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The near-future setting of A Sound of Thunder holds an amazing technological breakthrough. The secret of time travel has been discovered. Travel companies can now offer amazing vacations -- a million years into the past. As in the Ray Bradbury short story on which this game and the corresponding film are based, three important rules are established for these high-class temporal vacationers: don't change anything in the past, don't leave anything behind, and don't bring anything back.

Perhaps someone didn't take these rules seriously enough, for the timeline has been corrupted and changes made in the past are having cataclysmic consequences in our own era. A new path of evolution has been created and a variety of horribly mutated creatures now run wild in the city streets. Players take the role of Travis Ryer, who must uncover the source of corruption and prevent the end of human existence.

A Sound of Thunder follows the plotline of the Warner Bros. feature film of the same name. Play involves exploration, armed combat, and tactical puzzle-solving. Also notable is a portable translation of the Max Payne-style "bullet time" effect, as Ryer is armed with a Time Freeze Disruptor that can "slow down" the world around him as he battles on at regular speed. Multiplayer features include four-player deathmatch on one cartridge and a two-player cooperative mode with two cartridges.
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: Franchise Pictures; Executive Producer: Elie Samaha; Producer: Leeza-Maria Elkhazen; World Wide Marketing: Lori Drazen; President of Development & Acquisitions: Tracee Stanley; Company 2: Mobius Entertainment; Programming: Mike Shepcar, David Box, Finlay Munro; Art: James Taylor, Paul Coll, John Wigle, Alan Bowke, Dan Roberts, Paul Smith, James McHale, Dan Hunter; Mobius Godhead: Gordon Hall; Company 3: BAM! Entertainment; Producer: Barry Simpson; Executive Producer: Nick Goldsworthy; Director of European Development: Joe Booth; Product Manager: John Merchant; Brand Manager: Ant Parkins; Director of European PR: Dawn Beasley; European PR Manager: Cat Channon; Test Manager: Erkan Kasap; Lead Tester: Richard Wilson; Additional Testing: The Test Station; Company 4: BAM! Entertainment - North America; VP of Development: Alain Tascan; Director of North American PR: Susan Kramer; PR Manager: Mika Kelly; Senior VP Worldwide Marketing: Jill Braff; Product Marketing Manager: Sean Bartlett; Test Manager: Robert Daly
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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A Sound of Thunder

Developer(s) Mobius Entertainment
Publisher(s) BAM! Entertainment, Inc.
Platform(s) GBA
Release date(s) EU: February 28, 2004
NA: February 1, 2005
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Survival horror
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen
Input methods Gamepad

This article is about the video game, for the short story and movie, see A Sound of Thunder and A Sound of Thunder (film)

A Sound of Thunder is an action-adventure survival horror for the Game Boy Advance. The game was developed Mobius Entertainment published by BAM! Entertainment, Inc. It was released first in Europe on February 28, 2004 before arriving in North America nearly a full year later on February 1, 2005. The story is based loosely both on the original short story by Ray Bradbury of the same name and follows more closely the plot of the 2005 movie. The game was also originally also planned for home sixth generation game consoles, including the Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and the Sony PlayStation 2, but these were canceled as of December 2006.

Plot and gameplay

The game follows the exploits of Travis Ryer, who is a Time Safari guide and biologist. After a tourist kills a butterfly in the prehistoric era, the future feels the consequences when they return. Ryer must then go back in time to prevent this from happening. The main special feature provided to Ryer is the Time Freeze Disruptor, which can slow down his surroundings while he continues to move at regular speed (similar to bullet time).

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