Anybody remember this arcade gem from the 90's?

[BrokenVisage]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Traveler_(video_game))

It might have cost a dollar to play even back then but I could never resist. Wish more games took advantage of whatever engine this used as time went on, seems like this is the only game of its kind.

 

[NuclearNed]

I remember that game. I played it once at an arcade in Atlanta (or was it Indianapolis?). I remember not liking it all that much.

 

[Slick5150]

Actually, Sega released a second game that used the same cabinet/technology. It was called Holosseum. It was a fighting game, but only had like 4 characters to choose from, the moves were slow and uninteresting. Overall, the game was terrible.

Edit: Here's a video of it being played:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WottTwOiR7o

 

[BTA]

Yeah I remember them, neat effect at the time but terrible game.

 

[SunnyD]

Yeah I remember them, neat effect at the time but terrible game.

This.

 

[dud]

I remember seeing it when my kids wanted to go to the arcade. I remember the cowboy, the curved mirror ... and the fact that I never once saw ANYONE playing it.

 

[alkemyst]

"the engine" wasn't really one at all, it was basically a simple show a movie and now you do a move on the joystick/button.

Once the patterns were known there was no gameplay.

Neat concept though.

 

[qliveur]

I remember the cool Star Wars-like holographic effect, but the game itself didn't look very interesting at all.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Yeah I remember them, neat effect at the time but terrible game.

yep

 

[Trey22]

Cabal was my all time fav arcade game.

 

[eldorado99]

Never heard of it. Neat idea though.

 

[Soundmanred]

It was pretty bad, after the few days of novelty wore off, nobody played it.
Even with free games I never played it.
Had a friend who worked there and we stayed after hours to "test the machines".

 

[Ichinisan]

I also remember Sega Holosseum in the same cabinet.

When my local arcade was selling their Time Traveler machine, I wanted to buy it and connect a PC with an emulated SNES fighter like Killer Instinct. Disable backgrounds and mirror the graphics and it would be awesome.

I also read an article in Popular Science magazine a long time ago that talked about this mirror dome hologram tech.

 

[preslove]

Actually, Sega released a second game that used the same cabinet/technology. It was called Holosseum. It was a fighting game, but only had like 4 characters to choose from, the moves were slow and uninteresting. Overall, the game was terrible.

Edit: Here's a video of it being played:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WottTwOiR7o

I played that one once. It was indeed terrible.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Actually, Sega released a second game that used the same cabinet/technology. It was called Holosseum. It was a fighting game, but only had like 4 characters to choose from, the moves were slow and uninteresting. Overall, the game was terrible.

Edit: Here's a video of it being played:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WottTwOiR7o

The moves don't look "slow" but it does seem like an epic fail of a fighting game. Looks faster than Virtual Fighter (another Sega game) actually.