Software:Time Paradox

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Short description: 1996 video game


Time Paradox
Time Paradox.jpg
Developer(s)Flair Software
Publisher(s)Flair Software
Platform(s)MS-DOS
Release1996
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Time Paradox is a point-and-click adventure game developed and released by Flair Software for the MS-DOS in 1996 only in Europe.

Plot

A futuristic agent named Kay is sent on a mission to stop the evil Morgana Le Fay. She first travels back in time to "the time of dinosaurs and cavemen" (sic), and then jumps to the medieval era in order to find and rescue the wizard Merlin from Morgana's castle and eventually defeat the sorceress.[1][2][3]

Development

Time Paradox has been in development for several years, having been in first publicly shown in 1993.[4] The game was originally supposed to be released as Genesis already in the first half of 1994 and to be a FMV based, featuring digitized graphics. Besides the PC version, the developers also planned to create the Amiga computer and CD32 versions.[5][6][7][8]

Reception

The game was poorly received by gaming press upon its release,[9] including receiving one star out of five in Germany's PC Player.[2] It also got low review scores in Polish magazines Gambler (48%) and Secret Service (2/10).[10][11] Retrospectively, Adventure-Archiv rated it a 57% in 2002.[3]

See also

References

  1. "PC Spiel Magazine (September 1995)". September 1995. https://archive.org/stream/PCSpiel0995#page/n3/mode/2up/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "PC Player German Magazine 1997-06". June 1997. https://archive.org/stream/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-06/PC-Player-1997-06#page/n114/mode/1up. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Time Paradox - Review english". Adventure-archiv.com. 2002-10-20. http://www.adventure-archiv.com/t2/paradoxreviewe.htm. 
  4. "Amiga World Magazine (December 1993)". December 1993. https://archive.org/stream/amiga-world-1993-12/Amiga_World_Vol_09_12_1993_Dec#page/n29/mode/2up/. 
  5. "Genesis preview from CU Amiga (Nov 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. http://amr.abime.net/review_23477. 
  6. "Amiga CD Format (1993)(Future Publishing)(GB)[supplement, issue 051]". 1993. https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_CD_Format_1993_Future_Publishing_GB_supplement_issue_051#page/n7/mode/2up/. 
  7. "Time Paradox - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop" (in Polish). Przygodoskop.pl. http://www.przygodoskop.pl/507/encyklopedia.htm. 
  8. "Time Paradox for DOS (1996) Trivia". MobyGames.com. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/time-paradox/trivia. 
  9. "Secret Service Magazine (December 1995)". December 1995. https://archive.org/stream/secretservicemagazine-1995-12/SecretService_12_1995#page/n9/mode/2up/. 
  10. "Gambler Magazine (February 1997)". February 1997. https://archive.org/stream/gambler_magazine-1997-02/Gambler_02_1997#page/n21/mode/2up/. 
  11. "Secret Service Magazine (April 1997)". April 1997. https://archive.org/stream/secretservicemagazine-1997-04/SecretService_04_1997#page/n41/mode/2up/. 

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