#Time bandit for sale movie#

Gaming veterans will discover a score of elements of and allusions to arcade classics, such as Gauntlet (obviously), Pac-Man, Centipede, Bomberman, and others.' However, the parser is crude at best you'll have to know exactly what to do, or else you will trigger no reaction. For example, you've got to explore and repair the damaged spaceship Excalibur. Due to this strange mixture, you will occasionally bump into persons or computer consoles with which interaction is possible. Interestingly, Time Bandit tries to spice up the fast arcade action with text adventure scenes. After completing a level, you return to the world map, where you may freely choose the next challenge (nice) and save your game (very nice).

You've got to dodge these or blast them with your weapon, while collecting keys, opening doors and searching for the exit.Īlthough theoretically each location consists of 16 sub-levels, these are merely the basic layout flipped or mirrored, some items redistributed and the monster speed increased. Each of the 16 locations - featuring such varied places like a medieval arena, a bomb factory, a wrecked spaceship and a ghost town - is basically a labyrinth filled with treasure and - you guessed it - monsters. Your bandit visits 16 different worlds throughout time to grab as much loot as possible and, in the long run, do some universe-saving stuff as well.

#Time bandit for sale movie#

'Having nothing to do with the Terry Gilliam movie Time Bandits, this game utilizes the time-travel theme for a fast-paced variation on the good old Gauntlet concept. The game description from MobyGames puts it quite succinctly thus:

A very interesting Gauntlet clone, Time Bandit offers fun arcade action but also has some puzzle, action adventure, and even some simple text-adventure elements scattered over the 16 lands and over 240 levels.