Time Traveler

Time Traveler is an interactive movie video game released in 1991.

Plot
Marshal Gram, a wild west cowboy must travel through various time periods in order to defeat the evil time lord Vulcor and rescue Princess Kyi-La.

Gameplay
The game consists mostly of quick time style events in which the player must input the correct controls in order for Marshal to dodge traps and shoot antagonists. Missing a prompt will often lead to a unique death animation.

Players start with three lives and a single Time Reversal Cube which can undo one mistake if they miss a button prompt. More Time Reversal Cubes can be bought from the trader for real life coin inserts.

Marshal will travel through seven time periods:


 * 1873: Marshal's own time period, enemies in this include cowboys, bandits and native americans.
 * 50,000 bc: A prehistoric time period in which Marshall will mostly face off with cavemen and cavewomen.
 * 1998: A slightly 'futuristic' version of 1998 in which Marshal will face off with gangsters, drug dealers, gangs and zombies.
 * 2173: A futuristic level in which the main enemies are robots, people with alien technology and plasm wisps.
 * Mystical: A magical arabian inspired time period in which Marshal faces off with snake charmers, knife throwers, fire breathers, genies and sorcerors.
 * 1350: A middle ages themed level in which Marshal will face off with knaves, knights, wizards, ninjas and shaolin monks.
 * 2552: The final level which is full of traps. The only true opponent is Vulcor himself.

Upon defeating Vulcor and rescuing Kyi-La, the player will be treated to images of the cast dancing to celebrate the players victory, as well as the staff waving to them and a clip of Rick Dyer and his young son.

Trivia

 * This was the first ever holographic game.
 * It was also one of the first games to utilise live action rather than sprites or animated characters.
 * The display works because of a concave mirror inside the cabinet, which reflects a specially framed image produced on a standard monitor. As a result of the mirror, the focused image appears as if it is floating in mid-air allowing for a holographic feel.
 * Due to the way this game's hardware works, the backgrounds needed to be completely black to pull off the illusion.
 * This was the first game released for SEGA's Hi-tech hologram theater cabinet.