A native port of the Nintendo 64 game Star Fox 64 is currently in development for the PC (as spotted by PC Gamer).
The news was revealed over the weekend on the Harbour Masters 64 Discord — an online community of developers dedicated to bringing N64 games to PC — and was shown off shortly after in a stream from the Star Fox 64 speedrunner Rakanai. It is the work of Sonic Dreamcaster and Samplywx and is expected to launch sometime in December, with the port having just hit Beta.
On the live stream, which is now uploaded as a VOD on YouTube, Rakanai went over some of the exciting new features that are coming to the in-development port, such as support for higher framerates, full controller mapping, and the ability to disable LOD (to avoid models using lower poly versions at a distance), as well as various debug options, cheats, and options for the Hit+ 64 community.
It all looks really promising, but, as Rakanai notes, there are still some small issues that need to be taken care of ahead of release, with the streamer highlighting that the multiplayer is still not functional and that the team behind the project has not yet finished working on the desert level Titania, which currently contains a bunch of graphical errors. Nevertheless, we'll be keeping a close eye on the port's progress over the next few weeks and will try to update you once it is available.
As is the case with most ports of this nature, just bear in mind that you'll need to source your own copy of the original ROM in order to play it.
[source youtube.com, via pcgamer.com]
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Great. But you know what I really want, a version of the original SNES Star Fox that runs at a proper 60fps [with gameplay speed adjusted to play properly at that frame rate], in full HD, and with no visible pop-in. I think that would be amazing, and imo it's actually a better game than Star Fox 64.
This looks great!
I'd start up my NSO subscription again if Nintendo released some "alternative versions" of the N64 games like they have with the SNES and NES. A version where you can select any level on the map at anytime would be a really nice feature!
Will it work on Windows 7?
The Mystical Ninja 64 port only worked on Win10 and above.
@RetroGames You should check out Ex-Zodiac. It's currently in early access but it's as close as it gets to a 60fps HD SNES Star Fox with some Space Harrier and Burning Force mixed in.
@truerbluer Yeah, I've played that, but it doesn't quite capture what I'm after and is actually a bit more like Star Fox 64 than the original for me. I just want the original in basically modern output resolution and frame rate with no pop-in.
a) Though in early access, folks who want a spiritual successor to classic Starfox games should look at Ex-Zodiac. It's rad. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/
2) I hope this SF64 PC port gets released before Nintendo takes it down and the drooling Nintendo kiddies cheer.
That game did feel quite slow so this is a definite improvement.
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