Play Time Lord (Europe) Online

Time Lord came out for the NES in 1990, developed by Rare and published by Milton Bradley. It was part of that wave of late-era NES games that tried to push the hardware a bit further, often with mixed results, and this one definitely had its own particular flavor.

You control a time traveler sent to fix breaks in history, jumping between five distinct eras from the Old West to a futuristic city. The main goal is to explore each time period screen by screen, fighting enemies with your laser pistol that fires in fixed diagonal angles, a mechanic that feels awkward at first but demands precision. You collect hourglass pieces in each era to progress, battling screen-filling bosses that require pattern recognition and patience. The pacing is deliberate, and the difficulty is unforgiving, with limited continues and enemies that respawn quickly. It feels like a stubborn, peculiar puzzle where every jump and shot must be calculated.