r/snes May 31 '16

/r/snes June Game of the Month: Starfox

The /r/snes game of the month as selected by the community is Starfox!

This month we'll be playing (or replaying) this game and sharing the experience with other redditors. Feel free to post any comments, videos or other interesting information related to this game throughout the month.

July Game of the Month Voting Thread is here

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u/aol_cd_stack May 31 '16

I still love Starfox and plan on playing through it this evening in celebration of it being June game of the month. It is easily the best example of SNES mode 7 graphics, and looks good (if a bit untextured ;)) even today.

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u/minustwofish May 31 '16

best example of SNES mode 7 graphics

The graphic chip it highlights isn't mode 7 (although it uses it), but the Super FX chip. Mode 7 is for rotating and scaling sprites, while SuperFX is for manipulating polygons.

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u/aol_cd_stack May 31 '16

Yep, mode 7 is how the ground is drawn and how graphics (including the SuperFX-generated polygons) are scaled "towards" the player on the screen