> After about a minute of flying the game checks your state and plays a little cutscene showing either a textbook landing or an expensive fireball.
So the game does not let the player go all the way to perform the landing? That'd be dissatisfying?
It's probably not feasible to display the graphics to take it all the way to touchdown on the NES.
It's probably not feasible to display the graphics to take it all the way to touchdown on the NES.