Star Fox has its alternate Final Boss, the Slot Machine. Star Fox 64 has the Forever Train, which causes trouble for you all throughout the Macbeth stage. Apr 22, 2018 Players can find this hidden encounter in the Out of This Dimension stage in the original Star Fox for the SNES. Defeating the Slot Machine is a matter of getting three red 7s, all the while. To enter this stage, you need to be on Route 3 and enter Asteroid 2, when you see a big meteor appear on the far right, shoot it, after enough hits it will blow up, and a egg will fly out and a. Awesome Bosses / Star Fox. The Slot Machine in Out of this Dimension is not an awesome boss because of the fight itself, or because it's a final boss. He's smaller and more maneuverable than any boss save for Star Wolf (and actually probably harder to hit than the original Wolfen.
Anti-Climax Boss: While Professor Hanger is just another stage boss, he's given a lot of buildup, having a whole segment before you can actually attack him and being one of the few bosses who can actually speak. All of this in addition to a massive health bar for this game and awesome music would hype players up to a threatening showdown..only for Hanger to go down really, really easily.
Awesome Music:
The theme for the first stage, Corneria is a well-loved track by the fanbase to this day, even to those who otherwise started with Star Fox 64.
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Most of the soundtrack applies, to the point where a good portion of fans of the original game prefer its soundtrack and more serious tone over 64's. See the Awesome Music page of the main series for more.
Best Boss Ever: Despite it being incredibly annoying, the Slot Machine is perhaps the most memorable boss in the game.
Best Level Ever: The Space Armada stands out for its epic feel, multiple paths to completion, and the ability to fly into enemy ships and destroy them.
Bizarro Episode: Sector Y? Odd. The Black Hole? Really weird. Out of this Dimension? No words can describe it.
Breather Boss: A few, a relief from the occasional That One Boss.
The most notable is Professor Hanger, who, although having a ton of health, is an easy target, has easy to dodge attacks, and doesn't really move, kinda.
Atomic Base 1 can be defeated in just a few seconds if you stockpile at least three nova bombs prior to taking it on. Even if you defeat it via the 'correct' method, it still has a very short life bar and attacks that are easy to dodge.
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The Path 3 bosses can either be this, That One Boss, or Goddamned Boss, depending on how you play. While Destructor can come as a nasty shock compared to the Attack Carrier, and the Blade Barrier can be a major pain in the butt, the bosses between them and the Venom bosses are actually not too hard compared to their stages.
Breather Level: Venom Skyway, the Path 2 incarnation of Venom Surface, is actually easier than both its Path 1 counterpart and most of the earlier stages on Path 2, with the Galactic Riders also being by far the easiest of the Venom-related bosses.
Goddamned Boss: Path 3 bosses have the potential to become this. The Great Commander's first fight, depending on your skill, can either become the most notable Goddamned Boss or the most notable That One Boss. The Slot Machine is not disputable. It's just that annoying.
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Hilarious in Hindsight: The grinning asteroids◊ in the hard version of the Asteroid Belt bear quite a resemblance to the modern Trollface meme. Said asteroids even troll you by swerving to hit you!
Most Wonderful Sound:
'Wing repair.'
'Twin Blaster!'
The Space Whale's call if you manage to summon it in Sector Y.
Nightmare Fuel:
The box art and posters featuring realistic anthropomorphic versions of the Star Fox team. Let's just say there's a good reason the team doesn't look like road kill in-game or anywhere else..
Out of this Dimension, mostly due to Fridge Horror. Pepper tries to contact the Star Fox team and fails, and the team is stuck in an alternate dimension with no way back; even killing the endboss of the stage simply results in a 'THE END' screen that goes on forever. Since the Star Fox team has left the dimension they came from, one can assume that Andross is now free to conquer the system with negligible resistance. Worse, none of Fox's teammates appear in the stage at all, which not only leads you to wonder if Fox is possibly all alone, trapped and lost in space forever, but what about the whereabouts of the others?
'Seinfeld' Is Unfunny: The framerate is crappy by console standards, and the visuals aged about as well as a glass of milk in the summer sun. That said, this is still the genesis to one of the premier console-based space shooter franchises, and if you can handle the framerate (and lack of a targeting reticle in 3rd person camera mode) it still plays quite well today.
Sequel Displacement: A lot of fans are still unaware there was a Star Fox before 64. And this game and story didn't have many of the things the series became known for later. No Great Fox. No ROB 64. No Star Wolf. No Krystal. And no Aquas, Area 6, Bolse, Fichina, Katina, Sauria, Solar or Zoness. But there was Papetoon and Fortuna, while the Venom orbital stages and Space Armada were similar in comparison to Area 6. The stages that did exist also look significantly different. The fact that 64 was an abnormally early reboot of the franchise doesn't help matters either.
Suspiciously Similar Song: Some fans have noted that the iconic Corneria theme sounds very similar to the main theme from Sega's After Burner, at least in tone. Not that you'll find anyone complaining, as the comparison has inspired some remixes using the Sega Genesis and arcade soundboards. This video makes a brief comparison.
That One Boss: On Path 1, Phantron after going One-Winged Angel. On Path 2, Plasma Hydra. Everyone has the potential on Path 3, but the Great Commander in particular stands out.
That One Level: Sector Z and Macbeth, due to having very limited room to manoeuvre in both levels. On top of that, Sector Z is full of the same construction materials as Sector X, only this time they're transparent, while in Macbeth you have to deal with enemies on the top of the chasm as well as the ground.
Visual Effects of Awesome:
While they may look dated in this day and age, the Super FX graphics were considered quite impressive and groundbreaking back when the game first came out. Visually speaking, the game did not look like a first effort. Enemies animated, robots walked across the battlefield. There are even robots that abscond with buildings and the like; if you kill them, they drop what they're holding.
Special note should be given to the design of the Arwing itself. The in-game model is just 12 triangles, completely flat-shaded with no lighting. And yet, it maintains a clear and distinct silhouette, making it easily recognizable from other objects. It's clear that the Arwing was deliberately designed to look good with minimal triangles.
Uncanny Valley: Dear lord the characters look creepy in the artwork. Thank goodness Nintendo stuck with the cartoony designs in-game afterwards.
Alternative Title(s):Star Fox 1993
The SNES Classic has arrived, and to commemorate the occasion, we’re diving into those classic SNES games of yesteryear to reveal awesome secrets, hidden levels, cheats and special techniques to make revisiting these games even better. There’s a lot to love about Star Fox, the space shootings polygonal action game included in the SNES Classic Edition along with it’s never-before-released (officially) sequel — and foremost is the replayibility.
At the start of the game, you’ll get your pick of one of three routes to reach Venom, the last stage in the game. Each route is progressively more difficult, with the first route reserved for beginners while the third route is for experts. Throwing a monkey wrench in the works are two bonus levels you can access; the Black Hole, and an even more surreal visit to an alternate universe. Learn how to access both hidden levels with the quick guide below.
Secret Levels & Easter Eggs Guide
There are two hidden levels in Star Fox — the Black Hole, and Another Dimension. Both are pretty strange, but Another Dimension takes the cake for weirdness. In each entry, I’ll explain how to reach the secret level, and then dive into a little more detail. They’re strange, I’ll leave it at that for now.
How To Access The Black Hole
Reach Level 1-2 (The Asteroid Belt, Route 1)
Continue until you find a gold asteroid with four spinning grey asteroid.
Blast the gold asteroid and fly through the center of the grey asteroids (where the gold asteroid was located).
Do this for all three gold / grey asteroid clusters.
A asteroid with a face will appear in the corner of the screen. Shoot it until a black hole appears.
Fly through the reach the Black Hole!
The Black Hole is a strange ship graveyard with three level warps. You can fly through one of three portals that appears in the stage — Sector Y (Route 2), Sector Z (Route 3), and Venom (Route 1).
How To Access Out Of This Dimension
Reach Level 3-2 (The Asteroid Belt, Route 3)
In the stage, you’ll fly by a massive asteroid to the left. When you encounter the second massive asteroid on the right, keep shooting until you destroy it.
A bird-like origami creature will fly out of the second destroyed large asteroid. Don’t shoot it!
Instead, ram into it to teleport into the alternate dimension.
Star Fox - Ost - Boss Slot Machine
Unlike the Black Hole, the “Out of This Dimension” level is actually a weird alternate ending to the game. You’ll find paper airplanes, and the boss doesn’t even have a health bar. The boss features a slot machine design, and the only path to victory is to shoot until you get a 7 / 7 / 7 jackpot. You’ll even have to fight the credits. The game won’t end until you blast letters to correctly spell out “THE END”.