Time Cruise = Obey of Turbob Proportions

Psycho Nulltard · 02/07/2013, 12:03 AM

So, I just finished pounding out some PHP goodness. My framework for a little 'on the side' business is complete. I'm pleased, and I thank Time Cruise for it.

How is it that everyone gets all hot and bothered about Alien/Devil Crush when Time Cruise is all... fuck. Seriously. Forget the pinball, good as it is... just zoning out to the many tunes with the sweet EQ visualizaitons made my lil project so much more bearable. Just look...

And that's not the half of it... the BGV modes (background video?) are too friggin cool... and the interactive "demonstration" mode? Off the hook! Any time I was getting frustrated, just change the scenery and/or BGM and back to work.

I recall having fun with the game as a kid, toying with all the extras, but seriously... this game is pure pinball goodness with heaping piles of extras bundled in. I recently ran into the only other guy in the county who had a TG16 back in mid/highschool and the first thing he asked was "what was that pinball game, you know, with all the extras? Yeah! That was a damn good game!". Not, "Hey man, how have the last 20 years treated you?" or "where you working, have kids?" NO... it was "shit, Time Cruise defined my childhood!"

I've not dug for threads praising this game, but I've seen similar threads for lesser titles in my time here so I'm starting one for Time Cruise. Tell me: how much ass does this game kick in your opinion, and what are your memories of it?

esteban · 02/07/2013, 12:38 AM

STATUS: Old_Rover (nodtveidt) has always been a proponent of Time Cruise. GOOD FOR HIM. I only recently got it in the last few years (never had it back in the day) and I haven't really messed around with it...I should give it another chance, though. I never knew about the EQ stuff during sound test!

ParanoiaDragon · 02/07/2013, 12:59 AM

Quote from: esteban on 02/07/2013, 12:38 AMSTATUS: Old_Rover (nodtveidt) has always been a proponent of Time Cruise. GOOD FOR HIM. I only recently got it in the last few years (never had it back in the day) and I haven't really messed around with it...I should give it another chance, though. I never knew about the EQ stuff during sound test!

Ditto.

TheClash603 · 02/07/2013, 10:29 PM

Time Cruise is the best pinball game on the TG16. More tables = better.

CGQuarterly · 02/08/2013, 12:08 AM

I like time cruise a lot. My only gripe is that games last forever. Either that or I'm just fucking awesome.

Chris

roflmao · 02/08/2013, 12:12 AM

I'm with Jibba. I really like the game, but it just goes on forever. And the music becomes annoying. It's a must have because it's a technical marvel (I love the demo stuff) and the table is huge and there's caveman golf! But Alien/Devil's Crush provide a sense of excitement that I don't find in Time Cruise, or really any other pinball video game.

Damon Plus · 02/08/2013, 05:03 AM

I find Time Cruise a really good pinball game but, just as the poster above me, inferior to the Crush series. I quite like the amount of bonus stages it has, even though some of them are confusing to me (the one with the swords). The amount of extras included in the limited space of a Turbochip is astonishing, but the main game is where I find the problem. Some areas are too hard to reach, music, while good, gets annoying, and it just doesn't "click" as being as fun as the others.

I've only played it four about 2 hours and might not have discovered all its intrincacies (sp?), but this thread has made me want to replay it.

bob · 02/08/2013, 09:30 AM

Quote from: Damon Plus on 02/08/2013, 05:03 AMI've only played it four about 2 hours and might not have discovered all its intrincacies (sp?), but this thread has made me want to replay it.

Same here. Got this game in a lot a while back, tried it once, but I never knew all this was in there. Need to try it again and check it out.

Nazi NecroPhile · 02/08/2013, 09:43 AM

Time Cruise is my favorite pinballer for its giant play field, variety, and prehistoric golf. It's also fun to pop in and play the small bonus boards (accessible from the title screen) when I'm just looking for a quick pinball fix.

_Paul · 02/09/2013, 01:16 PM

Such a shame the main playfield is a bit boring. If they had added some wandering critters, like in Devil Crash, this would have been a much better pinball game. Naxat designed a much better table in a much smaller space, size isn't everything.

MotherGunner · 02/09/2013, 01:39 PM

What's the deal with the Jap versions? Are there two?

ccovell · 02/09/2013, 11:49 PM

The original game titled "Time Cruise" was never released, actually.

The US game is just a rebadge of Time Cruise II, the sequel.

Damon Plus · 02/10/2013, 01:56 AM

I was playing last night and I remembered why I'm not so fond of this game: The main playfield is convoluted and there's some places that are too hard to reach or just luck-based (or so it seems to me), and the ball doesn't stay quiet on the ground even when it should. and never stops bouncing.

ElSeven · 02/10/2013, 02:44 AM

Quote from: ccovell on 02/09/2013, 11:49 PMThe original game titled "Time Cruise" was never released, actually.

The US game is just a rebadge of Time Cruise II, the sequel.

are those space shuttle flippers?!?!?! bravo, Face. bravo.

_Paul · 02/10/2013, 04:12 AM

Quote from: ccovell on 02/09/2013, 11:49 PMThe original game titled "Time Cruise" was never released, actually.

The US game is just a rebadge of Time Cruise II, the sequel.

Wow, I never knew that! Can I have permission to add that scan to my site please?

Tatsujin · 02/10/2013, 05:44 AM

get it while it is still HOT!

ccovell · 02/10/2013, 07:02 AM

Sure, Paul. The Japanese stage has Shinkansen flippers, sushi roll bouncers, and Zero-sen planes in the sky.

_Paul · 02/10/2013, 09:08 AM

Cheers!

It looks pretty sweet, such a shame they binned it.

ParanoiaDragon · 02/11/2013, 09:46 PM

Wow, that's a trip, looks cool enough. I wonder whey they didn't release the first game...but then released the 2nd, very strange!

TheClash603 · 02/11/2013, 10:09 PM

Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 02/11/2013, 09:46 PMWow, that's a trip, looks cool enough. I wonder whey they didn't release the first game...but then released the 2nd, very strange!

Did it come out on a different system?

OldRover · 02/12/2013, 02:48 AM

Quote from: Damon Plus on 02/10/2013, 01:56 AMthe ball doesn't stay quiet on the ground even when it should. and never stops bouncing.

That's because it's not a ball, it's a space ship!

(either that or just a really spazzy ball... no really, it's a space ship)

Nazi NecroPhile · 02/12/2013, 10:19 AM

It's a TARDIP, cousin of the infamous blue box. time and relative dimension in pinball