 The completed product was never released by Nintendo, and the game's key elements were later developed into Maxis's 1996 PC game "SimTunes".Interactive media artist Toshio Iwai had built the installation art piece "Music Insects", which he created during his time as an Artist in Residence at the San Francisco Exploratorium.Iwai's friend at Nintendo approached him, to convert his "Music Insects" concept into a video game in 1993.