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Killing Time

A sophisticated shooter laced with gallows humor. Killing Time is no shallow grave. Its depth is well-conceived. Puzzle solving and strategic thinking are placed at a premium.

2 July 1995

Killing Time is a shooter developed by Studio 3DO, released 2 July 1995 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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What Killing Time is

Killing Time is a shooter game developed by Studio 3DO and released in 1995. It was published by The 3DO Company. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Killing Time, the main character is an ex-Egyptology student out to discover the mystery behind a missing Egyptian artifact. The ancient "Water-Clock of Thoth" had been discovered by his professor of Egyptology, Dr. Hargrove, but the artifact went missing soon after a visit by the expedition's patron, Tess Conway. Tess is the rich inheritor of her family's estate on Matinicus Isle, where she keeps her friends, and pawns close by so that she might gain the true power of the Water-Clock. As the game progresses, the player finds out that Tess, has used a number of people to gain what she desires, but at a price. Something went horribly wrong, transforming everyone on the entire isle into…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Killing Time launched on 2 July 1995, within three weeks of Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and Air Combat.

Released around the same time: Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Air Combat.

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When did Killing Time come out?
Killing Time was released on 2 July 1995 for 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.

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