Reception and Legacy
According to archived news video footage from TV stations in California the game was considered a financial success for Dyer's company Virtual Image Productions and SEGA, pulling an average of one million dollars per week during its peak at the arcades. The game's lifespan didn't prove so lasting though. With fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat becoming extremely popular, SEGA released the game Holosseum as a conversion kit for the arcade cabinet about a year or so after Time Traveler's release. Though it didn't revolutionize the arcade industry as Dyer may have thought, it's mentioned he considered making a sequel and also adapting the technology into something usable in casino machines. SEGA kept their interest in the genre by publishing many FMV games on their Sega CD CD-ROM drive add-on for the Genesis home console. Most of these games were also produced mostly by California-based Hollywood talent.
The DVD version of the game was the only title to receive a 0/10 score from Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine.
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