History VideoGame / TimePilot

''Time Pilot'' is a 1982 arcade shoot-em-up by Creator/{{Konami}}, released in the US by Centuri in 1983. The home license was picked up by Creator/{{Coleco}}, and ports were released for the Platform/ColecoVision, Platform/{{Intellivision}}, and Platform/Atari2600.

''Time Pilot'' is a 1982 arcade shoot-em-up by Creator/{{Konami}}, released in the US by Centuri in 1983. The home license was picked up by Creator/{{Coleco}}, and ports were released for the UsefulNotes/ColecoVision, UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}, and UsefulNotes/Atari2600.

The player's single jet fighter (placed in the center of the screen) shoots down waves of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]] Biplanes, [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] era fighters, 1970s era helicopters, 1980s era jets, and futuristic [=UFO=]s while trying to rescue fellow pilots and avoid bombs, missiles, and other enemy fire.

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

* 1982 or 1983 (the year varies between ROM versions): jet planes and a B-52
* 2001: [[{{Zeerust}} [=UFO=]s.]]

You must destroy 56 normal enemies 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 [[EndlessGame begin again with increased difficulty]].

* 1910; biplanes and a blimp
* 1940; WWII monoplanes and a B-25
* 1970; helicopters and a CH-46
* 1982 or 1983 (the year varies between ROM versions); jet planes and a B-52
* 2001; [[{{Zeerust}} [=UFO=]s.]]

This game was designed by YoshikiOkamoto. He was hired by Creator/{{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 ''VideoGame/{{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; his boss was angry, but Okamoto asked him to do a location test, the game was well-received, and the rest is history. Okamoto designed only two games while at Konami: ''Time Pilot'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}''. He later went to Creator/{{Capcom}} where he designed ''1942'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and the ''StreetFighter'' series of games.

This game had an InNameOnly sequel of sorts in 1984 called, not suprisingly, ''Time Pilot 1984''.

** And it might possibly the first to have mini-bosses, as well, in the form of the medium-sized supply planes in the 1940 stage, which take four hits to destroy, as opposed to one hit for regular enemies and seven hits for the bosses.

You must destroy 56 normal enemies 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 [[KobayashiMario begin again with increased difficulty]].

The player's single jet fighter (placed in the center of the screen) shoots down waves of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]] Biplanes, [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]] era fighters, 1970's era helicopters, 1980's era jets, and futuristic [=UFO=]s while trying to rescue fellow pilots and avoid bombs, missiles, and other enemy fire.

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** Also one of the first, if not the first, to have a boss at the end of every single stage, rather than at the end of a series of stages (like ''VideoGame/{{Gorf}}'' or VideoGame/{{Phoenix}}).

* BreatherLevel: The 1940s planes don't have any secondary weaponry (like the bombs in 1910, the missiles in 1970 and 1982, or the weird spinning shots in 2001), making them far less tricky to fight.

* BossBattle: One of the earliest arcade games to have multiple bosses (though none of them were more important than any other, story-wise) and one of the first to have a boss at the end of every single stage, rather than at the end of a series of stages.
* BossWarningSiren: A loud warning will sound before the boss shows up on any given level.
* DestructibleProjectiles: Canister shot in 1910 and 1940, missiles in 1970 and 1982, and everything in 2001.

This game was designed by YoshikiOkamoto. He was hired by Creator/{{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 ''VideoGame/{{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; his boss was angry, but Okamoto asked him to do a location test, the game was well-received, and the rest is history. Okamoto designed only two games while at Konami: ''Time Pilot'' and ''VideoGame/{{Gyruss}}''. He later went to {{Capcom}} where he designed ''1942'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and the ''StreetFighter'' series of games.

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

* 1970; helicopters

%%* AstralFinale
%%* BossBattle

This game was designed by YoshikiOkamoto. He was hired by Creator/{{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 ''VideoGame/{{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; his boss was angry, but Okamoto asked him to do a location test, the game was well-received, 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'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and the ''StreetFighter'' series of games.

* AstralFinale
* BossBattle

* TheEighties
* EverythingTryingToKillYou
* ShootEmUp

This game was designed by YoshikiOkamoto. 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; his boss was angry, but Okamoto asked him to do a location test, the game was well-received, 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'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and the ''StreetFighter'' series of games.

This game was designed by YoshikiOkamoto. 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; his boss was angry, but Okamoto asked him to do a location test, the game was well-received, 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'', ''FinalFight'', and the ''StreetFighter'' series of games.

* InNameOnly: ''Time Pilot '84'' copies the gameplay of the previous game, but thematically has nothing to do with the original.

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