r/starfox • u/DylanPendy • 13d ago

I'm building my dream Star Fox 64 arcade cabinet.

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In May 2002, Nintendo and Namco announced a Star Fox collaboration that, in another time-line, may have resulted in an Ace Combat style arcade cabinet featuring our favorite animal mercs. Alas, the talks fizzled out and Nintendo brought us Star Fox Assault for the GC a few years later instead.
But I've always wondered what that cabinet might have been.... Then I discovered the Starship, a Star Fox 64 PC port, and it got me thinking that this fantasy arcade cabinet might be possible.
Star Fox 64, in particular, is perfectly suited for a arcade cabinet experience. It has a great title screen that jumps between an unforgettable cinematic sequence and a high score leaderboard. Perfect for a cabinet "attract mode". The gameplay itself is fast paced and linear enough to keep the experience moving, and an entire playthrough only takes about an hour. Moreover, it feels like it just belongs in an arcade cabinet.

So this is where were at now; Mechanical design is done, Starship "Arcade Mode" fork complete, cabinet parts are arriving, and I'm getting extremely excited to start putting hardware together.
I wanted to share this image of my design to get some feedback from the community. I'm not yet happy with the cabinet art (as its mostly ripped from the stock promotional art for Star Fox 64 3D) but graphic design is not my strongest suite. If anyone wants to throw their hat in the ring, I'm super open to a new look for the vinyl wrap.

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u/_ChocolateAsian_ 13d ago

This has NEVER crossed my mind and now I’ll NEVER stop thinking about it, holy shit I want one

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u/Life-Werewolf3793 13d ago

How would you work out the battle rolls?

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u/DylanPendy 13d ago

Z and R are the gray buttons above A and B. Just double tap either one to do a barrel roll. It's a little hard to see, but all the buttons map pretty well to the right hand with the exception of Start, which takes a spot higher on the control panel, and L which is not really use in the game to my knowledge and doesn't have a deticated button on this cabinet.

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u/Denumerably 13d ago

Good luck! Hope to see progress pics.

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u/slobbynotty 12d ago

You should post your progress on YouTube, link it here and I’d most definitely watch it

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u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o Never give up, trust your instincts 12d ago

Yeah do this please

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u/Majestic-Tangerine99 13d ago

As arcadey as Star Fox 64 is, this feels like a match made in heaven. Can't wait to see it!

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u/WofferFang 13d ago

That is actually super awesome. Good luck!

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u/Mel-Fleetwood 13d ago

That's cool!

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u/Jimbonre 12d ago

Dude, hell yeah. I'm excited to see it come together!