Timecop (SNES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthough of JVC’s 1995 license-based action-platformer for the Super Nintendo, Timecop. Based on the characters and setup of the 1994 Van Damme action flick, Timecop for the SNES is a thoroughly absurd yet entertaining bit of fluff gaming that is just as eye-roll inducing as its namesake. Whether or not that’s something to celebrate will probably depend on how much you can appreciate Van Damme’s own brand of mid 90s cheese. The title tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the plot. You play as an officer of the TEC (Time Enforcement Commission), leaping through time to prevent the inventor of time travel from committing various atrocities in the past. It’s an action-platformer that focuses on unarmed combat (though you do get a gun and bomb as limited use weapons), and in that way it feels fairly similar to games like Batman Forever and Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. Thankfully, Timecop plays much better than either of those games. The animation