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Time Machine

Puzzle Adventure Action Science fiction
November 1, 1990
Released 12963 days ago
Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari ST/STE Amiga Amstrad CPC

About

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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Release Dates by Platform

Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Nov 1, 1990
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990
Amstrad CPC Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990
ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990

Game Info

Developer
Vivid Image
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Genres
Puzzle Adventure
Themes
Action Science fiction

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English (UK)

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