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Much of this article is written subjectively. Ex. "At a time when arcades were still popular" this fails to take into account that while arcades have declined in America, they are still very popular and common in Japan, Korea, and other nations.There are other issues throughout. I suppose another thing to point out is that this article claims there were "40 actors" but there were actually 16 actors playing 40 roles. Promontoriumispromontorium (talk) 22:05, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There really needs to be one, I typed my own article not knowing that this one existed, typing time traveler will get you to the article on time travel. The snare 08:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but typing just plain time traveler won't get you there, it instead brings you to the article on time travel. The snare 06:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Time Traveler has less content than this article and I believe this title is more accurate.
that link you gave links to the disambiguation page for time traveler, and I wrote another article for this same game (you can check the history) and I think this one is more detailed and specific. The snare 20:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am having trouble reproducing the cube trader bug on my DVD copy of Time Traveler. The bug commentary in the article wasn't written by myself initially but by another contributor. The original explanation focused on the ability to buy more reversal cubes than intended. Originally I thought this was true, as I did notice something odd when playing this segment in the game. However after playing it today I don't see the game allowing you to buy more cubes. The bug is actually something very different: the game's level select menu screen's change showing random level progress that's not indicative of how far you really got that game session.
The bug is achieved by playing the trader's sequence up the point where the "you cannot buy more, come back later" clip plays. Once you are returned to the main menu, the trader option is still available. If you select it again, the trader's video clips won't play, but instead change the level select screen to a different one. Pressing the trader option many times will cycle through several menus showing various degrees of game completion.
It's easy to get confused as the game does not show at any moment how many cubes you have accumulated over time. Every time a player goes to the trader's sequence they get two cubes. Every time the level select menu is shown the player can get two more cubes.
For the time being I will replace the original bug explanation with the updated one. If anyone can confirm the original bug, let me know.Onoff456 (talk) 03:17, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I specifically remember, I don't have a ref though (if someone has one could they add it) that you could buy more cubes in the arcade version at least, if you inserted more coins after she says "That's all you can buy now, come back later," but not before you've left her. I had added it actually. The snare (talk) 07:36, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:LEAD this is too long (for an article this long it should be max 3 parags) and contains a lot of detail that should really be in the article body.
The images in the Lead are also better off placed in appropriate sections, other than one in the infobox. --Dweller (talk) 12:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I originally wrote this section for discussion but later decided to undo it, thinking it wasn't worth the trouble going through so much effort for a single sentence. Now however I got a message from an admin saying I may be causing an edit war, so I guess I got exactly what I thought was trying to avoid.
I recently noticed an edit done by a user in which he takes out the last sentence of the first paragraph that says "It is very common to see people reach out and waive their hand through the little characters as if the images were ghosts." The reason he gives in the edit logs is quoted as 'No, it's not at all common, as the game is not "common"'.
The original sentence refers to what people commonly did at the time when the machine was out at the arcades. It does not refer to the availability or rarity of the game. I think the user who edited this part out misunderstood the meaning of the sentence. I think what may have thrown him off is that it was written in the present tense (trying to follow Wikipedia standards for video game content). I think I'll change it to past tense in hopes to make it more clear.
The user is welcome to add content talking about the collectability aspect of the arcade machine or suggest a better edit to the original sentence. However the sentence does state a common occurance among users of the game that deserves to be documented. It's an interesting fact and I am keeping it in. I am more than happy provide evidence of the fact (though I think that's too much for a single sentence).Oldgraphics (talk) 01:52, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The article says the display is stereoscopic. I'm certain it wasn't. It was just one ordinary monitor in the cabinet. I actually played the game in an arcade. And OF COURSE I put my hand through it! 188.29.164.190 (talk) 07:31, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
IMDB lists him as Steve Wilbur, not Stephen Wilber. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162010/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk1 Stephen Wilber is a different one role actor. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1123989/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Bizzybody (talk) 00:33, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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this game can be classified as the first arcade with augmented reality!? --CloudHighway (talk) 21:41, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As of this writing, the article states "The game's action sequences were filmed [...] with forty actors [...]" and provides as source "Demaria, Russell and Wilson, Johnny L., The Illustrated History of Electronic Games. 2002. McGraw Hill Publishing. p. 279." (available at https://archive.org/details/highscoreillustr0000dema/page/278/mode/2up ).
This is a wrong statement. There may be 40 characters, but they are played by a significant lower number of actors. Also see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162010/fullcredits and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSqqvJlA3QQ . Abdull (talk) 08:49, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]