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Time Pilot
* Select from four skill levels
* For one or two players
For use with ColecoVision or the ADAM Family Computer system!
Use your standard hand controller or your Super Action
controller with this game.
Eliminate all enemies in one time period, then move on to the
next. Start in 1910, and progress to 1940, 1970, and finally 1985!
Plays like the TIME PILOT arcade game!
GAME DESCRIPTION
You're caught in a time warp! Earn your wings against ruthless
enemy aircraft from the dawn of aviation to the superjet
age. TIME PILOT takes you through the decades as you
face enemies from four different time periods:
1910: Battle the ghosts of yesteryear's dogfighting biplanes!
Their hand bombs are crude, but deadly all the same. Fend
them off, then face the mighty dirigible.
1940: Time warp ahead 30 years! Face squadrons of swooping
monoplanes and bombers. Evade their swift attack, then eliminate
the red heavy bomber to move on the next era--and more action!
1970: The enemy is more sophisticated now! Eliminate
swarms of helicopters. Dodge their heat-seeking missiles.
The more choppers you down, the closer you come to success.
But face the double-prop helicopter before pushing
forward in time once again.
1985: You've reached the final and future battle! Duel
against swirling waves of jet fighters. With speed, sharp
aim, and infra-red homing missiles, these are awesome
opponents. But victory is not yours until you've downed the
dreaded black jet bomber! Are you up to this challenge?
GETTING READY TO PLAY
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE COLECOVISION CONSOLE IS
OFF BEFORE INSERTING OR REMOVING A CARTRIDGE.
Choose your Challenge.
Press the Reset Button and the Title screen for TIME
PILOT appears on your TV. Wait for the Game Option
screen to appear. It contains a list of eight game options.
Skill 1 (Game Options 1 and 5) is the easiest, suitable
for play by beginners.
Skill 2 (Game Options 2 and 6) is harder, but not as
demanding as the arcade version of the game.
Skill 3 (Game Options 3 and 7) plays much like the
arcade version of TIME PILOT.
Skill 4 (Game Options 4 and 8) is the toughest
challenge of all! Do you dare face it?
Select a game option by pressing the corresponding number
button on either controller keypad.
One-Player Game
Use the Port 1 controller.
Two-Player Game (Alternating Players)
Players take turns. Player 1 uses the Port 1 controller;
Player 2 uses the Port 2 controller. Player 1 begins and each
turn lasts until the player's Timeship is eliminated.
USING YOUR CONTROLS
Keypad: Keypad Buttons 1-8 allow you to select a Game
Option for playing TIME PILOT. Press * after a game to
replay your game option. Press # after a game to return
to the Game Option screen to choose a different challenge.
Control Stick: Your Timeship turns to face the direction you
press the Control Stick. The Timeship stops turning when it
reaches that direction. If you release the Control Stick, the
Timeship stops turning immediately.
Side Buttons: (Standard Hand Controller)
Press and release either Side Button to make your Timeship
fire bullets in the direction it faces. Tap a button to fire one
shot. Hold a button a little longer to fire three shots at a time.
Action Buttons: (Super Action Controller)
Press and release either the top (yellow) or second (orange)
Action Button to make your Timeship fire bullets in the
direction it faces. Tap a button to fire one shot. Hold a
button in a little longer to fire three shots at a time.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY
Enter the time warp!
It's 1910. Your sleek Timeship battles a horde of biplanes.
"Slow but deadly" is the biplane's motto. Beware of bullets
and hand bombs. At first, one plane challenges your air space.
Then two, then a whole formation! Shoot a formation before it
breaks up to earn extra points. (No hand bombs in Skill 1, Round 1.)
Save the parachutists!
In the middle of battle, a man floats by. A friend! Pass your
Timeship over him. Pick up a second parachutist before your
turn is over to earn twice as many points for saving him.
Rescue a third to earn three times the points!
Hit the dirigible.
As you eliminate enemy planes, the Enemies Remaining indicator
decreases. When the indicator is empty, the dirigible
flies into view. Your Timeship must hit the dirigible five
times to complete this stage of battle. Colliding with it also
does the job--but you lose a Timeship in the process!
It's 1940!
Your Timeship breaks out of the time trap and moves on.
Enemy biplanes are replaced by monoplanes and blue
bombers. Shoot the monoplanes to shrink the Enemies
Remaining indicator. Attack the blue bomber to build up your
score. You must hit it four times to knock it out of action. But
your battle s not done yet. There's the red heavy bomber to sack!
The chopper 70's.
Made it through the time warp? Look what you face now: a
swarm of buzzing helicopters! Maneuverable, unpredictable,
each helicopter threatens your Timeship. Watch out for their
heat-seeking missiles--or you won't make it to '85. Don't
forget the double-prop chopper. Hit it five times to break
out of the time trap. (No missiles in Skill 1, Round 1 .)
Meet your match!
It's superjet 1985. High-speed jets battle your Timeship. Be
quick! Keep firing. Dodge! Those missiles are more deadly
than ever. And fast. Eliminate the black jet bomber to earn
your wings! (No missiles in Skill 1, Round 1.)
Advance and be proud.
You earn wings when you complete one full round (four time periods). Each
succeeding round yields more valuable decorations.What can you achieve?
Special Pause Feature
Press * during a game to pause. The screen blanks and music
plays. Press * again to return to the game at the point where
you stopped. There's a slight delay before the action begins again.
Starting over
The adventure ends when all your Timeships are eliminated.
Press * at game's end to replay your option. Press #
to go back to the Game Option screen to choose another challenge.
Reset
The Reset Button on the console stops the game and returns
you to the Title screen. It can be used to start a new game
at any time, and can also be used in the event of game malfunction.
SCORING
TIMESHIP ELIMINATES: POINTS EARNED:
Enemy Plane.................100
Hand Bomb...................100
Heat-Seeking Missile .......100
Blue Bomber (1940) .........500
Dirigible..................3000
Red Heavy Bomber ..........3000
Double-Prop Helicopter ....3000
Black Jet Bomber...........3000
Bonus!
You earn bonus points for eliminating every plane in a formation:
Formation of 3 planes ....1500
Formation of 4 planes ....2000
Formation of 5 planes ....2500
Parachutists
The first parachutist your Timeship rescues is worth 1000
points. The second parachutist saved during the same turn
earns 2000 points. The third parachutist is worth 3000
points, and so on. If your Timeship is eliminated, the first
parachutist rescued in your next turn is worth 1000 points once more.
How many Timeships?
Each player begins with five Timeships. Players earn an
extra Timeship when their score reaches 10,000 points,
30,000 points, and at every 20,000 points thereafter.