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Time Crisis

Description

A first-person perspective gun game where the player can duck behind objects while moving through the game.

Time Crisis was produced by Namco in 1996.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Time Crisis was produced include: Dino Bonk, Super World Stadium '95, Tekken 2, Speed Racer, Soul Edge, Ace Driver Victory Lap, Alpine Surfer, Aqua Jet, Namco Classic Collection Volume 2, and Pocket Racer

Specs

Name	Time Crisis
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1996
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10114
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Gun: Optical Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Time Crisis Control Panel Image
Side Art	Time Crisis Side Art Image

Video Clips

My Time Crisis Arcade

Game Play

As the game takes the player through different levels, you must blast all the bad guys in each area before time runs out. Fortunately you also have a special pedal, which you step on to pop out of hiding so you can fire back, then release to go into hiding (and to reload your gun.)

Time Crisis KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.40 (4 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.17

Overall Like	4.33
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 3.42

Gameplay	4.33
Graphics	3.50
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Crisis Census

There are 14,755 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,460 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 69 known instances of this machine owned by Time Crisis collectors who are active members. Of these, 54 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with a Time Crisis machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Crisis. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Time Crisis circuit board set.

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

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

AOU Amusement Expo 1996

1996 / 16 Pages

Legacy

Manuals

Time Crisis SD Manual - Time Crisis Manual — **Time Crisis SD Manual**
(80 pages, 818 kB File)

Time Crisis Wiring Diagram - Time Crisis Manual — **Time Crisis Wiring Diagram**
(1 page, 1.7 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright

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