Star Fox

Star Fox is the first game in the Star Fox series, and is for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES.

The game's main character is Fox McCloud, a young 18 year old anthropomorphic fox who hails from the Lylat System. He is the leader of Team Star Fox, a mercenary band of outlaws who resist the mighty Emporer Andross's rule over the system. His group consists of Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi, respectively.

The objective of the game is to go through one route (Route 1 for beginners, Route 2 for more skilled players and Route 3 for seasoned veterans of the game) and to eventually reach the planet Venom where Andross has holed himself up at. Along each route, there are 6 levels apiece, all different. This deviates the game from the normal space/flight sim mold in which the difficulty level is set by the player at an options screen, as each route corresponds to a difficulty level. This increases the game's replay value significantly by offering the chance to see and experience a new level on the higher difficulty routes instead of merely experiencing the same levels with more enemies, lower health, less time, etcetera.

The game was released in the spring of 1993