The ColecoVision port of Konami‘s 1982 arcade game, Time Pilot, is a decent attempt to bring this simple, eight-way scrolling shooter to the home. It was first released in 1983.

The aim is to rescue fellow pilots trapped in different time zones. What that means in practical terms is: you must destroy a quota of enemy aircraft (shown bottom left), before a mothership appears and must also be destroyed.

Time Pilot features four difficulty levels of play, which drastically affects the quota of enemies needed to shoot down before the boss ship appears.

The scrolling is a little jerky, and the gameplay is repetitive, but Time Pilot is at least playable, and somewhat fun. I doubt it would hold a player’s attention for more than a half hour, though.

More: Time Pilot on Wikipedia