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Time Pilot

TitleTime Pilot
First release1982
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami
PlatformsArcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX
Genreshoot 'em up
Also known asタイムパイロット · Taimu Pairotto · たいむぱいろっと
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Arcade: 1982-11-19 (NTSC-J), 1982-12-17 (NTSC-U)
MSX: 1983-01-01
Atari 2600: 1983-05-04
ColecoVision: 1983-08-01 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata IDQ1151504

Time Pilot is a 1982 arcade video game developed by Konami and released by Centuri in the USA on December 17, 1982. Players assume the role of a pilot of a futuristic fighter jet trying to rescue fellow pilots trapped in different time eras. In each level, players battle enemy aircraft and then a stronger aircraft. Players' fighter jet is in the center of the screen at all times. Players eventually battle a mothership of the time period they are in; once the mothership is defeated, they move onto the next time period. Parachuting pilots will occasionally appear and award players points if collected. There are five levels: 1910, 1940, 1970, 1982/1983, and 2001. After the fifth level is finished, the game repeats thereafter. Extra lives are given at 10,000 points, and per 50,000 scored up to 960,000; thereafter, the game goes to "survival of the fittest" mode. Fighters are destroyed if they collide into bullets, enemy ships, or missiles. Game ends if the last fighter is destroyed.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1151504) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (27842,126550) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (4022) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (38253) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (35634) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database (ADB) (timeplt) · last updated 2026-10-06 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
MAME romsettimeplt
Title at ADBTime Pilot
ManufacturerKonami
Year1982
GenreShooter / Field
Players2
MAME driver statusGOOD
Time Pilot – Flyer
Flyer
Time Pilot – Marquee
Marquee
Time Pilot – Cabinet
Cabinet
Time Pilot – Title
Title
Time Pilot – In-game
In-game
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Konami); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-06 05:08 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Konami · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Konami · internal use only.
Sprites
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Videos
ColecoVision Longplay [019] Time Pilot
World-of-Longplays · ColecoVision version · longplay · 17:48auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC
C64 Longplay [1511] Time Pilot
你愛她的Little Secrets · Commodore 64 version · longplay · 2:28auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:search, checked 2026-10-26 18:45 UTC
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