Time Pilot Description

Time Pilot was produced by Centuri in 1982.

Centuri released 14 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Centuri during the time period Time Pilot was produced include Loco-Motion, Tunnel Hunt, Aztarac, Munch Mobile, Challenger, Pit, The, Pleiades, Route 16, and Vanguard.

Time Pilot - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.52 (15 votes)

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Game Introduction

1. 1910 biplanes and a blimp
2. 1940 WWII monoplanes and a B-25
3. 1970 helicopters
4. 1982 or 1983 the year varies between ROM versions jet planes and a B-52
5. 2001 UFOs.

Game Play

You must destroy 56 normal ships in order for the mothership to appear, then you must destroy the mothership by shooting it with seven direct hits. After you have destroyed the mothership, all the other ships will be destroyed and then your jet will advance to the next time period. After you get past all five time periods, the game will begin again with increased difficulty.

Miscellaneous

Many home versions for 1980's game systems and computers exist the best translation probably being the ColecoVision version.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Pilot Census

Very Common - There are approximately 349 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 126 of these machines are owned by our active Time Pilot collectors. And of these, 74 are original dedicated machines, 4 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 48 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with Time Pilot machines for sale. There are 4 active VAPS members with extra Time Pilot circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Pilot.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 77 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 35 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Technical

Trivia

This game was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto. He was hired by Konami as a graphic artist although not long after being hired he was asked to design a driving simulator video game. He did not like the idea of a driving game but he did like the game Bosconian a lot so he decided to base his game on Bosconian without telling his boss. He was also smart enough to know he would get in trouble for doing this so he also had his design team simultaneously create code for the driving game too in case his boss wanted to see it. When his boss asked if the driving game was finished, Okamoto showed him Time Pilot instead and his boss became angry. Okamoto asked him to do a location test and the game was received well and the rest is history. Okamoto designed only two games while at Konami: Time Pilot and Gyruss. He later went to Capcom where he designed 1942, Final Fight, and the Street Fighter series of games.

Legacy

1. Time Pilot (1982)
2. Time Pilot '84 (1984)

Manuals

1. Pinout and DIP switch settings  2 Pages, 424 kB File.
2. Time Pilot Cocktail Service Manual  47 Pages, 33.4 MB File.
3. Time Pilot Conversion Kit Instruction Kit  5 Pages, 1.8 MB File.
4. CPU Schematic  1 Pages, 795 kB File.
5. Sound Schematic  1 Pages, 583 kB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 148; Color photo;
2. Arcade Fever, Sellers (ISBN 0762409371): Page: 112; Color photo; Price guide:
3. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 148; Color photo; Price guide:

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