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The New Adventures of the Time Machine is a singleplayer third-person adventure and puzzle game.

Key points

Problems that prevent game to be played directly with modern systems. For workaround, see here.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\timequake.ini^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 1]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound effects, Music, Volume
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish				Local retail version only.
Russian				Local retail version only.
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Running with modern systems

Use DxWnd^[1]

Download DxWnd and extract it.
Launch DxWnd as administrator.
Set the path to <path-to-game>\TimeQuake.exe.
Choose Edit, and Add.
Type in the name for it (e.g. Time Machine).
Under position specify the X, Y position of a window for the game and Width (W) and Height (H) of the window.
Go to Compat tab.
Under Tweaks, check Disable CPU MMX support.
Go to Hook tab.
Under Injection mode, check Inject suspended processes.
Click OK to save the settings.
Minimize DxWnd and launch the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 300 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	60 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible	16 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/dc4f5199/

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2] ttps://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/dc4f5199/

[Note 1]

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@@ Line 165: / Line 165: @@
 ==Audio==
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Sound effects, Music, Volume
-|surround sound           = unknown
+|surround sound           = false
 |surround sound notes     =
-|subtitles                = unknown
+|subtitles                = true
 |subtitles notes          =
-|closed captions          = unknown
+|closed captions          = false
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = always on
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
@@ Line 186: / Line 186: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 195: / Line 195: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 204: / Line 204: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 213: / Line 213: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 222: / Line 222: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 231: / Line 231: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     = Local retail version only.
   |fan       =
@@ Line 240: / Line 240: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     = Local retail version only.
   |fan       =
@@ Line 249: / Line 249: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
@@ Line 258: / Line 258: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
-  |subtitles = unknown
+  |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
   |fan       =
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 }}
 }}
 ==Issues fixed==

Developers

	Cryo Interactive
Publishers
Europe	Cryo Interactive
North America	DreamCatcher Interactive
Russia	1C Company
Release dates
Windows	2000
Reception
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi, Steampunk