<s>
,	O
titled	O
Sound	B-Application
Factory	I-Application
during	O
development	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
unreleased	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES/Super	I-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
completed	O
product	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
key	O
elements	O
were	O
later	O
developed	O
into	O
Maxis	O
's	O
1996	B-Application
PC	B-Device
game	O
SimTunes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
development	O
from	O
1993	O
to	O
1994	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
previewed	O
in	O
several	O
trade	O
magazines	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
Sound	B-Application
Factory	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trademark	O
for	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
"	O
was	O
filed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
on	O
January	O
13	O
,	O
1994	O
and	O
abandoned	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
game	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
in	O
1994	O
and	O
Iwai	O
left	O
his	O
work	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
another	O
art	O
residency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
SNES	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
and	O
mouse	O
pad	O
(	O
or	O
for	O
¥	O
6,800	O
alone	O
)	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
packaged	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
box	O
similar	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
games	O
like	O
Mario	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
and	O
EarthBound	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
to	O
celebrate	O
the	O
Japanese	O
launch	O
of	O
Toshio	O
Iwai	O
's	O
latest	O
work	O
,	O
Electroplankton	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	O
opened	O
an	O
exhibit	O
at	O
Tokyo	O
's	O
Harajuku	O
Station	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
and	O
on	O
Iwai	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
perusal	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
and	O
manual	O
for	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
an	O
exhibit	O
titled	O
The	O
Man	O
Called	O
'	O
The	O
God	O
of	O
Games'''	O
was	O
shown	O
in	O
Harajuku	O
in	O
honor	O
of	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
(	O
producer	O
of	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
exhibit	O
,	O
Toshio	O
Iwai	O
hosted	O
his	O
own	O
presentation	O
called	O
"	O
The	O
Genes	O
of	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
Inside	O
of	O
Me	O
"	O
where	O
he	O
displayed	O
his	O
works	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
:	O
the	O
Tenori-on	O
musical	O
instrument	O
and	O
the	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
music	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
on	O
home	B-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
were	O
not	O
popular	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
would	O
n't	O
be	O
until	O
much	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
decade	O
that	O
they	O
gained	O
mainstream	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
prototype	O
contains	O
four	O
different	O
games	O
in	O
one	O
cartridge.Pix	O
Quartet	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Toshio	O
Iwai	O
's	O
Music	O
Insects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A-type	O
is	O
a	O
rhythm	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Q-bert	B-Application
,	O
where	O
an	O
insect	O
on	O
a	O
pogo	O
must	O
make	O
every	O
block	O
disappear	O
after	O
stepping	O
on	O
it	O
as	O
many	O
times	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
Breakout	B-Application
clone	I-Application
with	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
twists	O
added	O
after	O
a	O
few	O
stages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
four	O
bats	O
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
player.Star	O
Fly	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
music	B-Application
boxes	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
set	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
stars	O
in	O
the	O
sky	O
,	O
to	O
compose	O
a	O
song	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReceptionElectronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
said	O
in	O
1993	O
that	O
the	O
prototype	O
of	O
Sound	B-Application
Factory	I-Application
is	O
an	O
"[i]nteresting	O
edutainment	O
game	O
..	O
similar	O
to	O
Mario	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
said	O
in	O
1994	O
:	O
"	O
What	O
Mario	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
did	O
for	O
video	O
,	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
should	O
do	O
for	O
audio	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1up	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Sound	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
made	O
creative	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
that	O
was	O
eventually	O
released	O
with	O
Mario	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
...	O
[	O
and	O
is ]	O
essentially	O
,	O
a	O
music-focused	O
version	O
of	O
Mario	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
their	O
own	O
independent	O
discovery	O
of	O
the	O
Music	O
Insects	O
art	O
installation	O
exhibit	O
,	O
Maxis	O
eventually	O
approached	O
Toshio	O
Iwai	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
seen	O
in	O
Pix	O
Quartet	O
were	O
finally	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
1996	B-Application
PC	B-Device
game	O
SimTunes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
