Time limit

Video game concept

Imposes a time limit on either the whole game or for each level. The restriction of these limits may increase as the game progresses.

2564
games
117
platforms

Alternate names: Time attack, Time trial

The game may be paused or otherwise stopped, causing the time limit to no longer progress, you can gain bonuses to increase it and it may reset for each level.

Not as stressing as real-time limit (nor as limiting: like requiring the game to be played through in one session) but still gives a certain level of urgency to your task.

Do not use this if it's only for very few levels or some rare occasions.

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Parent group

Artificial difficulty

Child groups

Time bonus, Soft time limit

Games by year

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The first Time limit video game was released on July 1971.

Ocean, U.S. Gold and CP Verlag published most of these games.

Platforms

C64 327
ZX Spectrum 222
Amstrad CPC 219
Amiga 198
MS-DOS 166
NES 132
Atari ST 132
Arcade 95
Apple II E 85
Windows 76
Linux 76
Atari 400/800 63
MSX 61
GB 56
Mac OS Classic 37
Master System 35
VIC-20 34
C16/Plus4 34
Mega Drive 32
Tandy Coco 22
PC Engine 20
BBC 20
Famicom Disk System 19
Electron 17
Memotech MTX 17
SNES 15
NEC PC8801 12
Commodore PET 12
Atari 2600 12
X68000 12