Time Gal

Time Gal

Dec 31, 1985AdventureArcadeLaserActiveSega SaturnPlayStationSega CD

Time Gal — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Time Gal on?
Time Gal was released on Arcade, LaserActive, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Sega CD, Amstrad CPC, Amiga CD32, MSX, Mac, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows).
When did Time Gal release?
Time Gal was first released on December 31, 1985.

About Time Gal

The year is 4001. The evil Luna has stolen a time machine and plans to use it to take over the world. You are the Time Gal, a skillful and pretty scientist, and your mission is to chase Luna through different time periods, to get the time machine back, and to save the world.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms
Arcade, LaserActive, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, Sega CD, Amstrad CPC, Amiga CD32, MSX, Mac, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Developer
Taito
Publisher
Taito
Game modes
Single player, Split screen
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Historical

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

PlatformYearLooseCompleteSealedPeriod reviewsFake risk
Sega CD1993$30$196$2472 reviewsLow

Also released on: Arcade · LaserActive · Sega Saturn · PlayStation · Amstrad CPC · Amiga CD32 · MSX · Mac · iOS · Android · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows). We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02

Loose
$30
Complete
$196
Sealed
$247

Other releases and variants

ReleaseLooseCompleteSealed
European (PAL) release$27$75—
Japanese release$37$70—

How often it sells

  • Loose: about once a week
  • Complete: about 2 times a month
  • Sealed: about 3 times a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.

Price over time

  • Loose
  • Complete

A loose copy sold for about $25 in Apr 2008, $50 five years ago, and $30 as of Nov 2026.

$0$50$100$150$2002012201620202024$30$196
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MonthLooseComplete
Jan 2009$10.00—
Jan 2010$6.56—
Jan 2011$7.69—
Jan 2012$19.34—
Jan 2013$19.95—
Jan 2014$15.50$40
Jan 2015$23$75
Jan 2016$25$73
Jan 2017$28$74
Jan 2018$31$74
Jan 2019$14.18$60
Jan 2020$23$110
Jan 2021$41$137
Jan 2022$45$200
Jan 2023$53$135
Jan 2024$40$115
Jan 2025$38$138
Jan 2026$34$189
Nov 2026$30$196

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Nov 2026.

Release record

TerritoryDateProduct numberBarcodeMSRP
North AmericaMay 1993T-6214720238103105—
Europe / PALSeptember 199344174974365644178—
Japan13 November 1992T-32114—¥7,800

Source: Japanese product numbers, dates and prices: Sega Japan's Mega-CD software lists, each number checked against MAME's Mega-CD software list. North American and European numbers: the number printed on the disc as recorded by Redump, shown where MAME's list agrees or has no number

Region
NA+EU+JP
Released
1993
Authenticity
Low
Modern re-releases of these games are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk
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A lively anime action cartoon whose timing puzzles reward memory more than reflexes.

This is the Sega CD port of the 1985 Taito and Toei arcade game, developed by Wolf Team and published by Renovation Products in North America. It came out in Japan on 13 November 1992, in North America in May 1993 and in Europe in September 1993. You watch the on-screen action and press the right direction before time runs out as Reika is sent through the ages.

Opinions split. Game Informer praised the animation and sound and thought the cast a little too cartoonish, and GamePro said the sound effects were funny and clear but that it would keep you entertained only for so long. Sega Force found the play a letdown, frustrating at first and quickly memorized.

What the press said at the time

Sega Force Issue 15March 199359%
Sega Pro Issue 36September 199480%

“Yet again, a Mega-CD game looks full of eastern promise and ends up drenched in western water! … Time Gals a let-down of the highest order.”

— Sega Force, March 1993

“If you have a Mega CD, know Japanese, and can tolerate some weird humor, get this game. Perhaps Sega or Renovation will consider it for a U.S. release.”

— GamePro, April 1993

“If you liked Road Avenger, loved Dragon’s Lair, have an off-the-wall sense of humor and a soft spot for bizarre Japanese animation—not to mention a weakness for psychotic, gun-wielding, green-haired babes who show a lot of leg—then this is the perfect game for you.”

— Video Games & Computer Entertainment, May 1993

“Even less involved than Road Avenger, and that's saying something. Still quite good fun though.”

— Mega, July 1993

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Amiga CD32 · MSX · Mac · LaserActive · PlayStation · Sega Saturn · iOS · Android · Nintendo Switch · Windows

Before you buy

The US loose disc sits above the middle for North American Sega CD games. The European disc usually costs about the same loose and a good deal less complete, and a complete Japanese copy usually costs much less than a complete US one. A Japanese disc needs a Japanese Mega-CD, so buy to match your console. Check the disc's printed label and that the case is the right one.

Time Gal screenshots

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