History VideoGame / TimeLord

* PlotCoupons: You have to collect five orbs in each level, and a lot of them require you to solve some kind of puzzle.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: In the WildWest time zone, the player can collect a revolver and a shotgun. The revolver is a much more useful weapon for the boss fight, since while firing, you're [[GoodBadBugs invulnerable to his bullets]]. You have to spam the b button to a painful level to achieve this, though.

''Time Lord'' is a Side-Scrolling Action Platform video game released for UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. It is one of the earliest games to be released for the Nintendo by ''Creator/{{Rare}}''.

No relation to [[Series/DoctorWho a certain other Time Lord]].
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* NintendoHard: See the time limit above, and add in you're pretty much a OneHitWonder, the abundance of enemies, the fact you start each level with ''only your bare hands'' to defend against said enemies, the GuideDangIt nature of the time orbs you need to collect...

''Time Lord'' was a Side-Scrolling Action Platform videogame released for {{Nintendo}}'s NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1990. It is one of the earliest games to be released for the Nintendo by ''Creator/{{Rare}}''.

* SanDimasTime: The clock is always running in 2999, although there is no way in heck that conquering a couple levels would take a ''year''.

* SanDimasTime: The clock is always running in 2999.

In the year 2999, Earth is under siege by aliens from the planet Drakkon. The player controls the titular Time Lord, humanity's last hope against the Drakkon Lord, who must use a Time Machine to travel back in time to four different eras, where adapted Drakkon warriors are wreaking havoc in an effort to change the course of human development and render them more easily conquered in the present day. Using humanity's only remaining time machine, the Time Lord must travel to [[TheMiddleAges Medieval England 1250 AD]], [[TheWildWest Western U.S.A. 1860 AD]], [[GoldenAgeOfPiracy the Caribbean 1650 AD]], and [[WorldWarII France 1943 AD]] and defeat the Drakkons. However, he can only advance to each new zone by capturing power sources from the Drakkon forces, and if he fails to return to Earth by January 1, 3000... it's all over.

* AWinnerIsYou: Considering just how [[NintendoHard damn hard]] this game is, the ending paragraph is extremely unsatisfying.
--> You have saved the Earth and driven the evil aliens from our planet. We must guard against their return. For the present we go forth in peace and tranquility.

* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: In each of the time zones, barring the middle ages, you can obtain two period appropriate weapons. Some of these overlap into several time periods. For example, the sword appears in the middle ages and the pirate ship and the revolver can be obtained in TheWildWest and WorldWar2.

In the year 2999, Earth is under siege by aliens from the planet Drakkon. The player controls the titular Time Lord, humanity's last hope against the Drakkon Lord, who must use a Time Machine to travel back in time to four different eras, where adapted Drakkon warriors are wreaking havoc in an effort to change the course of human development and render them more easily conquered in the present day. Using humanity's only remaining time machine, the Time Lord must travel to Medieval England 1250 AD, Western U.S.A. 1860 AD, the Caribbean 1650 AD, and France 1943 AD and defeat the Drakkons. However, he can only advance to each new zone by capturing power sources from the Drakkon forces, and if he fails to return to Earth by January 1, 3000... it's all over.

* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: In each of the time zones, barring the middle ages, you can obtain two period appropriate weapons. Some of these overlap into several time periods. For example, the sword appears in the middle ages and the pirate ship and the revolver can be obtained in TheOldWest and WorldWar2.

--> You have saved the Earth and driven the evil aliens. We must guard against their return. For the present we go forth in peace and tranquility.

* SanDimasTime: The clock is always running in 2299.

In the year 2999, Earth is under siege by aliens from the planet Drakkon. The player controls the titular Time Lord, humanity's last hope against the Drakkon Lord, who must use a Time Machine to travel back in time to four different eras, where adapted Drakkon warriors are wreaking havoc in an effort to change the course of human development and render them more easily conquered in the present day. Using humanity's only remaining time machine, the Time Lord must travel to Medieval England 1250 AD, Western U.S.A. 1860 AD, the Caribbean 1650 AD, and France 1943 AD and defeat the Drakkons. However, he can only advance to each new zone by capturing power sources from the Drakkon forces, and if he fails to return to Earth by January 1, 2300... it's all over.

* ArbitraryTimeLimit: You have 24 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the game in, as one day in "the present" InUniverse passes for every 4 seconds of play time. If you don't return to fight the Drakkon Lord before that time limit is up, you get a NonStandardGameOver.
* NintendoHard: See the time limit above, and add in you're pretty much a OneHitWonder, the abundance of enemies, the fact you start each level with ''only your bare hands'' to defend against said enemies, the GuideDangIt nature of the time orbs you need to collect...