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Native Star Fox 64 ported to PC

long story short

  • The Nintendo 64 classic “Star Fox 64” has been decompiled and ported to PC.
  • The project, called Starship, supports widescreen output, up to 360fps, enhanced graphics, cheats, and more.
  • This is the third project from Harbor Masters 64, following The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask.

The native port of Star Fox 64 has just landed on PC, just in time for the holidays. Harbor Masters 64, the team behind other native N64 ports of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask, have decompiled the original source code to take this classic game beyond the limitations of the N64 hardware .

It’s called Starship, and it takes just a few minutes to set up. All you need is a ROM of the original game (from your own physical collection, of course) that matches the hash value of the 1.1 US version. Then, download the latest resources from the GitHub page, place the ROM in the same directory, execute the executable, and you’re good to go.

Starship supports 2x magnification, widescreen output, cheats, and more.

The result comes with several enhancements compared to the N64 version, including upgraded graphics (up to 2x), widescreen output support, up to 360fps, cheats, and more.

I found the preset controls to be terrible, but you can remap everything to a controller in the settings for a better experience. Regardless, it runs much better than a Nintendo 64 emulator, as the console’s unique hardware makes it difficult to emulate. But to be fair, the game also ran poorly on original hardware.

Currently, Starship doesn’t have a native Android version, but if it’s anything like the team’s previous efforts, it’s only a matter of time. The Majora’s Mask port that launched earlier this year is completely playable on Android and runs like a dream. This is also just the initial public release, so further improvements are expected in the coming months.

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