So totally relevant to yesterday’s show-and-tell about game emulation and data forensics, some fans of Goldeneye for N64 found a working emulator of a ZX Spectrum 48k hidden inside the game. Apparently the developers wanted to see if emulating an older console was possible on N64 and left the files in the Goldeneye ROM.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONJtqf2lIIM]
For anyone who’s ever played Donkey Kong 64, the ZX Spectrum 48k emulator makes an appearance as a playable arcade cabinet in that game — both games were made by development house Rare.
So to recap, people running an N64 emulator on their computer discovered a ZX Spectrum 48k emulator in their emulated game.
This is so full of awesome.
My brother and I often reminisce over some goldeneye running emulated with original controllers using one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mayflash-Dual-2-Port-Nintendo64-N64-to-PC-USB-Controller-Adapter-2-Player-/180851359212?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1b94bdec (we have two copies of the original so can’t really be accused of pirating).
I’ll have to try this hack.