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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (タイムコマンドー) is an action game ported to the [[Sega Saturn]] and released in Japan. It is heavily reliant on pre-rendered backgrounds and full motion video in combination with polygon characters.  
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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (タイムコマンドー) is an action [[PC]] game ported to the [[Sega Saturn]]. It is heavily reliant on pre-rendered backgrounds and full motion video in combination with polygon characters. Despite being a French game, the Sega Saturn version was only released in Japan.
  
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While the game was created by [[Adeline Software International]] first on [[PC]] and then on [[PlayStation]] during 1996, the Sega Saturn conversion was tasked to [[Virtual Studio]] by the parent company of Adeline, [[Delphine Software International]], not long after the release of the PlayStation version. After enduring a complicated process of more than one year to convert the game which almost resulted in its cancellation, the title was eventually released in early 1998 by the Japanese branch of [[Acclaim Entertainment]], only in Japan and in a very rough and glitchy state{{ref|https://blog.defence-force.org/index.php?page=articles&ref=ART84}}.
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==Story==
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The OTEGA corporation has successfully established the Historical Tactical Center, an elite combat training facility with a powerful supercomputer that can simulate combat from any time period for the purposes of training military soldiers. However, an agent from a rival corporation has infiltrated the Historical Tactical Center and deployed a "Predator Virus" into the facility's central system as an act of sabotage, creating a time-distortion vortex that swallows the supercomputer's core and the engineers, threatening to consume the world.
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Stanley Opar, a S.A.V.E. (Special Action for Virus Elimination) operative, is called to the scene by a Class 1 alarm to enter the time-distortion vortex and eliminate the rapidly-mutating virus.
  
 
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==History==
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The game was created first on [[IBM PC|PC MS-DOS computers]] and then on [[PlayStation]] during 1996 by [[Adeline Software International]], a subsidiary of [[Delphine Software International]] which was composed of former developers of the original ''[[Alone in the Dark]]'' title while they still were in [[Infogrames]]. Since the Adeline staff lacked development experience on the Sega Saturn console, its parent company Delphine outsourced the conversion of the game to [[Virtual Studio]], not long after the release of the PlayStation version{{ref|1=https://blog.defence-force.org/index.php?page=articles&ref=ART84}}.
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Latest revision as of 08:53, 15 November 2024

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Time Commando
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Japan
Developer:
Original system(s): PC
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (2 tracks)
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)[1], Action[2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-8129G
Sega Rating: All Ages
Non-Sega versions

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Time Commando (タイムコマンドー) is an action PC game ported to the Sega Saturn. It is heavily reliant on pre-rendered backgrounds and full motion video in combination with polygon characters. Despite being a French game, the Sega Saturn version was only released in Japan.

Story

The OTEGA corporation has successfully established the Historical Tactical Center, an elite combat training facility with a powerful supercomputer that can simulate combat from any time period for the purposes of training military soldiers. However, an agent from a rival corporation has infiltrated the Historical Tactical Center and deployed a "Predator Virus" into the facility's central system as an act of sabotage, creating a time-distortion vortex that swallows the supercomputer's core and the engineers, threatening to consume the world.

Stanley Opar, a S.A.V.E. (Special Action for Virus Elimination) operative, is called to the scene by a Class 1 alarm to enter the time-distortion vortex and eliminate the rapidly-mutating virus.

Gameplay

Levels

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Prehistoric

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Roman

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Feudal Japan

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Medieval

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Conquistador

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Western

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Modern Wars

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The Future

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The Virus

History

The game was created first on PC MS-DOS computers and then on PlayStation during 1996 by Adeline Software International, a subsidiary of Delphine Software International which was composed of former developers of the original Alone in the Dark title while they still were in Infogrames. Since the Adeline staff lacked development experience on the Sega Saturn console, its parent company Delphine outsourced the conversion of the game to Virtual Studio, not long after the release of the PlayStation version[3].

After enduring a complicated process of more than one year to convert the game which almost resulted in its cancellation, the title was eventually released in early 1998 by the Japanese branch of Acclaim Entertainment, only in Japan and in a very rough and glitchy state.

Magazine articles

Main article: Time Commando/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Score Source
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Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
45
[4]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
50
[5]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[6]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[7]
Sega Saturn
 55
Based on
4 reviews

Time Commando

Saturn, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
TimeCommando Saturn JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

Main article: Time Commando/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ File:TimeCommando Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software_l.html#tab04 (Wayback Machine: 2019-12-07 02:59)
  3. ↑ https://blog.defence-force.org/index.php?page=articles&ref=ART84
  4. ↑ Famitsu, "1998-03-20" (JP; 1998-03-06), page 1
  5. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 6" (JP; 1998-03-13), page 151
  6. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1998 No. 9" (JP; 1998-04-24), page 78
  7. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1998-08 (1998-03-20)" (JP; 1998-03-05), page 191


Time Commando

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