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The New Adventures of the Time Machine

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The New Adventures of the Time Machine
French cover art
Developer(s)Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Windows
Release
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The New Adventures of the Time Machine (French: La Machine à Voyager Dans le Temps) is an adventure video game released in 2000, developed and published by Cryo Interactive. It is based on H. G. Wells' novella The Time Machine.

Production

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Design

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During development the characters and backgrounds began as wire frames.[4][5]

The game features real time 3D animation in pre-rendered sets, using the 'Warp' technology.

Plot

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A mythical being, a Demi-God, The Master of the Hourglass: Khronos, is the only one who can restore the balance of time, and help to find a time again.

Reception

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Market research firm PC Data reported North American retail sales of 11,252 copies for Time Machine during 2000.[6] The firm tabulated another 18,097 retail sales of the game in North America during 2001,[7] and 21,585 during the first six months of 2002.[8] In 2003, its jewel case SKU secured 16,747 sales in the region.[9]

GameSpot thought the game alternated between a "nonsensical story" and "infuriating puzzles".[10] IGN felt that the game didn't push the boundaries for Cryo and tested player's patience.[11] Jeux Video praised the game's beauty and interactivity.[12] Eurogamer praised the story and graphics and gave the game a 9/10.[13] John Walker of Rock Paper Shotgun criticised the premise of making H. G. Wells the time traveling protagonist himself.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Releases". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 23, 2000. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "La Machine à Voyager dans le Temps" [The Time Machine]. Jeuxvideo.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "DreamCatcher The Adventure Company Now Shipping The New Adventures of the Time Machine". August 29, 2000. Archived from the original on November 19, 2000. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Time Machine, 2" (JPG). 2000-10-01. Archived from the original on 2000-10-01. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  5. ^ "Time Machine, 3" (JPG). 2000-10-01. Archived from the original on 2000-10-01. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  6. ^ Sluganski, Randy (February 2001). "The State of Adventure Gaming". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on April 14, 2001.
  7. ^ Sluganski, Randy (March 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - March 2002 - 2001 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002.
  8. ^ Sluganski, Randy (August 2002). "State of Adventure Gaming - August 2002 - June 2002 Sales Table". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on March 14, 2005.
  9. ^ Sluganski, Randy (March 2004). "Sales December 2003 - The State of Adventure Gaming". Just Adventure. Archived from the original on April 11, 2004.
  10. ^ Dulin, Ron (2000-09-18). "The New Adventures of the Time Machine Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  11. ^ IGN Staff (2000-09-12). "The New Adventures of the Time Machine". IGN. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  12. ^ "Test La Machine A Voyager Dans Le Temps sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  13. ^ "EuroGamer - serving you a fresh slice of gaming morning, noon and night". www.eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 23 November 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ^ Walker, John (2015-06-22). "I Kind Of Miss Dreadful Adventure Developer Cryo". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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