Emulation science, homebrewing and ROM hacking

[Dermot]

and if you don't make Fox and Falco flirt

Fox and Wolf flirt.  Fox and Falco love. :3

[Dermot]

Here's a text representation of the game's dialogue.  It doesn't include the closing credits, boss credits text, etc., but those are editable too.

Okay, first there's the character speaking (and their animated com icon will appear).  There's also their status (good, hurt or dead), which reflects the pitch of their voices.  If they're dying, their icon fades to static.  And the text - the dialogue has no uppercase/lowercase distinction, so the dialogue is encoded in lowercase, and the planet names are in uppercase.  You'll notice further down that General Pepper's pre-mission commentary is encoded to use Fox's icon - this cannot be changed or influenced using the script data I did find, so it always appears as General Pepper on the left and Fox's icon.  The "+" after the character names does nothing but allow slightly more layout space for the text than normal, for especially long script lines (three rows).  And finally, "#" means a noticeable delay interval in speech, where the character pauses between words, etc.  Now, the content of the script lines below may be rather unclear - some of them are used multiple places.  So when editing the script, one needs to be mindful of where and in what circumstances who speaks what.

[00] Fox | good |all ships check in!

[01] Fox | good |we did it!

[02] Fox | good |slippy slippy##

[03] Fox | good |go back to the base!

[04] Falco | good |ready, fox!

[05] Falco | good |i'm with you, fox!

[06] Falco | hurt |bogey on my six!

[07] Falco | good |mind your own business, fox!

[08] Falco | dead |they got me! i'm gone!!

[09] Falco | good |i'll blast 'em all!

[0A] Falco | good |there's more on the way!

[0B] Falco | good |you can run, but you can't hide!

[0C] Falco | good |this one's mine!

[0D] Falco | hurt |watch it, fox!

[0E] Falco | good |i'm hit!!

[0F] Falco | good |here they come!

[10] Falco+ | good |make the neck and tail shorter, fox!!

[11] Falco+ | good |shoot down its arms to hit its body!

[12] Falco | good |slow it down, fox!

[13] Falco | good |roll, baby! rock 'n roll!

[14] Falco | good |my ship's messed up###

[15] Falco | good |hey! that one was mine!

[16] Falco | good |bogies, i'm comin' through!

[17] Falco | good |i'll cover your tail!

[18] Peppy | good |yeah - let's go!

[19] Peppy | good |i'm behind you, fox!

[1A] Peppy | hurt |get lost, you fiend!

[1B] Peppy | good |yeah! thanks!

[1C] Peppy | dead |aargh!! i'm a goner!

[1D] Peppy | good |let's smash 'em!

[1E] Peppy | good |i got one! i got one!!

[1F] Peppy | good |take this, enemy brute!

[20] Peppy | good |you're not getting away!

[21] Peppy | hurt |watch your aim, fox!

[22] Peppy | good |ouch! ouch!

[23] Peppy | good |incoming enemy craft!

[24] Peppy+ | good |please make the neck and tail shorter, fox!

[25] Peppy+ | good |shoot down its arms to hit its body!

[26] Peppy | good |retros!  fire retros!

[27] Peppy | good |roll over! shake it off!

[28] Peppy | good |pick me up on your way back!

[29] Peppy | good |hey! he was mine!

[2A] Peppy | good |out of my way!

[2B] Peppy | good |i'm off your starboard!

[2C] Slippy | good |ok!!

[2D] Slippy | good |ribbit! i'll bring up the rear,fox!

[2E] Slippy | hurt |croak!  help me!

[2F] Slippy | good |ribbit!  thanks fer the save!

[30] Slippy | dead |no! no! crrooakk!

[31] Slippy | good |i'll get him -- ribbit!

[32] Slippy | good |piece of c-c-cake!

[33] Slippy | good |take this, j-j-junk heap!

[34] Slippy | good |i'll get this one! ribbit!

[35] Slippy | hurt |hey! it's me, slippy!

[36] Slippy | good |ribbit!  i'm hit!!

[37] Slippy | good |there's too many of them!

[38] Slippy | good |let's turn back, okay?!

[39] Slippy | good |let's be careful!

[3A] Slippy | good |something's sticking to me!

[3B] Slippy | good |i c-c-couldn't go, fox!

[3C] Slippy | good |hey! don't be so g-g-greedy!

[3D] Slippy | good |c-c-clear out, astro-geeks!

[3E] Slippy | good |hope there's no more!

[3F] Slippy | good |did you see me?

[40] Peppy | good |i can't tell which is real!!

[41] Falco | good |let's head in!

[42] Peppy | good |i'll follow you in!

[43] Slippy | good |should we go in?!

[44] Falco | hurt |###this one could be trouble###

[45] Peppy | hurt |hurry!

[46] Slippy | hurt |hurry up, fox!  croak!

[47] Falco | good |eyes forward, fox!

[48] Peppy | good |be careful, fox!

[49] Slippy | good |this time, i saved you!

[4A] Falco | good |no sweat, fox!

[4B] Peppy | good |ok, ok! what's next?!

[4C] Slippy | good |so far, so g-g-good!

[4D] Slippy | good |look, look!

[4E] Falco | good |it's looking good, fox!

[4F] Peppy | good |we did it, let's go!

[50] Slippy | good |g-g-great!

[51] Falco | good |be a bit more careful fox!

[52] Peppy | good |please tread carefully, fox!

[53] Slippy | hurt |remember not to shoot m-m-me!

[54] Falco | hurt |it's going pretty badly!

[55] Peppy | hurt |i don't think i'm going to make it!

[56] Slippy | hurt |my ship's falling apart### ribbit!

[57] Fox | good |star fox team, our last resort is to counter attack venom!  good luck!

[58] Fox | good |andross's forces intend to build a base in this area!  destroy their rock crusher!

[59] Fox | good |the space armada consists of powerful battleships! destroy their energy cores!

[5A] Fox | good |be sure to use your retros if you're going too fast!  be careful with my arwings!

[5B] Fox | good |andross is hiding on venom!  fox, you must find his core brain and destroy it!

[5C] Fox | good |        CORNERIA - THE BASE

[5D] Fox | good |          ASTEROID BELT

[5E] Fox | good |              SECTOR  X

[5F] Fox | good |      THE PLANET FORTUNA

[60] Fox | good |    THE ANDROSS SPACE ARMADA

[61] Fox | good |        THE PLANET TITANIA

[62] Fox | good |      THE AWESOME BLACK HOLE

[63] Fox | good |              SECTOR  Y

[64] Fox | good |      THE BATTLE BASE METEOR

[65] Fox | good |              SECTOR  Z

[66] Fox | good |        THE PLANET MACBETH

[67] Fox | good |      VENOM - THE FINAL GOAL

[68] Fox | good |      OUT OF THIS DIMENSION

[69] Fox | good |corneria's resource world has been overrun!  you must re-take the weather control unit!

[6A] Fox | good |how are the arwings handling?  if an amoeba clings to your ship, use l or r to get rid of it#

[6B] Fox | good |you've chosen course three###  a good choice to take venom by surprise!

[6C] Fox | good |use the l or r button to escape the tractor beam of the enemy battleship! you can do it, fox!

[6D] Fox | good |andross has taken control of the huge creatures who live on fortuna!  take care, fox!

[6E] Fox | good |your team is doing well, fox!  i hope you're taking good care of my arwings!  go for macbeth!

[6F] Fox | good |the hollow interior of macbeth is ideal for a base!  prevent andross from building here!

[70] Fox | good |this space grave yard, created by andross's experiments, is where your father vanished, fox!

[71] Fox | good |is everyone all right, fox?!  you're on course to sneak into venom's back door!

[72] Fox | good |come in, arwings!  fox, where are you?!  we need you to protect corneria!

[73] Fox | good |you've made it this far### it's your fate to destroy andross!  we're counting on you, fox!

[74] Falco+ | good |the attack- carrier will be mine!

[75] Pepper+ | good |ok, fox! let's see your real ability!

[76] Peppy+ | good |we've got to fly through all the rings!

[77] Pepper+ | good |i recommend you use control type a or b!

[78] Pepper+ | good |ahhh### you are quite skillful,  fox!

[79] Pepper+ | good |ok, you passed! go fight the real enemy!

[7A] Slippy+ | good |hit start to  go back to the game, ribbit!

[7B] Falco+ | good |i can't believe pepper has to test us!

[7C] Pepper+ | good |i'm sorry        i doubted you! press start!

[7D] Andross+ | good |fox,          you are indeed a worthy foe###

[7E] Andross+ | good |but, your foolish efforts are futile!

[7F] Andross+ | good |your arwings have no chance against me!

[80] Andross+ | good |i thought you might make it eventually###

[81] Andross+ | good |general pepper has guided you well!

[82] Andross+ | good |however, you will not escape here alive!

[83] Andross+ | good |ah## your choice of routes took me by surprise!

[84] Andross+ | good |your father was a reckless fighter too###

[85] Andross+ | good |but this will be the mccloud's last battle!

[86] Falco | good |follow me, fox!

[87] Falco | good |roll, fox! rock'n roll!

[88] Peppy | good |stay in formation!

[89] Falco+ | good |what's wrong with you today, fox?!

[8A] Slippy | good |yer g-g-great, fox! ribbit!

[8B] Falco | good |beware of the big stingray!

[8C] Peppy | good |beware of the big stingray!

[8D] Slippy | good |beware of the big stingray!

[Guest DRL]

G00D work! :D

[Robert Monroe]

Fox and Wolf flirt.  Fox and Falco love. :3

Well I don't want any of -hat-, either

Also, I am -impressed- with the text dump. There's lines even I haven't seen used before (Rock'n'Roll, baby!, My ship's messed up! and anything Fox says almost). How many of these are unused, and do you know the conditions to activate them?

[Guest DRL]

Well I don't want any of -hat-, either

Also, I am -impressed- with the text dump. There's lines even I haven't seen used before (Rock'n'Roll, baby!, My ship's messed up! and anything Fox says almost). How many of these are unused, and do you know the conditions to activate them?

If I recall correctly, the Rock 'n Roll line

was when you timed correctly the barrel rolls

in training mode in SNES. (Falco says it).

[Robert Monroe]

If I recall correctly, the Rock 'n Roll line

was when you timed correctly the barrel rolls

in training mode in SNES. (Falco says it).

I never gave a damn for training because....

STAY IN FORMATION.

[Guest DRL]

I never gave a damn for training because....

STAY IN FORMATION.

Yeah, it is REALLY hard for me.

But if you have a lucky timed-barrel-roll,

Falco says it. :wink:

[Dermot]

Well, there's another reason I showed you all that script - if you wanted to alter it, how would you? :3

[Guest DRL]

Well, there's another reason I showed you all that script - if you wanted to alter it, how would you? :3

THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES!!

Hey, make a line that says

"DRL IS HYPER"

"We are Hyper at this,

Team!"  :lol:

[Robert Monroe]

Probably wouldn't alter it at all, Dermot. I like the SNES script as it is. Maybe get rid of Slippy's dumbass froggie sounds is all. (R-r-r-ribbit!)

[Dermot]

Probably wouldn't alter it at all, Dermot. I like the SNES script as it is. Maybe get rid of Slippy's dumbass froggie sounds is all. (R-r-r-ribbit!)

He had those toad onomatopoeia in Japanese too. Though Slippy started speaking normally in both English and Japanese since Star Fox 64.

[Robert Monroe]

He had those toad onomatopoeia in Japanese too. Though Slippy started speaking normally in both English and Japanese since Star Fox 64.

And the onomatopoeia annoys me. I hate it when humanoid animals feel compelled to make "animal sounds". Reptiles who hiss, dogs who bark. Always annoyed me.

[Dermot]

And the onomatopoeia annoys me. I hate it when humanoid animals feel compelled to make "animal sounds". Reptiles who hiss, dogs who bark. Always annoyed me.

Alright, no, this is interesting. :3 Copy and paste the script I provided, and show me how you'd change Slippy's script. :3 Since the script lines are numbered, you could even just paste those numbered lines.

And remember, Slippy was a baritone, not a soprano. :P

[Robert Monroe]

Alright, no, this is interesting. :3 Copy and paste the script I provided, and show me how you'd change Slippy's script. :3 Since the script lines are numbered, you could even just paste those numbered lines.

And remember, Slippy was a baritone, not a soprano.

I like his lines just fine, if you were to remove the animal sounds. Maybe his stutter too, I like Slippy being confident, if over his head, not a nervous wreck.

[Guest DRL]

[00] Fox | good |all ships check in!

[01] Fox | good |we did it!

[02] Fox | good |slippy slippy##

[03] Fox | good |go back to the base!

[04] Falco | good |ready, fox!

[05] Falco | good |i'm with you, fox!

[06] Falco | hurt |bogey on my six!

[07] Falco | good |mind your own business, fox!

[08] Falco | dead |they got me! i'm gone!!

[00] Fox | good |everyone ready? let's go!

[01] Fox | good |great work team!

[02] Fox | good |slippery slip!##

[03] Fox | good |mor*n, go back to the base!

[04] Falco | good |ready, foxy!

[05] Falco | good |i'm with you, foxy!

[06] Falco | hurt |someone kick this guy's a**!

[07] Falco | good |do your own freakin' business fox!

[08] Falco | dead |oh no, I am not as big as my ego thougt!!

Just for the lulz... More will come later if

anyone wants...  :lol:

[Robert Monroe]

[00] Fox | good |everyone ready? let's go!

[01] Fox | good |great work team!

[02] Fox | good |slippery slip!##

[03] Fox | good |mor*n, go back to the base!

[04] Falco | good |ready, foxy!

[05] Falco | good |i'm with you, foxy!

[06] Falco | hurt |someone kick this guy's a**!

[07] Falco | good |do your own freakin' business fox!

[08] Falco | dead |oh no, I am not as big as my ego thougt!!

Just for the lulz... More will come later if

anyone wants... 

... why the heck did you censor "Moron"?

And yeah, all the "dying" lines need re-writing. They're just so.... casual. And they actually DIE on the SNES game too, so.... yeah.

[Guest DRL]

... why the heck did you censor "Moron"?

Well you can leave it uncensored if

you want.

And yeah, all the "dying" lines need re-writing. They're just so.... casual. And they actually DIE on the SNES game too, so.... yeah.

Agreed.