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Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger

An adventure game based on an anime film of the same name, published for the Famicom by Kemco. Toki no Tabibito "Time Stranger" is an adventure game with a heavy emphasis on text commands and dialogue, similar…

26 January 1987

Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger is an adventure, released 26 January 1987 on Family Computer.

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What Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger is

Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger was released in 1987. It was published by Kemco. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An adventure game based on an anime film of the same name, published for the Famicom by Kemco. Toki no Tabibito "Time Stranger" is an adventure game with a heavy emphasis on text commands and dialogue, similar to other NES adventure games like Portopia Serial Murder Case or Hokkaido Serial Murders: Fade to Okhotsk. Unlike Portopia and its sequels, there is very little detective work to be done. The player simply visits important people throughout Japanese history as a time-travelling cop, answering their questions and incrementally moving forwards through time towards the present. Most of the game is depicted in a first-person mode where the other person sits across from the main character…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger come out?
Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger was released on 26 January 1987 for Family Computer.

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