall, or at least a facsimile of it. You can see the codex for yourself at: archive.org/details/code...
In particular, slides 50, 85, and 86 have the GE textures.
In particular, slides 50, 85, and 86 have the GE textures.
The tower to the left of the one where you start in Cradle has hazard stripes at the start of the catwalk, while the other two do not. One explanation could be that the this tower was made first, and when the level designer copied over the other two, they forgot the hazard stripes.
April 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The tower to the left of the one where you start in Cradle has hazard stripes at the start of the catwalk, while the other two do not. One explanation could be that the this tower was made first, and when the level designer copied over the other two, they forgot the hazard stripes.
Here's a better view of the graffiti. Originally composed of two 33x33 pixel textures (the N64 didn't require power of two textures). Here stitched together and upsized by a factor of 8.
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here's a better view of the graffiti. Originally composed of two 33x33 pixel textures (the N64 didn't require power of two textures). Here stitched together and upsized by a factor of 8.
If you've played a lot of GE, you may remember that most lifts have green and red arrows over the doors. The one at the end of Jungle is unique, replacing the arrows with metal beam and wall textures. It's barely possible to see the weird textures if you end Jungle walking backwards while looking up
April 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you've played a lot of GE, you may remember that most lifts have green and red arrows over the doors. The one at the end of Jungle is unique, replacing the arrows with metal beam and wall textures. It's barely possible to see the weird textures if you end Jungle walking backwards while looking up
There is a lone, faint, and seemingly out of place graffiti in Aztec just outside the Jaws room.
It's extremely hard to see on console due to its position high on the wall and is more easily viewed in emulator or the GE Setup Editor.
It spells "KIH", the initials of level designer Karl Hilton.
It's extremely hard to see on console due to its position high on the wall and is more easily viewed in emulator or the GE Setup Editor.
It spells "KIH", the initials of level designer Karl Hilton.
April 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There is a lone, faint, and seemingly out of place graffiti in Aztec just outside the Jaws room.
It's extremely hard to see on console due to its position high on the wall and is more easily viewed in emulator or the GE Setup Editor.
It spells "KIH", the initials of level designer Karl Hilton.
It's extremely hard to see on console due to its position high on the wall and is more easily viewed in emulator or the GE Setup Editor.
It spells "KIH", the initials of level designer Karl Hilton.
Amazing attention to detail in GoldenEye 64. The labels on the fuel tanks in Runway come directly from the film set. We know the developers visited the sets and took photos, so I'm not sure if this comes from a photo the devs took or if they just screencapped the movie once it came out.
April 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Amazing attention to detail in GoldenEye 64. The labels on the fuel tanks in Runway come directly from the film set. We know the developers visited the sets and took photos, so I'm not sure if this comes from a photo the devs took or if they just screencapped the movie once it came out.
Perfect Dark only uses one cloud texture, but actually supports two others. Type 2 uses the same texture as the water in GoldenEye's Caverns. Type 3 uses the water texture from Frigate and Air Force One.
April 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Perfect Dark only uses one cloud texture, but actually supports two others. Type 2 uses the same texture as the water in GoldenEye's Caverns. Type 3 uses the water texture from Frigate and Air Force One.
I've implemented a key in the Perfect Dark PC port that lets you turn certain weapons sideways (gangsta mode) whenever you want.
March 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I've implemented a key in the Perfect Dark PC port that lets you turn certain weapons sideways (gangsta mode) whenever you want.
Unused avoid animations in Perfect Dark. There's still remnants in the code for these animations. When CHRCFLAG_AVOIDING is enabled it becomes impossible to land melee attacks on alerted enemies.
March 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Unused avoid animations in Perfect Dark. There's still remnants in the code for these animations. When CHRCFLAG_AVOIDING is enabled it becomes impossible to land melee attacks on alerted enemies.
There's an unused preset for something about the size of a table in the firing range (the big blue box). I wonder if originally your weapon would have been placed on the table and you'd have to pick it up before the challenge started.
March 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There's an unused preset for something about the size of a table in the firing range (the big blue box). I wonder if originally your weapon would have been placed on the table and you'd have to pick it up before the challenge started.
Perfect Dark has quite a few unused models. This microscope was intended for dataDyne Investigation, but not used for unknown reasons.
February 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Perfect Dark has quite a few unused models. This microscope was intended for dataDyne Investigation, but not used for unknown reasons.
In Perfect Dark when you load a stage the game randomly selects 8 heads for the guards. But, I didn't know this until now, this number is reduced for the Area 51 missions. 5 for Infiltration and Escape and 4 for Rescue. Area 51 is huge and maybe they needed to save some memory.
February 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In Perfect Dark when you load a stage the game randomly selects 8 heads for the guards. But, I didn't know this until now, this number is reduced for the Area 51 missions. 5 for Infiltration and Escape and 4 for Rescue. Area 51 is huge and maybe they needed to save some memory.
There's a bug with Investigation when using the "Perfect Darkness" cheat. You have to collect the Night Vision, but the world model incorrectly uses the IR Specs model. Because of this the game doesn't realize you already have Night Vision and gives it to you again, so you have 2 in your inventory.
February 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
There's a bug with Investigation when using the "Perfect Darkness" cheat. You have to collect the Night Vision, but the world model incorrectly uses the IR Specs model. Because of this the game doesn't realize you already have Night Vision and gives it to you again, so you have 2 in your inventory.
In the original Perfect Dark there are no stars in Mr. Blonde's Revenge. Perhaps an oversight due to the mission being made late in development? They can easily be added in the PC port. Fun fact about PD's stars: they are randomly generated and different every time you load a stage.
February 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In the original Perfect Dark there are no stars in Mr. Blonde's Revenge. Perhaps an oversight due to the mission being made late in development? They can easily be added in the PC port. Fun fact about PD's stars: they are randomly generated and different every time you load a stage.