Star Fox 2

Unreleased Star Fox 2 is the cancelled original sequel to Star Fox. The Lylat system is again under attack by Andross, and it's up to you to take down his bases and then take him out...all before Corneria suffers too much damage from Andross' missiles.

The game is a lot more open than its predecessor and successor: six characters to choose from, Arwings that can convert to walkers (necessary to hit switches and navigate corridors), General Pepper medals to collect, and more.

Two builds of Star Fox 2 were compiled from leaked source code and distributed online sometime between May and September 1999. While the earlier of the two is little more than a tech demo, the later one is virtually complete minus the presence of various debugging features and a few bugs. Through a bit of hacking, the later build spawned a version with the debug features removed.

As for why the game was scrapped, the 1995 copyright date suggests it was shelved due to the upcoming Nintendo 64. A few concepts introduced for this game were recycled for Star Fox 64.

General Differences

 * The menus in the early version are placeholders, with plain text on a black background.
 * The early version has no mission briefing.

2P vs. Mode
A mode which is only present in the earlier build.

Sound Test
In both builds, a sound test can be accessed by the CONFIG option on the title screen. The earlier build only plays sound effects, while the later build plays background music and sound effects. The later build has extra "PORT" options. The later build also has a futuristic font, while the earlier build has a rather bland one. For whatever reason, the earlier build lacks a cursor.

The controls here differ between the builds:

Unused Stage
In the Test menu in the later proto, when Venom is selected and Planet Step is set to 06, an otherwise unused map is loaded up, resembling a neighbourhood. GUI tells that there are nine targets (presumably switches, as this map doesn't have a boss enemy), though there appears to be no shield switches anywhere, nor a "base" into which to proceed, either.