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{{Short description|1993 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Lost in Time
| image = Lost in Time cover.png
| caption = European cover art
| developer = [[Coktel Vision]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|EU|Coktel Vision|NA|[[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra On-Line]]}}
| designer = [[Muriel Tramis]]
| composer = Charles Callet
| engine = 
| released = [[1993 in video gaming|1993]]<br>[[1994 in video gaming|1994]] (CD-ROM)
| genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| modes = [[Single-player]]
| platforms = [[MS-DOS]]
}}

'''''Lost in Time''''' is a computer [[adventure game]] developed and published by [[Coktel Vision]] in 1993. It was promoted as being "The first Interactive Adventure Film using [[Full-motion video|Full Motion Video]] Technology" and contained four graphical elements: full motion video, hand painted and [[digitized]] backgrounds and [[3D computer graphics|3D decor]].

== Plot ==
While exploring a shipwreck in 1992, a woman is mysteriously transported back in time to 1840 when the ship was still intact. As she explores and gathers clues to return to her own time, her sleuthing leads to revelations about her past.

== Release ==
The original release in [[Europe]] was divided into two parts – that is, two sets of [[3.5" Floppy disk]]s sold separately. A [[CD-ROM]] version, ''Lost in Time: Parts 1 & 2'', was released at the same time as the floppy version and contained enough storage space for both parts as well as additional and longer video sequences with a higher [[frame rate]] and digitized speech. In [[North America]], the game was released on floppy disk and CD-ROM sets as well, but the floppy disk set was not split into separate parts and was released in a single, complete package.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = ''[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]]''
| rev1Score = 8 out of 10<ref name=e2>{{cite journal | title=''Lost in Time'' | author=Giovetti, Al | journal=[[GamePro#PC Games|Electronic Entertainment]] | date=March 1994 | volume=1 | number=3 | pages=104}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[PC Zone]]''
| rev2Score = 69 %<ref>{{cite journal | title=''Lost in Time'' | author=Paul Presley | journal=[[PC Zone]] | date=November 1993 | number=8 | pages=42}}</ref>
}}

In April 1994 ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' said of ''Lost in Time'' on CD that "though game play is interesting and movement through the 3D world is fluid", the video and music was not as good as in ''[[Inca (video game)|Inca]]''. The magazine concluded that despite some "obtuse" puzzles,
"there's still enough going on to entice those gamers who missed catching reruns of ''[[The Time Tunnel|Time Tunnel]]''".<ref name="cgw199404">{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=April 1994 |title=Invasion Of The Data Stashers |department= |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117 |magazine=Computer Gaming World|pages=20–42}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{MobyGames|id=/lost-in-time_|name=''Lost in Time''}}

{{Muriel Tramis}}
{{Sierra Adventure Games|Stand-alone}}

[[Category:1993 video games]]
[[Category:Adventure games]]
[[Category:Coktel Vision games]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:DOS-only games]]
[[Category:First-person adventure games]]
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[[Category:Point-and-click adventure games]]
[[Category:ScummVM-supported games]]
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[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games about time travel]]
[[Category:Video games developed in France]]
[[Category:Video games featuring female protagonists]]