Killing Time (video game)

Killing Time
Developer(s)Studio 3DO (3DO)[a][b]
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company[c]
Director(s)Larry Reed
Al Tofanelli
Producer(s)JuliAnn Juras Appler
Programmer(s)Larry Reed
Artist(s)Al Tofanelli
Composer(s)Robert Vieira
Platform(s)
Release
November 1995
  • 3DO
    • EU: November 10, 1995[1]
    • NA: November 1995
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
  • Resurrected
  • Windows, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • October 17, 2024
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single player

Killing Time is a horror-themed first-person shooter video game developed by Studio 3DO. Originally an exclusive for their 3DO platform, it was later remade for the Windows platform in 1996 by Logicware and for the Macintosh after the 3DO system was discontinued. On July 23, 2015, ZOOM Platform announced the release of an updated version of Killing Time exclusively for their store. The update work was done by Jordan Freeman Group and published by ZOOM Platform and Prism Entertainment.[4]

The player takes on the role of a former Egyptology student, trapped within the estate of a wealthy heiress on Matinicus Isle, Maine. In 1932, during the night of the Summer Solstice, heiress Tess Conway, while attempting to use a mystical Ancient Egyptian Water-Clock which purportedly grants eternal life, vanished, along with many of her society friends. The player's objective is to find, and destroy, the Water-Clock, and discover the secrets of the estate, all while beating back the many horrors that now occupy the island from beyond the grave.

Throughout the game the plot is slowly revealed to the player through numerous cut scenes performed by live actors. An unusual aspect of the game is that live action full motion video characters also sometimes overlap with the real time gameplay, without breaking to cut scenes.[5]

A remastered version of the game titled Killing Time: Resurrected was released on October 17, 2024.[6]

  1. ^ "Arcade smash unleashed". Heartland Evening News: the Voice of Nuneaton, Hinckley, Bedworth and Atherstone. November 11, 1995. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2023. There's a new first person perspective shoot 'em up out on the 3DO machine this week entitled Killing Time.
  2. ^ "Online Gaming Review". February 27, 1997. Archived from the original on February 10, 1998. Retrieved April 22, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "What's New". June 1998. Archived from the original on June 10, 1998. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Zoom Releases Killing Time Game and Announces Strategic Partnership with Prism Entertainment". Lightning Releases (Press release). Zoom / Prism Entertainment. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Killing Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 76. Ziff Davis. November 1995. pp. 142–143.
  6. ^ "Killing Time: Resurrected Released". Blue's News. 2024-10-17. Retrieved 2024-10-18.


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