* If you are killed by colliding with an enemy ship, you are registered with the points as if you had shot it. 1940), you can leave a few planes remaining and collect parachutists for as long as possible, as this stage has no homing missiles and also more parachutists than Stage 1. * Concentrate on collecting the parachutists where possible, as these represent your biggest potential points haul. Again, it takes seven 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. The mother-ships are destroyed with seven direct hits and once all five eras have been completed, the stages start over again with an increased level of difficulty. The asteroids on screen will not hurt the player but will serve to camouflage the enemies and their missiles.Īll stages except the 2001 stage have parachutes that can be collected (these are the aforementioned trapped pilots). In the 2001 stage, the UFOs fire fast-moving circular bullets that blend in with the background. In the 1982 stage, the jets can fire homing missiles as well as yellow bullets and are aggressive. The player can destroy missiles by shooting them or can avoid them by turning sharply. The missiles travel slightly faster than the player but cannot make sharp turns. In the 1970 stage, the helicopters fire homing missiles as well as yellow bullets. They cannot fire at the player and pose no real threat as long as the player does not crash into them. These require multiple hits to take down (much like the mother-ship) and reward the player 1,500 points upon their destruction.

In the 1940 stage, red-and-yellow supply planes sometimes fly horizontally across the screen. The bombs are initially fired vertically but are affected by gravity, meaning that they will move faster as they fall to the bottom of the screen. In the 1910 stage, the biplanes can fire bombs as well as slow-moving yellow bullets. * 2001 The age of U.F.O.: Common enemies are UFOs, the mother-ship is a large alien space craft * 1982 The age of Jet plane: Common enemies are fighter jets, the mother-ship is a B-52 Bomber * 1970 The age of Helicopter: Common enemies are helicopters, the mother-ship is a large, blue CH-46 Sea Knight * 1940 The age of Monoplane: Common enemies are WWII monoplanes, the mother-ship is a B-25 Bomber.

* 1910 The age of Biplane: Common enemies are biplanes, the mother-ship is a blimp The game's five eras, common enemies and the mother-ships are as follows: The game consists of five different stages of play, each of which is set in a different time period.Īs well as waves of attacking aircraft, each stage also features a large 'mother-ship' boss that must be destroyed to progress to the next stage. Time Pilot is a multi-directionally scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player controls a futuristic jet fighter and takes on the role of pilot trying to rescue fellow pilots who are trapped in different time eras. Time Pilot © 1982 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

Time pilot arcade machine