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Time Thief

Time Travel is for all to enjoy and a company called Timeshare Travel allows people to go on time travelling holidays. The downside is that you have to use a year from your life and you do die younger but you…

31 December 1988

Time Thief is an adventure, released 31 December 1988 on Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Time Thief is

Time Thief was released in 1988. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Time Travel is for all to enjoy and a company called Timeshare Travel allows people to go on time travelling holidays. The downside is that you have to use a year from your life and you do die younger but you will experience living that year you took from. Problems have started to arise that tourists are returning crippled or badly injured and your friend Jocasta, an academic suspects a Time Thief is responsible. Jocasta goes through time to search and confront the thief but doesn't return. It is up to you to travel in time now to find Jocasta and find and stop the Time Thief.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Time Thief launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did Time Thief come out?
Time Thief was released on 31 December 1988 for Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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