F-Zero AX Found Hidden In GameCube F-Zero GX

Awesome! Now this was a great racing game. The only place I could find the arcade though was when I went to Florida for vacation (definitely not one here in WV). I would love to own the actual arcade.

Aww man....why after all these years do I find this out. While I still have the GCN version, I don't have an Action Replay. Can you even get one for GC these days?

@luminalace You can, but you can only get the super lame one affordably. It's the one that works on the Wii, but it sucks since you can't add your own codes.

Now i immediately wonder about the Mario Kart arcade games... could it be true? exciting!

Pssshh, I unlocked all of the AX courses long ago with nothing but blood, sweat, and tears. Still, it's pretty neat that you can boot the game up in AX mode.

@WesCash I hear ya on the blood, sweat, and tears thing. GX got tough later into it....Ch. 8 on the hardest difficulty...still have night mares....

@TheKingOfTown

Yeah well I only own a Wii, no GCN and if it's expensive I won't bother. I loved that game but could not finish it.

My favourite game of all time, 10 years on and it still hides secrets!

I am guessing the Action Replay with the sticker that says "Works with Wii" is not the one to get.

I have tried to get into this series through the Gba F-Zero I got through the ambassador's program, but I just seem to be terrible at this series.

Awww man! How cool is that?!

Nice. It always nice to see stuff hidden like this in games that were released long time ago.

YES! Found my Action Replay. Oh man this is such a treat!

Wow, this is seriously awesome news.

So essentially all that I need is an Action Replay, GameCube (which I already have), and a copy of F-Zero GX? Amazing if that's the case.

I have an Action Replay! I'll certainly try this out sometime soon.

Our Action Replay disc cracked long ago - I think they made these discs with plywood, but I'm not sure.

In fact we had two copies, and both cracked.

Cool but doesn't mentioning the ar break the rules of the site( kind of funny though) Anyway i never played f zero but this looks cool.

Pff... I play that game a lot, so now the disc is all scratch u.u (sniff... )

Sweet, now all I need is a copy of the game.

Worlds of Fun Kansas City, MO. That theme park has AX. And Six Flags St. Louis has Mario Kart GP.

Can't wait to try this out! I'm miserable at GX, so unlocking stuff is practically impossible. Glad I can finally experience the AX!

=O Woah, that's amazing news!! Awesome!!! Next time I see an Gamecube AR somewhere I'll haffi try this out!!

This is amazing.

Strange, but amazing news. I gotta go find a copy.

This will be on an episode of GT's Pop -Fiction

@Rawk_Hawk You should also expect it on Did You Know Gaming.

@luminalace yeah, as long as you have $150 to unfold

This is cool. I love GX.

One thing though, do you have to enter that HUGE code every single time you boot the game? (I don't know how Action Replay works).

@Gavin_Rozee No, you only have to enter it once.

Action replay? No thank you.

It's not hidden at all. You can unlock the tracks if you put the GCN memory card into the arcade version, and bring it back to your GCN copy.
You can unlock this by beating it on expert, or finding the arcade machine. This is kind of cheating to get the extra content, but maybe someone would never be able to get the extras without cheating.

@SCAR392 Oh so I guess it is possible to get it even though I don't have action replay. Not like I'm going to be able to beat it on expert xD
@Happy_Mask Ya, that's what I thought when I saw it. Perhaps not because its already in the game. I don't know.

If only Nintendo would put the Mario Kart Arcade game(s) (except the new one that's coming out in Japan in the next couple months) on the next Mario Kart on Wii U, that would be awesome!

If you guys really want the arcade tracks, go beat the story mode on expert, then all the grand prix cups on expert. When I read this online, I was like 'no way', but I wanted it pretty bad. About a week later, I had the tracks. It was just to much to resist to not unlock bascially the whole arcade version. It's hard, but the reward is like none other.
It's not even all that hard for me now. You don't even have to snake to win, but it does take some patience and a little bit of luck sometimes.

Woah! People actually read up on F-Zero GX? I'm so amazed you guys actually made an article on this! Thank you so much Ken Barnes! According to Ralf, the creator of the code, there's still the E3 demo on the disc, too. I updated the page today with Gecko support, should anyone need it. Anyway, I'm truly ecstatic that you noticed the article! Make sure to give the AX article some love, too! I need to find someone with C skills.

Also, I hope fans can make enough noise to get Nintendo to make another F-Zero game! Here's hoping to an F-Zero for Wii U! C:

A few years ago they had the arcade game at the Pop Century resort at Disney World. I don't know if it's still there, though.

I don't mind about articles like this but it‘s definitely against the rules like Happy_Mask said. Maybe you guys should create an area at NLife for contents like this, just let the users know that its risky.

I dont see how this is against the rules, since this doesn't involves any hacks to the console or modding the OS (Using AR ist hacking at all, you just change some values in the SRAM ) Also the method it requires is to use a third party device, like controllers and stuff (this case, the AR)

I still have my F-Zero GX, my most fav GC game, now if only I had a working Gamecube, and a Action Replay.
And I can't believe that this game is 10 years old, and still looks good.

This is why I love TCRF.

Holy cow! That's so great! I was only able to play AX one time, and GX used to by in my top 5. Gonna grab an AR tomorrow!

Yes, the AX machines and courses can be unlocked in GX alone, but I think everyone is forgetting there are 3 custom machine pieces that can only be unlocked having your Memory Card insterted on an AX arcade. Great news for me, and any completionist! Actually, I take that back, this is a historical moment for Nintendo or F-Zero fans.

Don't get your hopes up, I have the game and Action Replay and it doesn't work for me. I verified that those are zeros in the code and not the letter O. anyone else able to get this to work?

@SteveW I know we had someone test out the code on AR 1.06 and it failed, though it appears that AR 1.14 works. I've personally tested out the Gecko/Ocarina code, and it works just fine.

This was sort of to be expected since they included all the tracks & characters that were in AX within GX, you just had to work hard to unlock them. So all you're missing through normal play is time-limited gameplay & a picture of the arcade machine, it seems Don't get me wrong though, its still amazingly awesome, everything about F-Zero GX is

Edit: I myself have unlocked every track but haven't been able to unlock every character yet. I actually found the AX cup to be amazingly easy, it was designed for use in an arcade machine after all. I should get back into F-Zero GX sometime & complete it. Also, I've never seen snaking before so it was quite amazing to watch on the 2nd track in the video, at least, I presume it was snaking. I choose not to do it since the AI can't & hence it feels like cheating to me I'll try it once I've completed the game though for laughs haha

@Stark_Nebula Yep, I have version 1.06... I wonder if the newer version also supports wavebird... that would definitely make it worth upgrading...

Thought it was common knowledge that those AX tracks were unlockable. Do these cheats boot them game up with the actual AX interface or does it merely unlock all those tracks for you?

Very cool, but sadly it can only be unlocked with a Action Replay. Wich I don't have (and I am a bit scared about it).

I will test this today, very cool find ^^

Holy crap, I wish I had known about this back when I put a million billion hours into this game unlocking absolutely everything... and before my GameCube memory card decided to crap out on me.

I don't understand. This was a hidden secret for a decade? I unlocked the F-Zero AX courses without an Action Replay a decade ago.
Edit: Ok, now I see the difference.

At first I was like: SERIOUSLY??? IT TOOK YOU 10 YEARS TO FINISH THE FIRST THREE* CUPS IN MASTER??? Then I saw the video and was like: "Aaaaaahhh... So that what it meant..."

The dude was great in the first race, though he could have finished Outer Space by going through the right way with the boosts, it's faster. But then that Time Attack... CHEATER!!! SNAKING IS A DISGRACE!!!

Edit: *Four. I forgot the Diamond Cup.

It is amazing, though, that it was hidden for a decade. But then it doesn't provide the thrills of the real AX.
(Yet the tracks aren't exclusive: they're unlockable in the game.)

@WiiLovePeace To unlock all the characters you have to complete all the missions in Very Hard. ...And they're really hard.
Though I did it. I was a beast at that game back in the days, I hope they remake it for the 3DS.

@KenB Ok, I see your point. keep up the good work!

I am not buying Action Replay.

I think you unlock F-Zero AX tracks once you complete the regular game. I like this game but I think it is too difficult, I never managed to complete it. It goes very fast which is good but the tracks are full of traps which is not that good when you are going THAT fast....

Now I wish I had a copy of F-Zero GX and Action Replay.

Ugh, only have the stupid Wii version with no inputtable codes. D:

You have to respect their tweaked SMB2 game engine they used for this game still looks Great on a Big Plasma, fantastic game aswell for the Hardcore gamer thats for sure, Exactly how many more different tracks are there ?

@DePapier Yeah I know, I've beaten up to Chapter 3 or 5 on "Hard" iirc, then I planned to do the next difficulty up once I finished all the chapters on hard. I really should get back into it at some point, my favourite car was Octoman's Deep Claw. Though I never really got around to testing every car & finding out which one was the best, the Deep Claw just worked brilliantly for me.

I personally hope they make an F-Zero UX, hopefully half made by Sega again, hopefully with online.

@zoroarkrules25 AR is hardly illegal activity

AR was cool, it let you see NES Mario and Zelda in Animal Crossing, and access the test areas in Wind Waker.

You can actually use the GC Action replay that works with the Wii, to load the original GC Action Replay where you can add additional codes, but maybe that gets a bit complicated just for the sake of playing the the game on the Wii...

Damn. I'm missing an Action Replay.
My guess is that they're bloody expensive.

Did the arcade cabinets link up? If they did - just imagine - has anyone tried this with 2 GCs linked up with BB adaptors?

Unlikely , I know - it would be too good to be true!!

@Cygnus Not really

Looks like years later, everyone is realizing that we've had arcade machines in our homes for a LONG time. Haha.
The only reason why I would ever want to try the arcade version, is because of the tilting one.
It's not the one in the picture though. There's an actual one where you can sit in the Blue Falcon and it will tilt based on what you're doing in the game.
You definitely can't do that at home with action replay.

Edit: derp, should have actually read the article. Still, it was already known that you could unlock the AX tracks by beating all the Grand Prix tracks on the Master difficulty.

Years old news.

@SCAR392 I know, the tilting one. I tried one when I lived in the US, it was just mind-blowing. Then I went back to France (where I'm from) and later on got back to the US with a friend for the holidays and planned to show him the arcade...
Guess what: it was closed down.

This game is amazing... It needs an Hd re-release with online.

@Dpishere Maximum Velocity is probably my least favourite F-Zero game... Try X or GX or GP Legend.

@KenB Hey, you should update this article's codes! With the amount of attention these codes are getting I went back to see if Ralf updated the code, and he did about 3 weeks ago. It fixes issues with track/backdrop/audio issues on the selection screen. I also revamped that section of the TCRF article with both PAL and NTSC codes (both AR and Gecko/Ocarina), as well as some supplemental information. Thanks again for making an article on this!
http://tcrf.net/F-Zero_GX#Leftover_F-Zero_AX_Code

If you never player the real F-Zero GX then you couldn't tell that this is actually not AX. However, there are all AX tracks available in the disc, but unlockable.

Well I got the AX cup unlocked already. Funny how that was the easiest challenge in the game. Next, beating Story Mode on all difficulties and the Staff Ghosts. Brutal!

Any videos online of that tilting arcade machine?

I'm also curious about SonataAndante's question (post #77)

@Dpishere the phisics suck. It's not you. Too me the 2D f zero is just a boring mess.

@luminalace Mk1 Wiis are half Gamecube.