Timeline

Release Date: November 22, 2000

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Timeline is an adventure game created by Timeline Computer studio based on Michael Crichton's novel. Players take on the role of Christopher Hughes, a member of the archaeological team, who moves back in time to 14th century war-torn France to save his mentor, Professor Edward Johnson. The title was considered to be one of the worst games in history.

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Timeline Description

Based on Michael Crichton's latest best-selling novel, Timeline opens on the threshold of the twenty-first century. It is a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly between two points, without wires or networks. Computers are built from single molecules. Any moment of the past can be actualized -- and a group of historians can enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France.

Combining a science of the future with the complex realities of the medieval past, Timeline carries us into a realm of unexpected suspense and danger, overturning our most basic ideas of what is possible.

You are part of a team of archaeologists excavating an historic region of modern day France. Your team leader, Professor Johnston, has mysteriously disappeared leaving behind an unexpected videotape addressed to you with an imperative request. Now you must travel back to fourteenth century France to rescue him. And the adventure begins!

Features:

Story-driven: Timeline is a fast-paced story-driven interactive world that takes you back in time to a first-hand experience in 14th century feudal France. Michael Crichton's best-selling novel is brought to life with vivid realism, thrilling exploration, and unexpected suspense found in his most dramatic adventure story since Jurassic Park.

Highly interactive world: With the assistance from your fellow adventurer, make your way through a perilous interactive world of knights, jousts, and castles to rescue your professor. Characters come to life with innovative facial animations and full audio dialogue.

Rich, diverse environments: Immerse yourself in a variety of diverse and realistic environments, ranging from the dungeons and great halls of fourteenth-century French castles to the excitement of jousting tournaments and the thrill of travelling through underground rivers all modeled with historic accuracy to create an authentic experience.

Easy to learn, yet fun and challenging to play -- a high quality entertainment experience for first-time gamers of all skill levels.

Last updated on August 14, 2015