SNES

Pilotwings

Stunning 3D flight sim, with visuals to make your peepers pop out. Brilliant sensation of height and movement - you'll believe a game can fly.

Nothing, absolutely nothing on any other home system even touches this for sheer jaw-dropping looks. The graphics are simply astonishing, with beautifully coloured backdrops which fade into the distance - just check out the screen shots. But what you can’t see is that everything moves completely and utterly smoothly. The feeling of ?being there? has never been stronger in a flying game. The sound effect help enhance that further, with realistic stereo wind effects and sampled plane and chopper engines adding to the atmosphere. The game is very challenging, and successfully gaining your licence on the final level is something that makes you feel genuinely proud. If you want to show people just how good the Super Famicom is, make sure you get this. You’ll be buying a superlative game in the process!

Have you ever dreamed of flying? Do you dare to take the first steps to earn your license? So begins this classic flight simulator that many received packed in with their SNES so many years ago.

Beeindruckend, was Nintendo aus der eigenen Hardware herausholt: Schneller hat sich bisher noch bei keinem Spiel der Wohnzimmerpilot über detaillierte 3-D-Landschaften bewegt. Pilotwings ist keine Simulation, die Authentizität wurde zu Gunsten einfacher Bedienung und unkompliziertem Spielspaß weitgehend außer Acht gelassen. Darin liegt die Stärke des Spiels: ohne viel Übung erzielt man schnell gute Flugresultate und ein freundliches Grinsen vom Lehrer. Erfreulich, daß das bahnbrechende Fluggefühl (es wird stufenlos gezoomt und rotiert) in keinem reinen Kriegs-Szenario verbraten wurde.

Nintendo's Super NES flight-action game combines flying challenges from parachutes to airplanes, but the most impressive part of the game is how the graphics rotate and scale to give a very real feeling of flight.