TIGSource: Time Gentlemen, Please!

Time Gentlemen, Please!

Derek Yu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:19:00 +0000

Quoth Alex May:

Zombie Cow just released their sequel to Ben There, Dan That!, [called] Time Gentlemen, Please!. The original was a charming, hilarious, and distinctly British point-and-clicker that paid homage to the classic Lucasarts point-and-click adventure games. The sequel does much the same, carrying on directly from where the previous game left off. This time the graphics have been created in a higher resolution and there are swoony particle effects and stuff, and I’m told there is a full musical score and nearly three times as many sound effects. There are all manner of cunning chronological conundrums and hilarious historical hijinx, and I just made that alliteration up! Not bad!

Alex notes that what he’s played so far seems to be just as funny and even more professional than the original. The full version of the game can be had for a mere $5.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Arty

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:39:24 +0000

This is the crappiest SHMUP ever.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Felix

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:44:44 +0000

They move… so slowly… walk faster… you damned… game characters… oh… and…. I’d also love…. if you didn’t repeat …. a slow… 6 part piece …. of dialogue…. every time… I click… on… something

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Gog

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:51:40 +0000

I’ve travelled back in time and it didn’t look like that.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Noyb

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:34:22 +0000

Well worth the price!

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Cavity Search

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:51:41 +0000

i don’t know what the fuss is with cave story.

it’s an admirable effort by one person, to be sure, but (for me at least) it has a lot of annoying design decisions that make playing it equivalent to pulling teeth, e.g. the aching slow dialogue which cannot be skipped, such as before the first balrog battle, and whenever you talk to anybody, and the incredibly long pauses when you find an item. and, personally, the story isn’t thrilling.

cave story is not a bad game, but its only a starting point. we shouldn’t be discouraging other games inspired by it by calling them rip-off’s, but encouraging them to build on what cave story started.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by superflat

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:10:38 +0000

I’m liking the look of this…

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Paul Eres

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:38:10 +0000

you forgot tigers

owls, tigers, pandas = holy trinity of animals for tigsource

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Tim. L. Pixel.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:52:09 +0000

I invented cave story ripoff

also owls, pandas.

No seriously this game seems very interesting and the price is incredible. Buybuybuy

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by MisterX

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:09:50 +0000

cave-story rip-off

See? That Tim L. stuff isn’t the worst there is.

Anyway, I haven’t yet, but I will surely check out the demo of “Time Gentlemen, Please!”. I really enjoyed “Ben There, Dan That!” a lot, and I didn’t even grow up with the Lucas Arts classics :)

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Alex May

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:24:33 +0000

Please stop with the langdell shit, it is so enormously played out. YAWN MARATHON

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Chosie

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:37 +0000

my vagina is the hurt. sorry. my english. she is bad. game is good. like vagina.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by Tim L.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:45 +0000

I, Tim L., invented Time and.. oh, wait. That’s been done…

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by JoeHonkie

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:57:21 +0000

Yes!

I loved the original. Loved it so much.

"Time Gentlemen, Please!" by ChevyRay

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:55:51 +0000

$5?

Sweet deal :) I’ll get me one.