Time Paradox

This article is about 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.
Developer(s) Flair Software
Publisher(s) Flair Software
Platform(s) Windows
Release date(s) 1996
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

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

Plot

A futuristic woman named Kay is sent on a mission to stop the evil sorceress Morgana La Fay. Kay first travels back in time to "the time of dinosaurs and cavemen", and then jumps to the medieval era in order to find and rescue the wizard Merlin and defeat Morgana.[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 badly received by gaming press,[9] including receiving one star out of five in Germany's PC Player.[2] It also got the review scores of 48% and 2/10 in Polish magazines Gambler and Secret Service, respectively.[10][11]

References

  1. "PC Spiel Magazine (September 1995)". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  2. 1 2 "PC Player German Magazine 1997-06". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  3. "Time Paradox - Review english". Adventure-archiv.com. 2002-10-20. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  4. "Amiga World Magazine (December 1993)". Archive.org. 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]". Archive.org. 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)". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  10. "Gambler Magazine (February 1997)". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  11. "Secret Service Magazine (April 1997)". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-03-28.

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