7/5/2023 0 Comments Time pilot mame![]() ![]() ![]() * Concentrate on collecting the parachutists where possible, as these represent your biggest potential points haul. Again, it takes 7 hits to destroy a Mother Ship. You can then shoot them at will to destroy them. Wait until they pass you, and then move directly behind them. * The Mother Ships always move horizontally across the screen. Alternatively, move your fighter so that the missiles move off screen, and they do not return. * Homing missiles - keep firing to destroy them. Simply move the joystick or use the keys to face in the opposite direction and you will flip round. * Since your ship is very maneuverable you can turn through 180 degrees very quickly to pick off an enemy directly behind you. * The enemy planes/ships find it hardest to shoot you when you are moving in a diagonal direction, so move this way the majority of the time. Game over when all of your planes are destroyed. Bonus plane after 10,000 points, 60,000-points and each additional 50,000 points.ĥ. Advance to next stage by destroying 56 enemies and 7 hits on Mother Ship.ģ. Avoid being hit by bullets, bombs and missiles. 2001) is played in the attract mode.īiplane/Fighter/Helicopter/Jet/UFO : 100 points. * The purple stage with the jetplanes is set in 1983 rather than 1982. 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. Okamoto decided not to disgrace his boss and let the episode go!! Although his boss told him to do the driving game instead, he tried to take the credit for Time Pilot. As development continued, Okamoto showed his boss design docs for the driving game, all the while working on Time Pilot. When he learned of the game's concept, he balked at making it and started on Time Pilot. Yoshiki was told to design a driving game. ![]() The game is all over when all your planes are destroyed. The next, Stage 6, is identical with Stage 1, but the number of planes attacking you, the speed and number of shots and grenades are gradually increased. This stage appears in the attract mode in the Atari and Centuri versions only. In addition, there are no enemy formations or parachutes in this stage, and there can be no more than 3 U.F.O's on the screen at a time. The stage is fast paced and the Mother Ship, a superfortress U.F.O., can not be so easily destroyed. Great number of U.F.O.'s are attacking from any direction changing their angles of attack and throwing at your plane two types of Alien Weapons. Hard to be reached and very hard to be passed. The sky is pitch black with asteroids instead of clouds. This is one of the most difficult stages of the game due to increased speed of jet fighters and random direction attacks. A modern large jet bomber is the Mother Ship. The enemies are modern jet fighters shooting and launching homing missiles. The sky is purple with the same clouds as the previous three stages. 1983 in Atari and Centuri versions) - The age of Jetplane As a new level of difficulty, the helicopters are using homing missiles. The same clouds from the first two stages are also present here.Įnemies now are helicopters and large one (Mother Ship). Sky is once again grey-blue, only this time a different shade. Middle size bombers are aiming constantly at your plane! They can be destroyed by 4 hits and award 1,500 points. 1940 - The age of MonoplaneĮnemies are : monoplane fighters, middle size bombers and large bomber (Mother Ship). ![]() This round never appears in the attract mode in any version. During the same stage, one to five parachutes will appear. After 56 biplanes are destroyed, the Mother Ship appears : a giant orange blimp shooting at you! Only 7 hits will destroy the Mother Ship. Enemy planes shoots at your plane and throw hand grenades when close to you. The attackers are biplanes coming from random directions. This stage features an ordinary blue sky with clouds. TIME PILOT consists of 5 different stages of play which are as follows (all these stages are also played in the attract mode unless otherwise noted) : The player controls his plane with the 8 way joystick and shoots at the enemies using the Fire button. ![]()
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