SNES Classic Mini: 20 Video Games It Must Have
8. Pilotwings
If Super Mario World was the plumber running and jumping all over Dinosaur Land and F-Zero was all about racing through the galaxy, then Pilotwings was about genuinely perfecting your takeoffs and landings.
It was no flight sim, nor was it an arcade-like, easy-to-breeze through title, either. Pilotwings demanded patience and skilled mastery of its controls: whether you chose to fly the plane, try your hand at skydiving or even try out the jetpack-esque rocket belt.
It was calming in presentation but frustrating in execution as it forced you through its demanding medal system. But - especially with skydiving - painting massive targets on the ground and asking you to land on them meant it always made you feel you could go one better each time you missed that high score.
Bliss.