Normally I'm not one to start up threads on game news posts you can find elsewhere, but this bit about F-Zero GX is too close to my heart to not make known here. Anyway, like the title states, it turns out that the guy who runs The Cutting Room Floor, a site dedicated to unearthing deleted or otherwise normally inaccessible content in games, has discovered that you can actually play the entirety of F-Zero AX, the Sega-developed arcade counterpart to GX, by inputting some AR codes into a copy of GX either via Dolphin or actual hardware, with the instructions on how to do so detailed on this page. Below is some video footage taken showing AX in action.
I don't know how many F-Zero fans are out there on this forum or really how many people care in general, but as someone who had the pleasure of playing one of the few North American arcade units for AX ever manufactured on several occasions, it personally excites me to know that the game has actually lived on right under our noses for all these years. Playing it on the GameCube might mean you don't get to experience the kickass chair with built-in hydraulics that moved you around as you played the game, but I'd say it's better than nothing for the chance to easily play one of my personal favorite arcade experiences again. While it's possible to now play Triforce hardware games in Dolphin, it's probably significantly more convenient all around that this works.
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