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Retro Weekends Episode 15: Starwing (Star Fox)

 
 
 
 
Retro Weekends plays and reviews Starwing for the SNES. All gameplay footage taken from real hardware.
 
   

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What we thought
 
 
Chris

"I love this game, I had it as a kid and I played through every pathway and knew all the secret routes. When you finally learn all the sections of the game and can zip in and out dodging the hazards it really makes you feel ecstatic. Its a game I always enjoy playing and it was a flagship title for the SNES when it came out, the only real mark against it is the low framerate."

     
4/5
 
   

"This is a classic really isn't it? Quite advanced for its time I would say, its a bit dated now obviously as the frame rate's not great but at the time it was impressive. There's some replayability here as well as on top of the different routes the game offers you can also aim for a higher hit percentage and such. I can understand why people may have problems playing the game today as framerates are much higher these days but at the time this was a classic and it really pushed things forward a lot."

rich
   
5/5
 
 
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