Time Pilot '84
Time Pilot '84: Further Into Unknown World is a scrolling multidirectional shooter released in arcades in 1984 by Konami. 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.[1] It adds the ability for the player to launch guided missiles. Time Pilot '84 was primarily sold as a conversion kit for older games.[1]
Time Pilot '84 | |
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Developer(s) | Konami |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Platform(s) | Arcade |
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Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Cabinet | Upright |
CPU | 2 × 6809 @ 1.5 MHz |
Sound | 1 × Z80 @ 3.58 MHz 3 × SN76496 @ 1.79 MHz 3 × RC @ 1.79 MHz |
Display | Raster, 224 × 256, vertical orientation |
Gameplay
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.
Legacy
Time Pilot '84 was cloned for the Commodore 64 as Space-Pilot II released by Kingsoft in 1985.[2] The first Space-Pilot was a clone of Time Pilot.
References
- "Time Pilot '84". Arcade History.
- Space Pilot II at Lemon 64
External links
- Time Pilot '84 at the Killer List of Videogames
- Time Pilot '84 at the Arcade History database