![]() ![]() I've had this sitting in my inbox for a few months now. Thanks to those visitors that have dropped me a line about the site. I also noticed that the site recently hit its 10th year in existence. Of course if you're reading this you know the site is still reachable at. To save money I let the top level domain lapse. When did this turn into a blog? What is this, the 90s? Well, I am hand-editing this html so maybe there's some time wibbly wobbly going on. That's a shame because it's still one of my faves. Heck, there wasn't even a Time Pilot (original) there this year. Too bad all I have is the PCB and not the full cabinet. ![]() I have never seen a TP84 machine at any of the CA Extremes I have attended. I just got back from this year's California Extreme and it's still fun seeing all those old arcade cabs in one place. Not to be a jerk about anything, but to protect myself in case someone else decides to be a jerk. Speaking of which, I added watermarks to the maps. At least you can still view and download all the maps. Probably when websites became paranoid about executing code. The JavaScript map scroller thing died a while back. Don't remember when I got that re-enabled. In the meantime I've had kids and my kids are almost adults. I don't have an exact science to it, but in my gameplay, you can kinda see what I'm trying to do to coax the plane out. It helps if you're able to kill gray enemies while they are on screen to entice the extra life plane to come out. The way the level 2 or 5 planes emerge is that you have to be going in the vertical (for level 2), or horizontal (for level 5) direction at the time when gray enemies are about to respawn in their cycle.Having this knowledge can be used to your advantage. Enemies will not shoot you if you are really, really close to them (not on top, but relatively close).I have been able to score as high as over 81,000 points on level 1, though! However, I have not been able to actually put the math together. if you spawn special enemies like planes, or the missile guy comes out), and level number. I think it also has to do a bit with a timer as well (e.g. It has to do with how many enemies you kill on screen in part. Point pressing: There's some sort of internal counters that determine whether or not the end-of-stage boss will appear.They basically come out in the same set of locations as far as I can tell, though. I have not yet mapped out where all of them are, and will give you more info once I do. The bonus tanks continue to appear after stage 6 and I believe for every level throughout the game. ![]() The interesting thing about it is that it only appears if you do not get the plane on level 2. Unlike on stage 2, it scrolls horizontally. I was able to reproduce getting it myself through MAME savestates. Extra life on stage 5: My friend Hanasu and I were playing and he accidentally stumbled upon an extra life plane that appears on stage 5.Happy New Year! This site just keeps chugging along, huh? It's old enough to drink now so that's something.įalcor781 got in touch recently to share their achievement in recording the first Time Pilot 84 kill screen! It's a heck of a watch.įalcor was also kind enough to share some strategies and tips for the game. Of enemies, tips, strategies, and secrets. Here you will find information about the game including a roster In its own right and could easily stand on its own. Welcome! This site is dedicated to the outstanding KonamiĪrcade game Time Pilot '84. If you can shoot the enemy ship that stole it, you will be awarded with a ship that has double firepower.The Ultimate Time Pilot '84 Fan Page In upper levels of the game, your partner spaceship may get stolen. There are 255 levels to Galaga, so there’s plenty of game to challenge you. Suddenly, an army of geometrically-positioned alien spaceships descends, and you must defend yourself and your planet from annihilation! It’s actually a simple system (shoot the spaceships until they are all gone and also …don’t die) that becomes more difficult, as those spaceships move increasingly fast, and they do shoot back. Galaga is a one or two person shooter game in which you are basically a spaceship at the bottom of a dark space-field. Some early gamers might remember a similar game, “Galaxian,” which was released previously in 1979 - Galaga being an extremely popular sequel to Galaxian. ![]() Galaga was released in 1981 by the Japanese company Namco, and was later released in America by Midway. ![]()
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