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:''This article talks about the video game Time Traveler. For other uses, see Time traveler.'' ''Time Traveler'' or ''Hologram Time Traveler'' is a stereographic laserdisc FMV arcade game released in 1991 by Sega and designed by ''Dragon's Lair'' creator Rick Dyer. It is called the "World's First Holographic Video Game"〔Demaria, Russell and Wilson, Johnny L., ''The Illustrated History of Electronic Games''. 2002. McGraw Hill Publishing. p. 279.〕 because it uses a special arcade cabinet that projects the game's characters. The "holographic" effect is an optical illusion using a large curved mirror and a CRT television set. The game's premise is that American old west cowboy Marshal Gram (played by Stephen Wilber, also hired to coordinate the game's stunts) is required to save the universe from scientist turned evil time lord Vulcor, who's found a way to manipulate and distort time itself; and to also rescue Princess Kyi-La of the Galactic Federation, whom Vulcor is holding prisoner in his quest to disrupt the flow of time. Basically the player needed to pursue a villain across time through the ages overcoming various obstacles along the way while undoing all the damage done by Vulcor. The game's action sequences were filmed in San Diego, California, with forty actors and a small production crew of about five people headed by Producer/Director (Mark E. Watson ) of Fallbrook California.〔 The game takes place across many iconic settings from different time periods. All the game's footage was shot as if it were a live action movie. Few props were used during filming as the actors had to imagine fantastical locations while being filmed in front of a green screen stage. Some actors performed multiple roles, for example, the same actor played the obese "amazon queen" in the bonus DVD features and a chainsaw-wielding character in the game. The game's special effects, music and character voices were later added at a special effects studio in Carlsbad, California. In 2001, a non-stereographic version was published by Digital Leisure in PC CD-ROM and standard DVD format. ==Console design== The game uses a special arcade cabinet that projects the game's characters using refraction, making them appear free-standing. The "holographic" effect is an optical illusion using a large curved mirror and a CRT television set. Characters appear as tiny images about five inches (12.7 cm) tall, standing in mid-air in a manner similar to the volumetric projections seen in the Star Wars movies. ''Time Traveler'' has a non-standard shape for an upright arcade cabinet. Though the game is played standing up the cabinet is larger and shorter resembling an oversized cocktail design (50"Hx43"Wx45"D) (H: 127 cm; W: 109.2 cm; D: 114.3 cm). It doesn't have a monitor but instead uses a flat, dark stage called the "Micro-theater",〔 which was invented by engineers Steve Zuloff and Barry Benjamin. The Micro-theater is composed of a big concave mirror that lies underneath the stage. Along with it, a 20 inch (50.8 cm) Sony TV sits in front of the mirror. The player controls are located on top of the TV equipment. A couple of neon colored geometric blocks placed at the back of the stage serves as the only background for the game. It is decorated with white formica all around and with a tall "SEGA Hologram Time Traveler" sign on its back. Image:Arcade_closeup_part1.jpg|TV set inside the cab. Image:Arcade_complete_view.jpg|Hologram Time Traveler arcade cabinet 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Time Traveler (video game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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