From 1989 to 1990, the Super Famicom (SNES) was showcased with a series of game prototypes. One of these was a flight simulator known as Dragonfly. Dragonfly’s purpose was to showcase the capabilities of the console’s Mode-7 technology. Eventually Dragonfly became the fully released game known as Pilotwings, developed by Nintendo EAD.
Initially, Dragonfly was a 3-dimensional shooter in which the player controlled a dragonfly capable of shooting various objects. This version was visually different from Pilotwings, but utilized the same basis of being a Mode-7 flying game.
In later presentations to showcase the Super Famicom, Dragonfly made appearances, but its theme was changed from a 3-dimensional shooter to a flight simulator. Still called “Dragonfly” at the time, this beta demo was much closer to what eventually became Pilotwings.
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So… that scene with the baloons, was that the intro to Dragonfly, or just some tech demo for the SFC? Because I recall seeing that in motion back in the day. See here: https://youtu.be/hd3MrPFxtLI?t=14m7s
So is there an actual playable ROM for this game available online yet? Someone should finish it up and make it a real game!!
I got to play this, at Nintendo HQ in Kyoto in 1990.