- April 9, 2025
- TAITO CORP.
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster
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TIMEGAL HD-Remaster is a single player action game with a anime theme. It was developed by TAITO CORP. and was released on April 9, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.
Encounter dinosaurs, cavemen, pirates, gladiators, giant robots, aliens, maniacally laughing villains, and more in this time-travelling, interactive anime adventure! First appearing in arcades in 1985, Time Gal was Taito's 3rd Laser Disc game, and this release features visuals remastered from the original laser disc. Follow the story, helping Reika avoid traps and battle enemies with well-timed …
- High-quality hand-drawn 1980s anime-style animation with charming and unique scenes across various time periods.
- Responsive and forgiving controls compared to similar laserdisc QTE games, with infinite continues making it accessible.
- Includes practice and theater modes for memorization and replayability, along with funny death animations and nostalgic appeal.
- Short game length, generally completable in under an hour, with limited replay value beyond memorizing QTEs.
- Timing windows for prompts can be very tight and frustrating, requiring memorization and sometimes 'cheesing' to progress.
- Lack of modern enhancements such as volume controls, keyboard guidance in the manual, CRT overlays, and additional archival content.
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The gameplay is entirely based on quick-time events (QTEs) similar to classic laserdisc action games like Dragon's Lair, offering little depth beyond timed prompts. Reaction alone becomes insufficient as the game progresses, requiring memorization rather than skill, and overall gameplay length is very short. Additionally, the sound balance between gameplay and menu effects can be distracting.
“I hadn't played this before, but I picked it up because it looked like Dragon's Lair gameplay.”
“In terms of gameplay, this is a classic laserdisc movie style action game, similar to Dragon's Lair.”
“This game's gameplay is purely QTEs and your longest arcade run could only be about 2 hours at most (I got all achievements in 2 hours). Surprisingly, the QTEs aren't even good; as you progress, pure reactions become useless and you need to memorize prompts, which can still be challenging.”
“If you're expecting 'gameplay' or 'bang for your buck' then you couldn't be barking up a more wrong tree.”
“This game's gameplay is purely QTEs and your longest arcade run could only be like 2 hours at the absolute worst (I got all achievements for this game in 2 hours) and surprisingly the QTEs aren't even good. As you go further into the game, pure reactions become useless so you need to see what a prompt is, try to get it, not get it because it's too fast, lose a life and then mash the prompt that you already know what it is (I would miss some of them even then, by the way).”
“There is zero gameplay within Time Gal that isn't a QTE.”
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TIMEGAL HD-Remaster is a action game with anime theme.
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster is available on PC and Windows.
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster was released on April 9, 2025.
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster was developed by TAITO CORP..
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked TIMEGAL HD-Remaster for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.
TIMEGAL HD-Remaster is a single player game.
Similar games include Dragon's Lair, Freedom Planet, Foul Play, Akane the Kunoichi, Gunman Clive and others.