8 Video Games That Started Out Totally Different

2. GoldenEye 007

Licensed games are a difficult beast to get right. Not only do the developers have to keep the publishers happy and make a decent game, but at the same time they also have the holder of the license to deal with.

As already documented in this list with Aliens and Popeye, negotiations often fall apart at a moments notice, but that wasn’t the case with Goldeneye.

Now known as the first-person shooter to break the mould on consoles, Goldeneye took the world by storm when it launched in 1997, which of course is strange as the film hit theatres in 1995. Why so late?

Well, Goldeneye 007 was originally going to be a sidescroller on the SNES in the same style of Donkey Kong Country. That game took off and was a financial success for Nintendo, but once Rare heard of the N64, they had other ideas.

Then become an on-rails shooter for a time being in the same stylings of Sega's Virtua Cop, this idea was thankfully dropped and Goldeneye would become a true FPS. After being shaken and stirred numerous times, the end result was one of the most beloved movie tie-in games ever and a real step forward for the genre on consoles.

Now if we could just get that cancelled remake soon, that would be very much welcomed.