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.
Can you, by some chance, remember if there was any music in what you played?
If so, did it sound like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yohxmxj36ijc9wq/Vanilla%20Lake.mp3?dl=0