Star Fox (USA) ROM

"Star Fox" is a great game. Star fox, the hero, and his team are sent on a mission by the space armada to find and destroy Andros, an evil monkey, and save the galaxy. What ensues is an exciting adventure full of action, explosions, and fun. Not quite as good as the n64 sequel, but still a great game.

This game is the very first game in the StarFox franchise. It's also the first SNES 3d game, thanks to the super FX chip, which acted like a graphic card for the SNES.
First, don't let the now outdated graphics fool you, this game is yet another Nintendo masterpiece ! And don't let the difficulty turn you off, this game is hard the first few times, but once you get the hang of it you'll end up like a pro.
The plot of the game is very simple, Andross, the main vilain, sent his army to attack Corneria. But then the StarFox team is scrambled to stop the invaders and take the fight back to planet Venom, Andross' homebase, and kick his butt.
To do this you have 3 choices, presented in the form of routes, each routes to Venom has a different level difficulty. Like route 1 is much easier than route 3. Every levels for every route is unique, so if you've only did route 1, you'll never get to see the rest of the awsome levels, or the special route 3 final battle.
Moreover, the Arwing (the fighter craft you pilot in this game) handles just like you'd expect with the d-pad, depending on the control scheme you've picked at the controls screen, you have a button for every function of your craft. A button to shoot your lasers, a button to launch a nova bomb , a button for the brakes and one for the boost. The shoulder buttons are used to roll to the left or right. And even though it's not written in the manual if you double tap either shoulder button you'll do a barrel roll ! The barrel roll will deflect any energy projectiles, not missiles or flamethowers, or obstacles.
You can also get various power-ups to help you on your way, weapon upgrade, invicibility, bombs, wing repair, energy rings.
Levels follow simple schemes, you have obstacles to avoid, enemies to shoot, your teamates may ask for help from time to time, and finnaly you face the level's boss. There are a few exceptions to these rules, the first being the space Armada level, since you have to cripple 3 capital ships from the inside with your Arwing !
If you're a fan of game music, you'll get your money's worth with StarFox, the soundtrack is absolutly wonderful. It range from classical to jazz, and to rock.
There may be a few glitches, and annoying quirks with this game but once you get over the steep learning curve, you won't mind them at all.
In conclusion this game is a lot of fun, but please, play it with a controller, not the keyboard !