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Goldeneye (n64) has a spectrum emulator in it, wait wat?
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Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Wow. I love hearing about stuff like this.
gaming_noob
Member
Spectrum emulator. What does it mean for the non techies?
that using the patch at the link, you can renable it, and play RAREs spectrum games, lol
TheContact
Member
Seems like this will be on a top x cracked.com article soon. If you like stuff like this go to their site and click on the video games section.
snoopeasystreet
Member
I hope Perfect Dark has a C64 emulator in it.
Corleth the Fey
Member
Does that mean that Miremare's code is hidden inside Perfect Dark?
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
We British love the Specy, wouldn't be surprised if everything made here an an emulator for it in them.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Didn't Rare start by developing on the Spectrum back when they were called Ultimate?
In fact, didn't Donkey Kong 64 feature a port of one of their old games, as well as the original DK? Memory's pretty fuzzy here.
In fact, didn't Donkey Kong 64 feature a port of one of their old games, as well as the original DK? Memory's pretty fuzzy here.
I think so!
The ZX Spectrum is an old computer system. Rare made a name for itself by developing some of its best games.
Diablohead
Member
wow that is amazing, this is one main reason why I love game beta's and hidden facts on games when something like this comes along out of nowhere.
I would blind buy a new Rare game if it had Knight Lore hidden away inside it.
True, I think I can trace my current refusal to sell any of the old consoles stacked up in the spare room down to me selling my 128K +2 to a friend for a tenner way back in the day.
Never recovered from the subsequent feelings of loss.
True, I think I can trace my current refusal to sell any of the old consoles stacked up in the spare room down to me selling my 128K +2 to a friend for a tenner way back in the day.
Never recovered from the subsequent feelings of loss.
Yes.
Spent countless hours on that one.
jetpac was super special awesome.
No, Mire Mare's code is hidden inside Sabreman Stampede.
Obviously.
Diablohead
Member
unlock codes? you mean like button presses to unlock the cheats instead of beating missions?
nincompoop
Banned
but but what about that big long spiel on nintendo's website about how emulators are illegal
Don't be silly. If you own the copyright to the game you can do whatever you want.
They wouldn't want today's Rare and neither would anyone else.
Yeah, Rare right now is just a building with different people doing different stuff.
magicalsoundshower
Member
I've always sorta had the feeling the ZX Spectrum wasn't even sold outside of Britain, I don't think I've ever seen one in the flesh. 
I still find it pretty interesting how Rare was like the only European developer who worked really close with Nintendo back in the day.
I still find it pretty interesting how Rare was like the only European developer who worked really close with Nintendo back in the day.
nincompoop
Banned
I know, I just think it's ironic that Nintendo's official stance is that all (non-commercial) emulators are illegal, yet they shipped a game with a general purpose emulator included without the consent of the original hardware makers.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
That's amazing! Get Dizzy running on that, pronto!
Rare owns the ZX Spectrum & the bios ROM? News to me...
The likelihood of anyone immediately outside of Rare having any idea that was there is zero.
An underling doing something Nintendo doesn't approve of in a completely obfuscated way doesn't make them hypocritical.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Yes.
Spent countless hours on that one.
Played it for days with a friend of mine beating each others highscores. When I think of DK64 I think of Jetpack
Amazing game.People do still find secrets within the obscure titles, I just don't think those reveals get as much attention as this would though.
Yeah those. Didn't it take like 2 years for them to reveal the button combinations?
ss_lemonade
Member
This game sure has a lot of hidden stuff packed into it
IndieJones
Member
Wow! This blows everything else in that "shocking video game facts" thread out of the water!
sixteen-bit
Member
Wow, neat find.
Actually, one of the few major Spectrum companies still very reluctant to release their games for free is Codemasters. You'll find that the various official archives all omit their titles.
kingkaiser
Member
I am totally expecting sometime in the far future an archaeological team to find a cartridge of Perfect Dark an discover that the correct equation for the theory of everything was well hidden in its code all along...