''Time Pilot '84: Further Into Unknown World'' is a scrolling

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released in arcades in 1984 by

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. The different time periods of 1982's ''

Time Pilot is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game designed by Yoshiki Okamoto and released by Konami in 1982. It was distributed in the United States by Centuri, and by Atari Ireland in Europe and the Middle East. While engaging in aerial comb ...

'' are replaced by a top-down view of a science fiction landscape that varies in color and type of enemies. It adds the ability for the player to launch guided missiles. ''Time Pilot '84'' was primarily sold as a conversion kit for older games.

Gameplay

The first button is used to fire a standard shot, which can destroy green-colored enemies. The second button is used to fire missiles, which can destroy the silver-colored enemies. The player needs to lock on to a silver enemy to fire missiles at it. Destroying enough green enemies brings out a large, silver boss enemy that must be dispatched before advancing to the next level.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Time Pilot '84'' on their August 15, 1984 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Legacy

''Time Pilot '84'' was cloned for the

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as ''Space-Pilot II'' released by Kingsoft in 1985. The first ''Space-Pilot'' was a clone of ''Time Pilot''. ''Time Pilot '84'' was re-released for

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on May 27, 2021, as part of the ''

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'' series.

References

External links

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