Time compression
Video game concept
Player is able to control the speed at which time flows, usually with the intend on skipping out long uneventful sections.
155
games
20platforms
Alternate names: Time acceleration, Time dilation
WIN 2014-08-08
WIN 2015-07-17
WIN 2010-11-22
WIN 2013-05-15
WIN 2015-02-04
WIN 2000
WIN 2015-11-10
X360 2010-06
WIN 2014-10-27
WIN 2014-05-08
FLA 2012-04-07
WIN 2002-11-14
Limitations:
* Full pause is not in the scope of this tag, see active pause or consider it regular pause functionality.
* Sleeping or other "loitering" functionality does not count as time compression as player is often ignorant of what's happening and/or incapable of cancelling it midway.
* Not related to time shifting, the other tag is more in terms of something in the gameworld rather than external game functionality, although time compression can be masqueraded as something in-game as well (in X-universe it's a device that distorts passage of time for the pilot).
Notes:
* Possibly started in (space) flight sims.
* Often present in tactical games, alongside active pause.
* This may include half-speed which gives the effect of permanent bullet time. Bullet time is not applicable for these, however.
* Full pause is not in the scope of this tag, see active pause or consider it regular pause functionality.
* Sleeping or other "loitering" functionality does not count as time compression as player is often ignorant of what's happening and/or incapable of cancelling it midway.
* Not related to time shifting, the other tag is more in terms of something in the gameworld rather than external game functionality, although time compression can be masqueraded as something in-game as well (in X-universe it's a device that distorts passage of time for the pilot).
Notes:
* Possibly started in (space) flight sims.
* Often present in tactical games, alongside active pause.
* This may include half-speed which gives the effect of permanent bullet time. Bullet time is not applicable for these, however.
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The first Time compression video game was released on May 1981.
11 bit studios, Kalypso Media Digital and Microprose published most of these games.