Star Fox
SNES1993WindowsBeta
Runs natively on PC through StarFoxSNESRecomp.
Project page on github.com.
Cover art and game details from IGDB.
- Original console
- SNES · Nintendo, 1990
- Runs on
- Native PC
- Platforms
- Windows
- Method
- RecompThe original machine code translated automatically into C or C++, with tools like N64Recomp or ReXGlue.
- Status
- Beta
- Latest release
- v0.3.1 ↗
- Last update
- Sep 2026
- AI use
- AI-assistedThe project says much of its code was written with AI tools.
Listing updated .
About Star Fox
Star Fox, released as Starwing in Europe, is a 1993 rail shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo, with assistance from Argonaut Software, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The first game in the Star Fox series, Star Fox follows Fox McCloud and the rest of the Star Fox team defending their homeworld of Corneria against the attacking forces of Andross.
- Released
- 21 Feb 1993
- Genre
- Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Modes
- Single player
- Series
- Star Fox
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Playtronic
- Rating
- 76/100 from 171 ratings
Screenshots, summary and details from IGDB ↗. They describe the original game, not the port.
Star Fox PC port: quick answers
- Do I need to own Star Fox?
- Yes. StarFoxSNESRecomp needs game files from a copy you own. PlayPorted links only to the project page and never to game files.
- Is the Star Fox PC port finished?
- It is in beta: playable, with known issues. Its last update was Sep 2026, and the latest release is v0.3.1.
- Which systems does it run on?
- Windows.
- Is it an emulator?
- No. StarFoxSNESRecomp translates the original game code into native code, so it runs without an emulator.
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