Time Cruise (USA)
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Time Cruise is a science-fiction pinball game for TurboGrafx-16. Its ball represents a time-travel pod, and the main playfield stretches across seven connected screens. As the ball moves between sections, the view follows it horizontally and vertically, creating a larger space to explore through carefully aimed flipper shots.
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Gameplay
Your immediate task is to keep the ball in play while sending it toward bumpers, lanes, and targets that build your score. Different sections have their own arrangements, so the direction and strength of a return matter as the ball crosses from one part of the table to another. You can nudge the playfield to influence a dangerous bounce, but excessive nudging causes a tilt and costs the ball. Time-travel gates provide another objective beyond ordinary scoring. Activating the appropriate targets opens access to bonus challenges set around different periods and activities. These smaller games change the pace and give successful shots on the main table a specific destination. Following the moving ball is therefore only part of the challenge: you also work toward routes that unlock those separate events. A productive run combines controlled returns, successful target hits, and careful use of the table’s connections.
Good to know
This is the US regional release; the same game was released in Japan as Time Cruise II.
How to Play Time Cruise (USA)?
Use the flippers to keep the ball active and hit targets for points. Open time-travel gates to reach bonus challenges, and nudge carefully to avoid tilting.
Game Controls
Arrow keys act as the D-pad and Enter is Start; the other action buttons are mapped to keyboard keys in the player.
