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Post by Flip on Dec 3, 2007 19:46:03 GMT -5
I was just listening to the newest "Not the 1-Up Show" podcast where they talk with one of the designers who worked on the original Star Fox/Wing for the SNES. According to him, the game originated as a second sequel (third installment, if you will) to the Star Glider games Argonaut made way back in the day for multiple non-Nintendo 80s consoles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StargliderWatching the gameplay, esp. of Starglider 2, you can definitely see the resemblance. |
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Post by The Qu on Dec 3, 2007 19:56:50 GMT -5
About a week or two ago, someone posted a link ot a video about FX Chip and Star fox's develpment and it talked about this. X was also a major influence, IIRC. But yeah, Starglider 2 looks quite a bit like Corneria in Star Fox 1.
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Post by Da Robot on Dec 3, 2007 21:33:00 GMT -5
^ Yeah that was me. It's this thread in the Classic Nintendo segment of the forum. Here is a link to the Super FX chip documentry. A part of the documentry talks about the cancelled Starfox 2 game for the SNES. It's even talks about the Arwing walking mode and say how some of the team who made that went on to develop Super Mario 64. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Dec 4, 2007 5:21:38 GMT -5
Yeah, one of the Argonaut team famously programmed Mario's stretchy Mario 64 face ;D I am curious to see if there's any further resemblances between Starglider and Star Fox. Originally being developed as a sequel and then being changed is one thing... but if there's links between them then we are in cameo territory!  |
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Post by The Qu on Dec 4, 2007 20:34:36 GMT -5
One of the levels shown of Star Glider 2 is heavily reminsicant of Corneria. The towers with... spnning things on them and the robots carrying girders both appear in it. The video is in the link Da Robot posted above.
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