Retro Game of the Day! Time Pilot '84
Time Pilot '84 by Konami, released to arcades in (guess?) 1984.
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Ah yes! Definitely one of the "good ol' boys" of the arcade series of yesteryear, 1982's
Time Pilot found itself reincarnated a couple of years later. Let's have a look-see what it was all about.
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The original Time Pilot was a fairly wonderful game when it released. Still quite fun as a matter of fact; you had an incredible sense of control and firing range with your little ship, and there was a constant stream of things to shoot/avoid/capture. It was a wonderful recipe.
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This sequel follows in those footsteps fairly well, though enough is changed in the basic outline of the game that it feels like a completely standalone entity, and that's a good thing. '84 sticks with the futuristic motif, which works well with its' style, and now you have lock-on missiles to play with (and plenty more targets to shoot/avoid). It's a shooter-fans paradise!
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I used to work at a game studio where they had one of these machines in their lobby; even though it was already over 15 years old, people would still put in hours on this thing blasting away trying to outdo one-anothers' highscores (we'd scrawl them on post-it notes and stick it to the marquee, since they'd get erased every night when they powered the machine off). That's the type of game is was;; stylish, brutish, simple, and just plain fun. I want to go play it now! Don't let the primitive, crude graphics turn you away, this is absolutely a must-play if you like chasing and shooting.
I've never seen this one before. That's too bad, because I love the original Time Pilot, even to this day. In fact, there's a Time Pilot machine in a shop where my brother lives, and he even goes to play it from time to time (he's not a game player by any stretch of the imagination).
ReplyDeleteI agree, TP1 is still so much fun. Definitely find a way to check this one out too, you are missing out!
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