Time Traveler Description

Time Traveler was produced by Sega in 1991.

Sega released 587 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Time Traveler was produced include Air Rescue, Clutch Hitter, F1 Exhaust Note, Jet Rider, Mario Lemeux Hockey, Sukeban Janshi Ryuko, Super Real Basketball, A. B. Cop - Air Bike, South Park, and Rough Racer.



You must navigate cowboy Marshall Gram through the different strings of time to destroy the evil scientist Vulcor, rescue Princess Kyi-La of The Galactic Federation and save the universe from oblivion. The laserdisc game is rather unique in that it uses a parabolic mirror to project its images, thus creating a hologram-like effect for its gameplay.

Cabinet Information

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Game Play

At the beginning of the game you receive one Time Reversal Cube and are given the choice of either learning the moves you need for the game or immediately starting. If Marshall Gram perishes in the midsts of the game he can use a Time Reversal Cube to regain his life. Additional Time Reversal Cubes can be bought from The Trader for additional credits, but there is a limit of how many Cubes that can be purchased per game.

Whenever Marshall Gram dies, there will sometimes be a short intermission where an ancient wizard will say either "Do not forget about your Time Reversal Cubes!", "Maybe you should have ducked!", "You missed this time, next time try jumping!" or "You are all out of Time Reversal Cubes, go see The Trader!". At other places in the game, The Devil will dare you to play his game called "Hell Gate" which is like a slot machine. If you play it, depending on which three pictures you get and depending on the matches and sequences, you will either win an extra life, lose a life or lose all your lives. If you lose everything there will be a sign saying "Welcome To Hell" and the game will end.

Marshall Gram's quest begins in "1873 -- The Wild West" where the enemies will be cowboy outlaws, Indians and Mexican bandidos. After that level you will be able to select one of the following time eras:

50,000 B.C. -- The Primitive Era where the enemies are cavemen and amazons

1998 -- The Post-Holocaust where the enemies are drug dealers, street gangs, baseball players, homocidal maniacs and radioactive zombies

2173 -- The Age Of Science where the enemies are robots, computerized beings and intergalactic warriors who can turn into spaceships. Sometimes in this era, Marshall Gram will travel to the year 30,212 where he will be in a starless void that will have a message saying "End Of The Universe", meaning that this will become reality if Vulcor succeeds.

Some strange anciently symbolized time period called The Age Of Magic where the enemies are flying swords, genies, archers, Arabs, fireeaters, sorceresses and wizards.

After you make past all those time periods, the next one you travel to is "1350 -- The Age Of Warriors" where the enemies are knights, warlords, samurais and ninjas. In this era Marshall Gram cannot use his gun so he must fight by punching, kicking or using a sword. After that, Marshall Gram will finally make it to the year 2552 where he must get past a few dangers of the future. He must then try to stop Vulcor, rescue Kyi-La and prevent the fabric of time in the universe from being ripped apart by Vulcor's evil experiment. If you make it past this part of the game, Kyi-La is rescued, the universe is safe and The Galactic Federation cheers for Marshall Gram.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Traveler Census

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Time Traveler collectors who are active members. Of these, 29 of them are original dedicated machines, and 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with Time Traveler machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Traveler.

This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Trivia

Manuals

Sega Hologram Marquee Assembly Instructions 5 Pages, 3 MB File.

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