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Time Scanner
Activision MCM  1989
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Atticus Atticus · 2022/07/20 · 2590 views [#576]
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On August 3, 1999, Spectrum Zone, the predecessor of Computer Emuzone [CEZ], was launched. So, we are celebrating our 25th anniversary, and it is worth saying so, even though we have not been able to prepare anything special. We will continue here as long as we can. Thanks for everything!
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Language: english
Title: Time Scanner
Recreativa: SEGA
Genre: Arcade
Type: Pinball
Distribution: Commercial
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redactorAtticus · review computeremuzone
Under this suggestive title it would seem that we are facing a spaceship game or even a conversational adventure, but no. We are facing a pinball developed by the great Sega and adapted for numerous computers of the time by Activision.

Although they were well-known machines as they were in all the bars that prided themselves on being so and in any arcade, curiously, this type of game was not common on computers at the time and there are very few titles that we can find for the 8-bits generation. This specifically is an adaptation of Spectrum version, as used to happen almost always.

You will see 4 types of background scenarios and each of them consists of two screens that graphically lose a little compared to the more colorful and showy Spectrum version, although musically it is superior. By the way, the last scenario is a pleasant surprise since it incorporates influences from the mythical Arkanoid.

It is not necessary to explain much about the course of this kind of games. You have one key to move each pinball and hit the ball, two other keys to tilt or tilt the machine, and not much more. I would have liked better hitting feel and ball control, but it's probably more of an emulation issue than the game itself.

Personally, I have always seen pinballs a bit desperating, but we must admit that the addiction that they can generate is very great if you like this kind of recreational machine.
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Reviewed: 2022/07/20

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