https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Starship
Dust off your Arwing because a native Star Fox 64 port just barrel-rolled onto PC
It won't be long before it's ported to Android, too.
TL;DR
- The Nintendo 64 classic Star Fox 64 has been decompiled and ported to PC.
- The project, called Starship, supports widescreen output, up to 360fps, enhanced graphics, cheats, and more.
- This is the third project from Harbour Masters 64, after The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
Called Starship, it takes just a few minutes to set up. All you need is a ROM of the original game (from your own physical collection, of course) that matches the hash for the 1.1 US release. Then, download the latest assets from the GitHub page, put the ROM in the same directory, run the executable, and you're good to go.
Starship supports 2x upscaling, widescreen output, cheats, and more.
The result has several enhancements over the N64 version, including upscaled graphics (up to 2x), widescreen output support, up to 360fps, cheats, and more.
I found the default controls to be pretty bad, but you can remap everything to a controller in the settings for a better experience. Regardless, it runs far better than Nintendo 64 emulators since the console's unique hardware makes it difficult to emulate. Although to be fair, the game ran pretty poorly on original hardware, too.
For now, there is no native Android version of Starship, but if it's anything like the team's previous efforts, it's just a matter of time. The Majora's Mask port, which launched earlier this year, is fully playable on Android and works like a dream. This is also just the initial public release, so expect further improvements in the coming months.
Source: Android Authority
I had Perfect Dark but that came out in 2000 and my local multiplayer options had shrunk to nil in middle school. My siblings were done with video games by then and school was miles away by bus. I preferred playing Unreal Tournament online with the family iMac.