Difference between revisions of "Star Fox: Super Weekend"

'''''Star Fox: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''', or '''''Star Wing: Super Weekend (Official Competition)''''' in Europe, is a rare special edition cart only briefly sold through [[Nintendo Power]]. The special edition version was created for international ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]'' competition events hosted by Nintendo Power (the US contest was held Friday April 30 to May 2, 1993), and featured a single gameplay mode with a five-minute time limit on a modified version of the first Corneria and Asteroid stages. Extra rings and other bonus systems were placed to add more challenge and scoring opportunities. The developers also added an exclusive bonus level. The altered start-up screen displays "Official Competition Cartridge". Depending on the points scored, players could win a t-shirt, a jacket, or even trips to international destinations. An estimated 2,000 cartridges were made.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071209104445/http://cheats.ign.com/objects/496/496296.html IGN: Star Fox: Super Weekend (Official Competition Cartridge)]</ref>

During play, a large "SCORE" counter is placed in the upper-left hand corner of the screen, with a constantly diminishing four minute timer being placed in the upper-right hand corner.  At the end of each stage, the variation of the [[SNES]] [[Star Fox]]'s end-of-the-stage results screen appears, rewarding the player with a "Perfect Bonus" of 20,000 points if he or she manages to destroy all of a stage's enemies.  The game ends immediately when the timer ends, bringing the player to a result screen that displays his or her final score.  It should be noted that players have infinite lives, and upon dying, the player is re-spawned at the beginning of his or her current stage.