Difference between revisions of "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^[1]	¥?	?

UK	1989	£24.9924.99^[2]
UK	1989	£19.9919.99^[2]
ES (Cassette)	1989		AMC 661
ES (Disk)	1989		AMF 046
UK (Disk)	1989
UK (Cassette)	1989-06^[2]
ES (Cassette)	1989
UK (Cassette)	1989-06^[2]
ES (Cassette)	1989		SEC 571
UK (Cassette)	1989-06^[2]	£9.999.99^[3]
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)^[4].

Production credits

Programmer: Shuichi Katagi (KTG)
Tomosuke Tsuda (TDA)
STO
KOB
KTN
Sound Designer: Tohru Nakabayashi^[5] (NKB)
YAM

Source:

In-game high score table^[6]

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)^[7]

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

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

77

^[8]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

52

^[9]

Commodore User (UK)

71

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

70

^[2]

The Games Machine (UK)

66

^[11]

	67
Based on 5 reviews

Time Scanner

Amiga, UK
Cover

Amstrad CPC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

69

^[12]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

58

^[13]

The Games Machine (UK)

64

^[11]

Zzap! (IT)

59

^[14]

	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)
Cover

Atari ST version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

52

^[9]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

71

^[2]

	61
Based on 2 reviews

Time Scanner

Atari ST, UK
Cover
Disk A Disk B

Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Time Scanner

Commodore 64, UK
Cover

Commodore 64, ES
Cover

MSX version

MSX, ES
Cover

ZX Spectrum version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Your Sinclair (UK)

91

^[3]

	91
Based on 1 review

Time Scanner

ZX Spectrum, UK
Cover

ZX Spectrum, ES
Cover

References

Time Scanner
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-05.pdf_p103-1] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 103

[:File:CVG_UK_093.pdf_p65-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Computer & Video Games, "July 1989" (UK; 1989-06-xx), page 65

[:File:YourSinclair_UK_44.pdf_p26-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Your Sinclair, "August 1989" (UK; 1989-07-17), page 26

[:File:TGM_UK_11.pdf_p35-4] The Games Machine, "October 1988" (UK; 1988-09-15), page 35

[:File:SS16CSTV1_Album_JP_Booklet.pdf_p11-5] File:SS16CSTV1 Album JP Booklet.pdf, page 11

[https:.2F.2Fyoutu.be.2FTslNAisxRRA.3Ft.3D49-6] ttps://youtu.be/TslNAisxRRA?t=49

[:File:ACE_UK_20.pdf_p58-7] ACE, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-06), page 58

[:File:ACE_UK_21.pdf_p53-8] ACE, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-04), page 53

[:File:ASM_DE_1989-09.pdf_p40-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1989" (DE; 1989-07-28), page 40

[:File:CommodoreUser_UK_69.pdf_p59-10] Commodore User, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-26), page 59

[:File:TGM_UK_21.pdf_p97-11] 11.0 ^11.1 The Games Machine, "August 1989" (UK; 1989-07-20), page 97

[:File:ACE_UK_24.pdf_p53-12] ACE, "September 1989" (UK; 1989-08-03), page 53

[:File:ASM_DE_1989-10.pdf_p74-13] Aktueller Software Markt, "Oktober 1989" (DE; 1989-08-28), page 74

[:File:Zzap_IT_38.pdf_p43-14] Zzap!, "Ottobre 1989" (IT; 1989-xx-xx), page 43

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+{{company|[[MCM Software]]|system=CPC,C64,MSX,Spectrum|region=ES}}
+| developer=
+{{company|[[Sega R&D 1]]|system=SYS16|inline=no}}
+{{company|[[Software Studios]], [[Foursfield]]|system=Amiga,ST|inline=no}}
+{{company|[[Spidersoft]]|system=CPC,C64,MSX,Spectrum|inline=no}}
+| system=[[Sega System 16]], [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MSX]], [[ZX Spectrum]]
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-| releases={{releases
+| releases={{releasesArcade
-| arcade_date_jp=1987-03
+| sys16_date_jp=1987-03-10{{magref|mdfan|28|103|printpage=103}}
-| arcade_date_world=1987
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 {{releasesHC
 | amiga_date_uk=1989
-| amiga_rrp_uk=24.99{{fileref|CVG UK 093.pdf|page=65}}
+| amiga_rrp_uk=24.99{{magref|cvg|93|65}}
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-| st_rrp_uk=19.99{{fileref|CVG UK 093.pdf|page=65}}
+| st_rrp_uk=19.99{{magref|cvg|93|65}}
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+| cpc_date_uk_c=1989-06{{magref|cvg|93|65}}
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-| c64_date_uk_c=1989-06{{fileref|CVG UK 093.pdf|page=65}}
+| c64_date_uk_c=1989-06{{magref|cvg|93|65}}
+| c64_date_es_c=1989
-| spectrum_date_uk_c=1989-06{{fileref|CVG UK 093.pdf|page=65}}
+| spectrum_date_uk_c=1989-06{{magref|cvg|93|65}}
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+| spectrum_rrp_uk_c=9.99{{magref|ysinclair|44|26}}
 | spectrum_date_es_c=1989
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+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (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===
+{{InfoTable|imagewidths=150|
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Volcano
+| image=TimeScanner System16 VolcanoLower.png
+| desc=
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Saqqara
+| image=Notavailable.svg
+| desc=
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Ruins
+| image=Notavailable.svg
+| desc=
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Special
+| image=Notavailable.svg
+| desc=
+}}
+}}
+==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){{magref|gamesmachineuk|11|35}}.
+==Production credits==
+{{creditstable|
+*'''Programmer:''' [[Shuichi Katagi]] (KTG)
+*[[Tomosuke Tsuda]] (TDA)
+*STO
+*KOB
+*KTN
+*'''Sound Designer:''' [[Tohru Nakabayashi]]{{fileref|SS16CSTV1 Album JP Booklet.pdf|page=11}} (NKB)
+*YAM
+| console=SYS16
+| source=In-game high score table{{ref|1=https://youtu.be/TslNAisxRRA?t=49}}
+}}
+Roles are interpreted from the developers' other credits.
 ==Magazine articles==
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 ==Promotional material==
-<gallery>
-TimeScanner_Arcade_JP_Flyer.pdf|System 16 JP flyer
-</gallery>
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+|{{gitem|TimeScanner_Arcade_JP_Flyer.pdf|page=1|System 16 JP flyer}}
 |{{galleryPrintAd
 |text=Home computers print advert
-|CVG UK 091.pdf|cvg|91|18
+|cvg|91|18
-|ACE UK 20.pdf|ace|20|58
+|ace|20|58
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 |{{galleryPrintAd
-|CVG UK 104.pdf|cvg|104|77
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 {{ScanArcade
-| type=upright
 | console=System 16
 | region=JP
+| instructioncard1=Notavailable.svg
+| instructioncard2=Notavailable.svg
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 ===Amiga version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|Amiga}}
-| icon=Amiga
-| ace=77
-| ace_source={{num|21|page=53|pdf=ACE UK 21.pdf}}
-| cvg=70
-| cvg_source={{num|93|page=65|pdf=CVG UK 093.pdf}}
-| gamesmachineuk=66
-| gamesmachineuk_source={{num|21|page=97|pdf=TGM UK 21.pdf}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Amiga
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 ===Amstrad CPC version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|CPC}}
-| icon=CPC
-| ace=69
-| ace_source={{num|24|page=53|pdf=ACE UK 24.pdf}}
-| gamesmachineuk=64
-| gamesmachineuk_source={{num|21|page=97|pdf=TGM UK 21.pdf}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Amstrad CPC
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 ===Atari ST version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|ST}}
-| icon=ST
-| cvg=71
-| cvg_source={{num|93|page=65|pdf=CVG UK 093.pdf}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Atari ST
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 ===Commodore 64 version===
 {{ratings
-| icon=ST
+| icon=C64
 | datormagazin=70
 | datormagazin_source={{num|6/90}}, ''[http://amr.abime.net/review_31234 p19]''
@@ Line 140: / Line 169: @@
 | region=UK
 | cover=TimeScanner C64 UK Box.jpg
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Commodore 64
+| region=ES
+| cover=TimeScanner C64 ES Box.jpg
 }}
@@ Line 150: / Line 184: @@
 ===ZX Spectrum version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|Spectrum}}
-| icon=Spectrum
-| ysinclair=91
-| ysinclair_source={{num|44|page=26/27|pdf=YourSinclair UK 44.pdf|pdfpage=26}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=ZX Spectrum
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 <references/>
-[[Category:1987 System 16 games]]
+{{TimeScannerOmni}}
-[[Category:System 16 games]]

Difference between revisions of "Time Scanner"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 05:44, 6 November 2024

Contents

Gameplay

Boards

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

System 16 version

Amiga version

Amstrad CPC version

Atari ST version

Commodore 64 version

MSX version

ZX Spectrum version

References