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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Starship - a Starfox 64 PC native port - available now
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:25:37 -0500
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I'll admit it. I never really cared for the Starfox games. Animal
mascots never were my thing. I just don't go in for fuzzy critters
masquerading as humans. 

And Starfox itself never really impressed me. It may have been Hot
Stuff in console land, but it felt old-hat to a member of the PC
Master Race. It wasn't doing anything I hadn't seen before, in better
games like "X-Wing" or "Wing Commander" or even Dynamix's "Stellar 7".

Still, the original "Starfox" --and the later Nintendo64 sequel,
imaginatively named "Starfox 64"-- got a lot of attention amongst hoi
polloi, so I had to give it a try. It's a fun game (after you ignore
the fuzzy critters) even if it is derivative of better computer games.
I can understand why people look back at it fondly, even if I can't,
myself, share that excitement.

If you happen to be one of those, rejoice in knowing that there is now
a free port of the game (called "Starship") that natively runs on PC
(as opposed to through emulation). It's all new code and brings a
bunch of QOL features, including mouse/keyboard controls and
wide-screen support. 

What it does NOT include is any copyrighted assets. You'll have to
provide those yourself. If you're a fan of the game, you probably have
the cartridge somewhere (working out how to get that contents of that
cartridge onto your PC is left up to you). Elsewise, you /could/ maybe
just possibly find the ROM contents available Archived on the web
somewhere. If you were the sort to do that sort of thing. Just sayin'.

An informational announcement is here:
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/starship-pc-native-port-of-star-fox-64-is-available-for-download/
The actual download is here:
https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Starship
See how the original N64 version looks running in an emulator: 
https://oldgameshelf.com/games/n64/star-fox-64-n64-8664