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Time Pilot

Description

The player's single jet fighter placed in the center of the screen shoots down waves of WWI Biplanes, WWII era fighters, 1970's era helicopters, 1980's era jets, and futuristic UFOs while trying to rescue fellow pilots and avoid bombs, missiles, and other enemy fire.

Time Pilot was produced by Centuri in 1982.

Centuri released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Centuri was based in United States.

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

Specs

Name	Time Pilot
Developer	Centuri (United States)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10119
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical 19-inch
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	Time Pilot Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Time Pilot Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - 274 lbs
Control Panel	Time Pilot Control Panel Image
PCB	Time Pilot PCB Image

Video Clips

Centuri TIME PILOT Arcade Video Game

Game Introduction

Your aircraft is a sleek jet that travels to five different time eras which each have different enemies. The time periods are as follows:

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

In the first four eras, the background setting is the sky with clouds but in the fifth era the background is space with asteroids.

Game Play

During waves with missiles such as the Helicopters and Jets tight turns with many double-back actions will render the attacking missiles mostly useless. Concentrate on shooting down entire squadrons whose appearance is signaled by a siren sound to rack out bonus points. You can also rescue the flying parachutists as you battle the enemies.

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.

Time Pilot KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.56 (16 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.75

Overall Like	4.13
Fun (Social)	3.13
Fun (Solo)	4.07
Collector Desire	2.73

Technical Rating: 3.54

Gameplay	4.19
Graphics	3.67
Originality	3.71
Sound/Music	3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Trivia

In the Konami version, the fourth era is 1982 while in the Centuri licensed version, the fourth era is 1983.

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.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Konami

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

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 351 known instances of this machine owned by Time Pilot collectors who are active members. Of these, 206 of them are original dedicated machines. 21 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 123 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 12 active VAPS members with a Time Pilot machines for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Time Pilot circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 16 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Pilot. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Time Pilot boards sets.

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 seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The game uses two Z80 microprocessors and two AY-3-8910 PSGs for sound.

Legacy

Time Pilot
Time Pilot '84

Manuals

Pinout and DIP switch settings - Time Pilot Manual — **Pinout and DIP switch settings**
(2 pages, 424 kB File)

Time Pilot Cocktail Service Manual - Time Pilot Manual — **Time Pilot Cocktail Service Manual**
(47 pages, 33.4 MB File)

Time Pilot Conversion Kit Instruction Kit - Time Pilot Manual — **Time Pilot Conversion Kit Instruction Kit**
(5 pages, 1.8 MB File)

CPU Schematic - Time Pilot Manual — **CPU Schematic**
(1 page, 795 kB File)

Sound Schematic - Time Pilot Manual — **Sound Schematic**
(1 page, 583 kB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 148; Color photo Price guide: No
Arcade Fever Sellers (ISBN 0762409371) Page: 112; Color photo
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 148; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (1a9bb40c0b3d8a69cfe893744630a6b9)

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