From: calvink@sleepy.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Calvin Kishimori)
Subject: Time Gal
Summary: MEGA-CD SEGA-CD Megadrive Genesis Time Gal Buy it Now!!!
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:04:55 GMT

There's been alot a talk about the MEGA/SEGA-CD, so I thought I'd throw
in my two cents (or atleast my friend's $75, see below).

For reference I own a TG-16 w/ CD-ROM only with Japanese SCD card (well I 
also own a SEGA Master system, but that's something I rather not talk 
about :-).  My friends (three of them) own a MEGA-CD (Japanese version, 
though atleast one of them will by a SEGA-CD when gets here).  Two of them 
have had them since they (the units, not my friends) came out, so I think 
that I'm in a pretty good position to judge both the quality and quantity 
of the hardware and software.

Games that they have:  Ernest Evens, Sol-Feace, Tenkafubu, Comsic Fantasy
Stories, Isle (Aisle) Lord, Silky Lip, Fhey Area (Faeria?), Thunder Storm
FX, Wonderdog (but no Wondermega, even my rich friend said that $700
wasn't worth it).

Yesterday, two of my friends pick up "Time Gal" (and one of them dragged
his system to house).  This game (if ya don't know already) is the second
"LD" game from Wolf Team (the first being, ofcourse, Thunder Storm FX/
Cobra Command).  This game measures in as longer than Thunder Storm FX
(some 28+ mintutes of computer data, which compares to TSFX's 25+, if you
don't already know, the TSFX disc contains two track, one 7 second Wolf Team
promo and the 25+ minute data track;  Time Gal is the same, however they
don't use the Wolf Team promo in the beginning, that might by why the
game is longer though).

You play a girl who looks remarkable like Yuri of Diry Pair (note to some
Anime fans, I couldn't read all the stuff in the book, but it might by
based on a TV series, but I didn't think so).  We played it pretty far
(well I got through 5 scenes the first time I played it, using the
three continues, after watching him get though the same scenes).
I think that the game is easier than TSFX, there are longer scene
sequences, but the game requires you to make less choices (SPOILER:
In one approx 2 minute sequence there is only three choices to make).

I'm not going to describe the game (don't wanna spoil it for ya, cause I
know you going to run out and buy it right now!).  But I must say that 
they color was nicer than TSFX.  I think that this game was cooler visual,
but less challenging.  I suppose that I people really didn't like 
Night Trap, they probably would't like Time Gal.  I must say though, that
these games really show off the huge memory storage of the CD-ROM.  If you
do have a Japanese MEGA-CD, call you nearest Japanese game import and
hound him to get it (so I you don't buy maybe you can atleast get to
demo it in the store).  And if you don't have a Japanese MEGA-CD, but bought
(or intend to buy) an American SEGA-CD, hope that they don't take to
long to port it (cause, I'm pretty sure they'd want to bring this to the
American market, SPOILER: Though the opening sequence feature a Japanese
Vocal, which I pretty sure is be the woman who did the voice of Raika (sp?)
the heroine of Time Gal).

Anyway, gotta go,
Calvin Kishimori

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I own a TG-16 w/ CD-ROM and a 386, and they're both for games!!!