Who knew those little discs could hold so much?
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/hac...f-zero-gx.html
Who knew those little discs could hold so much?
http://www.retrocollect.com/News/hac...f-zero-gx.html
Interesting. Seeing as how I bought an Action Replay to access the AX tracks years ago (I think they could be unlocked after beating all the other cups on the hardest difficulty --which I certainly couldn't manage while retaining my sanity), I'll have to try this out.
Last edited by SpaceHarrier; 03-07-2013 at 07:54 PM.
I vaguely recall the option of unlocking things onto a memory card. Now I need to find an Action Replay! Oh wait, they're ridiculously expensive!
Last edited by Greg2600; 03-07-2013 at 10:01 PM.
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Wow, this is pretty cool. Crazy how it went 9 years without being discovered. If I ever run across a GC Action Replay I'll try this out for sure.
The devs of Rogue Squadron III kept the inclusion of the Return of the Jedi arcade game similarly secret on that for the better part of several years if I recall.
What's with Gamecube games and secret hidden stuff on the discs?
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
Gamecube Pikmin, still looking for the version that has all the extras to unlock.
I confirmed that the Newer Action Replay does not have the F-Zero AX code, it does not allow additional codes to be entered. Broke out my older Action Replay with the memory card, entered the code and it worked beautiful! I really dread that AR card crapping out, it has a reputation of breaking which renders the older AR disc useless. Luckily the AR file can easily be backed up. The memory card has to be in the second port for saving the AR file, I backed it up on my other GC memory cards as well.
Confirmed the code works, the startup screen shows a still pic of the Arcade instructions with warnings about the motion cab. Six Race courses and different hover cars from FZero AX. I love the track which is like the fire level in GX. It keeps the car gravity glued to the track, think Mario Galaxy. Just do not go into the settings in AX, the game will lock up.
Unfortunately, no apparent way to save the unlock to a game save. The older Action Replay disc has to be booted every time to get the F-Zero AX unlock.
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Pretty neat. It's always great when old games reveal new stuff out of the blue...wait for it...falcon. I imagine this was done because the games were so similar that it made more sense to make one version and then just slightly modify the game for either arcade or home, and since removing stuff could cause other parts of the game to break they figured it best to just leave it all in. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a GCN version hidden in the arcade game, too.
1980s Star Wars Arcade was on the Demo Disc.
The 1980s Star Wars Arcade AND Empire Strikes Back were the bonus games advertised as available on Rogue Squadron 3.
1980s Return of the Jedi was on the retail disc but the devs didn't release the "cheat code" to unlock it for at least a year after the game's release.
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Any idea if this can be done with Dolphin?
What a great game! And it still holds up graphically after all these years. As other have pointed out, unlocking the AX tracks is incredibly hard -- you have to beat all the regular cups on Master difficulty. My brother and I played the hell out of that game back in the day; I need to see what it looks like on my HD screen some day.
But that it can actually boot into the arcade mode? That's pretty crazy!
Man, if Nintendo/Sega ever made a version of this game with 30+ player races online...that might get me interested in a Wii U.
If you use Dolphin, go into ..\dolphin-3.0-win64\User\GameConfig\ and add these code lines into GFZE01.INI
+$Unlock AX Arcade Mode
03C854A0 08000000
04004930 806D831C
04004934 28030000
04004938 41820014
0400493C 3C630019
04004940 8083D550
04004944 64844001
04004948 9083D550
0400494C 7FE3FB78
04004950 4801664C
0401AF98 4BFE9998
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Thirty bucks plus shipping at http://us.codejunkies.com/Departments/gcn.aspx , but I'm pretty sure the $20 SD Media Launcher functions as an AR on its own too.
Anyway, Mario Kart Arcade GP is playable on the Wii if you hack it the right way. Isn't the authentic F-Zero AX playable the same way? I suppose using an AR (and a genuine disc) is substantially less troublesome.
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For not being anywhere near to an F-Zero AX machine, this news is golden. Perhaps it's obvious but I'll ask anyway - when booting AX can you have a normal memory card inserted with a GX save file and essentially unlock the AX tracks/vehicles/parts in doing so? That's my real aim, all the same.
Someone has said the newer ARs don't work. See the below quote.
The older versions with memory card can be expensive, if you buy it now. Most of the time they can be cheap enough.
Last edited by fahlim003; 03-10-2013 at 06:26 PM.
Whaddya mean invalid parameters?!
9,000 gigs of ram and it still can't answer a simple question!
I would not boot the Code Entry Action Replay disc again until you do make backup copies to each of your memory cards.
EVERY TIME AR BOOTS, IT WRITES BACK TO THE CARD, AR MEMORY CARDS HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF FAILING.
Just to confirm, are you using the Gamecube Memory Card Manager and not Action Replay booted to copy the file? Try pulling and plugging back in each memory card a few times. Just be very careful that you do not delete anything off the AR card. Once you get the AR File backed up, put it away and just use the regular memory card in port 2 to boot Action Replay.
As mentioned I have already tried the save route, I already previously set up a game save with the regular GX tracks completed. When trying to go to setup while in the AX unlock to update the save file, the game freezes. If anyone finds a way, please post, would like to be able to boot into AX without having to boot Action Replay every time.
True about all the current generation Game Cube Action Replay - Media Launcher - Import Loader. ALL have the other in them and there is no additional code entry allowed. NONE HAVE THE AX CODE. This is where the older Action Replay is best, for newly discovered codes.
Last edited by CRTGAMER; 03-10-2013 at 06:50 PM.
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