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Time Scanner

An arcade interpretation of pinball featuring the flippers, ramps, targets, bonus multipliers etc. of the classic genre it serves to replicate. Each level has a specific graphical style - in keeping with the…

1 March 1987

Time Scanner is a pinball developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 1 March 1987 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE.

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What Time Scanner is

Time Scanner is a pinball game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1987. It was published by Activision. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An arcade interpretation of pinball featuring the flippers, ramps, targets, bonus multipliers etc. of the classic genre it serves to replicate. Each level has a specific graphical style - in keeping with the 'time travelling' theme of the game's title - with each of the game's four tables split into two sections. When the player enters either the top or bottom section of a table, the screen will scroll vertically up or down respectively to follow the action.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

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When did Time Scanner come out?
Time Scanner was released on 1 March 1987 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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