Eclipse, hailed as proof that one person game dev teams could work. Then he ended up chasing his tail with eclipse2, releasing it late, looking like a game from 2 years prior to the release date. Proving the days of the solo game dev was over, at least for a while.
Are you thinking of a different solo developer, or a different game, or something else? Eclipse was the working title for the demo in the article. It was eventually reworked into a game released as X in Japan, and would have been titled Lunar Chase elsewhere. The closest I can find to a match for what you're describing is Starfox and Starfox 2, but that seems like a stretch.
Oh shoot! you are correct. I was thinking of elite and elite2
The initial screen of elite is so similar to the article image i got confused