![]() The player's main goal in each civilisation is to collect a device known as a Gene Pod, which contains DNA from the culture, and install it into the Timegate. The player encounters a robot which appears to be constructed out of energy in each civilisation this robot is not named in the game, but is referred to as "The Guardian" in official materials. The player may visit the three civilisations in any order, but the Professor's journal claims that he visited them in the order listed this is also the order of the game's four CD-ROMs. Each civilisation is deserted or almost deserted, with the people having recently left in mass exoduses. The player then uses this time gate to go to one of three time periods Ancient Egypt, the Maya civilization, and the Anasazi civilisation. The Player then explores the island, finding the Professor's camp abandoned, and eventually stumbles upon a cave which contains a Timegate, with the Professor trapped inside. The player arrives at the island, picking up the Professor's Camera and Journal, only to realize the Professor is already gone. Professor Alexander Nichols, a friend of the unnamed and silent player character, has called the player to Easter Island, where he believes he has found a link to the legendary city of Atlantis. The game is made up of five areas: Easter Island, Egypt, Maya, Anasazi and Atlantis. Gameplay consists of the exploration of various ancient temples and cities, and the solving of complex and difficult puzzles. Timelapse is a first-person graphic adventure patterned after games such as Myst. Timelapse was commercially successful, with sales of 250,000 units by late 2000. The player navigates a series of time portals to locations such as ancient Egypt, Maya and the prehistoric Puebloan civilization, while solving puzzles and searching for clues to the archaeologist's whereabouts. Inspired by the game Myst, it tasks the player with the rescue of an archaeologist trapped in another dimension. ![]() Timelapse is a 1996 graphic adventure game developed and published by GTE Entertainment. GTE Interactive Media, Barracuda (1998 re-release)
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