History VideoGame / KillingTime

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed {{FPS}} video game with FullMotionVideo components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer console, it was later ported (with substantial changes) to the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows 95 PC]] platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the {{Macintosh}} when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations. The PC version has significantly improved level design and controls as well as higher resolution weapons, but the [=FMVs=] are significantly more compressed and pixelated, and the enemy sprites are also much simpler (comparable in quality to ''Doom'' or ''Duke Nukem 3D'') in contrast to the high-resolution live-action sprites of the 3DO version.

* XMeetsY: Back in the 90's, one magazine review positively described the game as "the bastard child of ''Doom'' and ''The 7th Guest''".

* MonsterClown: A number of them appear as enemies inside the mansion. Apparently Tess hired them as entertainment for the big Summer Solstice party.

* GunsAkimbo: It is possible to wield two revolvers simultaneously in the PC and Macintosh versions of the game. You can accomplish this by finding the secret room in the dock building at the start of the game or entering in either [[spoiler: Chow Yun Fat]] or [spoiler: John Woo]] as your name when starting a new game.

* GatlingGood: The Tommy gun tends to get good results if you can keep it trained on the enemy.

* TheBadGuyWins: In a GameOverMan kind of way, if you get the DownerEnding; might count as HaveANiceDeath, or as AFateWorseThanDeath depending on how you interpret it.

* EasyLogistics: For all the ResourcesManagementGameplay you'll be doing, there sure is an awful lot of ammunition lying around. The story justifies this somewhat, however, as Duncan is shown to have been using the mansion and the island as a storage space for all the weapons caches his arms-smuggling associates were shipping to him.

* GatlingGood: The tommy gun tends to get good results if you can keep it trained on the enemy.

* MultipleEndings: Only in the PC and Macintosh versions. The 3DO version only has a DownerEnding.
* NotHyperbole: In one of the ghost flashbacks Tess jokes about locking up the Women's Temperance League (anti-alcohol activists) in the wine cellar if they try to crash her party. When you go into the wine cellar, you'll find it full of angry old Temperance League spinsters trying to kill you. Also doubles as an IronicHell for them.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The shotgun is arguably your best friend throughout this game. Ammo for it is plentiful and it kills most things with just a solid hit or two.
* ShownTheirWork: This game shows accurate knowledge of Egyptian lore.

* UniversalAmmunition: The Colt Peacemaker revolver and the Tommy Gun both share the same ammo; the devs were apparently unaware that the .45 Colt used by the Peacemaker and the .45 [=ACP=] used by the Tommy Gun are not at all the same type of bullet (to be fair, this was ''way'' before Wikipedia was a thing).

* ImplacableMan: At the very end of the game, you end up releasing [[spoiler: Duncan, now transformed into the Avatar of Set]]. A few shotgun blasts will put him down, but nothing you can do will ''keep'' him down for very long. The climax of the game involves him chasing you throughout the mansion as you try to find an alternative method of getting rid of him.

* MonsterClown: A number of the {{Mooks}} are these.

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed {{FPS}} video game with FullMotionVideo components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer console, it was later ported (with substantial changes) to the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows 95 PC]] platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the {{Macintosh}} when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations. The PC version has significantly improved level design and controls as well as higher resolution weapons, but the FMVs are significantly more compressed and pixelated, and the enemy sprites are also much simpler and more pixelated.

* FrenchMaid: Tess' manor has plenty of sexy French maids running around, though they've been turned into [[HornyDevils succubus-like demons]]. There are also a lot of portly zombie [[SculleryMaid Scullery Maids]] running around also.

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed {{FPS}} video game with FullMotionVideo components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer console, it was later ported (with substantial changes) to the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer Windows 95 PC]] platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the {{Macintosh}} when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations.

The PC version of the game was only available via digital distribution on the obscure Zoom Platform website for a couple years, but as of November 2016 is now available on GOG.com as well.

''Killing Time'', despite its general first-person shooter gameplay is unique, especially for its time. Throughout the game the plot is slowly revealed to the player through numerous ghostly {{Cutscene}}s, all of them performed by a cast of professional actors. Unlike other games that deal in the mythology of other cultures, the producers of ''Killing Time'' relayed accurate knowledge of Egyptian lore in the story. Also unique for its time, the game even includes several [[NotableOriginalMusic songs written exclusively for the game]] along with an impressive sound track.

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed {{FPS}} video game with FullMotionVideo components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer console, it was later ported (with substantial changes) to the [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows 95 PC]] platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the {{Macintosh}} when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations.

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed {{FPS}} video game with FullMotionVideo components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer console, it was later ported (with substantial changes) to the [[IBMPersonalComputer Windows 95 PC]] platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the {{Macintosh}} when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Definitely comes into play with some of the UpperClassTwits here.
** Duncan esteemed himself a "businessman" and yet was little better than a NoveauRiche petty arms smuggler and bootlegger.

* MonsterClown

''Killing Time'', despite its general first-person shooter gameplay is unique, especially for its time. Throughout the game the plot is slowly revealed to the player through numerous ghostly CutScenes, all of them performed by a cast of professional actors. Unlike other games that deal in the mythology of other cultures, the producers of ''Killing Time'' relayed accurate knowledge of Egyptian lore in the story. Also unique for its time, the game even includes several [[NotableOriginalMusic songs written exclusively for the game]] along with an impressive sound track.

''Killing Time'' is a horror-themed FPS video game with Full-Motion Video components, developed by Studio 3DO. Though meant at first as an exclusive for their 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console, it was later ported (extremely different version) to the Windows 95 PC platform in 1996 by Intrepid Software and to the Macintosh when the 3DO system failed to meet sales expectations.

The player controls an Ex-Egyptology Student, trapped on a fictional 1930's version of Matinicus Isle, Maine, within the estate of wealthy heiress Tess Conway. In 1932, during the night of the Summer Solstice. Tess, while attempting to use a mystical Ancient Egyptian Water-Clock which purportedly grants eternal life, vanished, along with many of her society friends. The player's objective is to find, and destroy, the Water-Clock, and discover the secrets of the estate, all while beating back the many horrors that now occupy the island from beyond the grave.

''Killing Time'', despite its general first-person shooter gameplay is unique, especially for its time. Throughout the game the plot is slowly revealed to the player through numerous ghostly cut scenes, all of them performed by a cast of professional actors. Unlike other games that deal in the mythology of other cultures, the producers of ''Killing Time'' relayed accurate knowledge of Egyptian lore in the story. Also unique for its time, the game even includes several songs written exclusively for the game along with an impressive sound track.