S3E03: Pilotwings and Pilotwings 64 -or- In-Flight Entertainment

Colleen is taking off into Pilotwings (SNES) and Pilotwings 64 (N64, 1996) with Mike and Jaymo on board as part of their epic quest to research and review every retro game in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog!

In this episode, we’ll look at how Mode 7 graphics were originally destined for flying insects, argue over both American sea monsters and if these games should count as Mario games, remember the shuttle program, and spoil one of the big twists of The Phantom Menace (but an album did it first).

Thanks for listening, and a very special thanks to Kristal Fields of The Lazy Circles for our catchy theme song! Subscribe to The Old SwitchAroo to get more retro goodness delivered straight to your feed! You can also join the fun on ⁠⁠www.theoldswitcharoo.com⁠⁠, where you'll find access to our Discord, voicemail, and so much more!

Game on, everyone.

(0:00) Intro

(1:14) Welcoming Colleen

(5:09) Pilotwings

(34:30) Pilotwings 64

(1:17:45) NintenDO or NintenDON’T

Pilotwings manual: https://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/SNES/Pilotwings_-_SNES_-_Manual.pdf

Pilotwings 64 manual: https://www.retrogames.cz/manualy/N64/Pilotwings_64_-_Nintendo_64_-_Manual.pdf

Dragonfly (Pilot Wings) [Beta – SNES] | Unseen64: https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/14/pilotwings-snes-proto/

Track by Track - The Dark Side of the Moon Redux | Roger Waters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNtZawT1iJY&t=292s 

Pilotwings 64 Speedrun in 33:39 by Graviton - Live at SGDQ 2013 | Graviton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieL3eLRgpp8