Time Traveler (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Virtual Image Productions (arcade), GTE Interactive Media (arcade/PC/DVD) |
| Publisher(s) | Arcade published by Sega, PC/DVD by Digital Leisure |
| Designer(s) | Rick Dyer, engine: David Salizzoni (arcade). David Foster, Calvin Lee (DVD), arcade optics: Steve Zuloff and Barry Benjamin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game |
| Release |
1991 (arcade) 2001 (home) |
| Genre(s) | FMV game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Arcade system | Sega Laserdisc |
| CPU | Zilog Z80 |
| Display | Hitachi-Sega VIP-9500SG laserdisc player |
Time Traveler or Hologram Time Traveler is a laserdisc FMV arcade game released in 1991 by Sega and designed by Dragon's Lair creator Rick Dyer. It is called the "World's First Holographic Video Game" because it uses a special arcade cabinet that projects the game's characters. The "holographic" effect is an optical illusion using a large curved mirror (invented by Dentsu) and a CRT television set.
The game's premise is that American old west cowboy Marshal Gram (played by Stephen Wilber, also hired to coordinate the game's stunts) is required to save the universe from scientist turned evil time lord Vulcor, who's found a way to manipulate and distort time itself; and to also rescue Princess Kyi-La (played by LeAnn McVicker) of the Galactic Federation, whom Vulcor is holding prisoner in his quest to disrupt the flow of time. The player must pursue the villain across time through the ages overcoming various obstacles along the way while undoing all the damage done by Vulcor. The game's action sequences were filmed in San Diego, California, with forty actors and a small production crew of about five people headed by Producer/Director Mark E. Watson of Fallbrook, California. The game takes place across many iconic settings from different time periods. All the game's footage was shot as if it were a live action movie. Few props were used during filming as the actors had to imagine fantastical locations while being filmed in front of a green screen stage. Some actors performed multiple roles, for example, the same actor played the obese "amazon queen" in the bonus DVD features and a chainsaw-wielding character in the game. The game's special effects, music and character voices were later added at a special effects studio in Carlsbad, California.
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