Is F-Zero X [N64] Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk
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F-Zero X has such an amazing soundtrack.
definitely does
So true!
(Now I have to plug in my old N64 and do some racing XD)
Sounds like Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time with the soaring guitar synths. Recently found that album and immediately thought Fzero X!
One thing I never hear mentioned about F-Zero X is how well implemented the rumble support is. The intensity ramps up subtly as you start to lose traction and you can tell when you're going to lose control just from the vibration level. It's one of the only games where I've found rumble makes a tangible improvement to the gameplay.
Ooh I know exactly the type of thing u mean, that feeling is crucial for immersion in racing games. Forza Motorsport 4 on Xbox 360 did an excellent job with that as well. You could actually tell how much traction u had based on how the tires reacted to the different driving surfaces. That’s how Forza won me over when I used to be a big Gran Turismo fan instead
Oh thats interesting I didn't know that. I've been meaning to get a rumble pack.
I miss SNESDrunk wishing a great rest of my days ,I never knew I missed it till now ,have a great of your day too :)
N64drunk? Nice
that 80s metal sound on this game is damn perfect and I like the ost nore than the gx version🤔
Its Nice to see someone who prefer the ost of the n64 version over the gc realese.
I love the N64 OST a million times more than GX. I was so excited when GX was released, thinking the music was gonna be even more insane speed metal, what a let down that was.
@@rippinkorpse to me the music was more electronica like, which isn't bad like the mute city track, but the other tracks oofff I don't like it and you can't really here the iconic tunes like in f-zero or x, maybe I'm to deaf to here that, I dunno🤔
@@lampenpagulvet5489 the point is the europop soundstyle really destroy to me the beauty of the snes and n64 version😢
@@FarmerSlideJoeBob i agree.
I’m shocked they didn’t call it F-Zero 64
I actually just realized this wasn't the name of the game. I always called it that way.
I mean F-Zero X is just so damn badass.
GX sounded cool and was the better game as far as I'm concerned but F-Zero X as a name is absolute perfection.
I'm glad they got a little more creative and called it something different. It was the '90s, so if you put an X in the marketing it was automatically 10 times cooler. Ha ha.
I'm glad they got a little more creative and called it something different. It was the '90s, so if you put an X in the marketing it was automatically 10 times cooler. Ha ha.
Technically, 6+4=10, and 10 in roman numbers is X
I miss this series. It is very distinct from other racing games, and even other anti-gravity racing games. The absence of items or weapons puts the focus entirely on the driving skills of the player, and even the attacks have to be well executed. I'm not that good at it, but racing in this game (and F-Zero GX) is very satisfying. It's such a shame Nintendo is content with graverobbing F-Zero's features to add them in Mario Kart.
Also, it might be a small aspect of the game, but I love the characters in F-Zero X. Each one cooler/"badass-er"/sillier than the other, it's like a fighting game's roster!
Try out Fast RMX for Switch. In the absence of an actual F-Zero game, this is one that is brilliant and has the gameplay of f-zero and the gravity bending of racing around a tube track and all that, and the sense of speed is unmatched I think. It's the closest thing to a modern version of the n64 and Gamecube F-Zero games and I don't know how they manage to make it so good looking and so fast at the same time, on a handheld device, but there you go, there it is. It's just a lot of fun
@@duffman18 Oh, I tried that one, in fact it was one of three games I got when I bought my Switch.
I liked it, and it's closer to F-zero than most game I've seen (in particular the Hero mode), but... its not quite the same. The ship's design and lack of pilots reminds me more of Wipeout, and the color-switching didn't work that well IMO. Still, kudos to Shin'en Multimedia, their games are very impressive.
i always had more fun with wipeout, it's really fun blasting your opponents with weapons. kinda like a much faster mario kart.
Wonderful comment...amazing game
I wanted this game so bad imported it from Japan and played it all summer before the US received in the fall. - Worth noting at the time many hated the lack of detail despite it being necessary for the speed and FPS. - I’ll never forget one Cup X course I played that created a downward 90 degree turn that would kill all CPU cars. Hilarious!
I would have loved to see something like that. I'll get it on the Wii U and unlock that again.
I had the track generator do that too, and I have to admit that drop killed me too the first time. Next life I was up to its tricks though, but the AI doesn't learn so off they went again!
I remember that course. Only 5 of 29 opponents managed to make it the first time, and none of them lived to the 3rd lap.
This is true, it got flack for not having the flashy graphics, but it always made a better impression when seeing it live as the smooth fps and large numbers of vehicles on screen.
Nothing to do with the X Cup, but in novice difficulty everyone just dies in Red Canyon 1 (The one with various jumps). They die so hard, that I remember winning that race because all the computers died. Do you actually win when all other racers die or it's just my memory doing weird shit?
F zero's "Mute city" music is aways killer. AWAYS.
So nice to see new videos from you. Missed them.
F-Zero X (or rather F-Zero X Expansion Kit for the DD add-on) is the series peak for me. The GameCube iteration might be visually incredible but it's just not as balanced or ultimately enjoyable IMO.
F-zero X is easier than F-zero GX. Makes it more playable and a little more fun since it's less frustrating.
Peak for me too.
Super agree. GX looked great, but it was so hard that I never really had much fun playing it.
I disagree, It's much easier to get rid of other racers in GX, the side attack is really easy to use and powerful, you have to actually race well to win in X so it's harder trying to get rid of rivals slows you down too much and is more risky.
However the GX story mode is the more difficult than anything else in the series...
exactly, X is far better. The vehicles actually have momentum behind them, drifting and DTD's add a whole level of fun. GX is a completely different game based on the same characters, the way the machines handle isn't even comparable.
This is a nice angle! Gives you a chance to expand outside the 16-bit!
He’s going to have to expand. You can only talk about SNES games for so long.
@@denimchicken104 If he continues with the formula of 1 SNES game per week and wanted to do absolutely every single US SNES game released, he could do it for a long time. But there's no real fun in that.
The CunninLynguist of course not. That’s a notion not worth entertaining.
It is nice...don't get your hopes up too much about him doing a bunch of N64 reviews...from what I remember he's not a big fan of the N64. I did recommend Space Station Silicon Valley to him a few years back and he seemed to enjoy it; but overall I don't think he's much of a fan of the console in general.
Didn't know there was a 60fps N64 title. That's really cool.
For a first party Nintendo title, this one feels very under the radar.
There's actually a bunch of them, I don't know where Drunk got the idea that F-Zero is the only one. A few others include Bomberman 64, Clayfighter 64, Mortal Kombat 4, Super Smash Bros., Wetrix ... most 2D games are probably 60 FPS as well; things like Dr. Mario, Magical Tetris Challenge, Mischief Makers and Yoshi's Story, to name a few.
@@vaguerant
Yeah, that seemed really odd to me.
Might be worth looking into.
@@vaguerant _Yoshi's Story_ is one of them, too, much to its benefit. I find it highly underrated.
Yeah, one of the reasons the game wasn't such a hit is that these were the days when gaming magazines were at their peak. Most people saw still shots of the game and decided the graphics looked bare and simplistic. You had to see it in motion to realize that they'd traded graphical detail for speed and a rock solid framerate. And it was a good trade.
The soundtrack factor it's outstanding, they've created a awesome game and add extended the vibe with good tunes.
I love the original and the GC version, but never got round to trying this. That track randomiser though - what a stroke of genius!
I literally got goosebumps @ 3:11 hearing that guitar again. Thanks for this 🤘
I first played this at a hospital back in '99 when they had a N64 setup and I love how the game targeted 60fps at all times, even in 4 player split-screen. Plus having procedurally generated tracks in the X Cup was brilliant.
SNES,
Thanks for another great video. Oh and I love your intros...keep up the good work. True fan here.
Ill get a little bit nostalgia sick when i hear that soundtrack. A little tear in the corner of my eye!
Would love to see you cover the Excitebike series. I feel like a lot of people missed out on how awesome excite truck was.
Here's a review of Excitebike on the NES:
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Hugely underrated game imo. This is actually my second favorite N64 game (after Ocarina) and easily one of my favorite racing games ever. Never really got into GX.
I was a bigger fan of Extreme-G, though I probably should've scooped up both.
I love this game so much. The advanced techniques speedrunners have found in this game are amazing to behold and fun to try to replicate
When you said you were bringing more N64 games to the mix I certainly was not expecting that one right off the bat! This game kicks ass!!! That guitar lick in the beginning of the video sets the tone.
This was the first game I owned. My older brother and sister had saved up some money and bought it for me for Christmas.
It was pretty mindblowing to play a 3D game that moved that fast. I vividly remember going in a pipe for the first time and my little babby brain just melted.
It also acted as a entry point for me to discover heavy metal. Really great memories.
Also, gonna be pedantic and point out that F-Zero X is not the only N64 game to run at 60fps. There were definitely more of them like Yoshi's Story and Mischief Makers.
Most of these are 2D games or sprite-based, but there were also a few 3D ones in there like Mortal Kombat 4 and Smash Bros(at least when playing fewer than 3 players).
When he said "I hope you have a great rest of your day" I felt that
I still remember the very first time I got to play this at the Toys R Us that was in the Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts.....flying off the track on Big Blue 2 while my Dad was standing in the background saying, "I expected it was gonna be faster!" and I was like "Are you kidding? That was awesome!"
Such a great game
F-Zero X is still by far my favorite top 3 Nintendo 64 titles. I don’t feel F-Zero series gets the same recognition as other Nintendo exclusive titles. The F-Zero AX Arcade machines for the NGC F-Zero GX title are pretty rare. I liked that the data from your NGC card can be used for your custom vehicles at the arcade machine.
I LOVED the track randomizer. I still think about it to this day, even though -- get this -- i only played this game one time, like 20 years ago. It was just such a cool idea, I'd never seen anything like it.
Cool video!
I was gonna say something about TX, but you answered that.
I wouldn't mind seeing you Branch out more like this. It's hard for me to think of other places for you to go with SNES, so I could only imagine how hard it is for you.
The F-Zero series was brilliant in its use of textures to really make you feel like you were going at insane speeds. The circles on the sides of the tracks were a major contributor to this.
The only other games that gave me the same sense of ludicrous speed (“they’ve gone to plaid!”) that F-Zero has is the Wipeout series.
Excellent video! Great content and I'd like to see you dive into more series continuations as well!
i love the boost-power mechanics, sacrificing shield energy for a speed boost. it's a thrill and addiction maintaining constant velocity at the cost of ever higher death risk. and all this within a beautiful game world with amazing soundtrack.
For me the track editor is a big reason to revisit the game, there was one in the 64DD expansion kit and there's a PC tool for replacing tracks with custom ones
Well com back Snesdrunk! I really miss your videos, specially your intro XD
The soundfont used for this game really is a gift to the world. Some of the remixes I've heard using it are nothing short of amazing.
As unusual as it may sound, Fzero X doesn't have a MIDI soundtrack, but rather very compressed mono mp3 tracks (stereo on the Japan-only n64DD's Extension Kit edition).
You can change the tracks with a but of hacking!
Love this game and its soundtrack. Still a lot of fun to play today, especially in HD on an emulator. It's not the only 60 fps game though. Smash Bros is another.
Great game. Nice to see it getting some love. The DD expansion also added a track editor which is crazy.
Love when you do N64 stuff. Please continue with this type of video, the next game of SNES series on N64.
Wow you just did this!!! Thank you! F-Zero X is absolutely my favorite racing game of all time! If only the N64 Disk Drive was more accessible so i could play the expansion.
you can play f-zero x expansion kit on emulator now, if you wanna play it on real console you can pay around 200$ to get a everdrive 64 online
Missed you recently - Glad to see you back!
I didn't have a great rest of my day for the month SNESDrunk was gone. Now my days are great!
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. I beat all cups with all drivers on all difficulty levels. Haven't played it much since but I will say that I just could never get into GX for some reason. I still go back to the original from time to time.
YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!
YOU'VE GOT BOOST POWER!
When the GX team decided to do a techno soundtrack instead of heavy metal:
POUR IT ON! YOU'RE WAY OUT IN FRONT!
TOO BAD YOU'VE LOST YOUR MACHINE
Wait, some of these quotes sound like Wave Race! Haha. BETTER GET MOVIN'.
You forgot the extended edition for the 64DD.
The track randomizer is by far the best thing about this game, but you dont actually have to beat the other cups to unlock it as there is a cheat code to unlock everything.
Glad to see you back on a regular!
The thing about F-Zero GX is good luck finding a copy if you don't already have one, because you'll have to spend at least 100 dollars for it, whereas F-Zero X at least got re-released on the Wii, the Wii U, and now the Switch
Nice review man! Just got into the F-Zero Series and this is definitely a gem.
Cannot believe I played this game as much as I did and never knew about the track randomizer.
Great timing! I just got back into this series and I'm doing another playthrough of the GameCube edition of this franchise.
Correction here, Super Smash Bros 64 and a few other games also ran at 60 fps.
Fantastic review, ready to have a great rest of my day now!
No mention of the expansion pack that added customization features including an entire track creator, one of the most fleshed out level creators I've seen from a game. I think they just straight up gave players the tools the devs used.
Course you need the 1000+ dollar 64DD add on for it but, it's still worth noting
Nice to have you back SNES drunk.
Total length of video: 274 secs.
Total length of "SNES Drunk": 5.5 secs.
2.01% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk."
I was so hooked on F-Zero back in the day. Really great racing game.
Me and my cousins would play this game for hourssss😭so nostalgic one of my favorite games
Good times with this one when 16-17 y.o. lol I dont condone nor would I do so now but friends, ecstasy, and weed made a crazy game a CRAZY game. Was fun. Leave it to me to get my friends to play old/retro stuff :)
I used to love this game. Biorex was my go to for the first two cups, but I never finished the third on hard. Maybe one day I’ll unlock that last row of cars and the X cup.
not to mention the EXpansion kit with its sick metal cover of rainbow road
I literally felt a shot of adrenaline when you said track randomizer
I wanna try that soooooo badly now
And with F-Zero X I don't have to go searching for an arcade cabinet to load my gamecube data. :D This series is so cool.
Love this idea of exploring sequels to SNES classics. If I may make you a suggestion, you should try Starfox 64!
I am one of a privileged few to own the 64DD and the F-Zero X Expansion Kit which propels this game to new heights, in my opinion even higher than GX. It's a crime against humanity that Nintendo hasn't re-released that in some form.
My favorite game on the N64 but a decent margin, haha I was borderline offended by such a question, esp when M Kart bores me to tears yet that's all anyone talks about.
GX is my favorite arcade racer oat and outright game oat, and X is not far behind in least bit, phenomenal series. I love how Xs gameplay (physics/handling model/aerial control etc) is different from GX while still being uniquely great. Rest in Peace incredible F-Zero Series.
Please continue with the N64 content! Have a great rest of your day!
Its a lot to hope for, but I'd love to see X, GX, and AX all get remastered on Switch or the next system. 4k 60 fps F-Zero with motion controls would make me so happy.
Okay, weird story.
I first saw this as a preview in Gamefan. It was a small blurb, and after, I saw absolutely nothing. I figured it was cancelled, and that was my own headcannon for a long, long time.
So imagine my shock when I saw this at a Collectible/Game shop years and years later.
Love the content man. Would love if you did more N64 games
Great video. I was wondering if you can do a 2 week Patreon promotion where fans get to do the SNES drunk intro?
I loved F Zero X growing up. Capt Falcon was my main hands down
glad to see u back again and doin vids! i was about to put in a missing persons report!
Hell yeah it's worth playing! Red Gazelle was a monster, my favorite racer!
This is the only F-Zero game where it looked like I was driving backwards.
This is one of THE very best N64 games I've ever played. I find myself replaying it at least once a year.
This was a damn good game. My favorite track was one of the simplest, with the O shape. The sense of speed with the music (i think it was Dream Chaser) was so good. Sometimes I would go to such a high speed that the car would jump off the race track on its own. Good times
great to see you back again!
_Yoshi's Story_ ran at 60 FPS if I'm not mistaken, as did _Super Mario 64_ judging from how swiftly Mario moves in it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
That said, Nintendo's choice to pare down on graphical advancements for a higher framerate in this game was a good one. It still looks good, and the fact that it experiences no slowdown with 30 cars on screen is amazing.
Fun fact: This game is fun.
Another fun fact: Mario Kart 64's Rainbow Road makes a triumphant return in this game...the way it should've been in MK64, no rails throughout most of the track.
I like X's comic book and heavy metal aesthetic a lot more than GX's sleeker one
F Zero X is not only worth it but it is easily the best racing games ever. Huge improvement over the OG Snes title. The N64 was perfect for racing games.
There's nothing bad about BOF5, though.
I was going to chime in on that too. Dragon Quarter is really interesting and enjoyable if you accept it for what it is. It probably shouldn't have been a Breath of Fire game, but it isn't a bad game. On the other hand, there's nothing interesting or enjoyable about Mega Man X7, it's just a poorly executed Mega Man game. They shouldn't be lumped together.
There are a couple not-so-good things about BoF5, but overall it's still a really good game. But as James said, it probably should've been marketed as a spinoff, not a sequel. Very easily could have been since it didn't have 5 in the title, but everyone assumed it was a sequel because there hadn't been another BoF for years prior.
I just played this for the first time 30 minutes ago. This game is incredibly awesome!
Massively underrated game. Managed to get a copy on sale back when it was out for £10 and absolutely loved it. Way better than the Snes game, especially with the death mode
I'm not into racers but this game was great. It looked great. It had great soundtracks. Cool race tracks.
Great video, Drunk! Are you going to cover the Fire Emblem series? (I know it didn't started on the SNES it was featured on it)
I’d love a track randomizer on fzero gx. Or a new fzero game. Or both.
You didn’t talk about the spin move nothing more satisfying then spinning into a group of cars
Correction: F-Zero X wasn't the only game to run at 60 fps. Super Smash Bros did that as well.
Great video, glad you're back! Man, I would not agree it went to better things with the GC version. That was a SEGA game and you could really feel it. It was good alright but had that same superficial feeling many SEGA racers have. F-Zero X is a true Nintendo game. In the genre, it's a climax (and on that pun, I shall leave:) Great to watch you again, fella!
@MultiTarded don't get me wrong, I hear a lot of people love FZGX, so it's clearing a taste thing.
@@nicolasdoucet32 superficial? Is this one of the worst takes I've seen or what... Try harder Nintendo fan. I absolutely love X, favorite 64 game by far, it's brilliant but in it's own way. The handling model, physics, air control etc are different from GX but to sit here on a high horse and condescend towards Sega just because you prefer X over GX is petty. Just like X, mastering GX on Master difficulty or completing the story on hard takes practice, memorization and skill, there's nothing superficial about its gameplay in fact it's quite the opposite. Terrible comment.
@@retrosoul8770 alright, maybe superficial was a bad choice of word, it's true the game was probably the richest in volume anyway. But it just didn't feel right to me in many ways. There was something truly thrilling about this N64 version (Big hand for instance) that seemed to vanish after. I felt it became more like Wipeout (the soundtrack is testimony of that). To be honest, I felt similarly about the GBA versions, apart from the last one. They didn't recapture the thrill for me.
I'm really not a Nintendo fan you know, I love and collect all systems and I have an Astro City, that's how much I want Sega in my home. We don't need to get tense. I guess we're both sorry the series has stopped, right? Here is to something we have in common:)
@@nicolasdoucet32 Yeah F-Zero fans will always have that in common. But yes there are some tracks I would have loved to see in GX (red canyon for ex), including the randomizer. The kickass story missions make some of that up for me though. And yeah I agree on the metal ost too, though I still like both osts despite GX's being perhaps inferior. One thing I like more about X are the aerial physics, tilting upwards dramatically increases the sense of air speed. Whereas GX feels flat by comparison in the air.
The Wipeout series (which I love too) control/play more like boat racing where GX feels more like an F1 game, the grip was increased from X to make it more accessible, but also for tighter/faster handling around corners than what's possible in X which I think is an improvement over X's much looser, less stable style of handling. However in X you can do "blast turns" as Maximum Velocity refers to it, tapping the A button to maintain grip around corners at high speed, which is cool technique.
GX is easier for newcomers to play but still very hard to master just like X. With a better sense of ground speed perhaps due to newer hardware.
GX is my favorite game oat with X right there too but both games are masterpieces as far as I'm concerned so I don't judge anyone who prefers one over other, it was just how you said it hah, but yeah cheers to another game man.
An awesome game, to be sure! Even better on the 64DD with the track designer. Gotta be able to read Japanese, though...
F Zero GX on Gamecube also didn’t have the death race mode, this was actually my favourite thing to do in F Zero X I was really annoyed they took it out
Wait, a new review? Dated today? Heyyyy, welcome back!!!
Can you do a video on Major league baseball featuring Ken griffey Jr for N64? One of the greatest baseball games even made!
F-Zero X remains, to this day, my favorite racing game ever.
I hope you have a great rest of your day, too!
I've been on an F-Zero kick lately, playing both the SNES and N64 games. My only gripe is I wish there were more tracks, but I still haven't unlocked the X-Cup, so maybe I'm in for a surprise - I see a rendition og Rainbow Road there in your video. Gotta say, I'm really loving both games.
I'm skipping F-Zero GX for now, because I've heard the developers went way overboard with the difficulty, and that just doesn't appeal to me. I love difficult games, but not when it happens to racing games. There a whole slew of mechanics behind getting first place on an Expert course - speed, turning, drifting, etc. - that I just can't be bothered to learn right now. Maybe some day, though.
WOW! YOU'RE RIGHT OUT IN FRONT!
YOU GOT BOOST POWER!!
I'd say this title is more accessible than GX, which is awesome, but with a steeper learning curve, I think. Also, it amazes me how "minimalistic" F-Zero X visually is compared to Xtreme-G or other futuristic racers, however, its gameplay seems much more solid. Easy to start, hard to master, but with a fluid progression. Love this game!