Okay, let’s fire up this MegaDrive then… Seems to work with the original Timetrax prototype rom…
May 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Okay, let’s fire up this MegaDrive then… Seems to work with the original Timetrax prototype rom…
No, you’re reverse engineering the music driver you wrote 30 years ago whilst listening to it play Tim Follin’s title track banger for TimeTrax.
April 18, 2026 at 10:24 AM
No, you’re reverse engineering the music driver you wrote 30 years ago whilst listening to it play Tim Follin’s title track banger for TimeTrax.
Me: "Hey Tim, have you done me that in-game tune for Timetrax, that science fiction show about a time-travelling cop?"
Tim: "Sure did, real folky like you asked for"
Tim: "Sure did, real folky like you asked for"
April 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Me: "Hey Tim, have you done me that in-game tune for Timetrax, that science fiction show about a time-travelling cop?"
Tim: "Sure did, real folky like you asked for"
Tim: "Sure did, real folky like you asked for"
TimeTrax (ATN-7 4 April 1995) : 859s
August 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
TimeTrax (ATN-7 4 April 1995) : 859s
I suppose I could look for it in the Timetrax prototype ROM.
May 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I suppose I could look for it in the Timetrax prototype ROM.
Anyway I'm all "Timetrax" this, and "Timetrax" that, but what the heck is or was Timetrax. Well, it was a TV show from the early 1990s that was okay in an extremely derivative kind of way. I think it lasted a couple of seasons. Malibu Interactive were doing a platformer based on it.
Classic TV Theme: Time Trax (Full Stereo)
YouTube video by David Gideon
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April 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Anyway I'm all "Timetrax" this, and "Timetrax" that, but what the heck is or was Timetrax. Well, it was a TV show from the early 1990s that was okay in an extremely derivative kind of way. I think it lasted a couple of seasons. Malibu Interactive were doing a platformer based on it.
Further proof that not enough people watched TimeTrax: None of the AI models are named SELMA.
August 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Further proof that not enough people watched TimeTrax: None of the AI models are named SELMA.
Also quite like the way you can decompose tunes by switching channels in and out. The Timetrax music just uses the YM chip. I should decompile the source code for the driver at some point from the preserved binary...
March 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Also quite like the way you can decompose tunes by switching channels in and out. The Timetrax music just uses the YM chip. I should decompile the source code for the driver at some point from the preserved binary...
I wrote the music driver for this. The drivers usually have an ADSR function that can affect pitch and volume. Tim asked me whether I "could do ADSR on everything". So this driver, if memory serves, could do ADSR on the sound chip FM operators.
Timetrax on the Genesis/Megadrive.
Timetrax on the Genesis/Megadrive.
[SEGA Genesis Music] Time Trax - Full Original Soundtrack OST
YouTube video by DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL
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June 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I wrote the music driver for this. The drivers usually have an ADSR function that can affect pitch and volume. Tim asked me whether I "could do ADSR on everything". So this driver, if memory serves, could do ADSR on the sound chip FM operators.
Timetrax on the Genesis/Megadrive.
Timetrax on the Genesis/Megadrive.
I've got a ROM that contains the binary, the excellent Timetrax demo that was never released. So have reversed engineered the 68K code to find out where the Z80 music driver code is. And am attempting to deassemble code I wrote 30-odd years ago. I may be a while.
April 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I've got a ROM that contains the binary, the excellent Timetrax demo that was never released. So have reversed engineered the 68K code to find out where the Z80 music driver code is. And am attempting to deassemble code I wrote 30-odd years ago. I may be a while.
Crash (Jun 1986) - TimeTrax advert
READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-29/Crash_29_Jun_1986#page/n95/mode/2up
READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-29/Crash_29_Jun_1986#page/n95/mode/2up
May 25, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Crash (Jun 1986) - TimeTrax advert
READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-29/Crash_29_Jun_1986#page/n95/mode/2up
READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-29/Crash_29_Jun_1986#page/n95/mode/2up
This is the code that loads the Z80 code from the 68000 CPU into the MegaDrive's Z80 8K RAM space. For the time being, I'm just going to load the blob from Timetrax in - I've not finished decompiling that yet.
April 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This is the code that loads the Z80 code from the 68000 CPU into the MegaDrive's Z80 8K RAM space. For the time being, I'm just going to load the blob from Timetrax in - I've not finished decompiling that yet.
The only copy I have of it now is in the ROM prototype of TimeTrax, hence this effort.
April 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The only copy I have of it now is in the ROM prototype of TimeTrax, hence this effort.
Sinclair User (Jun 1986) - TimeTrax advert
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-051/SinclairUser_051_Jun_1986#page/n58/mode/2up
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-051/SinclairUser_051_Jun_1986#page/n58/mode/2up
May 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Sinclair User (Jun 1986) - TimeTrax advert
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-051/SinclairUser_051_Jun_1986#page/n58/mode/2up
READ: https://archive.org/stream/sinclair-user-magazine-051/SinclairUser_051_Jun_1986#page/n58/mode/2up
Computer Gamer (Dec 1986) - Stagecoach, Heartland, TimeTrax and Frost Byte reviews
READ: https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue21/page/n37/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue21/page/n37/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
November 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Computer Gamer (Dec 1986) - Stagecoach, Heartland, TimeTrax and Frost Byte reviews
READ: https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue21/page/n37/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Gamer_Issue21/page/n37/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming
Gibt es hier noch #TimeTrax Fans? Mit Kai vom @retrocast_de bespreche ich den Pilotfilm. #Podcast
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Mit Darin Lambert auf einem Time Trax
Mit Kai vom Retrocast begebe ich mich ins Jahr 2193/1993 um über den Pilotfilm der Serie: Time Trax zu sprechen.
dingevoninteresse.podigee.io
July 14, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Gibt es hier noch #TimeTrax Fans? Mit Kai vom @retrocast_de bespreche ich den Pilotfilm. #Podcast
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dingevoninteresse.podigee.io/301-mit-dari...
You probably did. I think you, Neale Sutton and Mark Wilson contributed graphics for that. Neale also worked on Prime. Not sure who was on TimeTrax graphics. A good team all round. Shame it didn’t work out.
April 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
You probably did. I think you, Neale Sutton and Mark Wilson contributed graphics for that. Neale also worked on Prime. Not sure who was on TimeTrax graphics. A good team all round. Shame it didn’t work out.
Sinclair User (Jan 1988) - Beach-Head II, 10 Computer Hits 4, TimeTrax, Game, Set and Match, The Investment Monitor, Power Plays, The Double and Solid Gold reviews
READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
December 8, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Sinclair User (Jan 1988) - Beach-Head II, 10 Computer Hits 4, TimeTrax, Game, Set and Match, The Investment Monitor, Power Plays, The Double and Solid Gold reviews
READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming
Time Trax!
[1994] Super Nintendo
#snes #supernintendo #retrogame #retrogaming
#gamebox #gameboxart #gamecart #gamecartrige
#actiongame #sidescrolling #platformer #timetrax
#tvgame #timetravel #timetraveler #timemachine
#videogame #90sgaming #scifi #scifigame #90stv
[online scan, not my collection]
[1994] Super Nintendo
#snes #supernintendo #retrogame #retrogaming
#gamebox #gameboxart #gamecart #gamecartrige
#actiongame #sidescrolling #platformer #timetrax
#tvgame #timetravel #timetraveler #timemachine
#videogame #90sgaming #scifi #scifigame #90stv
[online scan, not my collection]
![Time Trax!
[1994] Super Nintendo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ue5op3ladf7ijop4ocgiurrn/bafkreibocgthnlpeymb3iio75gv2ptuwi2hu2bol5egdo6teadgjffulka)
![Time Trax!
[1994] Super Nintendo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ue5op3ladf7ijop4ocgiurrn/bafkreid4mzbpa6oqyzzhxua7lrlde2cypxaievk3yxdwv6fhlfieoow2nu)
August 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Time Trax!
[1994] Super Nintendo
#snes #supernintendo #retrogame #retrogaming
#gamebox #gameboxart #gamecart #gamecartrige
#actiongame #sidescrolling #platformer #timetrax
#tvgame #timetravel #timetraveler #timemachine
#videogame #90sgaming #scifi #scifigame #90stv
[online scan, not my collection]
[1994] Super Nintendo
#snes #supernintendo #retrogame #retrogaming
#gamebox #gameboxart #gamecart #gamecartrige
#actiongame #sidescrolling #platformer #timetrax
#tvgame #timetravel #timetraveler #timemachine
#videogame #90sgaming #scifi #scifigame #90stv
[online scan, not my collection]
I heard from one of the management at Malibu that Sega were interested in licensing the driver from them after hearing the Timetrax music. However they couldn't get their head around the workflow. Coding the music in assembler is so Follin...
July 25, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I heard from one of the management at Malibu that Sega were interested in licensing the driver from them after hearing the Timetrax music. However they couldn't get their head around the workflow. Coding the music in assembler is so Follin...
I grew up on Tom Hanks dressing in drag for his lodging, SciFi hits like AutoMan, TimeTrax and V. The closest thing that got me recently was Mitchell's vs The Machines. Oh, and Lucifer. Tom Ellis was just dashing.
December 7, 2024 at 12:31 PM
I grew up on Tom Hanks dressing in drag for his lodging, SciFi hits like AutoMan, TimeTrax and V. The closest thing that got me recently was Mitchell's vs The Machines. Oh, and Lucifer. Tom Ellis was just dashing.