Show Time Overview
Show Time was one of those games you'd find on a Flash portal in the mid-2000s. It had that specific look and feel, built for a quick play session during a break. You played as a runner at the BBC, tasked with a simple but frantic objective: find six missing tapes so the television schedule could go out on time.
You navigate three floors of an office building, moving with the arrow keys and jumping with the spacebar. Each floor holds two tapes, and you are always racing the clock. The challenge comes from avoiding co-workers and other office hazards that block your path. A key mechanic involves touching a wedge to make hidden platforms appear, which is often necessary to reach a tape or progress. The pacing is relentless, and the difficulty comes from memorizing layouts and timing your movements precisely. It feels like a controlled scramble against a clock that is always ticking just a little too fast.
