Time Paradox

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This article is about the video game. For logical problems involved in the concept of time travel, see temporal paradox. For the 2008 fantasy novel, see Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox.
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. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. ^ a b "PC Player German Magazine 1997-06". June 1997. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  3. ^ a b "Time Paradox - Review english". Adventure-archiv.com. 2002-10-20. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  4. ^ "Amiga World Magazine (December 1993)". December 1993. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  5. ^ "Genesis preview from CU Amiga (Nov 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack". Amr.abime.net. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  6. ^ "Amiga CD Format (1993)(Future Publishing)(GB)[supplement, issue 051]". 1993. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  7. ^ "Time Paradox - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop" (in Polish). Przygodoskop.pl. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  8. ^ "Time Paradox for DOS (1996) Trivia". MobyGames.com. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  9. ^ "Secret Service Magazine (December 1995)". December 1995. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  10. ^ "Gambler Magazine (February 1997)". February 1997. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  11. ^ "Secret Service Magazine (April 1997)". April 1997. Retrieved 2015-03-28.

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