Time Crisis (video game)

This article is about the video game. For the series, see Time Crisis.

Time Crisis
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
EU: SCEE (PS1)
Producer(s)Toru Iwatani
Kazunori Sawano
Takashi Sano
Designer(s)Hirofuki Kami
Takashi Satsukawa
Composer(s)Kazuhiro Nakamura
SeriesTime Crisis
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: December 1995[1]
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
  • JP: December 12, 2002
Genre(s)Light gun shooter, rail shooter
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemNamco Super System 22[5]

Time Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game, developed and released by Namco in 1995, and the first title to be released in the series of the same name. The game differentiated itself from other light gun shooters of the time by incorporating a pedal that controls when the player character takes cover to reload and avoid enemy fire. Players have a limited amount of time to clear each section by defeating enemies. The game's story focuses on Richard Miller, a secret agent, who is sent to rescue a kidnapped woman from a ruthless tyrant seeking to reclaim control of their former country from a new regime.

A port of the game for the PlayStation was released in 1997, as part of a bundle coinciding with the launch of the Guncon light gun controller,[6] and featured an add-on pack of additional stages that are set after the main story. Both the arcade original and the console version were well-received by critics, in particular the gameplay mechanics. The game proved a commercial success and spawned a sequel, Time Crisis II, in 1998, and a PlayStation-exclusive spin-off title, Time Crisis: Project Titan, in 2001.

  1. ^ "Time Crisis". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 76. Sendai Publishing. November 1995. p. 217.
  2. ^ "Game Informer News". Game Informer. February 24, 1999. Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  3. ^ "Time Crisis Comes Home". GameSpot. June 30, 1997. Archived from the original on February 3, 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Games & Software". Daily Record. November 12, 1997. p. 47. Retrieved December 2, 2023. Time Crisis (PS, 19/11) £59.99
  5. ^ "Hot at the Arcades". GamePro. No. 91. IDG. April 1996. p. 58.
  6. ^ "PlayStation: Namco Steals the Show with Five New Arcade Conversions!". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 90. Ziff Davis. January 1997. p. 108. Not content to only bring out one new controller, Time Crisis will be coming out with a new gun to be able to handle all the additional requirements that the arcade counterpart had.