Cuthbert went on to have major roles programming the first two Star Fox games (including the canceled one from 1996), and, in more recent years, he has returned to help Nintendo with titles like Star Fox Command.Īfter a chance encounter with Cuthbert in Seattle this summer, he agreed to chat with Ars Technica via e-mail about working on the Star Fox series and about this week's insane "yes, it actually exists" release of Star Fox 2. Argonaut had produced impressive 3D space sims such as Starglider in the past for 16-bit computers like the Amiga and Atari ST, but Cuthbert turned heads with his work on a similar project for much weaker hardware. Better late than never!Ĭuthbert's history with 3D space shooters goes back to Argonaut's first collaboration with Nintendo, an incredible, Japan-exclusive Game Boy tank-and-plane game called X. He even slapped an ASCII smiley face onto that sentence to drive the point home. "It was one of the greatest days of my life," he told Ars in an e-mail interview about that surprise discovery. The former Argonaut Software programmer and eventual founder of Q Games (makers of the delightful Pixeljunk series) says he learned about Star Fox 2's retail release the same way everyone else did: via Twitter.
If you think you were surprised by Star Fox 2's appearance after all this time, though, you have nothing on the sequel's lead programmer, Dylan Cuthbert. This game's circumstances are incredibly rare for the game industry: a shelved, completely finished game resurfacing 21 years later as a surprise "from the vault" gem.
If you did get one, there's a significant chance you made a beeline for its most interesting game: Star Fox 2, the company's canceled 1996 space shooter. There's a chance-albeit a slim one, thanks to launch-week sellouts-that you've gotten your hands on Nintendo's brand-new Super NES Classic Edition hardware.
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