The story of how a group of ambitious young British programmers gave Nintendo the courage to enter the 3D arena is hardly new; we've covered it on this very site, for example. However, the tale behind the development of Star Fox is one that bears repeating, making this new video from People Make Games well worth a look.
It does an excellent job of charting the history of this legendary game, from how the likes of Dylan Cuthbert and Giles Goddard ended up in NCL's HQ in Japan to how Argonaut Software built one of the most groundbreaking pieces of '90s gaming tech in the form of the powerful Super FX chip, which allowed the SNES to perform all kinds of polygon-pushing trickery.
Give it a watch and let us know what you think by posting a comment below.
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Never forget swapping a copy of Super Star Wars and...Lamborghini something or other for a copy of Star Fox/Wing on release day, my mind remained blown for several weeks. Amazing stuff for the time and still holds up (IMO).
The amazing pool of talent that was the British programming scene back then. A sign of things to come though, all that genius and ingenuity ultimately utilised to allow big foreign companies to make a fortune.
uh ok
@boop22 why click on the story if that is your moronic attitude to it?
@Kirby-in-Kirkby wooaahhh someones defensive
@boop22, Keep on giving your two word contributions. They add so much!
@Kirby-in-Kirkby Hey buddy the second comment was 3 words, do you the cognitive ability of a pre-schooler? The first comment wasn't even directed towards you, unless you genuinely feel that passionate about British Teens Programming and Star Fox.
@boop22, I was talking about your fascinating insights in comment 3. Stop acting like a jerk with snide little things like that and I promise you'll get much better reactions from people in life!
That got heated fast, lol
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