Starship, the fan-made PC port of Star Fox 64 announced by the team who also made PC ports of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Ship of Harkinian) and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2 Ship 2 Harkinian), has a new release out which includes a Native Linux version.
Like other releases, Starship does not include any copyrighted assets so you are required to provide a supported copy of the game. Which should hopefully keep Nintendo away from it.
New features and improvements in the 0.2.0 release:
- Added built-in O2R asset file generation to the game.
- Added US 1.0 ROM Support.
- Added JP 1.0 ROM Support (JP Voices only).
- Added EU 1.0 ROM Support (Lylat Voices only).
- Added event hook system, making it easier for devs to mod the game.
- Added option to invert the analog stick Y axis.
- Added Cheat: infinite boost/brake.
- Added Cheat: Laser Range multiplier.
- Added Cheat: Rapid-fire.
- Improved Jump to Map Developer functionality (Instant).
- Added the Beta Coin replacement for the Gold Rings found inside the game.
- Added the Beta boost/brake HUD found inside the game.
- Added HUD aspect ratio customization independently from game aspect ratio.
- Added option to disable Gorgon's boss screen flashes (Accessibility).
- Added O2R (ZIP) support for assets, for ease of modding.
- Added developer functionality to disable Gamma Boost.
- Improved controller compatibility.
- Added a more appropriate default controller mapping to the game.
- Added Developer Pause.
- Added SSE optimizations for Sound.
- Added option to show outline for ships in radar.
- Added option to show red background for all enemy radio messages (instead of just Andross).
- Added option to customize cockpit glass opacity in First Person view.
- Improved Matrix Float Precision.
- Added 5.1 surround channel sound.
- Ending can now be skipped if it was seen at least once.
- Added texture interpolation for planet floors.
- Added Render parallelization.
Find all the details on the GitHub page.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Raaben 2 days ago
Just gonna go and save this before the big N goes after it anyway.
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mrdeathjr 2 days ago
In my case stay work ok with mesa 25.2-dev (with japanese voices option in starship if you have japanese starfox rom)
https://i.imgur.com/QV7k0tE.png
also ship of harkinian work ok too
https://i.imgur.com/XB7ew7c.png
both use opengl renderer on linux, in my case stay testing using zink
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 26 May 2025 at 4:01 pm UTC
https://i.imgur.com/QV7k0tE.png
also ship of harkinian work ok too
https://i.imgur.com/XB7ew7c.png
both use opengl renderer on linux, in my case stay testing using zink
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 26 May 2025 at 4:01 pm UTC
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Linux_Rocks a day ago
Do a barrel roll!
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