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Time Pilot '84
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Name: Time Pilot '84 Developer: Konami Year: 1984 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Time Pilot '84 Pinout Settings: Time Pilot '84 Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Time Pilot '84 DescriptionThe player pilots his ship flies over alien cityscapes, shooting down various ground and air enemies using bullets and missiles. Defeat the bosses with guided missiles at the end of each level.Time Pilot '84 was produced by Konami in 1984. Konami released 433 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Other machines made by Konami during the time period Time Pilot '84 was produced include Badlands, Circus Charlie, Comic Bakery, Hyper Olympic '84, Antarctic Adventure, Mega Zone, Roc'n Rope, Juno First, Gyruss, and Hyper Olympic. Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsThere are several hidden targets to shoot and hidden static ground targets will appear when locked-on. The biplane and formations of the player's ship from Time Pilot occasionally appear. Shoot any formation of like ships for bonus points. Destroying the biplane from Time Pilot which occasionally appears will earn you an extra life.Game IntroductionContinuing where Time Pilot left off, Time Pilot '84 is set only over futurstic fantastic alien cityscapes. Each level features unique ships, including metallic vehicles that cannot be shot by bullets but must be shot with a guided missile after acquiring lock-on. Each level ends with the same boss, a large saucer that shoots guided missiles. This boss appears after destroying a certain unknown number of enemies.Game PlayAs in Time Pilot, pushing the joystick in a direction makes player's ship rotate to face that direction and travel that way. Guided missiles can be shot continuously they are unlimited in number.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Pilot '84 CensusThere are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 112 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 48 of these machines are owned by our active Time Pilot '84 collectors. And of these, 6 are original dedicated machines, 9 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 33 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 '84 machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Time Pilot '84 circuit board for sale. Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Pilot '84. This game ranks a 38 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe game uses two 6809 microprocessors and one Z80 microprocessor and three SN76489A PSGs for sound.Legacy
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