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IGDB / 47173

Time Machine

1990 Adventure Puzzle
The Time Machine is the second in the Mysterious Adventure series of text adventures by Brian Howarth. You are a newspaper reporter, come to investigate the eccentric professor who lives all by himself out on the moors. When you get there, you find the place deserted though. Ultimately you must rescue the professor by finding 3 missing prisms which control his time machine, which are lost in time. As the other games Vollständige Kurzbeschreibung anzeigen

The Time Machine is the second in the Mysterious Adventure series of text adventures by Brian Howarth. You are a newspaper reporter, come to investigate the eccentric professor who lives all by himself out on the moors. When you get there, you find the place deserted though. Ultimately you must rescue the professor by finding 3 missing prisms which control his time machine, which are lost in time. As the other games in the series, the game uses an interpreter similar to the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also has the same limitations - a basic 2-word parser, limited vocabulary, and brief descriptions. Illustrations are included in ZX Spectrum, C64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Dragon and Oric ports.

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Story & Kontext

The Time Machine is the second in the Mysterious Adventure series of text adventures by Brian Howarth. You are a newspaper reporter, come to investigate the eccentric professor who lives all by himself out on the moors. When you get there, you find the place deserted though. Ultimately you must rescue the professor by finding 3 missing prisms which control his time machine, which are lost in time. As the other games in the series, the game uses an interpreter similar to the Scott Adams adventure engine, and thus also has the same limitations - a basic 2-word parser, limited vocabulary, and brief descriptions. Illustrations are included in ZX Spectrum, C64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Dragon and Oric ports.

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Time Machine: Release, Plattformen und Fakten

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Studios & Rechte

Studio & Veröffentlichung

Entwickler
Vivid Image
Herausgeber
Nicht angegeben
Franchise
Eigenständig
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspektive
Side view
Themen
Action, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Plattform-Veröffentlichungen

  • Amiga 1990
  • Amstrad CPC 1990
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1990
  • Atari ST/STE Nov 1990
  • ZX Spectrum 1990

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