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* The NES game ''TimeLord'' is a completely timed mission, in which the player begins the game on January 1, 2999 A.D. and must complete all the levels before January 1, 3000 A.D. If the player does not fulfill his mission in time, then he will self-destruct with the time-travel system, after which the game will end.
* In the NES game ''AirFortress'', you must infiltrate each of the eight Air Fortresses and locate a large glowing orange core called the "Power Reactor". From the time you shoot out the Power Reactor you have approximately two minutes to find the level's escape hatch, which contains your ship, and escape the Fortress [[SelfDestructMechanism before the whole place explodes]]. ExactTimeToFailure is averted, but you can judge how much time you have left by the decreasing stability of the environment. Initially, the whole Fortress goes dark; after a short period of time, it begins to quake and rumble; soon thereafter the rumbling gets worse and the lights begin to flash on and off, and finally this intensifies until the explosion occurs and you are completely engulfed in a white screen, at which point the game ends. It is helpful to locate and determine the path to the escape hatch in advance, but [[GuideDangIt not every level grants you this opportunity]] due to the reactor itself blocking the escape path.
* All three [[MultipleEndings endings]] in ''CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' are determined by how much [[InUniverseGameClock in-game time]] passes during your play-through. Once you become aware of this, the day-and-night cycles help to pressure you into completing the game as quickly as possible, as well as planning and timing your routes in order to buy the items you need in order to progress as soon as possible (Time only passes when outdoors, and shops and townspeople can only be accessed during day-time). The status screen has a number next to the in-game time representing how many days have passed: 16 and over, 8 to 16, and within 8 each determine which of the three endings you will get.

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* The NES game ''VideoGame/TimeLord'' is a completely timed mission, in which the player begins the game on January 1, 2999 A.D. and must complete all the levels before January 1, 3000 A.D. If the player does not fulfill his mission in time, then he will self-destruct with the time-travel system, after which the game will end.
* In the NES game ''VideoGame/AirFortress'', you must infiltrate each of the eight Air Fortresses and locate a large glowing orange core called the "Power Reactor". From the time you shoot out the Power Reactor you have approximately two minutes to find the level's escape hatch, which contains your ship, and escape the Fortress [[SelfDestructMechanism before the whole place explodes]]. ExactTimeToFailure is averted, but you can judge how much time you have left by the decreasing stability of the environment. Initially, the whole Fortress goes dark; after a short period of time, it begins to quake and rumble; soon thereafter the rumbling gets worse and the lights begin to flash on and off, and finally this intensifies until the explosion occurs and you are completely engulfed in a white screen, at which point the game ends. It is helpful to locate and determine the path to the escape hatch in advance, but [[GuideDangIt not every level grants you this opportunity]] due to the reactor itself blocking the escape path.
* All three [[MultipleEndings endings]] in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' are determined by how much [[InUniverseGameClock in-game time]] passes during your play-through. Once you become aware of this, the day-and-night cycles help to pressure you into completing the game as quickly as possible, as well as planning and timing your routes in order to buy the items you need in order to progress as soon as possible (Time only passes when outdoors, and shops and townspeople can only be accessed during day-time). The status screen has a number next to the in-game time representing how many days have passed: 16 and over, 8 to 16, and within 8 each determine which of the three endings you will get.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III: The Frozen Throne'' has one in the Night Elf campaign, in which you have to kill 4 summoners (all thankfully in the same place) before they finish casting a spell.
* ''{{Starcraft}}'' has at least one in the expansion campaign. Kerrigan has to recapture the Matriarch before the Protoss can teleport her away. [[spoiler:Finishing with more than 5 minutes remaining out of the original 25-minute timer unlocks the secret mission]].
** ''StarcraftII'' has a lot of timed missions, though not always in an explicit "timer on screen" way. For instance, one mission has you assault trains that are sent through the area in regular intervals (depending on the difficulty). You are only allowed to miss a few trains, too (again depending on difficulty). Others are loosely timed by factors such as opponents trying to reach the same goal as you do, or certain conditions that make the mission harder to beat the more time passes (such as clearing out buildings infested by zerg that send out masses of infested terrans at night, or escorting a number of civilians as more and more zerg land on the planet).

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* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII: The Frozen Throne'' has one in the Night Elf campaign, in which you have to kill 4 summoners (all thankfully in the same place) before they finish casting a spell.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' has at least one in the expansion campaign. Kerrigan has to recapture the Matriarch before the Protoss can teleport her away. [[spoiler:Finishing with more than 5 minutes remaining out of the original 25-minute timer unlocks the secret mission]].
** ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' has a lot of timed missions, though not always in an explicit "timer on screen" way. For instance, one mission has you assault trains that are sent through the area in regular intervals (depending on the difficulty). You are only allowed to miss a few trains, too (again depending on difficulty). Others are loosely timed by factors such as opponents trying to reach the same goal as you do, or certain conditions that make the mission harder to beat the more time passes (such as clearing out buildings infested by zerg that send out masses of infested terrans at night, or escorting a number of civilians as more and more zerg land on the planet).

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