Time Pilot

ReleasedNov 1, 1982

ColecoVision
Arcade
Atari 2600
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
MSX

About

Time Pilot is a multi-directional scrolling shooter and free-roaming aerial combat arcade game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, released by Konami in 1982, and distributed in the United States by Centuri. Debuting in the golden age of video arcade games, it is a time travel themed game that allowed the player's plane to freely move across open air space that can scroll indefinitely in all directions. The Killer List of Videogames included Time Pilot in its list of top 100 arcade games of all time. The player assumes the role of a pilot of a futuristic fighter jet, trying to rescue fellow pilots trapped in different time eras. The player must fight off hordes of enemy craft and defeat the mother ship (or "boss") present in every level. The background moves in the opposite direction to the player's plane, rather than the other way around; the player's plane always remains in the center.

Developer: Konami
Publisher: Coleco, Konami, Centuri
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Warfare
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age ratings: ESRB E
IGDB rating: 65 / 100 (15 ratings)