Pilotwings 64 is an amateur flight simulator game developed by Nintendo and Paradigm Simulation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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14 Facts About Pilotwings 64
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Pilotwings 64 is a sequel to Pilotwings for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which was a North American launch game for its respective console in 1991.
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Also like that game, Pilotwings 64 received production input from Nintendo producer and EAD General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto.
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Pilotwings 64 puts the player in control of one of six pilots as they try to earn pilot licenses through various forms of aviation.
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Similar to its SNES predecessor, Pilotwings 64 serves to demonstrate the graphical capabilities of its gaming hardware.
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Pilotwings 64 is a flight simulator in which the player must complete a variety of missions involving different airborne vehicles and air sports.
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Pilotwings 64 was co-developed by the Texas-based graphics company Paradigm Simulation and Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development and Research and Development No 3 divisions.
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Development on Pilotwings 64 began in earnest during June 1995, with Nintendo working on the game design and Paradigm working on the technical production.
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Pilotwings 64 indicated that there was never an issue as to whether Pilotwings 64 should be more of an arcade game or a simulation, as their goal was to "always have a more arcade feel".
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Navigation of these environments is relatively smooth thanks to Pilotwings 64 taking advantage of several key Nintendo 64 hardware features.
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Pilotwings 64 applies z-buffering, which keeps track of an object's depth and tells the graphics processor which portions of the object to render and which to hide.
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The soundtrack for Pilotwings 64 was composed by Dan Hess with Akito Nakatsuka as arranger.
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Pilotwings 64 was one of thirteen Nintendo 64 games shown at Shoshinkai show in Tokyo in November 1995 when the console was first demonstrated to the public as the "Ultra 64".
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