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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.

2569
games
117
platforms

Alternate names: Time attack, Time trial

Rattler (ZX Spectrum)
Rattler
SPC 1985
Crazy Sue (Amiga OCS)
Crazy Sue
OCS 1990
Lost Tomb (Atari 400/800)
Lost Tomb
A800 1984
ESWAT: Cyber Police (ZX Spectrum)
ESWAT: Cyber Police
SPC 1990
Batman (PC Engine)
Batman
PCE 1990-10-12
Non Compos Mentis II: Pleasure Beyond Pain (ZX Spectrum)
Non Compos Mentis II: Pleasure Beyond Pain
SPC 1992
Motorbike Madness (Amstrad CPC)
Motorbike Madness
CPC 1988
American Turbo King (Amstrad CPC)
American Turbo King
CPC 1989
Fridge Frenzy (ZX Spectrum)
Fridge Frenzy
SPC 1985
Baby Ghost Mine I (Amiga OCS)
Baby Ghost Mine I
OCS 1993
Super Mario Bros. Special (NEC PC8801)
Super Mario Bros. Special
8801 1986
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Amiga OCS)
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
OCS 1990
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 328
ZX Spectrum 223
Amstrad CPC 219
Amiga 198
MS-DOS 166
Atari ST 132
NES 132
Arcade 96
Apple II E 85
Linux 76
Windows 76
Atari 400/800 65
MSX 61
GB 56
Mac OS Classic 37
Master System 35
VIC-20 34
C16/Plus4 34
Mega Drive 32
Tandy Coco 22
BBC 20
PC Engine 20
Famicom Disk System 19
Electron 17
Memotech MTX 17
SNES 15
Atari 2600 12
X68000 12
TRS-80 12
Mac OS X 12