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Time Killers

Description

A simple fighter with weapons that has buttons for each character's arm, leg and also their head. Fights take place in different time periods with different weaponry. The game has variable levels of violence e.g. decapitations.

Time Killers was produced by Strata in 1992.

Strata released 10 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1990. Strata was based in United States.

Other machines made by Strata during the time period Time Killers was produced include: Ninja Clowns, Rim Rockin' Basketball, Arlington Horse Racing, Golden Tee Golf, Hot Shots Tennis, Golden Tee Golf II, BloodStorm, and Driver's Edge

Specs

Name	Time Killers
Developer	Strata (United States)
Year	1992
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10117
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Time Killers Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 5 - HeadBack ArmFront ArmBack LegFront Leg
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Time Killers Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Time killers shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Introduction

The game has eight different characters to choose from. Each character has a different profession, weapon and time era:

Thugg, a caveman with a stone axe from 20,000 B.C. -- The Stone Age
Leif, a viking with a double-edged battleaxe from 682 -- The Nordic Conquest
Wuulf, a knight with a long sword from 1202 -- Medieval Europe
Musashi, a samurai with two katana blades from 1496 -- Feudal Japan
Rancid, a street punk with a chainsaw from 2023 -- The Post-Modern Age
Matrix, a colonial space warrior with a laser-sword from 2558 -- The Galactic Colonization
Orion, an intergalactic bounty hunter with an electro-saber from 2885 -- The Last Frontier
Manntazz, an alien mutant with razor-claws from 3021 -- The Mutant Armegeddon

Select a character and take on each of the other seven in each of their own time periods plus a clone of the character you selected in his or her own time era.

If you beat them all, your final opponent will be DEATH and you will be challenged to see if you can beat him. If you defeat DEATH, you will win and finish the entire game.

Game Play

This game is similar to Street Fighter II - The World Warrior with blood and gore.

Time Killers KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.48 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.47

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	3.67
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	2.67

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay	3.33
Graphics	3.67
Originality	3.33
Sound/Music	3.67

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.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Killers Census

There are 15,268 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,671 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,977 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 102 known instances of this machine owned by Time Killers collectors who are active members. Of these, 14 of them are original dedicated machines. 14 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 74 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Time Killers machines for sale. There are 8 active VAPS members with a Time Killers circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Time Killers. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Time Killers circuit board set.

This game ranks a 30 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 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

Manuals

Installation Manual - Time Killers Manual — **Installation Manual**
(28 pages, 6.9 MB File)

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