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Instruction booklet · March 23, 1993

Star Fox

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRBSuper FX

The story

Star Fox, released as Starwing in Europe, is a 1993 rail shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo, with assistance from Argonaut Software, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The first game in the Star Fox series, Star Fox follows Fox McCloud and the rest of the Star Fox team defending their homeworld of Corneria against the attacking forces of Andross.

Specifications

Released
March 23, 1993
Developers
Nintendo EAD, Argonaut Software
Publisher
Nintendo
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Chip
Super FX
Series
Star Fox
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Third person

What the magazines said

9
8
9
9
EGM · four reviewers
10
9
8
7
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
82/100 (170 ratings)
Nintendo Power
4.125/5
GameRankings
88%
Computer and Video Games
96/100
EPD
9/10
Game Informer
9.25/10, 8.25/10
GameFan
94%, 96%, 91%, 95%
GamePro
20/20
GamesMaster
97%
Official Nintendo Magazine
96/100
Super Play
93%
Total!
(UK) 96%, (DE) 1-
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment
9/10
Control
94%
Electronic Games
95%
Entertainment Weekly
A
Hippon Super!
8/10
Marukatsu Super Famicom
8/10, 10/10, 7/10, 9/10
N-Force
92/100
Nintendo Game Zone
95/100
SNES Force
85%
Super Action
96%
Super Gamer
96%
Super Pro
96/100
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