Editing Time Pilot (section)

== Reception ==
In Japan, the annual ''[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]'' chart listed ''Time Pilot'' as the fifth highest-grossing [[1982 in video games|arcade video game of 1982]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title="Pole Position" No. 1 Video Game: ''Game Machine''{{'}}s "The Year's Best Three AM Machines" Survey Results|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=207|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 March 1983|page=30|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19830301p.pdf#page=16}}</ref> ''Game Machine'' later listed ''Time Pilot'' on their June 1, 1983 issue as being the eighteenth most popular arcade title of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=213|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 June 1983|page=29|lang=ja}}</ref>

In the United States, the game topped the ''[[Play Meter]]'' arcade earnings chart in February 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Top 15 Arcade Games: February 15, 1983 |magazine=Video Games |date=April 1983 |volume=1 |issue=7 |page=82 |url=https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_07_1983-04_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n81}}</ref> The Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA) later listed it among the thirteen highest-earning [[1983 in video games|arcade games of 1983]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=AMOA Votes On Annual Game Awards |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |date=October 29, 1983 |page=60 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox45unse_20/page/68}}</ref>

''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' magazine gave the arcade game a generally favorable review upon release.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=16 April 1983 |issue=19 (May 1983) |pages=30–1 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/176/493}}</ref>