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Title Screen

Stunt Race FX

Also known as: Wild Trax (JP)
Developers: Nintendo, Argonaut Software
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: SNES
Released in JP: June 4, 1994
Released in US: October 10, 1994
Released in EU: October 27, 1994


EnemyIcon.png This game has unused enemies.
GraphicsIcon.png This game has unused graphics.
MusicIcon.png This game has unused music.
DebugIcon.png This game has debugging material.
RegionIcon.png This game has regional differences.


DevelopmentIcon.png This game has a development article
ProtoIcon.png This game has a prototype article

Stunt Race FX is probably the only video game with an anthropomorphic two-wheeled car.

No, not a motorcycle - a two-wheeled car.

Hmmm...
To do:
  • Add sections on the enemy 2WD and unused models/graphics.
  • Stuff from the source code and the compiled early prototype in the 2020-07-25 Nintendo leak.

Sub-Pages

Read about development information and materials for this game.
Development Info
Read about prototype versions of this game that have been released or dumped.
Prototype Info

Unused Music

Two unused music tracks are present in the game's data.

May have been intended for the menus, but cut due to repetition.

This track is based off the Track Select music, and would probably be used in a race.

(Source: Matrixz127)

Crash Handler

SRFX-error.png

If the game ever crashes, it'll display a basic crash handler. All of the text for it can be found at 47E5E in the ROM.

GAME_TM:
DISP_TM:
DYN__TM:
STRA_TM:
TMP1_TM:
TMP2_TM:
TMP3_TM:
CollBlock Alloc. Fail!
!!! Old mario chip !!!
! Dynamics checksum fail !
Tried to make car with bad type!
ENEMY FZERO
ENEMY COUPE
ENEMY 4WD

The "Old mario chip" text is referring to Super Mario FX, a codename for the Super FX chip the game uses to render its 3D visuals.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan International
Too wild for international audiences? This logo just reeks of the '90s...

The game received a different title in versions outside Japan, resulting in two entirely different logo designs. The Wild Trax logo uses the sprite layer for its katakana (which just says "Wild Trax" again).

Interestingly, the palettes for both of these logos are loaded in the title screen in all versions of the game.

Track Selection Screens

Japan/US Europe
Perhaps someone on NOE's localization team had bad eyesight... ...resulting in this?

Presumably for legibility, the text on the track name boxes has been enlarged in the European version. The labels on the Bonus track boxes remain unchanged, however.

Records Screens

Japan/US Europe
Colorful. Not as colorful.

The font used in the Stunt Trax/Free Trax data boxes is replaced with a larger, black typeface in the European version.

Mini-Maps

Easy Ride

Japan/US Europe
StuntRaceFX JU-EasyRide map.png StuntRaceFX E-EasyRide map.png

The last turn before the finish line (in the bottom-left corner of the map) has been made rounder in the European version. This turn is actually a simple U-shaped turn on the actual track, so the original mini-map doesn't make sense.

Ice Dance

Japan/US Europe
This map is deceiving. Nothing's wrong with this one.

In the first two releases of the game, the right side of Ice Dance's map is inconsistent with the actual track. The European version corrects this.

Signs

Japan International
Wild Trax Stunt Race FX

Aside from the title screen, the title change is also reflected in this sign, which can be seen in various tracks.

Japan International
White Nintendo logo on a blue background Red Nintendo logo on a black background

The white-on-blue Nintendo logo color scheme, seen in many of the Japanese TV advertisements of the era, was replaced with a red-on-black color scheme in the other versions.

Japan/US Europe
Fox McCloud's first game was titled Star Fox! Fox McCloud's first game was titled Starwing!

Due to trademark issues in Europe and Australia, the first Arwing shoot-'em-up starring a certain humanoid fox had to be given a different title in those regions. This is reflected in the logo's cameo appearance in Stunt Race FX.

International US
Super Famicom What is this strange logo?

The Super Famicom logo seen on the crates in Night Cruise had its "text" removed in the American version, but returned in the European one.

Ending

Japan International
Wild Trax...yet again Stunt Race FX...yet again

No, they didn't forget to change the title logo in the international versions.

Credits

Give credit where it is due.

After going uncredited in the Japanese and American versions, Argonaut Software finally receives its dues in the European version, in an area previously devoid of text.