Time Lord is a game for the NES that involves traveling to various time periods in Earth's history in order to defeat an alien force that is attacking in those time periods in order to change history and make Earth easier to conquer in the present. You get to use various weapons found in the time period you are in from swords to lasers and everything in between. Despite not being Doctor Who related, it still sounds pretty cool. Another plus is that this game was developed by Rare. Rare is known today for having developed some pretty incredible games.
Unfortunately, as this game proves, not everything Rare touched was gold, especially in the early days. This game just doesn't really live up to its cool sounding story. The game plays like a fairly typical sides scrolling platform adventure game. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that and the graphics are fairly decent as well. The problem comes with the difficulty and the repetitive nature of the game. While the different levels / time periods look different enough, they all really play very much the same. The lack of variety combined with the difficulty make this a hard game to finish. It doesn't help that the game is timed. If you don't defeat the enemy by January 1st, 3000 then you will self destruct along with your time machine.
As far as I know, this game has never been re-released or had a sequel. The good news is that if you really want to give it a try, original cartridges are fairly cheap and easy to come by. If you are a Rare completist or maybe just enjoy especially difficult and frustrating games then this may just be the game for you.
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