F-Zero (SNES)

[crammage]

i wish this was released on the ds with online and 8 player single cart multiplayer!!!

[siadcom]

Have you played F-Zero GX? If you're hesitant to use boost in the SNES version, you should see how hectic is gets in GX on the Gamecube. Now that's hectic. Many complain that GX is way too fast. Not me though because I love speed :D

[gdement]

I only remember 3 launch titles in the US, so it wasn't much more than what Japan got.

SMW, FZero, and Pilotwings.

This game is awesome. You can jump the track on Port Town, but they penalize you for it. I disagreed with that - it's not a huge shortcut and it's very risky, so I think they should have let you get away with it.

[isucyclone9793]

There was a sequel of the SNES, it was F-Zero Grand Prix. I had it and F-Zero back in the good ole' days when I had a SNES.

[supermario2084]

F-Zero is one of the best games and has some of the best music! White Land, Big Blue, Mute City, and Fire Field are some of the best tracks in the game!!

[iRemainNameless]

Big Blue and Death Valley are 2 of the greatest video game soundtracks ever written. When I was young as I got ready for school, I would throw F-Zero on Time Trial on either Death Valley or Big Blue and just sit there at the start line and let the music play as I got ready for school. Those were the days.

[dazzsheil]

Dont Forget Mute City

[graftwins3]

sim city is a relaese title and when i bought my friends snes he had it so im woundering if when his parents got it was around the realese date but like most of my games i got from him for snes it has the instruction manual so it might by worth something if i had the box ha ?

[redglass77]

Yo, awesome vid, as usual you are quality, I'm still a few months away from doing my own, but till then I really dig your material and appreciate your down to earth honesty with everything you cover. So today's my Birthday, lol, and I spoiled my self by scoring a SNES with Controller, Hookups (yes A/V cables :) not RF, Star Fox and Donkey Kong Country for 30$ at a local thrift shop, I think I made out pretty good, F-Zero is on my list,!!!!!

[kd4nuh]

One of the Top 5 best games for the SNES. Awesome review!

[ChaoticSounds]

nice review, thanks for the history, i also did not know it was a launch title

btw, a Pro-Tip, while cornering, repeatedly tap the throttle for this little hop that lets you corner with amazing control

[AICJDR]

Great review...love the videos

[supermusicfun]

lets get one on the wii!

i always loved this one

[Ultimateunnamed]

I played that game on the Game Boy Advaced first it was hardcore but a really good Game ^^

[thefonejackers]

i hate the way you have crap bourders around your videos, i cant see properly

[MN12BIRD]

Well I dunno whats wrong with you but I can see the video just fine in IE and Firefox3. I guess its your crap computer. Otherwise I'm simply filling the empty space on the sides that would otherwise be unused while keeping the aspect ratio of the game footage in its original format. Don't like if Fuck off and make your own damn videos bitch.

[MN12BIRD]

Besides if you wanna bitch about videos look at yours on my computer they have bars on the sides, top and bottom so WTF if up with that?

[james42519]

by chance are you watching the videos in the little window or in full screen? that can effect the way it looks it seems. just wondering.

[thefonejackers]

ok mate, very sorry, the videos are fine, sorry, i love your videos

[crammage]

@MN12BIRD I just rewatched the video and i cant believe you didn't mention the kick ass music in the game!



[Bbabybear02]

i can see it just fine too. I'm using Flock.

[marionerd94]

Not cool dude. Great video by the way mn12bird.

[nfistfu]

goes to show that even a console with only a 1 or 2 launch titles can still be super mega awesome.

[n3vmc]

1990? Most of the people commenting here were in diapers back then. :)

Excellent game though....spent lots of time playing it.

[thanksj]

I wasn't even born :P but I still love the classics they seem to have what newer ames lack.

[TAQMAN180360]

same here, agree with you absolutely :)

[WhenSeanAteTheWorld]

this game is so cheap

[benderbending22]

I just got this game off the VC (before you actually made this review, but I did get SF64 because your review.) It's a great game! Both of them! :D

[ChrisRenucci]

It was my second SNES game! I love it! Did you play F-Zero X on N64? One of the best 3D racing Games ever! Btw. Mute City is one of the best old school gamemusic tracks ever :o)

[kiddfridge80]

The pink vehicle is like a freakin' mack truck! Plow through other hovercrafts and take tons of damage!!!

[EarthwormJim55]

F-Zero takes place in the 26th century.

[segafan1111]

ya where the hover car its 2009!

[crazzer123]

Like crash bandicoot tag team racing

[agwellin]

YOU HAVE BOOST POWER!

[mmac78]

Hi Jake,

great review and I'm bidding on a copy on ebay at the moment.

I wanted to ask you is what would you recommend I use for cleaning the cartridge terminals on a SNES and NES. As recently I was given a box of old classic NES carts and they are a bit dirty on the terminals.

Thanks :)

[Thepaddster]

Rubbing alcohol to clean them a little bit on the end of a qtip gets all the dirt off

[Melliw8882]

thats what i do

[mmac78]

thank you :)

[wirysage]

I loved hiring this game from the video shop never got tired of it simply awesome and n64 version insane

[tercoil]

have you played the gamecube fzero gx??

that game is crazy!! and sooo awesome!!

[crammage]

power start ???

IVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS !!!

In MY 18 YEARS OLD NESS

and playing it for 14 !@#$%^&*

[crammage]

oh man i love this game but WHY WHY THE HELL NO 2 PLAYER SUPPORT>?>!!!?!?!

and what the hell happened to f-zero 2!

ive played the rom and its a lotta fun!

[crammage]

8:00 OH SHITTTTT!!!!

HOLLY MAMA

I LOVEEE THIS GAME

one of my favorite games of all time

best music in racing game ever

awesome techno music and techie graffix

[james42519]

please stop adding the border on the sides. you are not helping anything. i can watch the old videos you made jsut fine without the borders in full screen without any black bars. with these borders on the sides you make black bars on the top and bottom and also shrink the screen in full screen. it is kinda getting annoying having videos that don't take up the whole screen anymore.

[james42519]

forgot to say that i like the game and wish i had mine still. they did kinda have a sequel to this from wiki

"A sequel of the first F-Zero game was canceled, but was still released under the names of BS F-Zero Grand Prix and a year later by BS F-Zero 2 Grand Prix. This unfinished sequel was instead released for the Super Famicom's satellite-based expansion, Satellaview, during the mid-1990s in Japan.[2][10]"

[MN12BIRD]

When I watch old videos on YouTube I get black bars on the side so I'm only filling the useless space with something. The screen size is no smaller than full screen mode. I'm simply filling the sides rather than stretching the game footage to 16:9. I prefer to keep the game footage in its original aspect. For the black bars on the sides (video player, youtube page not adjusting) it may be because I'm using Firefox3? But I don't get any black bars on the top and bottom of 16:9 videos!

[james42519]

do you have a wide screen monitor or a 4:3 stranded monitor? wide screen might do that but i would think most people still have 4:3 monitors now. i can take a screen shot if you want and show you what i see.

[Neodude991]

Great game but you didn't mention about the main hero...Caption Falco!

[raulitech]

The pink car has the highest speed but the slowest acceleration and control when turning. the green one was on the other end I think, slowest top speed but easiest on corners which made it my favourite car. the others were in between.

[conkers209]

Have you ever played the Gamecube version? I use to have the Gamecube version and OMG that's one of the hardest racing games I ever played. But its still alot of fun.

[VideoGamer945]

:) don't forget hyperzone, one of my favorite games on snes

[PokerDerk]

Hyperzone is a rail shooter, not a racing game.

[VideoGamer945]

ah, but it came out in 1991 and it uses mode 7 a lot

[PokerDerk]

Yeah, visually it's quite similar. No rotation, and a bunch of obstacles, but you're piloting a ship and if I recall there are similar regeneration zones like in F-Zero.

[Zenex666]

If you hold down on the d-pad on them little launch ramps when you land you won't bounce and lose your speed boost.

[CAGEDTF2]

I know you have been doing this for a long time but nice way to make your 4:3 videos look 16:9

[Kscorps2]

Wipeout is a pretty cool counterpart to F-Zero. I have all the F-zeros up to GX at my house :D

[dix323232]

mute city is awesome, ye where are the hover cars!

[wildmissingno]

I do love F-Zero :D

[MaximumRD]

I played a LOOOOT of this, it friggin belw me away back in the day, and I wasn't even into race games!

[pnroyal]

You're videos are so good! I look forward to these things every day! F-Zero was quite a fun game, too!

[will2993]

love your vids man, why dont you ever do them fullscreen?