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F-Zero ZX Overdrive

Original game : F-Zero X

Platform : N64

Author : Seohaine

Release date : 18 April 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0.2

Modifications : G, S, L, T, P, O

Downloads : 1995

ROM Information

Database match: F-Zero X (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo 64 (v. 20210220-053642)
File/ROM SHA-1: 5F658E88FFA9DE23CBA6986A8FD3D3A90D7B4340
File/ROM CRC32: B561FBA

Hack description

-PATCHING

Download F-zero (USA).z64 and CajeASM from romhacking.net to patch the rom
with F-zero ZX Overdrive.s

You can use any F-Zero romhack to apply the mods but the insane difficulty
would be kind of unplayable because this is for the vanilla maps seeing as most of the time CPU falls down off the maps

If you are curious, you can check the code in the file with visual studio code

-EMULATION AND CONSOLE COMPATIBILITY

Use any emulator with jabo 1.7+, GLideN64 4+ graphic plugins, some others
have issues with new machines

It might crash on console due to LOD


-INTRODUCTION

This hack is focused in 2000km/h+ races, custom stats, new stats
and new machines

-NEW DIFFICULTY

The new difficulty insane is the best challenge for veteran players
You will need only S stats machines and even with max stats
is going to be hard to reach the 1st place, CPU has sss+ stats
with improved AI that means they can hit anyone unlike before
that they focused only on 2-3 rivals, they make a lot of damage have
a lot of energy ,and they can reach 2500 to 3000km/h easily without
falling from the map

Also CPU can fly like speed runners in almost every map

You can select this difficulty from the beginning but you can't do much
till you get about 10 points minimum

Scroll down from the difficulty menu till the Insane text become bigger
and you will be able to play it

There is not cups to win for this, is just for enjoying the new stats
and extreme speed

Novice would be a tough tutorial but once you get points, it become easier

-STATS SELECTOR

the stats selector will help to get stats upgrades, machines and boosters
You can unlock points by getting cups (20 points max)

-NEW STATS

speed and energy are stats now being rank E the worst and SSS the best

(SPEED base)
-speed rank E go from 700km to 750km
-speed rank D go from 750km to 800km
-speed rank C go from 800km to 850km
-speed rank B go from 850km to 900km
-speed rank A go from 900km to 1000km
-speed rank S go from 1000km to 1100km
-speed rank SS go from 1100km to 1200km
-speed rank SSS go from 1200km to 1300km


(SPEED scaling with BOOST)
-speed/boost rank E go from 700km to 800km
-speed/boost rank D go from 800km to 900km
-speed/boost rank C go from 900km to 1000km
-speed/boost rank B go from 1000km to 1200km
-speed/boost rank A go from 1200km to 1400km
-speed/boost rank S go from 1400km to 1600km
-speed/boost rank SS go from 1600km to 1800km
-speed/boost rank SSS go from 1800km to 2000km

energy rank E make the machine explode faster if you get hit, crash or
use the boost power about 5 times, and rank SSS make the machine
use the boost power about 20 times and very bulky this last one
only in default difficulties

-NEW MACHINES

There are 3 new machines added for Captain Falcon
You can select them by changing the body stat
-TURBO FALCON RANK E-D
-SUPER FALCON RANK A-S
-MEGA FALCON RANK SS-SSS

-MODDED MACHINES

There are over 255 colors to select now
There are a lot of booster combinations for modding the machines
You can select them by changing the boost stat

-1 mini booster rank E
-1 big booster rank D
-2 mini boosters rank C
-2 big boosters rank B
-3 mini boosters rank A
-3 big boosters rank S
-4 mini boosters rank SS
-4 big boosters rank SSS


-WIDESCREEN AND LOD MOD

The widescreen and black bars remover is enabled only in race
The level of detail is improved that means that all the maps
are rendered from the beginning , so you will see all stuff
from the distance

-UPDATES

The author is going to add more machines for other characters in the future, and maybe maps as well so stay tuned!!

-BUG FIXES
V1.0.1
-Fix black screen in trophy scene

V1.0.2
-Fix 0 points bug by progressing with some ships

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
F-Zero NexusProductionSupport

Reviews

As a fanmade video homage said: Intensity rating: 10 stars!bingoboingo2022-11-01Version 1.0.2

This one is AWESOME!

Due to the Aero GPX demo release I checked here to see whether any new mod for F-Zero X had been created and came to find: yup e.g. this one.

Aero GPX might even have gotten its idea of more aggressive opponents from this hack here!

I love that even Novice difficulty is a real challenge now.

I have beaten (albeit a narrow first place) Jack with Astro Robin and was a bit sad that I can only allocate the point on upgrading that machine.

This seems to make lots of machines useless it appears to me (then again I never was a skilled slider always leaning more to top speed and good grip). EDIT: "I forgot about the X cup and how cheesable that can be, so this hack's author thought of everything, while I clearly did not on first impression. I bet way more with the Astro Robin by now it gets easier for a while. But INSANE difficulty surely is insane indeed. This is an outrageous, glorious hack for F-Zero X, I totally love it. Neckbreaking speeds. Here is the Expert run of Jack but the one below may be less boring to watch. https://www.veed.io/view/e2ec8541-e4d9-4faa-9930-8626850d36d5?sharingWidget=true "

Iron Tiger and Hyper Speeder seem to be valid choices, too.

The fact that much more wreckages make the tracks more dangerous also shed some light on why Aero GPX might have opted to separate boost from health (in addition to the nice choice of reload strips).

It is more of a gamble here to boost in the beginning (until you can up body or energy I guess, but overall speed seems to be the most important stat to allocate your points to till maxed out on each race [unless you always want to really challenge yourself]).

F-Zero X always was a high-risk exciting and challenging futuristic racer in singleplayer, but this romhack manages to add to that in spades!

What a labor of love. How could this get topped? A split screen GP or CPU filling up to 30 racers on VS races maybe (one can dream).

A failed attempt at Novice Jack with Baba (recorded with 50FPS although played at ~60 i.e. it was more smooth; also renderer is slightly broken) while it lasts here: https://www.veed.io/view/7b980fbc-79de-4656-9d54-8f6e133c0738?sharingWidget=true