---
title: "Video Game Modder Adds Low-Res Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk to N64’s GoldenEye 007"
description: "You can even drive the polygonal pickup with your Nintendo 64 controller."
date: "2019-12-04"
modified: "2019-12-04"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31327/video-game-hacker-mods-pixelated-elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-into-goldeneye-007"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
  - "Trucks"
  - "Video Games"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "pickup"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Video Game Modder Adds Low-Res Tesla Cybertruck, Elon Musk to N64’s GoldenEye 007

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If we had to stereotype Tesla diehards without going into unflattering territory, we'd say they're fans of science fiction, old-school video games, and [mashed potatoes](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31268/man-wins-thanksgiving-dinner-by-sculpting-tesla-cybertruck-out-of-mashed-potatoes>). Fortunately for them, these passions needn't all be enjoyed separately, as a video game modder has figured out a way to get the Tesla Cybertruck into *GoldenEye 007* on Nintendo 64.

First highlighted [by *Jalopnik*](<https://jalopnik.com/someone-hacked-the-tesla-cybertruck-and-elon-musk-into-1840180460>)*,* YouTube user [Graslu00](<https://www.youtube.com/user/Graslu00/videos>) took a *GoldenEye* ROM and fiddled with the files of its sixth mission, "St. Petersburg," replacing the model and textures of non-player character Valentin Zukovsky with those of [Elon Musk](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31192/elon-musk-explains-why-the-tesla-cybertrucks-armored-windows-broke-on-stage>), and altering the dialog between him and Bond to fit a new, Tesla-centric narrative. They also added in a drivable Tesla Cybertruck to replace an in-game tank, using a 3-D model and textures presumably made from scratch for this mod. While the truck's model itself wouldn't be difficult for even an amateur modeler to create, getting it to work on an actual N64 cartridge takes a skillset almost as rare as James Bond's.

https://youtube.com/embed/wQ3tnsMlkBI

*GoldenEye* isn't the only game reworked by Tesla fans to feature the Cybertruck, either. Community-made renditions of the electric truck can be driven in both [*Grand Theft Auto V*](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTX3IL3qn8>) and [*Minecraft*](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3au2CkH7UQ>). With how often people compare the Cybertruck to the Warthog from *Halo*, and [mods](<https://www.nexusmods.com/halothemasterchiefcollection/mods/categories/1/>) for *Halo: Reach* hitting the internet less than a day after its PC release, we suspect it's only a matter of time before one is seen bouncing around Blood Gulch, with a minigun in the bed and the flag carrier [riding shotgun](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/28002/man-arrested-while-roadtripping-with-dead-wifes-body-riding-shotgun>).

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h/t: *[Jalopnik](<https://jalopnik.com/someone-hacked-the-tesla-cybertruck-and-elon-musk-into-1840180460>)*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)