Star Fox 64/Unused Graphics

This is a sub-page of Star Fox 64.

Unused Graphics

Title Screen Copyright

An earlier 1996 copyright notice goes unused in every region. It can be spotted in a pre-release screenshot of the Japanese title screen.

Old Copyright Notice	Early Title Screen

HUD Elements

To do: Get more prototype screenshots for comparison.

Many unused HUD graphics as well as their palettes are still buried inside the final game. While some are duplicates or otherwise very similar copies to those used in-game (such as the numbers 0-9 and C-Button graphics), these specific images do not appear to be referenced by the game at all.

Numbers & Symbols

GFX	Description	GFX	Description
	Number 0		Number 6
	Number 1		Number 7
	Number 2		Number 8
	Number 3		Number 9
	Number 4		Colon mark
	Number 5		× for life counter

Letters

GFX	Description
	Green/yellow "F" (Fox)
	Red "P" (Peppy)
	Green "S" (Slippy)
	Blue "F" (Falco)

Text

GFX	Description
	Text "BOM"
	Text "HIT!"
	"PAUSE" graphic
	Text "SHIELD"
	Text "BOSS"

Icons & Misc. Graphics

GFX	Description
	Arwing icon
	Bomb icon
	C-Right icon
	C-Right attention signal 1
	C-Right attention signal 2
	C-Right attention signal 3
	"CHARGE" marker
	On-screen map border

Boost Meter

GFX	Description
	Empty Boost Meter background
	Boost Meter gradient background
	Boost Meter pointer?
	Red gradient
	Boss energy gradient
	Grey gradient background
	Gradient missing pixels (appears like this in the ROM)
	Boost Meter & boss energy background

(Source: xdaniel (entire section))

Tutorial

GFX	Description
	An image of an Arwing performing a U-Turn.
	An image of an Arwing diving.
	A sprite of the N64 Control Stick.

Radar

Unused early radar map in Katina's bank.

Portraits

Unused Pilot

GFX	Description
	Bill's early mugshot, which can be found in Katina's level data. He can be seen with this portrait in magazine screenshots. The model appears to be recycled for the generic soldiers in the award ceremony.

Larger Falco Portrait

GFX	Description
	A x64 portrait of Falco, larger than the usual x44. Each frame was split in two. No other character has one of this size in the final ROM.

Radio Static

GFX	Description
	Unused radio static effect for portraits. x64 instead of x44.
	Newer (but still not final) static effect, judging by the x44 size.

Sprites

Pink Ball and Explosion

GFX	Description
	Unused. In Shoshinkai '96 footage, the Meteo Crusher fires a swarm of them. In early magazine screenshots, rings of them circle downed enemies on Zoness.
	An accompanying explosion effect, suggesting the ball was a projectile.

Meteo Ball

Seemingly unused sprite in Meteo. In the source files, it's simply named ball. Grouped with the Meteo Crusher's assets. Possibly a replacement of the pink ball attack from the Shoshinkai '96 footage, before the attack was cut completely.

Early Sector X

Early bluer version of the Sector X nebula. Visible in magazine screenshots on the Lylat map.

Oddly, it is grouped with Meteo's textures in the final ROM, and Meteo's assets in the source code. The file is named AS_Spacekumo.rgba (AS for asteroid, kumo meaning cloud, so "space cloud"). Footage from E3 '96 showed Meteo with an orangish-pink nebula in the background, suggesting Sector X's sprite likely started as a generic background for Meteo. Titania however was between Meteo and the Sector X bioweapons lab at the time. Could also be an early warp zone background.

Cornerian Fighters in Corneria City

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Three textures resembling the ones used for Bill's ship and the Cornerian fighters on Katina. However, they were found in Corneria's bank. In the source files, they are named "CN_Airship." These textures indicate Cornerian fighters would have flown in Corneria city, which is corroborated by Peppy and Slippy's cut lines from the developers' dub.