The History of Time Pilot - arcade console documentary

[@thirdstar9255]

Time Pilot '84 becomes fascinating the more you play it - the sounds and action are wonderful

[@randypeppercorn1865]

"rescuing parachuters" Yes, rescuing them from this mortal coil by ramming them with your aircraft

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL that's about right

[@TampaTec]

Elevator action and time pilot are my favorites.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Elevator action is right up there inn my top 10 of all time

[@willierants5880]

Time Pilot is a classic. I always wanted to see what enemies came next.

[@joeboo8626]

LOL. Same here. I bought both games on my PS4 and Switch. In the top 10 worldwide in both games on both consoles. Remember playing both at a Chuck E. Cheese back in the early 80s. Both games are definitely in my top 5 arcade games of all time. Time Pilot flips the script; it is a game where your enemies get "bullet hell".

[@vassa1972]

Mine too lol

[@paxhumana2015]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries , I honestly preferred its sequel, which is called Elevator Action Returns, and ditto for the sequel of Time Pilot, which is Time Pilot '84.

[@deadlyraver4454]

One of my old favorites from my childhood. For some reason, I couldn't get past the ufo stage on the first try no matter what I did. There was this one guy who would constantly whip the game whenever we were all around and we simply couldn't match his highscores. Nice to see this one on the screen again.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely thanks for watching

[@uwaniharbison6689]

Growing up in the nineteen eighties Time Pilot was one of my favorite video games to both watch and play back then and to this day I consider it to be so absolutely,totally and without a doubt magnificently classical and timeless.

[@TheGoldenDragon_]

This was the very first console game I played on the very first console (Colecovision) I ever owned. It has a special place in my heart. I was 5 years old when I had this game and it was difficult for me, but I had lots of fun. I never knew there was a Time Pilot 84. Pretty cool. Thanks for the vids.

[@HighFiveGhost50]

It’s funny but also depressing when you go back and play the retro games from the 80s/90s and they have events in far away sci-fi future of the millennium and think there is space travel and hovercrafts and aliens, in reality basically nothing has changed.

[@PlasmicSteve]

Lots has changed but it happened slowly, in real time, so we had time to acclimate to it. No aliens though.

[@mdpuckett]

You haven't been paying attention to what Elon Musk is working on.

[@kgrfirdjy]

There is definitely space travel, but hovercrafts are really uncommon as a means of travel. There are interesting documentaries on youtube about why hovercrafts failed.

[@retropusher]

Your “history of...” videos are highly entertaining and informative. This - featuring one of the finest game of all time - certainly no exception. Thank you for always bringing a little sunlight to even the darkest of days.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's very nice of you to say. But I could put a smile on some people's faces

[@jeffr23817]

My favorite arcade games are Congo Bongo and Dig Dug.... I would LOVE to see episodes on those two games!

[@erikrounds]

We had a Time Pilot cabinet at my last workplace, so I played quite a bit of this game. I also remember playing the C=64 clone when I was a kid.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very cool, I only got to play the clone as a kid

[@Jagaroth]

I first discovered this via a Colecovision emulator in the mid-90s and had no clue it was an arcade game (I was barely four when it first came out!) However, learning its arcade origins, finally getting to play it on MAME (and later purchasing the XBOX 360 official release) I confirmed what I liked in the Coleco version was true to form. I also didn't know that there was a Gyruss connection! I had a love of Gyruss via Showbiz Pizza and the NES conversion, and now it makes sense that is why I felt an affinity for TIme Pilot discovering it so much later. Thanks for the schooling, Pat!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, that is also one of my favorite shooters. Thank you

[@Peter_Morris]

I have this on my Switch. It’s been a favorite since I first saw it way back in 1982! It’s another one of those games that’s more complex than it first appears. But mostly what I loved about it as a kid was how many bullets you fire! You know with Galaga and other games like that you fired one or two shots at a time. But Time Pilot was one of the first games where it felt like you had a firehose for a gun. Made it so much more fun!

[@gall_blader_works]

I had a Vectrex system and I loved it. It's one system I miss horribly, and wish it could come back through the magic of nostalgia. The premise of the system was absolutely brilliant for its time.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It sure was, I always wanted one as a kid

[@Repeatpeteva]

Excellent video. Time pilot was an arcade favorite of mine. Thanks for sending me back to 1982!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, always one of my favorites as well

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I love this game. Played the hell out of it back in the day. When you get in the zone it feels great to play. Not surprised to learn it was by the same creator as Gyruss, which has the same sort of hypnotic feel to it.

[@Peter_Morris]

Yes! That’s one thing I love about this game. It’s very easy to get in the zone. You hit that point where you see everything on the screen and your hand just reacts. No thought required. It’s great.

[@A.R.77]

Remember that one well. Loved the effect of the ship jumping into warp.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes that was very cool

[@CM-fk3or]

this is the first game i remember playing in the arcade....man did i suck at it

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I was always pretty good at itBut it was hard to make it to the UFO stage

[@johndd9140]

I miss games like this - simple, easy to control, a tonne of fun! Those were the days 🤗 Konami's arcade games were so good back then. Never knew about Time Pilot 2, the sounds are like Defender's! What a great video to a great videogame 👍👍👍

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much for the nice words, glad you enjoyed

[@Risperdali]

Oh man! This game carries so many good memories for me. It was the first arcade game I got good at. It still holds up today! I also love the time travel theme!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I :-)

[@kirkjerk]

Time Pilot '84 was so dope - giving the player lock-on homing missiles! Was that a first? What a great mechanic

[@williamwilson2292]

I love this game since C64. Too bad my oldest bro lost out winning the arcade cabinet at an auction years back. Would have been perfect in my game room. Thanks for the video, great to relive my video gamer origins.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Sorry to hear that, Thank you for watching :-)

[@stampscapes]

Loved TP'84 enough as a kid that I bought a retro cabinet with that game in it in the late 90's. Wasn't the original dedicated TP'84 cabinet but was still fun have that game in the house.

[@Brian-Vader4633]

My friend had a Vectrex growing up. Loved to go to his house to play it.

[@AceAcabras]

This arcade cabinet was often shown on the Sitcom SAVED BY THE BELL, it was shown in The Max and I think also in the student Union in the The College Years

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks for the info

[@AceAcabras]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries hopefully there is a way you can slip the pics of these cabinets on the show into your videos 🙏🏽.

[@ninjacrypt5795]

It's okay...I had a thing for bea Arthur too !🤣🤣🤣

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you

[@retrogamestudios7649]

Yeah so did Stanley and he went bald

[@beatrixwickson8477]

She's my favourite part of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

[@namco003]

Wow! I kinda remember playing this on Commodore 64, but it wasn't until I heard getting the parachute guy sound effect to solidify, I definitely played the hell out of this on the C64. Prior to that, I would play it in the arcade all the time. Good video

[@jamiegwhite30]

Add this to the list of awesome documentaries! Great as always sir.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks again!

[@jahmd8377]

This game really nailed the year 2001. I remember The Battle of the Asteroid Belt very well.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@agfagaevart]

Blast from the past. Most days, I spent all my lunch money on this with schoolpals, circa 1983. AND this one too 7:39 we knew it was a basic Asteroids rip-off, but still good fun! Love from the UK.

[@BlackArroToons]

Time Pilot is a classic game. The Colecovision version is great too.

[@curiousottman]

Thanks for this video. I remember time pilot in the arcades back in 83. I was too young to be in the arcade by myself (13 years old) so my father had to accompany me. As you can imagine I thought I’d be mortified having my dad there when all the other kids were there on their own. However my dad was cool telling teenagers that he was my bodyguard all the while slipping an endless supply of quarters to me. I’ll never forget how he made me the coolest kid in the arcade. My father’s funeral was today. Safe travels across the universe Pappy.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I'm sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing your memories though I love reading about families bonding over videogames.

[@PeBoVision]

I am so pleased that you included the Vectrex version from Tutstronix. I consider it the best port of the Konami original. Kristof's other conversions - Vector Patrol (Moon Patrol) and Vextrexian (Galaxian) - are equally impressive (I don't think many would argue if I said Vector Patrol is as good, if not better (!) than the original arcade game). Vector Pilot is simply outstanding.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I was really impressed with it, glad I could include it

[@TigerBoyRS]

How deep you go... Congrats! I remember being too young to play Time Pilot at the local coffeeshop which always had two arcade machines. This was 1985 when I finally was old enough and then Time Pilot 84 arrives... Boy, oh boy, still play it in Mame today. Cheers 🇵🇹

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, I appreciate that. Like you said, it's still fun game to play

[@spaghettigodultra5069]

Yessss!!! Time Pilot at Pizza Inn. Great memories.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I used to play it at the bowling alley

[@stevelee372]

Blasteroids was my fave of this game style, transforming between 3 craft types, sheer class. 😎 This is a cool crusty forerunner tho, setting the genre along with Asteroids, natch

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, I played that one as well

[@TheDjJade]

Im always impressed from your background infos to every game was born 1973 and enjoyed the arcade time much keep up the great work

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks, will do!

[@DrownedInExile]

1969? I had no idea Konami had been around that long. "Managers were unhappy he defied them, but took all the credit for his work" I see Konami hasn't changed at all.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL you got that right

[@starcader9997]

Along with Mappy, Time Pilot is my favorite arcade game. I did not know about that pterodactyl level!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's my favorite shooter right behind galaga

[@jasonfedeli]

This was at the laundry mat where my dad had to wash his work clothes. I would go with him just to play this.

[@jarrodhook]

Thanks to PatManQC I never realised how neat the Sharp X68000 was and I kinda want one now. Great video as always PatManQC, glad your interests as a thirteen year old were very much the same as mine!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It looked like a really cool system but back in the day a cost equivalent to $6000. A little too rich for my blood. Thank you for the nice words :-)

[@JasonMontell2501]

New PatmanQC?? Today is good day

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you my friend:-)

[@JasonMontell2501]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Once I get back to work the first thing I'm going to do is sign up for patreon and show my support. Your channel is so therapeutic during these times.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@JasonMontell2501 Fantastic thank you for your support :-)

[@hawksleygamingproject4164]

Bea Arthur ftw! Another great vid on a classic.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it Thank you LOL

[@CoinOpTV]

classic game dunno if i ever made it to the future tho!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It got pretty difficult to make it to the fifth stage at least for me

[@Rando1975]

I certainly never did!

[@billcook4768]

I never did in the arcade, but was finally able to make it when I had it on GBA and could play all day for free.

[@thirdstar9255]

Alladin's Castle! Awesome, man! This is one of my all time favorite games as well, one that I can actually play forever on one quarter! Thanks for covering it!!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@alexanderscott9001]

Aladdin's Castle was THE spot to be at Red Bird mall in Dallas in the 80's. It was right across from Sbarro pizza and Orange Julius. There would be over a hundred people there on the weekend...still remember guns and roses debuting on the laser disc jukebox and everybody stopping and watching lol. Was the best

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

We didn't have a jukebox at our Aladdin's castle, just dimly lit rooms with lots of video games

[@sacend1]

your videos are hilarious, I can't get enough of them!! keep it going please!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, glad you appreciate my humor :-)

[@sacend1]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ohhh yeah I really do! you haven't made a "that's what she said! for a few videos now!

[@cwalker3783]

Instant like!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much, I appreciate that

[@scooterahlers9666]

Had this on ColecoVision and played it in the arcades back in the day. I was thinking 2001 - that's still almost 20 years away - now it's 20 years in the past. The last stage really needs to be updated.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL I agree

[@DoubleDguitar]

Such an amazing run of games from him. Wow! Thanks so much for this, I love your research and game choices. Time Pilot was fun and when Gyruss came out, I had a new favorite. Biking miles to the local Pappy’s Pizza that had one, even if I only had a couple of quarters.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed! Sounds a lot like my childhood :-)

[@DoubleDguitar]

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries as does most of your content compared to my childhood. Aladdin’s Castle and Time Out were the big ones by me. And every place, from convenience stores to bars, had at least one game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

@@DoubleDguitar Arcade games were literally everywhere when I was growing up. Grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants would have at least two if not three different ones. It was a magical time :-)

[@oldschoolcompsci]

Awesome!!! Thanks once again Patman

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you

[@agenttexx]

This is one of my favorite games. I have it on my GBA. It came in a Konami Collection with Rush N Attack. I think I also have it on PSP

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's really good on there as well

[@darknessnightfall]

vectrex was my most favorite console . Was so much fun to play

[@mikecarter8880]

I liked the light pen more than the 3d viewer. It was a bit too ahead of its time and not ready for conumers.

[@FrostyCheri32]

Loved playing this game as a kid.

[@garthhood5568]

Nice to know the creator of Time Pilot also had a hand in one of my top favorite games, Gyruss. I got a high score of 750,000 points that the arcade manager upped the difficulty level. At first I was mad about it, but now I take it as a badge of honor. I didn't know that the machines had difficulty settings.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is fantastic

[@cyberprompt]

this was fantastic. I loved PacMan and Galaga and others, but this was a different experience where the screen moved but you stayed in the center.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was very unique for its time

[@ReubensLair]

Ur videos always make me happy friend!! Such a joy to watch and learn and laugh.. il be donating 👍😎

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Awesome, thank you!

[@cessnaace]

I used to play Time Pilot in arcades. The MSX port was indeed developed and published by Konomi. It was also compatible with the MSX2, MSX2+, and MSX turbo R. I have the Atari 2600 port, developed and published by Coleco.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks for the info

[@mrf19741]

One Classic arcade that devoured a boatload of my quarters as a kid!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I lost a ton as well

[@spartanx5806]

wow! i love this video! reminds me of my favorite time in my life 1979 to 1984 with 82 being my favorite! going to play this at the arcade was great! and of course i lhad my colecovison which is my favorite christmas of all time 82..great job man !

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the nice words and sharing your memories

[@spartanx5806]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries no problem i love retro gaming it is my life!

[@FredGee420]

“Farts and qweefs anybody?” lol

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you :-)

[@eartant]

Played it at my first job at Chuck E. Cheese's. Always laughed about the 1982 level. Prince was SUCH a big deal then that he altered the color of the sky !

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, it makes sense

[@lunaticfringe8066]

Love this game so much I have the original arcade version in my basement. For some reason I always have a harder time getting through the 70's era than the '80's.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That is strange, I always had trouble with the UFO stage

[@lunaticfringe8066]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries The UFO stage is still the most difficult, its just I myself usually lose a ship to the helicopters, but can get through the jets stage unscathed.

[@glennshoemake4200]

This and Joust where my favorite games growing up in the early 80s. Dig dug and Moon Patrol were close seconds.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Those are all classic games

[@Rando1975]

Loved Time Pilot back in the arcades!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So did I :-)

[@karlsinclair9918]

I loved this game. Spent plenty of 10ps in this one at Pavis snooker Hall in Belfast one summer holiday back in ...1983 or 1984... I think. I think the other game was called...Gavilan? The year after they had Jackal..Still one of my favourites...

[@BeatEmUpDom]

I made sure I didn't do any crack when I booted up the sharp 68000 😂😂😂 this is why I love this retro dude

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you :-)

[@BeatEmUpDom]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries it's us what should be thanking you for going back in time and showing us retro arcade games and consoles , great content !! 🕹️

[@beersn0b]

My favorite arcade game, ever. And, I had it on my Colecovision.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's a classic

[@ronnicarter882]

One of my favorite games. I remember my brother and I begging our parents to get the Atari 2600 version for $30. When they did, we had to work it off doing chores. 😊

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's fantastic, thanks for sharing :-)

[@dub2536]

I am very impressed by your video today. I enjoyed this game at the arcades back in the 1980s. I was especially impressed how you showed a vectrex systm version of this game. I played a Vectrex back in 1983-84 at a former classmates home, and havent seen one since. Can a person download that Rom and play it on the Vectrex? I considered the Vectrex to be IMO superrior to most arcade machines of its time back then. Excellent video PatmanQC!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much :-) mame has support For the vectrex. I always wanted one as a kid. It retails for 200 bucks back then which was too rich for my blood :-)

[@dub2536]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries likewise. I was barely able to pull off a stunt on my birthday in 1987, or possibly 1988, when I got my first NES for $80+tax. and I did some underhanded stuff to achieve my goal as I handed out invitations to my Birthday party and mentioned on the card to please not buy me a gift (usually costing approx $10) but add $10 to my goal (NES) thereby I bought it that day and I cannot express how much flack I caught from other kids mothers saying how I "shouldn't make a business out of my birthday party" Which I get, yet, who wants a bunch of $10 presents when if you combine the total and "unite the funds like Voltron" can play NES till your dead. Then I'm willing to get spoken negatively about. The Vectrex tho, it looked so cool to me in the first half of the 1980s, and I considered it far superior to any other console of that time. IMO. I wish they had an emulator available. I own a "Retron 5" which is great regarding the diversity of consoles and cartridges it handles. I would like to buy a Vectrex.....if I knew that the console was like a Retron 5 in mint condition and I had access to the games or carts. My greatest fear regarding buying a Vectrex is the controllers having been damaged and worn down. I am sorta shocked as to how IMO under-appreciated the Vectrex was. Peace!

[@PhilipNorton42]

Space pilot was also released on the BBC Micro. That was my first taste of thr game. It wasn't I until years later that I found out about Time Pilot.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This was always one of my favorite shooters

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

Good research and humorous presentation every time, another credit please!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, glad you enjoyed it.. Thanks

[@slowneutron6163]

That's a good game right there.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it is

[@stryderblaze80]

Time pilot was my first arcade game I ever played

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

My first one was a bowling game which was in black and white back in the mid-70s

[@Rybagz]

I used to play it a lot - agreed, it was probably my #2 or 3 favourite of the early 80s shooters with Galaga and Tiger Heli (a review of it would be real nice). My best score was about 500,000. Thanks for incuding the modern day Atari 8-bit homebrew - along with Bosconian and Scramble are missing links in that system's collection that have only recently been created.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's an excellent score, I think mine is around 140,000 . Bosconian Was also another inspiration for this game.

[@speedbird737]

I play Time Pilot on my AtGames Arcade Legends machine every day ! I've completed it many times

[@ThunderFist1978]

I remember the first time I saw Time Pilot. I gravitated toward it immediately, but for a different reason - I had played Time Pilot ‘84 already and loved it and was excited that there was another game of the same title. Honestly, I like Time Pilot ‘84 better. Incidentally, Time Pilot ‘84 and the original Time Pilot are available on the Switch and PS4 through the Arcade Archives line and also in the Frogger 1upArcade cabinet.

[@NP-ip3nj]

Had this on a Gameboy Advance compilation, I love Time Pilot!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I :-)

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

Love this game! Time Pilot ‘84 is also a fantastic game!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Couldn't agree more!

[@zolphar]

Galaga is my #1 arcade shooter as well it's my dads favorite game and we used to play it on w/e we could from the arcade to gameboy

[@Tigerlord4835]

Did you know? The original title for the game was Time Bandits but was changed due to a movie of the same name. Also the scoring for picking up the parachutists increased for each you pick up 1k for the first to a max of 5k per stage.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I was not aware of the title change. Thanks

[@tomjuhasz326]

I really loved this game in the 80's, probably because the levels changed so much after each level.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I think that's why I liked it as well was the variety which we didn't see a whole lot of back then

[@garyholland2796]

Absolutely arcades was so much fun my fav game was Galacian,galaga,donkey Kong, dragons lair👍

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

Cool documentary Patman! I just recently received a copy of the ColecoVision port from a friend Scott Gul. Including a recommendation, and a link to your video on my ColecoVision port review video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I'll check it out! Thank you very much

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you're welcome! For myself leaving recommendations, and links to relevant videos of my friends, and preferred KZbinrs on my own is one of my ways of trying to be a positive presence in both the KZbin, and retro gaming communities. Especially in your case as your documentary videos are always excellent. My videos aren't nearly on your level yet as my channel is still young, I just use my smartphone to record, and have no video editing software yet. Everyone starts somewhere I guess. In any case every like, share, and new subscriber is always appreciated!!

[@Ballington3000]

Very cool! I've never heard of or seen this game before! Plus, I always love fart jokes. There aren't nearly enough in the world. Excellent job as always!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you. Glad I could help :-)

[@johnjamele]

I played this for twenty years at the Casino Arcade at Hampton Beach NH, every summer. And every summer, its knob got dicier and dicier. Finally, one summer, it was gone.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

This game wasn't as popular as I thought it was. It's probably one of my favorite arcade shooters of all time.

[@O.M.JaYY3]

Thanks Patman!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thank you for watching

[@RaquelFoster]

14:58 That X6800 version almost makes me nauseous! It's cool that it has a parallax thing with multiple levels of clouds. And it's kinda cool that they gave it a little depth by making the vertical axis scroll more slowly, but I think the developer was lazy and the X axis is always moving the same speed whether you're going left/right or diagonally. You have 16 directions you can travel in, so it just needs some hardcoded math for how many pixels each axis travels at +/- 0°, 22.5°, 45°, 67.5°, 90°, but they seem to have taken some shortcuts. It's just one of those things that fascinates me, like "How did they f* that up like that?" but I can't look at it anymore it's giving me a headache. 😂

[@laertesl4324]

I love this game, I played it on my MSX at the time. But seeing a B-25 and a B-52 in those small sprites is quite a stretch of imagination.

[@thedad7313]

Man, I loved this and Lunar Rescue. Happy times

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely I love that game as well

[@ZagnutBar]

I think it's worth mentioning that although the Vectrex had a built-in CRT, it was not a CRT capable of displaying images like most people today would think. A vector display was more like an oscilloscope capable of drawing lines, but not pixels as such. Battlezone and Star Wars are good example of this technology used well. You could get smooth first person 3D animation during an era when this was not possible using conventional pixel tech.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks for the info

[@teddychu1177]

I HAD the Vectrex and completely forgot that this had been released for it

[@simonjandrell5897]

Blimey i forgot about this wow! my 80s Arcade Fascination.. Amazng Game it used to absolutly Fascinate me

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I absolutely loved it to

[@doubleas2380]

I love this channel

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much :-)

[@bilwisss]

i do love me some time pilot . . .

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I

[@eto6197]

So we have the same all time favorites for shoot'em'ups :-) Galaga and Time Pilot. Maybe you should have a look at "Eyes" - I totally got hooked when I discovered this rarely known arcade gem last year.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I will check it out, thanks

[@billcook4768]

Quick note: The first parachutist you “rescue” (ie crash in to) is worth 1,000. The second 2,000, etc up to the fifth and subsequent ones worth 5,000. A good way to get high scores is to spend the first level getting as many as you can. But the value reverts back to 1,000 after you die.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks for the info

[@andreschiriff4354]

Sometimes you play a game for a little bit and then you stop playing it and go play something else. But after knowing that a guy work on the game 21 hours a day and he hide the project from his boss taking the chance of getting fire to make that game that makes that game very special!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It sure is, and he wasn't at the company that long when he defied his bosses. I would say he was working there for less than six months.

[@FieraMyst]

This was one of my favorites as well, I miss hitting the arcades, so many good memories there. =^.^=

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's such a classic, I miss it as well

[@pituparanoico]

I had the Coleco Vision version. Those were the days x)

[@ALWTunes]

Shoot, now I want an episode on the history of Aladdin's Castle. I spent way too much money there growing up.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL so did I