A playthough of JVC’s 1995 license-based action-platformer for the Super Nintendo, Timecop.
Based on the characters and setup of the 1994 Van Damme action flick, Timecop for the SNES is a thoroughly absurd yet entertaining bit of fluff gaming that is just as eye-roll inducing as its namesake. Whether or not that’s something to celebrate will probably depend on how much you can appreciate Van Damme’s own brand of mid 90s cheese.
The title tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the plot. You play as an officer of the TEC (Time Enforcement Commission), leaping through time to prevent the inventor of time travel from committing various atrocities in the past.
It’s an action-platformer that focuses on unarmed combat (though you do get a gun and bomb as limited use weapons), and in that way it feels fairly similar to games like Batman Forever and Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. Thankfully, Timecop plays much better than either of those games. The animation cycles can be painfully slow and get in the way of the controls, but the developers here wisely kept the controls simple (a major failing of Batman Forever) and the number of enemies on screen managable.
The game is quite easy – simple timed patterns can easily overcome every obstacle, and though the controls lag badly, the enemies are slow and generally simple to dispatch without taking damage – mix up the sweep kick and the uppercut and you’ll be set for most stages.
It does change the formula up in a few stages – one for example, has you in a scuba suit shooting at attack octopuses, while another stage plays like a shoot ’em up (where your comically oversized ship takes up about 1/4 of the screen) – and the entire game is over before it can outstay its welcome.
And that ending really is something magical, isn’t it?
The main “feature” of Timecop is its graphics. All of the characters and backdrops are made up of clear, nicely digitized images. The characters look clean and animate smoothly (though there is very little variation over the course of the game in terms of enemies), and the backdrops usually look pretty sharp and detailed, though they are a bit repetitive.
The sound is… something. The music is corny but catchy, despite the awful quality of the samples being used, and I got a good laugh out of the first stage’s tune that constantly repeats, “FBI, get on it!” If our non-Van Damme character sprite is a member of the TEC, why is the song about the FBI? You can’t help but laugh.
For all its glaring flaws, I found Timecop to be an unexpectedly amusing little game. In classic Cryo fashion, it prioritizes style over substance, but the core game works well enough to make for something I certainly would’ve enjoyed as a weekend rental.
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Franz Schnabel
•8 months ago
Only thing i remember from this game was a another weekend bites the dust, nice 90´s touch, but a aweful game.
Matt Canon
•8 months ago
22:51 "modern weaponly"
TheGuyFrom89
•8 months ago
90s beat and decent Jcvd moves but it doesnt look to fun tho! Tried it many yrs ago and just felt like meh!
HE360
•8 months ago
WOW, I didn't know about this game!
Mateus Telles da Silva
•8 months ago
Badeado no filme. Show.
Trontosaurus Rex
•8 months ago
"Wait,I don't even want one copy of Timecop!"
RoyStorey
•8 months ago
fbi
get on it
Wesley C
•8 months ago
This game reminds me Batman Forever.
Julie Plays
•8 months ago
Impressive details and animation for the Super Nintendo. I always enjoyed digitized graphics. ❤
ESmith
•8 months ago
I am disappointed that a game with Vann Dam has so few kinds of kicks available.
James007HungerZone
•8 months ago
Game based on a Van Damme movie, yet the guy in the cover art for this game looks like Kurt Russell with a Cyclops visor
User
•8 months ago
realistic game for low devices
DR. GOLDEN BR & U.S.A
•8 months ago
🤔 game realistc?
hot cheetos
•8 months ago
Sweet keep up the great vids retro love
ᐅᓇᓕᒃ Nanuq
•8 months ago
Couldn't get pass the first stage… It's so bizarre seeing the other stages after two decades. Great work!
I think this would make a great series on Netflix or some other streaming services.
blindjustice316
•8 months ago
I find it funny that when mortal kombat came out other games try to be like mortal kombat in use of those graphics
toofine9
•8 months ago
terrible game
spoon shiro
•8 months ago
David Cage's magnum opus.
Aquil Hall
•8 months ago
was this an FXchip game?
Noleen Rankin
•8 months ago
This game is fuckin' awful but at least the music is good…
Wait, David Cage? THE David Cage? Jesus Christ.
Dorelaxen
•8 months ago
Where's the Double Impact game? I wanna play TWO JCVDs, dammit!
Santo Tan
•8 months ago
One thing I like about this is some of the sprites moves smoothly, games kind a simple which kind a wasted potential.
Thomas Storff
•8 months ago
Great playthrough, horrible game
Marlon Brando
•8 months ago
Yes this is good fun, I’ve clocked it 😎
Ahmed Abdelsalam
•8 months ago
What is that horrible thing
The Simpsons
•8 months ago
Geez this game is horrible. LOOL
Adam Demeter
•8 months ago
Play Hardline, which is also by Cryo. It's a rail shooter with puzzle elements. And lots of FMVs.
luis castillo
•8 months ago
Surprisingly the soundtrack is not bad!
Bruno Brito
•8 months ago
A capa desse jogo engano muita gente kkkkkkkkk
MFields2178
•8 months ago
Are you going to play the cancelled but leaked Sega CD version?
TheEVN7
•8 months ago
I love this game style
Graphics
MFields2178
•8 months ago
Reminds me of Batman Forever.
8-bitzarro
•8 months ago
malisimo :v
M. X.
•8 months ago
Definitely has that 90's charm XD
Thanks for sharing!
CarozQH
•8 months ago
This is David cage's best work, clearly
Simon Mejía
•8 months ago
Oh dear lord, that Kleindast face. That's gonna haunt our minds for a long time every time you see it. And who cannot forget about the good ol' "GERMAN"
Bobby Amdro
•8 months ago
Did he really do this game? It looks like his body stance. Like I. Street fighter movie arcade fighter
Nintendorak Yamato
•8 months ago
Worst game ever
But music is so good
Lucie Bureau
•8 months ago
As soon as i saw the thumbnail, i felt that it was about the movie. I was right !
I don’t know what to say about the ending.
In any case, it looks better than Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game(😒😒😒).
NintendoComplete
•8 months ago
As thoroughly hokey as Timecop is, I actually really enjoyed it. Just remember – "FBI! Get on it!"