Nintendo fans, here is something special for you today. YouTube’s ‘Rakanai’ has shared a video, showcasing two hours of gameplay footage from an upcoming unofficial PC port of Star Fox 64.
This unofficial PC port of Star Fox 64 is called Starship. The project is being developed by the same team that gave us one of the native PC versions of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Like the PC versions of Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, Starship is based on a decompiled version of Star Fox 64. And, since this is a native PC port, it supports wide-screen monitors, 4K resolutions, and 60FPS. It should also work well with keyboard and mouse.
Sadly, there isn’t currently any ETA on when Starship will come out. From what we can see, though, it’s in a pretty solid state. So, perhaps we might get a beta or a demo in Q1 2025.
Anyway, this is really exciting news. At least for those who wanted to play Star Fox 64 on PC. Nintendo does not plan to bring its classic NES, SNES or N64 games to PC. That kind of sucks, since there is a huge PC retro crowd. But hey, this is Nintendo we’re talking about. So, I’m not that surprised.
And I know. Yes, you could already play Star Fox 64 on PC via a Nintendo 64 emulator. However, a native PC port opens the doors to other cool stuff. For instance, we might now get higher-quality textures and 3D models. We also might get a Ray Tracing/Path Tracing Mod for it.
I’ll be sure to let you know when this unofficial PC port of Star Fox 64 comes out. Until then, you can watch the following gameplay video.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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