Normally you dont notice it while youre playing - your mind is otherwise occupied just trying to stay on the track - but on a couple of tracks things suddenly spring into existence right in the middle of the screen, which can be distracting.

F Zero X Retexture Install Your Desired

Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game.

F-Zero X (tentative title) was shown in playable form for the first time at Space World 97, and it wowed crowds with its fast, fluid animation, variety of crafts and intense track design.

Each Cup has a variety of tracks, just like the first F-Zero, and in fact many of them come straight from the Super NES game Gust the names though--the layouts are, for the most part, entirely new).

The track layouts are superb, with big jumps, lots of twists and turns, special features (like tracks that are spherical, where you race around the outsides of a huge tube that holds you in with some sort of gravitational pull) and more.

And for those who complain about N64 games not having enough variety--there are 30 (yes, 30) crafts to choose from, each with its own unique characteristics and drivers (including the four from the first game).

In addition, each craft is rated from A-E in terms of Body, Boost and Grip at the Selection Screen.

F Zero X Retexture Zip Across Your

If you thought the first F-Zero was fast, wait until you see this baby zip across your TV.

Were talking 60 frames of animation per second, with crafts that reach speeds of 1000 kmh and more (our personal best was over 1400 kmh), and this is with up to 30 crafts on screen at once.

Just like the 16-Bit version, there are zippers on the tracks that send you forward, and when you complete a lap, your craft gains the ability to Boost at the expense of your Power gauge.

Fortunately, just after each lap you can race over special bars on the track that will help replenish lost energy (again, just like the first F-Zero).

All in all, F-Zero X is shaping up to be a killer racing game, and with a 64DD add-on already in the works (see sidebar), you can count on seeing this baby in the headlines for a long time to come.

The only problem Youll have to wait until late 98 for the U.S.

With any luck, NoA will give us a quick port so we can be playing the game before the end of the summer.

With this add-on, you will be able to choose from more hov-ercrafts, more tracks and best of all-the disc will come with a track editor and a hovercraft editor Not only will you be able to create your own tracks, but youll be able to download ones that your friends may have made, or possibly (in Japan at least) download special event tracks from participating retailers with special kiosks.

Heck, youll even be able to record your best race and turn it into a ghost racer for someone else to race against on their machine The possibilities are endless.

Back then, the limits of the hardware meant that the futuristic hover-sleds of the game were limited to zipping around a flat track that span around the player like a Monopoly board on a record player.

Old Nintendo hands will talk admiringly about all the visual cues it shares with the SNES game, but those whose eyes arent clotted with nostalgic cataracts might not be so happy about their latest purchase looking like a seven-year-old 16-bitter.

Detail hasnt just been sacrificed for speed, its practically been burned alive.

Everything blasts past so insanely fast that it becomes almost hypnotic, and after a while you begin to realise that youve been staring intently at the screen for five minutes without blinking and there are flies stuck to your gummy eyeballs.

The cars are all pretty evenly matched, so gaining places comes down to skill, quick reactions and well-judged use of boosters.

The short races (three laps) mean that youre battling for position right until the end.

F-Zero X does apparently have 64DD hooks for the expansion disk, which (if it ever appears) will feature a track designer, but for now you have to make do with whatever the X track throws at you.

Although there are a few vertiginous sections where the track dreams of Mr Alton Towers, producing a proper feeling of queasiness as you struggle to keep your bearings, there arent nearly enough.

Extreme G recognised the potential of having the courses spend nearly as much time going up and down as from side to side, but F-Zero X is sparing - maybe too sparing - with its loops and rolls.