CFD!’s Scott Thompson tries to see if the HD remake of an N64 classic lives up to the memories. Put on your nostalgia goggles for our review of Perfect Dark on XBLA.

“Aside from fancy HD graphics and newfangled control mechanisms, this current generation of consoles will surely be remembered for its knack at selling old games. Whether it’s true-to-form emulations on the Virtual Console or tweaked upgrades for the 360 and PS3, the old has certainly made a claim for itself. While there is no end to the list of games people want to see re-released (EarthBound, anyone?), one game has come up more often than most: GoldenEye 007. Though licensing nightmares may keep that game from ever seeing the light of day again, with the help of 4J Studios, Rare has opted to bring its sequ… I mean “spirtual successor” out to play instead.”

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