Time Commando
(Playstation - JP, Action & Adventure)
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Adeline Software
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Activision
Released On:
15 Sep 1996
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Part side-scroller, part action combat, Time Commando fuses together different gameplay elements into a wicked whole. In order to stop a computer virus that threatens the very fabric of time itself, you must travel through history to save the future. Your quest to stop the virus will take you through 20 levels of action set in 9 different historical time periods, including pre-history, ancient Rome, the Old West, and World War II. Learn to use 45 weapons to defeat over 80 different 3D polygonal enemies. Fight cavemen, gunslingers, samurai, knights, robots, and even a dragon or two. With full real time combat set against beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds, Time Commando tests your wits as well as your fists. Master time or become history. The clock is ticking...
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Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a sci-fi action-adventure game where you play as Stanley Opar, a time-traveling agent. Your mission is to journey through various historical eras, battling virtual enemies and collecting memory circuits to combat a destructive virus that has infected a supercomputer. The goal is to destroy the virus before it completely corrupts the system and time runs out.
Story
Time Commando
The Story
The Federation of Nations decided to develop a new military training center. This center would create virtual worlds and combat situations for future officers. The contract was awarded to Otega corporation, known for its Time Blaster technology.
Time Blaster uses tachyon physics to create a "bubble" that accelerates time in computer microprocessors. This makes computers millions of times more powerful, allowing them to simulate vast historical databases. Otega used this technology to build the Historical Tactical Center (HTC).
At Otega's SAVE Department, technical time travel agent Stanley Opar is starting his shift. His mission list is currently empty. Meanwhile, at the HTC's Time Blaster unit, Betty and her team are in phase IV of the project, working to bring the system online for the Federation Army.
Unbeknownst to them, a saboteur is present. The Sawn Corporation, rejected for the HTC contract, lost billions. To avenge this defeat and secure their position as Otega's potential replacement, Sawn developed an intelligent self-morphing virus to destroy the HTC. One of their corporate spies has infiltrated the programming team.
As the team works at the terminal banks around the Time Blaster central processing unit, Betty supervises the final checks for phase IV. Virtual warriors rotate ominously, and tactical data flickers. Suddenly, an alarm sounds, and an emergency holo-message flashes:
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SYSTEM ALERT!
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TIMEWARP IMMINENT!
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RECOMMEND PERSONNEL EVACUATION!
Betty quickly orders the system to de-energize. Technicians scramble, but it's too late; the HTC is out of control. The time bubble rapidly grows, engulfing the Time Blaster processors and the central processing unit.
Everyone watches in horror as the glowing sphere swells from the control room's center. It swallows the terminals and expands towards the holoprojectors. Programmers, trapped in their seats, are absorbed. Betty, paralyzed by fear, disappears into the wall of energy.
Stanley hears the Class-1 alarm. A glance at the holoprojector reveals the seriousness of the situation. He grabs his flight case and leaps into the emergency lift. The HTC is swarming with activity as Special Security Forces rush about.
A corporate executive briefs Stanley as they head to the control room. Stanley inserts his card into the locking mechanism, and the door slides open. The sphere has stabilized, nearly filling the entire room.
Stanley cautiously approaches the bubble and kneels to examine its glowing, flickering surface. He reaches out and touches it. Ripples form as if it were liquid, engulfing his arm. Stanley struggles to pull free but is sucked into the sphere, falling endlessly into a black void.
Your Objective
You must destroy the powerful virus that has invaded the Historical Tactical Center's Supercomputer. Travel through eight of history's deadliest eras before reaching the virus itself. Time is against you, as the virus is eradicating the main computer's memory. If the computer system is completely contaminated, you will die.
As you travel, collect as many non-infected memory circuits as possible. When you reach a memory upload terminal, send these healthy circuits back to the main computer. This will temporarily stall the virus' assault and buy you more precious time.
Your journey will be slowed by hordes of virtual enemies and numerous traps deployed by the virus. These opponents are exact recreations of the most vicious warriors in human history. You must conquer these lethal adversaries and terminate the virus before time runs out.
THE DEFAULT CONTROLS
Basic Movement
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Up: Advance (if an enemy is near, small jump forward)
Controls
Down
PAGES: Down
Right
PAGES: Right
Left
PAGES: Left
Move back
PAGES: Move back
Move clockwise
PAGES: Move clockwise
Move counter-clockwise
PAGES: Move counter-clockwise
Square
Guard (Unarmed Combat)
Square + Left
Left-handed punch (Unarmed Combat)
Square + Right
Right-handed punch (Unarmed Combat)
Square + Up
Kick (Unarmed Combat)
Square + Down
Protect/Parry (Unarmed Combat)
L2
Quick dodge to the left
R2
Quick dodge to the right
Triangle
Jump forward
X
Dodge backward
Circle
Search/Action (search an area, activate a mechanism, open a door, perform another action)
R1
Select the next weapon
L1
Select the previous weapon
How to Play
Rapid Weapon Exchange
Pressing the Select button stores the current weapon (blue background) and automatically stores the previously selected weapon (green background).
This allows you to switch back and forth quickly between the two weapons you prefer to use most often.
Pause Game
Press the Start button to pause a game. During the break, music and sound effects shut off and the in-game Option menu is displayed.
Menu Functions
The functions below refer to the default configuration game controls.
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To move the rotating selection frame, press the directional arrows up or down.
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To select an option, press the X button.
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To return to the previous menu, press the Triangle button.
START
Before beginning a new game, you can choose from three difficulty levels. We recommend that you initially play the game in Normal Mode. However, if you find the game is still too difficult, select Easy Mode.
EASY
In this mode you encounter fewer and less lethal enemies, as well as more memory upload terminals. You are also alerted to search zones by a two-second sound.
When you hear it, press the Circle button (Search/Action). During combat, you are automatically aligned with the closest enemy when the Square button (Attack) is pressed or when a blow is delivered.
NORMAL
In this level, no sound alerts you when you've entered a search area. It's up to you and your intuition to find the hidden items!
HARD
In this level, the enemies are even stronger and harder to overcome. You also have more freedom of movement due to the fact that your blows are NOT automatically aimed at the closest enemy.
However, you are still automatically aligned with the enemy when the Square button (Attack) is pressed.
CODE
This function allows you to enter an eight-letter code to enter a specific world directly. The password for each world is displayed at the beginning of each level.
It is recommended that you write it down as this is your code to return to that point in the game. Each level's code retains all of your game data (i.e., energy, extra lives, non-infected memory stock). Note: There is no code for the first level.
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To enter the code, press the Left/Right directional arrows to select a letter-coding wheel.
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Then use the Up/Down directional arrows to choose a letter on the wheel.
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Press the X button to accept.
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Each level's code retains all of your data up to that point in the game.
OPTION SOUND
This function allows you to adjust the settings for the game sound effects and music. Use the Up/Down arrows to make a selection, and the Left/Right arrows to adjust the setting:
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Sound: Sets the volume of the game sound effects.
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Music: Adjusts the music volume.
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CD: Sets the volume for all sound.
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Stereo/Mono: Selects the sound mode you prefer.
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Balance: Adjusts the left and right channel balance.
CONTROL EAR VIEW/FRONT VIEW
The Left/Right directional arrows enables you to display an illustration of the control from the back or the front.
MODEL A, B, C, D, and E
This function allows you to choose the controller configuration that suits you best. Time Commando has five illustrated controller settings.
Simply scroll through them with the Left/Right arrows to make your selection. (Select Rear View/Front View of the illustration for a more complete view.) After making your selection, choose Back (Triangle) on the Option screen and press the X button to accept.
Game Screen Description
Player Energy
Your energy level is indicated by gold energy batteries. The maximum number of batteries you can have at each time is four.
Each time you are hit, your battery loses energy. When your battery level reaches zero, you die.
Extra Lives
Each extra life is visually represented by the Time Commando insignia. The maximum number of extra lives you can have at one time is three.
Each time you die (i.e., your battery level is zero or the virus has completely contaminated the computer's memory), you can continue to play the current game if you have an extra life.
In this case, your energy is recharged to the maximum level, but no more than the number of batteries. During the few seconds of flashing, you become invulnerable.
Enemy's Energy
Each time you're confronted by an enemy, the enemy's life bar will be displayed. When the bar is empty, the enemy is dead.
Infected Memory Indicator
This bar indicates the virus' gradual infection of the HTC system memory. A few minutes before the computer's memory is completely contaminated, you will hear a steady beep that grows louder as the indicator becomes full.
When the indicator is completely filled, the virus takes over the system and you die.
Non-Infected Memory Stock
Throughout the game, you must collect as many non-infected memory circuits as possible. Represented by blue chips, these circuits must be fed into the memory upload terminals to stall the virus' progress.
List of Available Weapons
You enter each new world without any weapons. To obtain weapons, you can take them from a dead enemy, pick them up off the ground, or search for them throughout the various worlds.
Each time you find one it is stored in your weapon inventory boxes. Additional information may be displayed above or below them, depending on the characteristics of each weapon.
For those weapons that require ammunition, the total amount of ammunition available is displayed below them. Below each firearm, there'
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