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{{Infobox video game |title = Time Paradox |image = Time Paradox.jpg |developer = Flair Software |publisher = Flair Software |released = 1996 |genre = Adventure |modes = Single-player |platforms = MS-DOS }}
'''''Time Paradox''''' is a point-and-click adventure game developed and released by Flair Software for the MS-DOS in 1996 only in Europe.
==Plot== A futuristic agent named Kay is sent on a mission to stop the evil Morgana Le Fay. She first travels back in time to "the time of dinosaurs and cavemen" (sic), and then jumps to the medieval era in order to find and rescue the wizard Merlin from Morgana's castle and eventually defeat the sorceress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/PCSpiel0995#page/n3/mode/2up/ |title=PC Spiel Magazine (September 1995) |date= September 1995|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref><ref name=pcp/><ref name=aa>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.adventure-archiv.com/t2/paradoxreviewe.htm |title=Time Paradox - Review english |publisher=Adventure-archiv.com |date=2002-10-20 |access-date=2015-03-28 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225757/http://www.adventure-archiv.com/t2/paradoxreviewe.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Development== ''Time Paradox'' has been in development for several years, having been in first publicly shown in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/amiga-world-1993-12/Amiga_World_Vol_09_12_1993_Dec#page/n29/mode/2up/ |title=Amiga World Magazine (December 1993) |date= December 1993|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref> The game was originally supposed to be released as ''Genesis'' already in the first half of 1994 and to be a FMV based, featuring digitized graphics. Besides the PC version, the developers also planned to create the Amiga computer and CD32 versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_23477 |title=Genesis preview from CU Amiga (Nov 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack |publisher=Amr.abime.net |date= |access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_CD_Format_1993_Future_Publishing_GB_supplement_issue_051#page/n7/mode/2up/ |title=Amiga CD Format (1993)(Future Publishing)(GB)[supplement, issue 051] |year=1993 |access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.przygodoskop.pl/507/encyklopedia.htm |title=Time Paradox - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop |publisher=Przygodoskop.pl |date= |language=Polish |access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/time-paradox/trivia |title=Time Paradox for DOS (1996) Trivia |publisher=MobyGames.com |date= |access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref>
==Reception== The game was poorly received by gaming press upon its release,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/secretservicemagazine-1995-12/SecretService_12_1995#page/n9/mode/2up/ |title=Secret Service Magazine (December 1995) |date= December 1995|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref> including receiving one star out of five in Germany's ''PC Player''.<ref name=pcp>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1997-06/PC-Player-1997-06#page/n114/mode/1up |title=PC Player German Magazine 1997-06 |date= June 1997|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref> It also got low review scores in Polish magazines ''Gambler'' (48%) and ''Secret Service'' (2/10).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/gambler_magazine-1997-02/Gambler_02_1997#page/n21/mode/2up/ |title=Gambler Magazine (February 1997) |date= February 1997|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/secretservicemagazine-1997-04/SecretService_04_1997#page/n41/mode/2up/ |title=Secret Service Magazine (April 1997) |date= April 1997|access-date=2015-03-28}}</ref> Retrospectively, Adventure-Archiv rated it a 57% in 2002.<ref name=aa/>
==See also== *''Chronicles of the Sword'', another 1996 adventure game with a similar quest to defeat Morgana ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{MobyGames|id=/time-paradox}} *[http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/941672-time-paradox ''Time Paradox''] at GameFAQs
Category:1996 video games Category:Cancelled Amiga games Category:DOS games Category:DOS-only games Category:Europe-exclusive video games Category:Fantasy video games set in the Middle Ages Category:Point-and-click adventure games Category:Prehistoric people in popular culture Category:Science fantasy video games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games about time travel Category:Video games based on Arthurian legend Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:Video games featuring female protagonists Category:Video games set in the Middle Ages Category:Video games about witchcraft Category:Merlin Category:Flair Software games