![]() She was originally built in 1980 for the film Time Bandits. Time Bandit is about to steal some of your time away, too.If you happen to be in southern California tomorrow, Thursday June 26'th, and have nothing to do, head on over to Big Bear lake for Holloway’s Marina’s 100th anniversary celebration! It just so happens to coincide with the restoration and re-launch of Big Bear Lake's one and only pirate ship “Time Bandit!” She is a rather small replica ship, a 38-foot replica of a Spanish galleon, but there is a reason for that. It dabbles literally everywhere, and is a total blast to play. Time Bandit, however, doesn’t get stuck in a single them of fantasy. Time Bandit ultimately inspired and informed the Atari legend Gauntlet to some degree (as did Tutankham before it). In terms of more mash-ups, you have to read the interview (particularly section 7) to get all of the different influences found in the game. ![]() ![]() Not to mention there are also the power pills, which you can use to gobble up the bad guys. ![]() Taking your “Time Lord’ and running through a Pacman maze, where the enemies are essentially ghosts, is beyond awesome. Our twist was that you have a lot more freedom choosing which maps you want to visit, thanks to the Timegates.”-) Some Timegates are direct rips of popular games of the times, including Pacman and Centipede. You shoot tomb monsters and collect treasure along the way. If you've never seen it, you wind your way through a scrolling maze looking for keys to get past locks. Lafnear explained: "Actually, the game was originally called "Pharaoh" and was heavily based on the arcade game, Tutankham. One of the creators, Harry Lafnear, admitted as much in an interview in 2003, which AmigaLove has been granted the permission to re-post on AmigaLove in its entirety. No, because Time Bandit was admittedly heavily influenced by an even earlier arcade game by Konagi called Tutankham. ) Often referred to a Gauntlet Clone, the popular game classic created by Atari, Time Bandit actually pre-dates Gauntlet by two years! But the story doesn’t simply end there in a weird jolt of potential plagiarism. Almost like episodes from a TV show, perhaps. But you - the player, the hero - are a singular character on the screen working your way through various Time Gates (16 to be exact) that are all completely different from the last. ) It also isn't based on Doctor Who, the most famous Time Lord ever imagined. And each world is indeed crazier than the last. Terry Gilliam was quoted as saying the movie was about the "craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible." And if you take a quick look at the game, it's all about finding the "exit" from one world to advance to the next. ) No, this isn't based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 movie classic Time Bandits, but it very well may have been partially inspired by it. Time Bandit by Bill Dunlevy and Harry Lafnear may very well be one of the most epic "mash ups" of all time to hit video gamers.
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