Time Scanner

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Time Scanner
System(s): Sega System 16, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. Activision (UK) MCM Software (ES)
Developer: Sega R&D 1 Software Studios, Foursfield Spidersoft
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1987-03-10 ¥? ? UK 1989 £24.9924.99 UK 1989 £19.9919.99 ES (Cassette) 1989 AMC 661 ES (Disk) 1989 AMF 046 UK (Disk) 1989 UK (Cassette) 1989-06 ES (Cassette) 1989 UK (Cassette) 1989-06 ES (Cassette) 1989 SEC 571 UK (Cassette) 1989-06 £9.999.99 ES 1989 MSC 337

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Time Scanner (タイムスキャナー) is a pinball game developed by Sega for Sega System 16 hardware. It was released in 1987, with ports to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Activision showing up in the following years.

There are four boards in Time Scanner representing different time zones. Each board is split into two sections. The arcade game is controlled using a tiltable panel with two flipper buttons on either side, designed to more closely approximate a real pinball machine.

Gameplay

Boards

	Volcano
	Saqqara
	Ruins
	Special

History

Development

Work began on home computer versions of Time Scanner in early 1988, however was delayed into 1989 due to the initial pinball physics implementation being of poor quality (prompting the game to be recoded).

Production credits

• Programmer: Shuichi Katagi (KTG)
• Tomosuke Tsuda (TDA)
• STO
• KOB
• KTN
• Sound Designer: Tohru Nakabayashi (NKB)
• YAM

Source:

In-game high score table

Roles are interpreted from the developers' other credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Time Scanner/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

System 16 JP flyer

Home computers print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #91: "May 1989" (1989-04-11)
also published in:

• ACE (UK) #20: "May 1989" (1989-04-06)

Home computers print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #104: "July 1990" (1990-06-16)

Physical scans

System 16 version

System 16, JP
Instuction card(s)

Amiga version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 77 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 52 Commodore User (UK) 71 Computer & Video Games (UK) 70 The Games Machine (UK) 66

	67
Based on 5 reviews

Time Scanner

Amiga, UK
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Amstrad CPC version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score ACE (UK) 69 Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 58 The Games Machine (UK) 64 Zzap! (IT) 59

	63
Based on 4 reviews

Time Scanner

Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)

Amstrad CPC, UK (disk)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)
Cover

Amstrad CPC, ES (disk)
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Atari ST version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Aktueller Software Markt (DE) 52 Computer & Video Games (UK) 71

	61
Based on 2 reviews

Time Scanner

Atari ST, UK
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Disk A Disk B

Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Datormagazin (SE) 70 №6/90, p19

	70
Based on 1 review

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Time Scanner

Commodore 64, UK
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Commodore 64, ES
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MSX version

MSX, ES
Cover

ZX Spectrum version

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Your Sinclair (UK) 91

	91
Based on 1 review

Time Scanner

ZX Spectrum, UK
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ZX Spectrum, ES
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