Star Fox EX

See the .PDF manual included in the latest version's .7z for patching instructions (they can be found on page 3).
For playing the game with RetroAchievements, download "Star Fox EX v1.11 (Use for RetroAchievements!!).7z".

“The Star Fox Team is back! But this time, their mission is to fight for their very existence!

The Mario Bros. have decided that the Star Fox franchise no longer has a place within the grand Nintendo universe, and has set out to destroy the Lylat System forever, with the help of characters from more successful Nintendo IPs! They have also posed as Andross in order to hire the infamous Star Wolf team, a rival band of mercenaries led by Wolf O’Donnell, to distract Star Fox while they pull off their plans! Can Fox and his team put aside their former friendship with the Nintendo All-Stars to save both the Lylat System and everything associated with their franchise?”

Experience the amazing power of the Super NES and the SuperFX chip and take full control of Star Fox!

This romhack boasts dozens of amazing additions and features, including, but not limited to:


- A brand new map with 17 new levels, new bosses, music, backgrounds, enemies and more! The original map is still in-game in its entirety as well!

- A 3+ page pre-game menu to customize your experience!

- Use the SNES Mouse, Super Scope, NTT Data Pad or Multi-Tap for a new way to play!

- Play with 2/3/4/5 people, AI controlled teammates, or ships all controlled by player 1!

- Wireframe mode, grid lines, palette changes and more!

- Customize your player ship and crosshair style with new crosshair functionality!

- A full model test viewer, BGM/SFX test menu and Super Scope Calibration screen!

- Complete and total camera control via P2 controller!



Experience the passion project that has seen thousands of hours dedicated to it: Star Fox EX! Twitter: [@kandowontu](https://twitter.com/kandowontu) Discord: [discord.gg/U4CtzqDGa5 ](https://discord.gg/U4CtzqDGa5)

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Changelog:

1.11.02b (Sunlit, yet another hotfix):
Fixes:
-Fixed the restart routine killing RNG (e.g. restart runs when you get a game over)

Changes:
-N/A

Additions:
-N/A

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1.11.02a (Sunlit, hotfix):
Fixes:
-Fixed clearing a stage on route 6 sending you to route 5 on the map
-Fixed pepper skip always sending the player to stage 6-1 as the first stage of each route

Changes:
-N/A

Additions:
-N/A

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1.11.02 (Sunlit):
Fixes:
-Fixed Stray pixel in Alpha and Kazaru background tiles
-Planet rotation during zoom in on map 2 works again
-Shield power up being active no longer overwrites some colors in CGRAM line 2
-Fixed Classic HP mode setting Player 1`s HP to 40 in multitap mode
-"NUMBER PLAYERS" in Pre-Game Menu corrected to "NUMBER OF PLAYERS" to match the text of the manual
-Credits updates/timing fixes
-Script Typos fixed
-Fixed being able to change max FPS on SD2SNES/FXPak Pro (30/60fps does not work correctly on hardware due to hardware limits)
-Super FX clock speed setting takes effect immediately at boot and after you change the setting and exit the pre-game menu

Changes:
-Changed planet center + zoom in animation on map 2
-Random teammate selection is now completely random
-Model Test Mode name changed to Model Viewer
-BGM Test name changed to Sound Test

Additions:
-New gamepal (3D palette) for 6-6
-New custom ships: Y-Fighter by Mighty Andross 64, Quadwing by Sunlit, Monikruiser by Monika, Arwing from the Star Fox Alpha build
-Replaced vanilla RNG routine with 789 xorshift, mainly because it saves on 2 bytes of zeropage. The plan is to add MSU-1 support in the future, the zeropage memory will be needed for that
-Optional new character mugshots by Onaji
(To switch to the classic mugshots, apply the included add-on patch after patching your Star Fox ROM with the main patch)
-SRAM can now be quickly reset by holding L+R+DOWN+B during boot, a sound will play during the intro when SRAM has been reset
-Added some build info (version + build date/time) at the bottom of the config load/reset menu
-Box art+renders by Euclidium have been added back to the release archive after being missing for a while
-NTSC-U cartridge label and a PNG of the logo have been added as well
-New user's manual (please read it!!)

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1.11.01 (Sunlit):
-Fixed strange bug in 1-1 before the first chase where teammate complains about you shooting their target down before it even spawns in

1.11:
-No more hardware builds, there is only 1 patch for all platforms now!
-FastROM is off now to maximize compatibility with everything
-Enabled Super FX fast multiplication mode to boost performance a bit
-Fixed rocks on 1-4 being red
-Fixed Map 1 final fanfare not playing
-Fixed 6-4 background oscillation on hardware
-Changed "21.7 MHZ CPU" option text to "21.4 MHZ SUPER FX" as the name was misleading

1.10.05a:
-Fixed broken SRAM initialization on SD2SNES/FXPak Pro

1.10.05:
-Fixed zoomed out camera when using the teammate ship models as a custom ship

1.10.04:
-Ported to ARGSFX (Star Fox 2's assembler)
-Palette limit has been cracked so hopefully even more content can be crammed in in the future
-Palettes recompressed with sf_crunch to save ROM space
-Crosshair menu text spacing in special menu fixed
-Typo in SFX test corrected
-Amoebas/metroids no longer stick when god mode is on
-Attack Carrier sounds fixed

1.10.03 - sunlitspace542:
-Fixed ship select changes not taking effect in 2P mode (this has been broken since 1.04b1)
-2P ship is reset when switching between 2P/multitap modes

1.10.02- sunlitspace542:
NOTE: 1.10.01 source was reconstructed, changes reimplemented:
-Fix crashing at the end of 6-3
-Fix randomized levels on map 1
-Inserted updated versions of Hurricane and Sp0rch spcs

1.10.02 Changes:
-7-1 BG Fixed

1.10.01:
-Fix crashing at the end of 6-3
-Fix randomized levels on map 1
-Inserted updated versions of Hurricane and Sp0rch spcs

1.10:

-SRAM issue fixed when initializing data but not starting game (would store all 0's)
--PLEASE DELETE ANY OLD SAVES - this now saves IMMEDIETLY after initializing.
-Level randomizer added - randomizes levels from whichever map you choose
-Australia now properly starts with a score of 0
-Fixed panther triggering a message at the start of Australia (and potentially other levels)
-New music added by Shub (Boss roll on map 2, credits on map 2, level 7-1)
-Fixed 7-1 (YAMA) palette
-Shortened the distance luigi-head andross travels in Hard mode on map 1
-Reorganized page 3 of pre-game menu
-Removed some objects from 5-1/6-1/7-1
-Fixed not being able to change views in tunnels/after exiting tunnels
-Reverted course 7 linktron to be his original palette (not blue animated)

1.09:

-Actually, really, for REALS REALLY THIS TIME fixed air raider crashes

-Fixed viewing distance for certain player models -Fixed crashing when enabling cursed bgms and then just starting the game

-Fixed completely unplayability with all at once mode in 1-1/2-1/3-1 (its still pretty wacked out but at least you can complete it)

-PLEASE ERASE YOUR SAVE FILE BEFORE PLAYING THIS

1.08.2:


- Many SRAM fixes, please delete any old SRM files.

- Preperation for potential future update

- Emulator/hardware detection on boot, will disable 30/50/60fps option for hardware, canoe and MiSTer.



1.07.1:

- Fixed/reconfigured mouse control

- Added sound indicator, “last button press” check for super high poly mode, can now properly be toggled on and off (R+A+B on title)

- Fixed debug info not appearing on pause screen

- Fixed crashes on 7-4 Air Raider boss

- Added 2 bowser heads to model test (thanks Euclidium)

- Added SRAM Menu Auto-Saving + Config Preset/Reset menu

- Moved FPS Display option to FPS menu

- Moved boost bar in 2 player mode to right side of screen, moved to left side for multitap mode

- Added updated Australia level

- Added new crash handler text

- Mouse mode now “snaps back” to center, allowing analog controls with mouse emulation

- Fixed multiplayer crashes exiting tunnel in 1-3

- Adjusted players 2-5 movement speeds

- Fixed barrel rolling for players 2-5, bomb behavior



New FPS menu added to page 2:

- PAL/NTSC toggle (you must set your region to PAL on your emulator/system after toggling)

- 30fps mode fixed for hardware/emulation with no cpu overclocking needed

- 50fps mode with PAL works with no cpu overclocking as well

- PAL/NTSC auto detection/setting added

- PAL/NTSC swap will properly set corresponding fps

- No Objects mode added on fps menu (for performance testing, this will break levels obviously)




- Dataminers can find some previews for upcoming features


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Originally Released:


- c. July 2020 (As Star Fox Exploration Build)

- October 5, 2020 (As Star Fox Exploration Showcase v3.90)

- November 8, 2022 (As Star Fox EX v1.0)

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• Ben Hickling: Ex-Zodiac models used in this game
• Catador: General ASM help, NTT Data Pad/Mouse/Super Scope programming help
• Chromius: ROB-FX character mugshot graphics, Benchmarking, Ideas
• Chris Highwind: Story writer, Ideas, Testing
• Chuckborisnorris: Super FX programming (Background effects, Wireframe/Wobble modes, Grid lines)
• CoolK: Script/Credits editing, General gruntwork/documentation, ASM modifications, Testing
• EarthBound Music Editor Developers: Creating/developing EBMusEd (N-SPC music editor/tracker)
• eg_9371: Route 7 final boss music
• Euclidium: Modeling, Model conversion tools, Model conversions, Box/Cover artwork
• Fenix: Metroid Sprites
• Hayao Yokogawa: Title screen logo, Map 2 background
• Joshua Schaeferhund: Ideas, Scored Mode testing, General testing
• Kandowontu: Lead developer, 65816 ASM programming
• Kert Gartner: Trailer video
• KungFuFurby: N-SPC/SPC700 technical
• Livvy94: Music Contributions, Music Transcriptions, Music technical, Script writing
• Monika: Monikruiser ship model
• Morshu: Custom crosshairs
• Mighty Andross 64: Y-Fighter ship model
• MrL314: Super FX programming (Texture limit expansion), Music BIN unpacker tool
• Onaji: New Character Mugshots
• Phonymike: Music/sound disassembly, SPC700 ASM, Tool maker, General lifesaver, NTT Data Pad/Mouse/Super Scope programming help
• Plasmariel: Music Contributions
• Random Stuff: Music, Models, Levels, Map 2 background
• Raphnet Labs: NTT Data Pad programming help
• SegaRetro92: Graphics, Palettes, Level backgrounds, Map 2 background
• Shub: Music Contributions
• Starxxon: Luigi head model, Original Camera Controls/Iso Views, PAL Test
• StudsX: Music Contribution
• Sunlit: Current lead programmer, Classic character mugshots, Misc. Graphics, Bugfixes, Toolchain engineering, Graphics/Modeling tools, Testing, Ideas, Instruction manual authoring, Quadwing ship model