SNES: Starfox is out - sort of

[Larry J Brackney]

My wife and I were killing some time at the local TrU Friday night.
Walking through the game section, I was pleasantly surprised to find
a copy of Starfox in the demo unit. It was late, no kids around, so
I indulged myself for 10-15 minutes. In a word - FUN!

This one looks like a must get. The control is absolutely fantastic,
and the animation is fluid. I was expecting REALLY crude graphics based
on others' comments, but the enemy designs are pretty nice. Sound seems
passable, but the real test will be on my stereo at home. ;-) The voices
are a nice touch, and seem well integrated into the game. (I kept whacking
my wings into the ground on sharp banks, and a pleasant female computer
voice warned me of wing damage.)

Electronic Boutique mentioned that they'd have the game today, but
the "official" release date is Wednesday. Happy hunting!

- larry

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[Douglas McKee]

In article <C4Arw...@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, brac...@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Larry J Brackney) writes:
|>
|> My wife and I were killing some time at the local TrU Friday night.
|> Walking through the game section, I was pleasantly surprised to find
|> a copy of Starfox in the demo unit. It was late, no kids around, so
|> I indulged myself for 10-15 minutes. In a word - FUN!
|>
|> This one looks like a must get. The control is absolutely fantastic,
|> and the animation is fluid. I was expecting REALLY crude graphics based
|> on others' comments, but the enemy designs are pretty nice. Sound seems
|> passable, but the real test will be on my stereo at home. ;-) The voices
|> are a nice touch, and seem well integrated into the game. (I kept whacking
|> my wings into the ground on sharp banks, and a pleasant female computer
|> voice warned me of wing damage.)
|>
|> Electronic Boutique mentioned that they'd have the game today, but
|> the "official" release date is Wednesday. Happy hunting!
|>
|> - larry

On a similar note, can anybody tell me what the acclaimed (by the Starfox
commercial on TV) SuperFX chip is, and why it hasn't previously been used?
I did check the FAQ, but couldn't find anything in there about it.

Doug McKee

[Daniel Carleton]

mc...@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Douglas McKee) writes:

It's a chip that can rapidly draw 3-d polygons for simulator games.
It can also do sprite and background scaling. Background perspective scaling
has more freedom of movement than the old mode-7. This chip is a scaled
down version of technology used by flight simulators and graphic workstations.
Nintendo adds $10 to the thier basic $50 list price when this chip is in
a game.
>Doug McKee