Is Star Fox Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

Available September 5, 2019 in the Nintendo Switch Online store. Outdated but still fun.
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[@YuniorGamboa]

I know this game from start to finish As a kid, this game was my childhood

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I love everything about Starfox. The colors the music the gameplay the characters its just perfect

[@bringbackmy90s]

I did not have the chance to play Starfox before 1997, and also did not own it for my SNES before the year 2000 and even then it still blew my mind. Timeless!

[@ShinobiNeon]

l liked the original Star Fox. The game play, believe it or not, totally new and iconic for the time. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. I remember feeling like it was really space-age and cutting edge. The music was also really cool and made you feel like you're on an epic space adventure, fighting to save the galaxy. I used to hold a tape recorder up to the tv because the music was so awesome and l had no other way to listen to it on the go. It doesn't hold up quite so well today with the bad framerate, but it's still playable and enjoyable, and remains an important piece of video game history.

[@eyeln9ne696]

I'm with you on that. It's crazy how awesome this game was as a child, and now as a cynical adult, all I see is ugly polygons and horrible frame rate.

[@hil449]

@@eyeln9ne696 lol indeed. It looks awful to me. Its only playable for people that already know it. Also the game is made up of triangles and squares, it just looks so bad lol might as well play starfox 64

[@primeoctober]

It definitely was an incredible leap for gaming in the era it was released in and even now I'm surprised they pulled off a game like this on the snes when you compare it to other snes games. I actually like the graphics though, the polymorphic shapes make everything feel so simple to me

[@olsonbryce777]

The more you play this game the easier it is to get sucked into this world. Only game that gives me a similar feeling is Metroid Prime honestly.

[@estebancruz6194]

I didn't have a chance to play this game back then & im not into polygons but this game looks like a lot of fun. I will definitely play this game on my new SNES mini.

[@ConfusedCoco]

Such a bummer, that your videos are so short- I'd love to see more of your reviews

[@cantaluri]

Looking at this game now as an adult and designer, I really like the art direction. Back when I was a kid I looked at the ships and buldings and monsters as if they were made of paper. It really worked out to me. And I used to love the puppets on the cover art too. I guess good design is about dealing with the limitations and I believe they did a great job.

[@Peter-zg3em]

The relative scale and depth of this game and environment in the context of the sega and snes libraries at the time cannot be overstated. This game felt giant, complex, even fast and overwhelming. We just weren’t used to seeing that many objects in 3d rotating, firing, changing directions and speeds. Star fox felt like a giant, open world game If that can make any sense to you. Even if you’re literally on a rail. It just felt massive.

[@MaverickMustaine]

You could talk about starfox for 30 minutes and i would still be listenning...great job sir

[@ThatSuperSamicom]

Wow, great video man. Super informative on StarFox. I like the idea behind the show too, I'll be looking forward to more.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

I replayed it recently and right before I turned it on I was terrified to find it aged beyond playability. Instead I still found it perfect. I was astonished to see it hasn't, at least for me, aged a day. The same applies to Ocarina of Time: I was scared shitless going back to it, but it's still perfect.

[@MAKgargos]

Regarding the disclaimer at the beginning: I can totally understand it. I'm a little older than you, but for political reasons (GDR) I didn't really get to know video games until the end of 1990, but then I really got to know them straight away. In any case, I noticed the primal slime, monochrome games with beeping sounds, the development of the NES and GB, Mega Drive sorry Genesis and then the SNES right at the beginning (here April 1992). Back then they thought Actraiser had good graphics, something like F-Zero and Pilotwings were absolutely mind blowing, but then came Starwing (yes, I'll call it Starwing). I didn't play it nearly as intensively as you describe, but I was still fascinated. The graphics, the music and the game itself were great. While I'm not a fan of rail shooters in retrospect, the fascination I had back then still remains. Yes, today's children can only be scared away, but whatever. I also have to say that I found Lylat Wars (yes, that's what I'm going to call SF64) pretty boring. For me as a hardcore Nintendo fan, that's quite an announcement. I found it boring back then. So when it came out I was excited too, but of course it didn't have the same impact as Starwing. That's why the enthusiasm quickly disappeared. What was left was a technically fascinating shooter with the voice acting, but then I'd rather stick with something like Ikaruga. If it's rail, then really straight.

[@mjorge0alves]

The deal breaker is the third route being broken due to the misscoded vulnerability on the boss from Venon air space. That's really bad. Your only hope is to reach the boss with 5 bombs, kill all the vulnerable spots you can, then try your luck by burning your bombs on the remaining 1 or 2.

[@listerofsmeg884]

nothing wrong with the coding. you just have to be accurate. bombs certainly help, but i beat it multiple times using just the lazers/cannon

[@bisquick3662]

yeah no I can assure you it's not miscoded. I've beaten it without bombs it's just hard.

[@iangrant3615]

I never needed all those bombs, I guess I just never went out and played it too much!

[@Klabarge92]

This is such a great series. Sadly, I was born in 1992 and didn't get into gaming until after the SNES was done and I was drooling over the ps1. However in 2003 I played an SNES and really loved it. The games I played were a link to the past, Aladdin, Mario is missing (eek) and Starfox. Much later, I picked up an SNES and a few games for it and REALLY got into collecting. This series has really been great to seek out games worth checking out and playing. Thanks SNESdrunk and keep making these awesome videos.

[@SNESdrunk]

+Karl LaBarge Thanks for watching Karl, lots more to come

[@grahamherbert3612]

I was 15 years old on original launch, and my 10 year old son still enjoys playing Starfox today.

[@kei_nishimaru]

I love this game, but however, I didn't not grow up with this game.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

It was a master piece of the time and HONESTLY I wish game makers would do things like this now in a sense of wow. I've not been wowed once in the current generation like this did in the 90s.

[@kattihatt]

You must take into account that you were, i suppose, a child in the early 90s, and therefore more easily impressed. The same goes for music, movies and all kinds of other stuff. As you get older you get more and more blase.

[@olsonbryce777]

@@kattihatt nah. Games are more technically impressive but they don't feel anywhere near as captivating. Same reason why the OG Star Wars is still infinitely more impressive and engrossing than the newer films. Didn't grow up watching the old ones either btw

[@showmeyourmoves8551]

Hopefully not. I’d rather developer make timeless games instead of impressing me with graphics that will be outdated in just few years.

[@ksper]

Man when I was little the SNES was my VERY first game system. My dad had bought one on launch day and to this day we still have all the classics and boxes in near mint condition (Star Fox, Pilot Wings, Street Fighter 2, Tetris 2 etc.) Super Mario World was the first game I ever played but Star Fox was my childhood obsession. It’s funny because now I think if I played this game the frame rate would probably bug me as well as the stages where huge chunks of scenery come in out of nowhere, but back when I was little none of this came across to me as a “technical limitation” I just thought that’s how the game was designed and that you had to replay the same levels more and more to anticipate what scenery was gonna jump up next. There’s a challenge to not knowing what’s in the distance. While we wouldn’t accept anything like that these days, to me back in the day these limitations gave the game the most replay value. Great review as always, this was a childhood favorite of mine so it’s easy to be biased, yet at the same time if I played this for the first time today, I wouldn’t view much as a “limitation”. To me games have to be viewed with context of what was barrier breaking in that time period. Looking forward to more videos, Drunk!

[@pietjebel9130]

Music (and sound effects) are just amazing

[@pinkspider28]

I'm 43 years old and first played it when I was 14 years old. It still holds up to me and is still the definitive star fox game. The music is also unmatched.

[@Rohald20]

I still remember the sensation of awe when I first saw this game at my neighbor. I bought it asap and it's probably one of three snes games I played the most as s kid, with stunt racer and street fighter.

[@PkmariO64]

I always kinda preferred the original game over Star Fox 64

[@dionysus122]

Just bought this on Amazon. And thus my SNES collection starts with DKC, KGJPMLB, and StarFox. SNES Drunk- I have been watching your channel for about a year now, and you have inspired me to bring back my childhood memories to share them with my son when he is old enough to play with me.

[@SNESdrunk]

+TightManlyPants That is awesome to hear

[@SlyBeast]

That is a damn good start. Godspeed! Wonderful console.

[@justin9181]

Did you ever play them is the question 🙋‍♂️

[@MrLeeman559]

Great review! I couldn’t agree more

[@isaacgomez-everythingrevie6955]

I always loved star fox. I always got a kick from the gibberish foxs team mates would spew out and they'd talk to you on the radio. Falco always sounded like he was saying " jaja jamming" to me as a kid 🤣. I'll still say jaja jamming under my breath from time to time as a 39 yr old man lol.

[@spider1331]

--->>> I feel in the same way with "Space Armada" !!!

[@WWammyy]

Starwing my favourite version of the game I loved the simplicity of the game choosing 3 different paths easy normal and hard mode which meant through perseverance I was able to see all the levels. I don't have any issues with the framerate to be honest it looks and feels just like how it did back then. Starfox 64 was great too but because of the way the game was designed I wasn't able to see the whole game at the time I had no guide and much of the game was like secret routes and medals I had no idea how to obtain. So in every way I preffered the structure of Starwing SNES however with all that said Starfox 64 or Lylat Wars was a worthy sequel.

[@iangrant3615]

It's an all time great game. Never before had there been such a cinematic 3D shooting game. I was there when it was released and it was a revelation and there was nothing like it on any other console. Sure, there were some PC games that could rival or beat it on graphics or 3D worlds, but they lacked the overall excitement of the accessible gameplay and the kinds of PCs that could run faster than this were so expensive they were not accessible to the kids who were the target market for Starfox/Starwing. It was groundbreaking and it is still a great experience.

[@stucazzo2000]

I always preferred StarFox SNES over the N64 version. SNES had a bigger "Wow" factor for me and I felt the music was better. Since they can't re-release the game on the VC (I think for Super FX licensing issues), this really deserves an new HD release.

[@sonicmario64]

I totally agree with you for sure, and one thing that I didn't like about "Star Fox 64" is the fact that the game doesn't let you choose the path for each level on the map screen, which always seems so random each time I play it. :P

[@LeonXfilm]

Agree

[@ladistar]

Yeah but Starfox64 gives us MEMES

[@waddee30]

Loved playing starfox so much I used mariopaint to create a screen cap.

[@Nordlicht05]

Today i saw a newer Video from you. With the FX Chip overclocked. Your old Statement it does Not maked mich of a difference was obsolete. I wanna also try it. But in a pi3?

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

VorteX on SNES also had framerate issues and that game was hard as hell. That also uses the Super FX chip as well. It was made by the dame developers who co-developed Starfox.

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

I actually prefer the music from this one over the N64 remake. That and the animal grunts are a lot easier to listen to than the really cheesy voice acting.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Yah the music in the SNES game but i like the action gameplay of the n64

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

TheAllaksion that’s exactly how I feel. The controls are so smooth.

[@importmodify]

Starfox is one of my all time SNES games. Still play it and relive my teen years. I think they did an awesome job with this game pushing the abilities of the console and yes soundtrack is the sh#+!

[@jeremyjmusic]

Anyone else from the UK who knew this as Starwing back as a kid ? (Regional differences are weird 😂)

[@irvyne6111]

For years I've been wondering, would it really be so difficult for Nintendo to use the exact same models, but simply up-res and give it a 60 FPS refresh rate? It would be like a whole new game!

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Starfox 64 is pretty dope. High frame rate with chunky square ships like the 16-bit version

[@richardmyers5732]

Aw man Space Armada...so awesome 👍

[@darthmix]

Generally agree. I absolutely adored this back in the 90s; it was as if the old vector graphics Star Wars arcade game had come home to my SNES and was amped up in every way. But now, sad to say, I find it borderline unplayable. I guess I'm spoiled, but the slow framerate and input lag really are deal breakers for me.

[@inceptional]

If Nintendo would release a version of this that simply output the polygon visuals in full HD (so no jaggies) running at a solid 60fps and with no visible pop-in, just like M2 did for the recent version of Virtua Racing on Switch, I honestly think it would be one of the best 3D shmups out there. The atmosphere, gameplay and music and still as brilliant and compelling now as the ever were imo, and all we really need now is a version of it that displays and runs the game basically how were see/remember it in our mind's eye.

[@Krysnha]

In the moment maybe was good, but i didint realize how good, duo to the limitation, when you realize the work and how good is o mi lord, i love it

[@BroodingAcorn]

star fox is one of the ONLY games designed to play at 10 fps. it actually works perfectly well a that framerate. this is coming from someone who first played the game on his phone. the game is just difficult, and that's how it as designed to be. people who are used to 144hz can suck it up and have a good time too!

[@Simon0]

It's still brilliant fun to play now

[@PhazonOmega]

I appreciate this game for the amazing innovation that it was. As a kid, however, I hated the graphics, and even playing it now as an adult on the Switch Virtual Console I find it difficult to understand what I'm doing or looking at. Still, if one can get used to that, then it's a solid SNES title that's still different enough from later counterparts. The 64 version will always be one of my favorite games of all time, too, and we wouldn't have that without the SNES version paving the way!

[@2001mark]

Its space levels remain fun frenetic, & its land levels are still creatively done - even if the graphics have aged. Having 3 unique difficulty paths is a huge plus.

[@segatouringcar3738]

I L O V E this game. I finish a lot of times and play in present days. One of those "inmortal" games that the pass of time not affected his fun.

[@bucky5869]

Perfect evaluation of the starfox classic. This one was loved by many it is not the easist game to come back to after playing it's modern and smoother running contemporaries.

[@Seiko180]

another cool thing about this game it have a lot of secrets and easter eggs

[@shaalis]

Same. Love this game very much. It was a VERY smooth playing style. The music was amazing. Ya the graphics dated poorly but it was a semiole game for Nintendo. The slow down is annoying but you learn how to use it to your advantage! My only gripe was on the hard level set Venom attack when you take on the orbital battleship it gets VERY hard to attack, and nearly impossible if you have no powerups to hit those annoying small target cannons.

[@seekerlancer7258]

Such a polarizing game. The people I run across either universally love it or don't understand what the fuss is about. I'm somewhere in the middle. The 3D didn't do a whole lot for me and stuff like Wing Commander and X-Wing on the PC fulfilled my star fighter requirements. But the game is still simple and fun and the Tron-like style of the graphics is more aesthetically pleasing to me today than the roughly textured polygons of the Playstation era.

[@byron4545]

Did you have trouble with the controls as a kid? I played a lot of Wing Commander and Tie-Fighter on DOS with a joystick back in the day and today I'm having serious trouble flying the ship on the SNES Mini with the controller.

[@SNESdrunk]

Nope, zero trouble unless the frame-rate became an issue and stuff popped up out of nowhere directly in front of you

[@ImWithTeamTrinity]

I dont know what you mean about the graphics. This kind of 3D took super expensive computers back then, or an arcade cabinet in a mall somewhere, there was nothing else like it on home consoles. Even the neogeo didnt have anything like it back then, and it was the super premium system rich kids had, it made us feel like we had the cutting edge, and we did!

[@Ironstarfish]

I was blown away with the graphics as a kid

[@n8ivegogo1]

I played this all the way through (Route 1-3) for the first time yesterday & I gotta say it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be 😅 I remember playing this when it released & I was like 4 or sumthin & yea it’s still fun. Especially the “World lvls” The Asteroid lvls can go to hell😂 I also like that depending on the Route you take the Final Boss would have an xtra Form If you choose Route 3 he has 3 Forms & the final Form looks sooo sick

[@sirspencerarnold8838]

I honestly like the feel of playing og star fox just a tiny bit more than 64. Don't get me wrong, I freaking love 64 to bits. But somehow the first game feels a bit faster and a little more zippy. I like the feeling of performing fast maneuvers with lightning quick reactions and the higher difficulty spike you can only get with an old game like this. And even though people don't seem to like the graphics and dismisse them for "being old," I have a deep fondness for the sureal and beautifully simplistic art style. It goes to show how you can truly do a lot with very little.

[@MatSpeedle]

Overclocking this game makes all the difference, makes it a lot smoother and reduces the slow down. I moved the ROM to a stunt race fx board as overclocking the original board is not easy and doesnt yeild as good results. Same applies to all the super fx games, a little boost and they become much nicer to play.

[@dpfghela]

You should totally give Star Trek - Star fleet academy a review. Basic but surprisingly catchy.

[@breakfasthole3851]

I'm not really a fan of flying games but I love Starfox and keep coming back to it. The first few levels are addictive. My advice is to practice the final levels on emulation with save states and then enjoy the satisfaction of a full playthrough. In fact, that's my approach with most non-saving games. Unlike others, this doesn't ramp up the difficulty to become brutally awful later on.

[@SageOwl]

Get that Star Fox 2 yo, that game is fucking epic. I recently bought this game for the first time actually and I had that initial feeling of dread due to the framerate and polygons, which was my same reaction way back in the 90s when I tried playing it. I'm going to give it a play through though.

[@pinkspider28]

My favourite game of all time

[@kolbycheeseracing2949]

I love this game

[@captainnintendo]

If you had a hard time looking at this game objectively without any retro goggles, you should try and take a look at "Star X" on the GBA and give us your opinion on that :)

[@anomalix]

Such a great game!

[@donskiver]

I love star fox. But I really do think star fox 64 just does everything better. I still have lots of nostalgic love for star fox, but the fact that it's essentially a rail shooter and star fox 64 had some dog fighting to mix it up makes star fox 64 my go to star fox game with star fox 2 a close 2nd.

[@sneskid78]

When I think of Star Fox, I think of its awesome sound! The music and sound effects really show off the audio capabilities of the SNES. I played this game all the time back in the day, and I always insisted on a good stereo setup. I absolutely hated playing this game with crappy TV speakers!

[@sneskid78]

The sound effects and stereo panning were critical for me when trying to avoid those sneak attacks from behind.

[@cinnamondan4984]

I prefer Star Fox 2…which may be an unpopular opinion. I grew up playing Star Fox 64 and so the original is more like that one but I find the mechanics of 2 to be pretty funky fresh

[@handlethis405]

Starfox & Starfox 64 probably got the most attention on my SNES & N64 respectively but I still go back to the SNES version more often. This is mainly because my N64 no longer works from a faulty power supply and emulation of Starfox 64 is okay at best when compared to the real thing, I've seen the video up-scaling + high res textures that modern emulation can achieve but it behaves differently than the original hardware. Plus, if I want a nice Starfox 64 experience, I reach for the N3DSXL. One thing to also note, a complete run through of Starfox snes looking for 100% hit is about 28-35 minutes and only gets longer with how much you suck, with Starfox 64 without warping is about 50 minutes if you're a speed runner and up to 3 hours of causal play. Although I enjoy longer games, I need something to quickly beat and move on with the rest of my day. Also running it with a MiSTer or SD2SNES (FxPak) has overclocking options however it slightly speeds up the rate that the game plays at, which is fine if you're good at the game. It adds a layer of difficulty & the game runs much more smooth. The other thing that it does break is the timings for the credit roll, the music no longer ends with "The End" appearing ~20 seconds too soon. Oh well. Also, don't get me started on Starfox zero... I'm still bitter, it's a beautiful game that I want to like so much but when I play it I hate the controls so much that it basically ruined everything else for me. I also had the many builds of Starfox 2, but maybe I'll share that story another time. I like mainline Starfox, if you can't tell. Other little tid bit, did you know? The garbled transmission voices Fox, Slippy, Falco, & Peppy is the same sample of "Wing Damage" just played with a different pitch, speed, & different parts of the clip in order. I also found their death transmissions to be disturbing as a child lol.

[@hostileX7]

Star Fox 64 will always be the best but this was where I learned how to fly and I still like to have a few drinks and take a rip on the SNES Classic with the original.

[@Pichuscute]

I really wish I could still play this game, but it just runs at way too low of a framerate to be playable to me. I 100% agree here. I've played Starfox 64 once, I think that's going to be enough of the series for me. xP

[@afriend9428]

*Amazing game I can only beat easy levels and I have 3 copies of this game!*

[@Alurith]

Not bad. Ive personally never cared much for the original Star Fox, but im not a shooter fan, in general. I can still pop in SF64 and play it every few years, though.

[@bluebillygrit1]

I usually dislike memes that state something sentimental such as, Only ‘so and so’ will understand this, or whatever. But in the case of the graphics in Star Fox, it can’t be overstated how amazing it looked seeing it for the first time as a kid in the 90’s. It was absolutely mind-blowing. I never had an SNES as a kid, but I never forgot how awe-struck I was seeing my friend play Star Fox for the first time. Thankfully the gameplay is amazing, and holds up after all these years. It’s a true technological achievement of its time. EDIT: Wow! Thanks for all the lik...ehh, never mind. Sorry ma, I'm still a sad sack.

[@randomhero456]

This game was definitely ahead of its time. I still can’t believe it was made in the early 90’s

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

AND on an SNES. I mean in 1991 when the SNES was released, NO ONE would believe that an SNES (or ANY console available at the time for the matter) was capable of pulling off a 3D/polygon game at all. TECHNICALLY 5hat is still true because without the SFX chip then this game would not exist. At the end of the day, who cares if graphically it looks prehistoric AND the frame rate can be slower than a snail on the back of a sloth walking uphill in molasses at Christmas during a huge blizzard, it's still fun as hell and easily a pick up and play game while waiting for your girl to finish getting ready for a trip to the movies.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

For the day this game was truly AAA. The graphics were cutting edge and the music is incredible.

[@pauljensen5699]

Where did you learn to fly?

[@madspunky]

This was the first Nintendo game I did not fall in love with. I was twelve at the time, and was not impressed by the graphics (maybe thanks to Wolf 3D?), indeed hated the framerate. But most of, it didn't have the Nintendo-way, i.e., games with choices and adventure. The Genesis was for these kinds of games, meh, I thought video games had evolved beyond '3 lives and see how far you can get' design. Come to think of it, this was one of the last huge mainstream games that did.

[@kolbycheeseracing2949]

Its okay to be wrong

[@SonicLoveEmulation]

And now it’s on switch ya!

[@seanbyrne5313]

Dude I just introduced a brand new retro gamer to Starfox with no vintage experience. Hated it at first. Re introduced it a week later. Warmed up to it. A month on, and with the whole Genesis and SNES library available, it was the ONLY retro game they liked enough to beat. That frame rate though. This is a game that needs 120fps. Native render. Wish that source code was public. Hope it still exists.

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

Though the addition would have bumped up the cost by like $100 to the SNES, imagine if the SFX chip would have been included in the original design for the SNES as opposed to a cart add on. I mean the games we could have gotten with that extra power could have been amazing and the SNES would have easily taken over the 16 bit era. Actually, it could have been the catalyst to having near full 3d games in the SNES which never fully came to fruition until the 32 bit era Basically what I am trying to say is games these days could have gone in a radically different direction then what they did Sorry if this is making not much sense as I am currently pretty damn drunk and high but I hope that the just of what I am thinking is at least getting through to some degree anyway.

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

your "SNES DRUNK" got me laugh

[@blacksunshine7485]

The Fox McCloud on the box looks like a costume. It doesnt look drawn. Wheres the costume now?

[@iwillnever4getu]

greatest of all time

[@douglasbermudez8649]

This is the best starfox sir

[@sean.durham999]

It's not so much ya can't see the forest for the trees, but more as if ya can't see the large crater in the ground for all the smoldering stumps.

[@GrandConceptsMedia]

They really did nail the soundtrack here. Every other Starfox game after this never came close.

[@lunch_trey]

DO A BARREL ROLL!!

[@spicyfoodchaser9406]

It was ahead of its time even though the graphics are outdated in today age just like 30 year the graphics of today will be outdated

[@BARONXAVIER]

DO A BARREL ROLL

[@DarkSektori]

Outdated maybe but amazing nonetheless

[@BJJfrkrbls]

The first Starfox should be remastered. To me it is the best and most nostalgic. Remastered, I think it would make money.

[@jeee1074]

This game was a big deal when it was released. I still enjoy playing it from time to time.

[@videogameattic]

This game oddly works better in my SNES mini.

[@Jesse12489]

I dunno how controls are unplayable. I love this game so much. Yeah the frame rate low. But come on. It's nearly 30 year olds.

[@Optidorf]

Even back then I thought the graphics and limited framerate were crap. To the point it became unplayable for me. The same with Mario Kart.

[@loopymatt2]

The graphics and frame rate are pretty much unacceptable by today's standards. Granted, on a standard def TV it was harder to tell.. at least with the graphics. The frame rate has always sucked even back then! However I'll never forget the day I got Star Fox, fired it up; and was blown away by how cinematic it was. And whats this!? All sorts of voice clips too. (a real rarity back then) sure they sounded like crap, and most of it was complete gibberish. However my 11 year old mind glossed over the glaring flaws of the game, and just enjoyed the experience! The music is what still stands out to me even to this day, I think it's really what made the game so enjoyable. Star Fox 64 is certainly a good Star Fox game as well, but it just didn't capture the feel of the original for me. Despite all it's improvements over the original.

[@johnnihil1689]

It was kinda fun. I prefer Star Wars Rogue Squadron on GameCube.

[@laurafear3853]

Nice

[@ItsThatRetro]

You should do one on Super Mario Kart what with Mario Kart 8 coming out

[@SNESdrunk]

That's a good idea, I think I'll do that for the week of May 30, thanks!

[@EnterSandwich]

watching this video when 1993 was 30 years ago

[@mrtree1368]

Star fox is hard

[@huffie00]

I wish they made a remake and Just update the Graphics the gameplay was great

[@fossilfern]

Am I the only one who prefers starwing over lylat wars?

[@nintendokings]

i had no issues with the technical aspects, yet I still found the game a bit boring. Granted, I thought SF64 was pretty boring too. Just not for me I guess