{{about|the 1993 video game for the Super Nintendo console|the unrelated 1985 and 1986 video game for Commodore and Atari computers|Timeslip (video game)|other uses|Timeslip (disambiguation)}} {{Short description|1993 video game}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox video game | title = Time Slip | image = TimeSlipEUBoxShotSNES.jpg | caption = Cover Illustration by Lawrence (Lars) Fletcher USA | developer = The Sales Curve | publisher = Vic Tokai | producer = James Loftus | composer = Martin Walker | designer = Dennis Gustafsson <br> James Loftus <br> David Bowler | released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 1993<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588792.html| title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs| date = | accessdate = 2009-01-27}}</ref>|EU|1993}} | genre = Action<ref name="gamefaqs"/> <br> Platformer | modes = Single-player | platforms = Super NES }} '''''Time Slip''''' is a platform video game developed by The Sales Curve and published by Vic Tokai for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It features the adventures of Dr. Vincent Gilgamesh, a scientist attempting to foil an alien invasion to Earth by traveling to different historic ages. This game was only released to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
==Storyline== The game takes place in 2147, when the Tirmatians, intelligent alien beings from the planet Tirmat, discover a sort of space-time portal -or "rift", as it is called in the game- that interconnects their homeworld with Earth. Meanwhile, human astronomers discover the same rift, but are not aware of the existence of Tirmat. They also discover that the rift is growing in a geometric rate. As they try to study it, the Tirmatians launch an exploratory probe, named "Torquemada II", in order to find a planet similar to Tirmat; the probe soon finds Earth and sends information back to Tirmat.<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/time-slip| title = Additional release information | publisher = MobyGames| date = | accessdate = 2011-04-15}}</ref>
As Earth astronomers continue studying the space-time rift in 2147, the Tirmat leadership agrees to send explorers to Earth. It turns out that the Tirmatians are planning to conquest Earth to convert it into "Tirmat II." However, the Tirmatians have learned that humans have highly developed fighting skills and a vast amount of weapons, and they obviously would not agree to be enslaved. Because the power of the human defense forces, they decide to change their strategy, abandoning a conventional, frontal attack on Earth forces (because they would likely face a high casualty rate and even a defeat) in favor of a plan focusing on a time-traveling technology. This plan consists in sending Tirmatian expeditionary forces to several historic ages, in order to interfere with the development of human weaponry. By doing this, they can secure a victory by truncating the evolution of human weapons, leaving humankind with nothing but weak weapons and at the mercy of Tirmatian forces in the future.<ref name="mobygames"/> But their carefully planned strategy has a flaw: it failed to take in count the human intellect.
As Tirmat expeditionary forces are dispatched, a group of scientists led by Dr. Vincent Gilgamesh unveils the prototype of a time-travelling machine.<ref name="mobygames"/> Suddenly, the Tirmatians launch an attack on the laboratory where Dr. Gilgamesh works; all but Dr. Gilgamesh are killed. Without having time to test the time-traveling machine, he decides to travel back in time to stop Tirmat's conquest plans. A battle between Dr. Gilgamesh and the Tirmatians starts, and it is only a matter of time to decide who shall win.
==Gameplay== {{unsourced section|date=June 2023}} The gameplay is similar to that of ''Contra III: The Alien Wars''. The player uses several weapons, such as laser guns and bombs, which are collected as the game progresses. However, weapons are lost after losing a life. It is also possible to use armored vehicles in some levels. The game's mechanic also features a TGS bar, or "power bar", which must be filled with special time crystals before emptying; otherwise, the player will lose a life each time the bar empties. The TGS bar is a part of the time-traveling device, and must be filled frequently. The bar slowly empties itself and by being hurt by an enemy, so players must literally "run for their lives" and collect as many crystals they can. After scoring a given number of points, players are awarded extra lives.
Levels contain enemies and traps; players may find themselves fending off many weak enemies before battling an oversized (albeit weak) sub-boss, only to face an even stronger, bigger level boss. Traps, in turn, are based on the technology available in each age. Sets of traps are scattered all over the game.
== Reception == {{Video game reviews |Allgame={{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Alan Weiss|first=Brett|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117044651/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17707&tab=review|archivedate=17 November 2014|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=17707&tab=review|title=Time Slip – Review|publisher=AllGame|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> |GameZone=38/100<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Tim|date=December 1993|url=https://archive.org/details/nintendo-game-zone-14/page/n55/mode/2up|title=Time Slip|magazine=GameZone|issue=14|pages=56–57|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> |SP=60%<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Nicholson|first=Zy|date=December 1993|url=https://archive.org/details/superplay-issue-14/page/n33/mode/2up|title=Time Slip|magazine=Super Play|issue=14|page=35|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> |VGS=72%<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Robert|date=November 1993|url=https://archive.org/details/video-games-de-1993-11/page/106/mode/2up|title=Time Slip|language=de|magazine=Video Games|page=107|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> |rev1=''SNES Force'' |rev1Score=80/100<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=Simon|author2=Chris II|url=https://archive.org/details/snes-nforce-magazine-07/page/n59/mode/2up|title=Timeslip|magazine=SNES Force|date=December 1993|issue=7|pages=60–62|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> |rev2=''Super Pro'' |rev2Score=54/100<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Butt|first=Ryan|date=December 1993|url=https://archive.org/details/super-pro-13/page/n51/mode/2up|title=Time Slip|magazine=Super Pro|issue=13|page=52|accessdate=2 March 2021}}</ref> }} == References == {{reflist}}
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