VL-Tone
10-08-2004, 07:14 PM
I thought you might be interested by that, an online viewer and decoder that shows
90% of the polygonal objects found in StarFox 1, and two of the StarFox 2 betas.
Kind of like Doodle City in the old Atari arcade game I, Robot, and in the StarGlider 2
"Painting with Rolf" mode (StarGlider 2 is StarFox's direct ancestor), and in
the continue screen in StarFox 1 but without the drawing effect :)
I recently figured out the palette data for the objects so I just added color.
My demo shows objects as decoded from the ROM, you can try it in your browser at
http://pages.infinit.net/voxel/StarFoxObjectDecoder.htm
You can look at screenshots there:
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/dokidoki/SFXDecoderScreenshots.html
If this page was to go down in the next few days, a mirror is set up there
http://membres.lycos.fr/nes3d/StarFoxObjectDecoder.htm
Note that there are hundreds of objects in the 2 games and that patience is
recomended since some of the cool objects are near the end.
I also figured out many other things in the game, like a good part of the level data.
If you click on the StarFox logo in the demo you will be able to play in the decoded
training level with some parts missing. I also found a hidden unused weapon in the
game. It acts like some kind of shield, with a nova bomb sprite circling your
ship, shooting multiple projectiles to any enemies in sight, it lasts for a limited
amount of time or ammo.
If you want to try it you can apply this IPS patch to version 1.0 of StarFox.
http://membres.lycos.fr/nes3d/fox1newwp.ips
Note that version 1.0 is the one with a bright red contour over the title screen logo,
while 1.2 has a brownish one, and the Japanese a blue contour.
To see the new weapon, you have to go to either the Training level, or
Corneria route 2. It should be activated at the begining of the level.
With all these findings I might attempt to do a StarFox level and/or a remake
or extension to the original game using the original polygons but textured etc.
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90% of the polygonal objects found in StarFox 1, and two of the StarFox 2 betas.
Kind of like Doodle City in the old Atari arcade game I, Robot, and in the StarGlider 2
"Painting with Rolf" mode (StarGlider 2 is StarFox's direct ancestor), and in
the continue screen in StarFox 1 but without the drawing effect :)
I recently figured out the palette data for the objects so I just added color.
My demo shows objects as decoded from the ROM, you can try it in your browser at
http://pages.infinit.net/voxel/StarFoxObjectDecoder.htm
You can look at screenshots there:
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/dokidoki/SFXDecoderScreenshots.html
If this page was to go down in the next few days, a mirror is set up there
http://membres.lycos.fr/nes3d/StarFoxObjectDecoder.htm
Note that there are hundreds of objects in the 2 games and that patience is
recomended since some of the cool objects are near the end.
I also figured out many other things in the game, like a good part of the level data.
If you click on the StarFox logo in the demo you will be able to play in the decoded
training level with some parts missing. I also found a hidden unused weapon in the
game. It acts like some kind of shield, with a nova bomb sprite circling your
ship, shooting multiple projectiles to any enemies in sight, it lasts for a limited
amount of time or ammo.
If you want to try it you can apply this IPS patch to version 1.0 of StarFox.
http://membres.lycos.fr/nes3d/fox1newwp.ips
Note that version 1.0 is the one with a bright red contour over the title screen logo,
while 1.2 has a brownish one, and the Japanese a blue contour.
To see the new weapon, you have to go to either the Training level, or
Corneria route 2. It should be activated at the begining of the level.
With all these findings I might attempt to do a StarFox level and/or a remake
or extension to the original game using the original polygons but textured etc.
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C:Serverxampphtdocszopharoldwwwthreadsattachmentsf ox1newwp.ips