Time Gal & Ninja Hayate is a playstation release that features a double-set of Taito's anime-styled FMV games. Time Gal features different Stage Order game modes: Arcade mode, Random, LD Pattern, Chronological, Test-Version & Selectable. Ninja Hayate features different Stage Order game modes: Arcade mode, LD Pattern, AC-Pattern, etc.
TIME GAL:
Time Gal is an arcade video game developed and published by Taito, and was released in Japan in 1985. It is an adventure game which uses full motion video (FMV) to display the on-screen action. The player must correctly choose the on-screen character's actions to progress the story.
The game is set in a fictional future where time travel is possible. The protagonist, Reika Kirishima, travels to different time periods in search of a criminal, Luda, from her time. After successfully tracking down Luda, Reika prevents his plans to alter the past.
It was inspired by the success of the 1983 title Dragon's Lair, which also uses pre-recorded animation. Time Gal's animation was produced by Toei Animation. The game was later ported to home video game consoles and released outside Japan. The different versions received a mixed reception.
Time Gal leaps across time and space to stop an evil mastermind from assuming control of all history in this globe-trotting FMV adventure game. Cross 16 stages that take you from prehistoric times to future realms and even to histical events such as World War II.
GAMEPLAY:
Time Gal is a FMV-based game which uses pre-recorded animation rather than sprites to display the on-screen action. Gameplay is divided into levels, referred to as time periods. The game begins in 4001 AD with the theft of a time travel device. The thief, Luda, steals the device to take over the world by changing history. Reika Kirishima, the protagonist also known as Time Gal, uses her own time travel device to pursue him; she travels to different time periods, such as 70,000,000 BC, 44 BC, 1588 AD, and 2010 AD, in search of Luda. Each time period is a scenario which presents a series of threats that must be avoided or confronted. Successfully navigating the sequences allows the player to progress to another period.
The player uses a joystick and button to input commands, though home versions use a game controller with a directional pad. As the game progresses, visual cues—highlighted portions of the background or foreground—will appear on the screen to help survive the dangers that occur throughout the stage; more difficult settings omit the visual cues. Depending on the location of the cue, the player will input one of four directions (up, down, left and right) or an attack (shoot the target with a laser gun). Inputting the correct command will either avoid or neutralize the threats and progress the game, while incorrect choices result in the character's death. Reika dying too many times results in a game over. Specific moments in the game involve Reika stopping time. During these moments, players are presented with a list of three options and have seven seconds to choose the one which will save the character.
NINJA HAYATE:
Ninja Hayate is a 1984 laserdisc arcade game first developed and released by Taito in Japan only. The game became better known when it was released in North America and Europe for the Sega Mega-CD as Revenge of the Ninja.
The game tells the story of a skilled and daring teenage ninja named Hayate, whose father has been killed by the evil Lougi, infiltrating the villain's Castle of Evil in an attempt to rescue a princess he loves. Hayate must survive a collection of deathtraps and defeat a variety of mythological creatures and other adversaries on his quest to save the princess and destroy the castle.
Studying young Ninja Hayate's girlfriend has been kidnapped by an evil samurai lord, and he'll have to battle through scores of assassins and demons to reach her and save her from this sinister master. 15 levels of danger, intrigue and even humor await in this FMV action game.
GAMEPLAY:
The game will draw players to operate Hayate with a joystick for moving him around and one button for using weapons through 15 different stages that take place in feudal Japan-based areas. There are three difficulty levels.
Like Don Bluth's Dragon's Lair, Ninja Hayate contains traps and creatures that requires players to dodge or attack them by watching for the warning buzzer and flashing objects (e.g. arrows, buttons, light, etc.); if a player makes a mistake, one life decreases, and when players run out of lives, the game ends.
Unlike Don Bluth's laserdisc games, Ninja Hayate is animated with anime drawings by Toei Animation.
Manufacturer's description:
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Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Time Travel, SCI-FI, Futuristic, Medieval Japan & Anime themes.
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