Pilotwings 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64, released in 1996 along with the launch of the console and the console's other launch title, Super Mario 64. It's a sequel to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Pilotwings, which was also a game released with the launch of the SNES.

Game play

In Pilotwings 64, as with its prequel, you must complete a variety of missions with different airborne vehicles. For example, in one mission, you must destroy with various ground targets within a specific time using a missile-equipped gyrocopter. In another, you must navigate through floating rings placed throughout a city using a jetpack. In another, you must take a picture of a smokestack while riding a hang glider. In still another mission, you must fire yourself out of a cannon towards a target several hundred yards away. For each mission, you are graded based on time, damage, fuel usage, accuracy, softness of landing, and so on.

The game also placed a large emphasis on exploration, with detailed, object-dense environments and specialized modes (such as the Birdman mode) made solely for wandering around the game's four islands.

Vehicles

Standard vehicles

• Gyrocopter
• Jetpack
• Hang glider

Bonus vehicles

• Cannon
• Jumble Hoppers (boots enabling the wearer to jump ridiculous distances and heights)
• Parachute
• Birdman Suit

Locations

• Holiday Island
• Ever-Frost Island
• Crescent Island
• Little States (an island containing miniature versions of various USA landmarks and cities)

Characters

• Lark (a.k.a. Nester)