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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.
Boards
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Volcano
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Saqqara
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Ruins
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Special
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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].
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)[5]
Physical scans
System 16 version
Amiga version
Amiga, UK
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Cover
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Amstrad CPC version
Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)
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Amstrad CPC, UK (disk)
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Cover
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Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)
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Cover
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Amstrad CPC, ES (disk)
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Cover
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Atari ST version
Atari ST, UK
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Cover
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Disk A Disk B
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Commodore 64 version
Sega Retro Average
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Publication
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Version
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Score
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Commodore 64, UK
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Cover
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MSX version
MSX, ES
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Cover
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ZX Spectrum version
ZX Spectrum, UK
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Cover
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ZX Spectrum, ES
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Cover
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References
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 103
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Computer & Video Games, "July 1989" (UK; 1989-06-xx), page 65
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Your Sinclair, "August 1989" (UK; 1989-07-17), page 26
- ↑ The Games Machine, "October 1988" (UK; 1988-09-15), page 35
- ↑ ACE, "May 1989" (UK; 1989-04-06), page 58
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 ACE, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-04), page 53
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Commodore User, "June 1989" (UK; 1989-05-26), page 59
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 The Games Machine, "August 1989" (UK; 1989-07-20), page 97
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1989" (DE; 1989-07-28), page 40
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ACE, "September 1989" (UK; 1989-08-03), page 53
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Oktober 1989" (DE; 1989-08-28), page 74
- ↑ Zzap!, "Ottobre 1989" (IT; 1989-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ Your Sinclair, "August 1989" (UK; 1989-07-17), page 26/27 (26)