Editing F-Zero (video game) (section)

{{Short description|1990 racing game}}
{{About|the video game|the series|F-Zero}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = F-Zero
| image = SNES F-Zero boxart.jpg
| caption = North American box art
| developer = [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]
| publisher = [[Nintendo]]
| series = ''[[F-Zero]]''
| platforms = [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|November 21, 1990|NA|August 23<!-- SEE FOOTNOTE AND SNES TALK BEFORE CHANGING THIS -->, 1991|EU|1992}}
| genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| director = Kazunobu Shimizu
| producer = [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
| programmer = Yasunari Nishida
| artist = [[Takaya Imamura]]
| composer = Yumiko Kanki<br />Naoto Ishida
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''F-Zero'''''|エフゼロ|Efu Zero|group=lower-alpha|lead=yes}} is a 1990 [[racing game]] developed and published by [[Nintendo]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES). It was released in [[Japan]] on November 21, 1990, in [[North America]] in August 1991, and in [[Europe]] in 1992. ''F-Zero'' is the first game in the [[F-Zero|''F-Zero'' series]] and was a [[launch game]] for the SNES. ''F-Zero'' was rereleased for the [[Virtual Console]] service on various Nintendo platforms and as part of the [[Super NES Classic Edition]] in 2017.

The game takes place in the year 2560, where multi-billionaires with lethargic lifestyles created a new form of entertainment based on [[Formula One]] races called "F-Zero". The player can choose between one of four characters in the game, each with their respective hovercar. The player can race against computer-controlled characters in 15 tracks divided into three leagues.

''F-Zero'' has been acknowledged by critics for setting the standard for the racing genre and the creation of its futuristic [[genre|subgenre]]. Critics lauded ''F-Zero'' for its fast and challenging gameplay, variety of tracks, and extensive use of the [[Mode 7]] graphics mode. This graphics-rendering technique was an innovative technological achievement at the time that made racing games more realistic, the first of which was ''F-Zero''. As a result, it is credited for reinvigorating the genre and inspiring the future creation of numerous racing games.