From another time
Culture theme
The protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their own time and flung into some other time period. Possible causes are magic, extended stasis sleep (e.g. cryogenic storage), time travel, and some others.
18
games
14platforms
X360 2009-11-03
A800 1986
WIN 2013-02-26
PS1 1995-09-29
X360 2011-10-04
9801 1994-07-29
SAT 1996-09-13
PS3 2009-11-03
NES 1990-04-13
WII 2009-11-03
3DO 1995-09-29
PS2 2009-11-03
A well known example of this story element is in Futurama where Fry accidentally cryogenically freezes himself for a thousand years.
This is generally the better alternative over time travel tag when this happens only at beginning (and possibly the end) of the plot.
This is generally the better alternative over time travel tag when this happens only at beginning (and possibly the end) of the plot.
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Games by year
The first From another time video game was released in 1986.
Konami, Bethesda Softworks and Activision published most of these games.