TIMEGAL HD-Remaster

tl;dr review: it is an FMV game, which most people hate. base price is outrageously expensive for a basic ♥♥♥♥♥ port. but 100% recommend due to game preservation and making it publicly available. If you want to buy, wait on sale. Was $10 this past summer sale. $18 bundled with the other Taito LD game Ninja Hayate. -----------------tl;dr stuff------------------ edit: I read this game was not released outside Japan, but I swear to God I did find one at an NA mall arcade. I remember Time Gal getting a release on Sega CD, but completely forgot Time Gal was originally an arcade game. Playing it again recently jogged memories from my youth that I absolutely did see and play it once and only once. It also knocked loose memories of Time Gal being such a miserable, humiliating, BS experience for 50 cents, that I had no urge to never play it ever again. I think this explains why I only saw it once and forgot all about it. Back then, Time Gal had a few things going against it: - Laser Disc games were expensive to acquire and maintain for operators - Laser Disc players were notoriously prone for failure - Arcade crash of 82 was a too much supply, too little demand issue lasting for a f…

The game : fantastic animation, as expected. Play it elsewhere. This port : it's 2026 and people are still releasing games without VSYNC. Seriously ?

Great game preserved in HD which is great, 100% recommend. I also fixed the screen tearing on my end, just put it to 1920 by 1080 window, full screen has no v-sync from my experience.

I remember being a huge QTE fan and watching gameplay of this online many years ago but was unable to play this game for the longest time. I'm kinda late to writing a review since I've had this game since it released on Steam, but if you love game's like Dragon's Lair or Space Ace (ESPECIALLY Space Ace), you're going to love TimeGal. props to them for not censoring anything like the Sega CD version did.

Japan/Taito's answer to the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace games. It's designed like those games are, plays like them, but is a wee bit less punishing. Timegal is a lot of fun if this game style is your thing. Also, the animation style is just great and it is easy to get emersed in. If you are trying to choose between this and its companion game, Ninja Hayate, it really comes down to your preferred aesthetic. For me, Timegal is the preferred game between the two. Now, the price is a bit steep, so maybe wait for a seasonal sale.

Love it. I'm a laserdisc game nut, so I might be slightly biased here. Having Japanese examples of the genre is brilliant. Plays really well (I'd strongly recommend cranking the difficulty and playing on 5 if you want to recreate the arcade frustration). But if you just want to marvel at the top-notch animation, there's no shame in playing with the onscreen prompts. Here's hoping the likes of Super Don Quixote and Cliffhanger might appear one day.