= Time Pilot 1.0 =

Update Review by ABBUC

The final version 1.0 of Time Pilot offers quite a few improvements. Here is a list:

• performance has been improved
• minor bugs have been corrected
• difficulty level has been adjusted (first levels are now easier, later ones are harder)
• highscore list now works and has an option to delete letters
• additional lives
• level 5 with asteroids and astronauts
• Enemy squadrons and bombs
• UFO rockets
• Pause mode (with the possibility to return to the title screen)
• PAL/NTSC support
• Rapidus (the accelerator card by Lotharek) detection and appropriate power adjustment
• additional game mode "The SWARM" for Rapidus

In my opinion these changes improve the game a lot!

To pause the game just press a key, press a key again and it continues, or "OPTION" to get back to the title screen.

To enter the highscore list, press the control stick up or down and confirm the letter with the fire button. You can also delete letters with the left control stick.

In "SWARM" mode, which you activate with "SELECT", the enemies don't shoot or throw bombs, but they are faster and appear in enormous masses to pounce on the player. (Rapidus only)

In the new level 5 the parachutists have been replaced by astronauts - logical, how should a parachute work in weightlessness...

By the way, once you've completed level 5, it starts all over again, with increased difficulty, of course!

Conclusion:

The controls take some getting used to, but with a little practice it works quite well.

The number of soft sprites is impressive (even more so with Rapidus!) and together with the parallax scrolling there is a lot going on on the screen. The game is damn close to the original arcade machine, but luckily there is no coin flip.

Our rating: 84 %