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F-Zero - Corey's Tracks

Original game : F-Zero

Platform : SNES

Author : Corey6496

Release date : 04 September 2011

Category : Complete

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : L

Downloads : 1432

ROM Information

F-Zero (USA).sfc - NOINTRO
CRC32: AA0E31DE
MD5: 6F334790120E1FE1A972FF184D2CFC50
SHA-1: D3EFD32B68F1FE37A82DB9D9929B7CA7CC1A3AF4
SHA-256: BF16C3C867C58E2AB061C70DE9295B6930D63F29F81CC986F5ECAE03E0AD18D2

Hack description

Here is a hack for F-Zero which has all new tracks to race on for a new F-Zero game experience.

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Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
Corey6496Levels

Reviews

Decent ideas, but hostile design holds it backtoomanymareeps2023-06-22Version 1.0

The hack starts off decently enough, but quickly deteriorates due to a mix of odd glitches and downright mean level design.

Several tracks have a split track design with very narrow roads on either side of a tiny gap. Bumping the inside of this gap almost always result in you being sucked into it, resulting in heavy damage if not outright death. This reaches its climax in Fire Field, with a windy narrow section near the end. The AI can take this just fine and is liable to knock you directly into the gap.

Some tracks, like Death Wind 1 and Red Canyon, have very long jumps that require you to swerve midair at a 45 degree angle to make them. The former's jump, taken naturally, leads you into the Death Wind 2 portion of the track.

White Land 2 has a booster jump, but the jump plate is just a little too small, making it very easy to fly off the track and slide across the void, almost certainly resulting in a death.

Mute City 3 pairs magnet rails and dirt with a road so narrow, your machine cannot even fit on it all the way.

On Red Canyon 2, when I took the clearly labeled jump shortcut, I was silently passed, finishing in second despite no AI racer ever coming into sight.

It's a real shame, because the track designs aren't bad in general, but this is a hack that could have used a little more care and polish before being posted. I had to use rewinds many times while playing due to all of the above issues.