F-Zero
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F-Zero is a racing developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 21 November 1990 on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Satellaview.
What F-Zero is
F-Zero is a racing game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 1990. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Satellaview, Super Famicom, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
F-Zero is a 1990 racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan on November 21, 1990, in North America in August 1991, and in Europe in 1992. F-Zero is the first game in the F-Zero series and was a launch game for the SNES. F-Zero has been rereleased for the Virtual Console and Nintendo Classics services on various Nintendo platforms, and as part of the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the F-Zero series
F-Zero is the first of 29 entries we hold in the F-Zero series. The next entry was BS F-Zero Grand Prix in 1997. Its critic score of 80 is 8 points below the series average of 88. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
F-Zero holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1990 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 192 votes.
What it launched against
F-Zero launched on 21 November 1990, within three weeks of Super Mario World, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Review: Jashin Fukkatsu. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario World, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Review: Jashin Fukkatsu.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for F-Zero yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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