Pilotwings (SNES)

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Description

Fly a selection of aircraft (including training vehicles, fighter planes and helicopters) through a range of training programs and missions. The more training you complete, the better the chance that you will complete the even bigger missions. Try your hand at landing, taking off, party tricks, fly through bad weather and shoot down targets.

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Alternate Titles

• "Dragonfly" -- working title
• "パイロットウイングス" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusive: SNES
• Game Center CX challenge games
• PilotWings series

User Reviews

Flight Club	Adzuken (854)
A novel approach to flight games that is both realistic and fun	Roedie (5247)
A lot of fun	r h (15)
What other game at the time (or to date?) can you skydive??!	OlSkool_Gamer (102)

Critic Reviews

Génération 4	Feb, 1991	96 out of 100	96
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1991	94 out of 100	94
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 25, 2010	18 out of 20	90
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2007	8.25 out of 10	82
Megablast	1992	80 out of 100	80
Video Games	Mar, 1991	77 out of 100	77
Nintendo Power Magazine	Oct, 1991	3.8 out of 5	76
Retrogaming History	Sep 16, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Press Play On Tape	Aug 19, 2020		60
The Video Game Critic	Dec 06, 2009	C	50

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The SNES version of Pilotwings appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Development history

The working title of the game, in 1988, was Dragonfly, when Nintendo showed images of in many Japanese magazines at the time. This was well was before the official release of the Super Famicom (SNES). When the game was released, the name had been changed to Pilotwings, and the graphics and game structure was significantly different from the images shown previously.

Game Center CX

Pilotwings has been featured on the Japanese television show Game Center CX on three separate occasions. It was originally chosen as the challenge game for Season 9, Episode 9 (Feb. 16, 2010) but host Shinya Arino was unable to complete the game.

Arino challenged the game a second time for a special live broadcast celebrating his 40th birthday, which aired from 8 PM, Feb. 24 2012 until 6 AM the following day. After ten hours, he finally ran out of time, unable to complete the final stage, and had to give up again. This was the first time he'd failed to complete a game during a live broadcast.

Not wanting to disappoint his fans, Arino challenged the game for a third time at a live event in Iwate Prefecture before a live audience of hundreds of fans. With help from the ADs and several fans, he managed to clear the final stage just as the two-hour event was coming to an end. This event was the focus of Season 16, Episode 7 (July 5, 2012).