Talk:Super FX/Archive 1

Archive 1

Firefox being pseudo-3D?

I wouldn't call Firefox being Pseudo-3D. Pseudo-3D games are those classic racing games like Hang-On, Outrun or shooters like Space Harrier, which move 2D sprites in the depth of field, scaling them, and giving you the feeling of 3D. --Abdull 12:46, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Who ever said that firefox is Pseudo-3D? You must mean Star Fox.? --Snargle 14:07, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Ergh, you're right, I meant Starfox! :) --Abdull 12:41, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Super FX & Super FX 2 games lists (again)

Most online sources are completely wrong concerning what games included the Super FX or the FX 2. Stunt Race FX is not a Super FX 2 game. This is not advertising, but "Snes Central" contains cartridge PCB scans and descriptor tables of the more popular games. Pictures by 'Phonymike' especially have been used by the development team of ZSNES to definitively sort out which game has what FX chip.

Also, Street Fighter Alpha 2 is NOT AN FX GAME. Neither is Donkey Kong Country (1,2,3) as many online articles suggest. Street Fighter Alpha contains an S-DD1 chip, DKC just all have a large rom size (32 mbits) and used pre-rendered graphics with heavy conventional data compression.

Check out these external links Stunt Race FX [1] Street Fighter Alpha 2 [2]

--24.179.150.182 02:56, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

FX2 vs. FX²

If I remember correctly I've seen the name as Super FX² when it was advertised. Could someone confirm or disprove that? --32X 13:08, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Remove Super FX 2 and Super FX distinction in games list

I'm suggesting that to end the dispute about what is and is not categorized as having an FX or FX2, to just have a single games list. If we say that the chips act the same internally, and given the information that a software bit switches from dividing the input clock by two or not, it is possible that a later production run of a particular FX1 game could have used an FX2? It's easier to prove that a game had an FX (box or instruction manual), than prove what FX version it had. Whicker 04:37, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I guess unless we can find a source that can really outline what used what then that probably is the best solution. Wait a couple days and see if anyone else has an opinion on it tho.--Iamstillhiro1112 14:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm always opposed to making thongs more ambiguous. I propose finding a reference for each game entry. --Snarius 21:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Reference is here: http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/INFO/chipinfo.htm 84.182.124.226 22:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Star Fox 2 (may have become Star Fox Command)

I would love to see some citation on this, because it seems pretty unlikely.   –Justin Force 17:19, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Super FX and region-converting adaptors

I remember reading in an NMS annual, many years ago, something to the effect that Star Fox/Star Wing would not work with adaptors to convert imported SNES games to run on a PAL SNES. Is this to do with the Super FX chip? If so, this ought to be mentioned in the article. Moreover, is it actualy an inherent limitation of the way Super FX was implemented, or just an incompatibility of the regional converters that were around at the time (similarly to the already mentioned Game Genie incompatibility)? -- Smjg (talk) 12:11, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Note the extra tabs in the top image

Most likely, your "adaptors" did not handle the two extra tabs on either side of certain carts. These tabs are not needed for a normal game and are this not present on most carts, but they do have a use for timing and address mapping of expansion chips like the SuperFX. Personally, I can't see how that is worth mentioning. Anomie⚔ 21:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

If the Game Genie issue is worth mentioning, why shouldn't this be on the same basis? At least if somebody who has actually seen an NTSC to PAL regional converter can confirm the absence of these pins.... -- Smjg (talk) 16:39, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Lacking dates

I think the article would be improved if it had a sense of when. Louis Waweru  Talk  04:48, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Citation needed?

Is it really necessary to have "[Citation needed]" after every single sentence in this article? --142.162.82.208 (talk) 03:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

No, that was ridiculous. I reverted the change and added the refimprove template instead. Antiuniverse (talk) 00:44, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Super Mario FX

I dare someone to find a real reference for Super Mario FX (not IGN). I've done extensive research and have found no credible evidence that there ever was consideration of a 3D Super Mario game for the SNES. I have seen an interview by Dylan Cuthbert ([3]) saying that many of the ideas used in Star Fox 2 made it into Super Mario 64, but nowhere is it claimed that there was ever a Super Mario FX. 122.148.127.22 (talk) 10:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Originally intended for the SNES console?

I used to work for a Nintendo franchise repair center, and therefore got technical information that most members of the public never saw. I remember mention that this FX chip was originally planned for inclusion in the SNES console itself, but was not due to extended development time (for the FX chip). I know when the SNES was released, but there are no dates on the development period for the FX chip so I cannot compare. Other people I talk to say the FX chip was never intended for the console, but I certainly remember reading (from Nintendo-supplied bulletins) that it was. Can anyone clarify this? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.55.158.176 (talk) 01:43, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Super Mario FX, redux

There is some confusion out there as to what "Super Mario FX" really is. A previous editor removed all reference to this title (and other unrelated, valuable information), claiming it never existed. That is true, insofar as being a game with that title. However, according to Dylan Cuthbert of Argonaut Games, "Super Mario FX" was merely the codename for the Super FX chip, which this article had previously stated until said editor removed the reference. It was even properly referenced from Cuthbert's own Twitter account. Since there have been other edits made after this, and I'm not that experienced at Wikiediting, I would like to request that a large portion of the information from this revision be reinstated. "Super Mario FX" did in fact exist - it just wasn't a 3D Mario game as many people have claimed at one point or another. LocalH (talk) 00:27, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

FX 2 seems to have added features beyond FX

AT: What further changes to the add-on chip were necessary to pull off the specific upgrades and differences you wanted to implement in Star Fox 2, if any?

DC: The FX 2 chip had built-in mapping to the character mapped screen formats, and this helped rendering immensely. The FX 2 Chip could simply "plot" a pixel of a particular color, and the underlying mapping would be automagically [sic] dealt with. This is one of the main speed boosts it gave.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/10/exclusive-legendary-star-fox-coder-on-series-history-surprise-sequel-launch/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.74.25 (talk) 01:56, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Super FX not used for yoshi's island bosses/parallax

Parallax scrolling is a basic feature of the SNES. Bosses are rendered using HDMA. If you disable HDMA emulation at a boss in the game, you'll see that the game renders bosses using predrawn "slices". The game uses HDMA to modify scroll registers, in effect selecting and horizontally positioning a slice for each scanline. 76.19.58.228 (talk) 19:04, 6 October 2017 (UTC)