Time Crisis. Does that bring back memories for you? Perhaps memories of being in an arcade, the lobby of a theater, or a gaming convention? Odds are, if you're under the age of about 20, Time Crisis means about as much to you as The Maltese Falcon means to a 30-year-old. But that shouldn't stop you from seeking it out and enjoying it if you can. Time Crisis was born into a world where arcades were still somewhat easy to find and light guns were still laying around in game rooms and man caves all around the world. 1995 was an interesting time for gaming as the 16-bit generation was on the way out, and jagged polygons were in. Did mouths move when characters talked? Did hands have fingers yet? Not usually. But the fact that characters were in 3D and moving around in world that seemed somewhat similar to our own was more than enough for us.
This was the age of the on-rails light gun shooter. The House of the Dead, Virtua Cop, and other similar games would flourish in this time. Was the technology new? Of course not. Light gun games were a thing long before the mid-1990's. The real credit for that goes to Duck Hunt and Operation Wolf for popularizing that particular strand of excellence in gaming. But the twist that was being added in the 90's was the ability for your characters to move around in a polygonal world all on their own, while the player managed ammo, health, and the like.
As unremarkable as that may seem to many gamers in 2019, 25 years ago, this was a sight to behold, and as such, the genre was extremely popular for a period of time. Time Crisis being one of the top contenders in the fight for arcade goers attention, saw several sequels and plenty of notoriety to go along with them. So what happened? Why did this excellent series blow itself off the face of the Earth? What the hell happened to Time Crisis?
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