Time Gal

Year: 1993
Platform: Sega CD
Publisher: Renovation Products
Genre: Interactive movie
Rating: **

Here's an FMV title a la "Dragon's Lair" where you watch a cartoon and make time critical decisions at various points. In the game, you guide Time Gal through a dozen or so different historical adventures with the sole objective of trying to stay alive. Really, it's nothing more than some "Dirty Pair" inspired animation that's been crudely adapted for gameplay. In fact, it's such a blatant "Dirty Pair" rip-off that the only difference between Time Gal and DP's Yuri is the fact that Time Gal wears shoulder pads. (you could also argue the green hair, but I've seen Yuri with green hair before) Again, like many games in the genre, it's more interesting to watch than to play.

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