Time Pilot '84
| Time Pilot '84 | |
|---|---|
 North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre | Multidirectional shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Time Pilot '84[a] is a 1984 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in North America in May 1984 and Japan in June 1984.[1] The different time periods of 1982's Time Pilot are replaced by a top-down view of a science fiction landscape that varies in color and type of enemies.[2] It adds the ability for the player to launch guided missiles. Time Pilot '84 was primarily sold as a conversion kit for older games.[2]
Gameplay
[edit]The first button is used to fire a standard shot, which can destroy green-colored enemies. The second button is used to fire missiles, which can destroy the silver-colored enemies. The player needs to lock on to a silver enemy to fire missiles at it. Destroying enough green enemies brings out a large, silver boss enemy that must be dispatched before advancing to the next level.
Reception
[edit]In Japan, Game Machine listed Time Pilot '84 on their August 15, 1984 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[3]
Legacy
[edit]Time Pilot '84 was ported to the Commodore 64 as Space-Pilot II released by Kingsoft in 1985.[4] The first Space-Pilot was a port of Time Pilot.
Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2021.[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 27, 122. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ a b "Time Pilot '84". Arcade History.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 242. Amusement Press, Inc. August 15, 1984. p. 25.
- ^ Space Pilot II at Lemon 64
- ^ Whitehead, Thomas (May 27, 2021). "Nintendo Download: 27th May (North America)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Time Pilot '84 at the Killer List of Videogames
- Time Pilot '84 at the Arcade History database
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