If you're one of the thousands of people that still despairs that the arcade version of F-Zero GX — cunningly titled F-Zero AX — was really hard to find in its heyday, and has since all but died out, we've got some good news for you.

The intrepid folks over at The Cutting Room Floor have found that the arcade version was never very far away in the first place, as it was included on the original GameCube disc for F-Zero GX. Originally assumed to be based on entirely different codebases, it seems that even though AX was designed to run on the Triforce arcade board, it seems to do pretty well on your bog-standard GameCube as well.

You'll need a GameCube, an original copy of F-Zero GX, and an Action Replay (or similar) device in order to enter the lengthy code that boots the game up in AX mode. Once you're there, you get access to the classic against-the-clock arcade gameplay, as well as all of the arcade-exclusive tracks.

If you're using a PAL copy of the game, you'll need to enter the following code:-

Z60V-MZG0-VRAQ2

3DFJ-55T9-J5J7P

NBCW-U1NV-0JDJG

HK7K-0RFW-FNQ8Y

PF4U-P5D0-862X1

9D4X-PVXV-R3FNV

Q7PM-1678-XE7FW

UAB4-HZ2F-AW6X5

T6UV-03PE-1H26C

BN71-WCD5-DYDNW

FHW5-F3D3-B2UZ5

NJR5-FE19-GQ851

5FRQ-P6M4-096F3

85KV-QPJD-4U999

VXM8-U9Y8-URZPR

VZFH-H43M-5N6E3

G71V-JPGY-BPDDZ

GUZD-V5KT-UBKA8

And for those with NTSC copies, this shorter code will do the job:-

61TA-AXPK-UAV9E

EHJV-6U30-2DTVE

NBCW-U1NV-0JDJG

HK7K-0RFW-FNQ8Y

PF4U-P5D0-862X1

7HUZ-2PJY-J5TTU

Q7PM-1678-XE7FW

YW2J-AUVE-R79V8

T6UV-03PE-1H26C

R91R-1A6J-ZXN30

1GHM-VQ7W-7HBWW

It really is amazing that this has managed to stay hidden for around a decade. The fact that it has goes to prove that it must have been really tricky to find - so a doff of the cap is required for those that found it. Good work!