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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 72: Star Fox 64
Description: Once upon a time there was a genre known as the Rail Shooter. Before developers had mastered free traversal in 3D spaces, they instead popped players on a fixed rail and took them through a series of linear shootouts. Many consider Star Fox 64 to be one of the highpoints of the genre, seeming to set the stage for many more to come. As time went on they started to disappear entirely though, only occasionally rearing up with titles like Panzer Dragoon and Kid Icarus.The question is, did the genre deserve to die? Can a rail shooter poss...