Chronomaster is an adventure game developed by DreamForge Intertainment for MS-DOS compatible operating systems and published by IntraCorp on 20 December 1995. Its main plot was written by novelist Roger Zelazny and was his last known work, as he died during the development of the game. Due to Roger's passing, Dreamforge used in-house puzzle and game designers John McGirk and Aaron Kreader to complete a majority of the game puzzles, while leaving the overall game plot and concept intact as per Roger's vision.
37-398: Chronomaster narrates the story of Rene Korda (voiced by Ron Perlman ), a retired and formerly renowned designer of "pocket universes" — self-contained worlds developed according to the tastes of the person who finances their construction. Korda is hired by a representative of the "Terran Regional government" to restore two pocket universes from a state of "temporal stasis" and to find out who
74-456: A Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Perlman said in 1988, "It was not a bad childhood but I had a perception of myself that was ... I was terribly overweight as a young kid, and it was sort of a low self image ." He stated this experience is something that attracts him to roles where he portrays "these sorts of deformed people who are very endearing." Perlman had a "very close" relationship with his father, who convinced his son he "had to" pursue
111-744: A career as an actor after seeing him perform in a college production of Guys and Dolls . Perlman graduated from George Washington High School in 1967 and Lehman College in 1971. He later attended the University of Minnesota , where he graduated with a master's degree in theater arts in 1973. Perlman made his television debut in the soap opera Ryan's Hope in 1979. He made his feature film debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud 's film Quest for Fire (1981). Annaud later revealed that when he contacted Perlman to ask him about playing Salvatore in The Name of
148-453: A few keys as Eben stands behind her. He then picks her up, tucks her in, and gives her a long kiss. However, before he can leave the room, he hears a whimper from the medical room. Upon investigating, he confronts Macleah, resulting in a struggle where Macleah sets him on fire as the two young girls escape. Macleah retrieves her gun and shoots Eben until he collapses. At the end, Captain Swaggert
185-470: A former student of Korda's and the sole survivor of a horrific pirate attack on his homeworld. Chronomaster makes heavy use of CG cutscenes . Chronomaster possesses a degree of non-linearity in that many tasks exist which are unnecessary to complete the game, and puzzles frequently have two possible solutions. According to Charles Ardai of Computer Gaming World , Chronomaster was commercially unsuccessful. A reviewer for Next Generation hailed
222-492: A gruesome discovery of a bag of severed hands in the sewer system, State Profiler Audrey Macleah is called in to help the Houston police department investigate. Macleah immediately ruffles some feathers with her methodology and frankness but is determined to catch the murderer. After examination the hands appear to be the hands of young girls from various ages, each with a number tattooed on their palms. Captain Swaggert sends Macleah to
259-512: A nearby psychiatric hospital to talk to a doctor who called in a tip about one of his patients after hearing about the discovery. His patient is Jordan Thomas, who has been shuttered through foster homes and institutionalized since he was four years old. Every year on his birthday he has seizures, his wrists start to bleed, and he carves hands into the walls - each with numbers stenciled on the palms. Despite Jordan's initial reluctance to communicate with her, Macleah earns his trust and discovers there
296-413: A noise from the adjacent room where Macleah discovers Jenny hiding behind a wardrobe. Macleah manages to pry open a basement window for their escape, but their plans are interrupted by the arrival of Doug Eben, who has arrived to deliver Jenny her birthday present. Macleah hides in the medical room, observing their interaction. Doug lights candles for Jenny and asks her to play the piano. She hesitantly plays
333-924: A prolific career as a voice actor, including the narrator of the post-apocalyptic game series Fallout (1997–present), Clayface in the DC Animated Universe (1992–2003), Slade in Teen Titans (2003–2006), Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Lord Hood in the video games Halo 2 (2004) and Halo 3 (2007), the Stabbington brothers in Tangled (2010), The Lich in Adventure Time (2011–2017) and its spinoff Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (2023), Xibalba in The Book of Life (2014), and Optimus Primal in both
370-748: A successful career as a voice actor . He has portrayed characters in numerous video games and animated series, and done voice-over work for television commercials. These include Casper High English teacher and vice-principal Mr. Lancer in Danny Phantom , "Mickey Kaline" in Hey Arnold! , The Lich in Adventure Time , Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm , Justice in Afro Samurai and various characters in DC Comics based series such as
407-405: Is a psychic connection between Jordan and the killer. After combing through Jordan's medical files and the databases, Macleah learns that the hands belong to young girls who have all gone missing over the years on Jordan's birthday, July 16, from nearby parks around the Houston area. After watching a video from a missing girl's file, Macleah hears the song of the ice cream truck and figures out it's
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#1733084707647444-919: Is an American actor. His credits include the roles of Amoukar in Quest for Fire (1981), Salvatore in The Name of the Rose (1986), Vincent in the television series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990), for which he won a Golden Globe Award , One in The City of Lost Children (1995), When the Bough Breaks (1994),Johner in Alien Resurrection (1997), Koulikov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Hellboy in both Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Clay Morrow in
481-419: Is responsible for the situation. Each pocket universe contains a single solar system with anywhere from one to several worlds Korda can visit. Each world requires Korda to travel to magnetic North and use a "resonance tracer" to locate the universe's "world key". The world key (each protected by a unique puzzle) stops or starts the universe's temporal flow. Each pocket universe has a unique feel to it, reflecting
518-651: The Transformers: Power of the Primes (2018) animated series and the film Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023). Ronald N. Perlman was born on April 13, 1950, in Washington Heights , New York City. His mother, Dorothy (née Rosen), was a municipal employee, and his father, Bertram "Bert" Perlman, was a jazz drummer and television repairman. His family is Jewish, originally from Hungary and Poland, and Perlman had
555-541: The Amazon series Hand of God . He played his first leading film role in 1995, when he played "One" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro 's French-language The City of Lost Children . In 2003, Perlman starred in a commercial for Stella Artois beer. This commercial, which was called "Devil's Island", won a Silver Award at the 2003 British Advertising Awards. He got another leading film role in 2004 when he played
592-512: The title role in the comic book adaptation Hellboy . Perlman reprised his role as Hellboy in the straight to DVD animated features Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006) and Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007) as well as Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). In 2008, Perlman joined the cast of the television series Sons of Anarchy on FX playing Clay Morrow , the national president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. He also played Wes Chandler in
629-926: The "Biker Pack" DLC. In Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2016), Perlman offered his likeness and voice to one of the lead playable characters in the game's popular Zombies mode. Perlman has also provided narration for a number of audiobooks, including City of Thieves by David Benioff . Perlman also does narration in the UFC 's cold open promos for pay-per-view events. Perlman married Opal Stone, an Afro-Jamaican jewelry designer, on Valentine's Day 1981 and they had two children together: daughter Blake Amanda (b. 1984) and son Brandon Avery (b. 1990). They separated in May 2019 and Perlman later filed for divorce. In 2022, Perlman married his StartUp co-star Allison Dunbar in Italy after three years of dating. His son Brandon produces electronic music under
666-582: The 1990s as well as the 2000s. His most notable film appearances were in films such as Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), The Last Supper (1995), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Blade II and Star Trek: Nemesis (both 2002) and two Stephen King adaptations, Sleepwalkers and Desperation . His appearances on television series include Highlander: The Series , The Outer Limits , The Magnificent Seven , and
703-646: The Bold , and Sinestro in Green Lantern: The Animated Series . In addition, he served as the narrator for 1000 Ways to Die from 2009 to 2012. His video game credits include Terrence Hood in the games Halo 2 and Halo 3 , Jagger Valance in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay , and Batman in Justice League Heroes . He is well known by Fallout fans for narrating
740-443: The Rose (1986), Perlman was thinking of abandoning his career. After various minor and supporting roles in film and television, he got his breakthrough leading role as Vincent on the television series Beauty and the Beast , opposite Linda Hamilton , from 1987 to 1990. This earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series in 1989. He went on to play supporting roles in many films throughout
777-577: The association should delay negotiations with striking workers until they began to lose their homes. When the Bough Breaks (1994 film) When the Bough Breaks (released in the Philippines as Slaughter of the Lambs ) is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Michael Cohn and starring Ally Walker , Martin Sheen , Ron Perlman and Tara Subkoff . The screenplay concerns a serial killer . Following
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#1733084707647814-509: The game "a prime example of [Roger Zelazny's] ability to create a compelling story that rewrites the rules of science as it goes." He described the prerendered graphics as "stunning" and said the voice actors "add atmosphere to an already intriguing adventure." Chronomaster was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World ' s 1995 "Adventure Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream . The editors wrote, "Both
851-492: The game for its detailed graphics, simple and intuitive interface, "entertaining" dialogue, puzzles which are mostly neither too easy or overly hard, and deep story based "around the concepts of immortality, universe construction, and the nature of time itself." He was also pleased with the voice acting from big-name stars, though he said that some of the less-known actors give "painful" performances. A reviewer for Maximum lauded Chronomaster for its story and presentation, calling
888-458: The hemorrhaging death of his mother Jennifer Lynn. After flipping a page, Macleah sees the birth record for a female twin, Jennifer Lynn Eben, born with extremely malformed hands. The attending physician during their birth was their own father, Douglas Eben. Macleah visits the Eben estate and meets a housekeeper who tells her Eben is on vacation but invites her in. Inside, Macleah sees photos of Jennifer,
925-631: The introductory movies in the series, including uttering the famous phrase "War. War never changes." He also voices "Slade" in the 2008 Turok game, and Emil Blonsky / Abomination in Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction , Conan for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and voices the fast-talking Mayor Hoodoo Brown in the Neversoft game Gun . He also made an appearance in Payday 2 as "Rust", part of
962-480: The message "I think about that every time lil Donnie opens up his KFC ." On November 9, 2016, Perlman announced via Facebook his intention to run for U.S. President in the 2020 election . In January 2019, he endorsed the candidacy of Kamala Harris . Perlman spoke in support of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes and criticized an executive from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers who said that
999-501: The mother, but none of the daughter Jenny. She learns that the mother, was a piano prodigy and the daughter is away at private school in Europe. One photo in particular is striking, depicting a dark-haired young woman standing in front of a house by a water tower. As she is driving back to the precinct, Macleah sees the water tower and crosses traffic to find the house from the picture. After knocking to no answer, Macleah goes around back through
1036-416: The open gate and peers into the garage to see an old ice cream truck. She breaks a window to enter the home and after patrolling the house, locates the basement door. Once downstairs she breaks into a padlocked room and finds a homemade medical operating room with a furnace. She spots a shower in the corner and reveals the missing girl from the ice cream truck, terrified and alive. After freeing her, they hear
1073-501: The personality and interests of its owner. Verdry for example, owned by a woman known for creating a philosophical movement centered on nonsense and unreality, contains a world shaped and colored like an Easter egg. In order to move within pocket universes in which time is stagnant, Korda employs "bottled time", a container which when opened provides him with a field in which times flows normally. Bottled time may also be used to activate objects and trigger ongoing events which were halted by
1110-459: The script and the voice talents lift Chronomaster well above the usual standards of the genre." Chronomaster was also nominated as Computer Games Strategy Plus ' s 1996 adventure game of the year, although it lost to The Neverhood . Chronomaster was adapted to novel form in 1996, closely following the game's plot and coauthored by Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold . Ron Perlman Ronald N. Perlman (born April 13, 1950)
1147-518: The second and third seasons of StartUp in 2017–2018. In 2022, Perlman starred in Steven Brand 's noir thriller Joe Baby alongside Dichen Lachman , Willa Fitzgerald and Harvey Keitel . In 2023, Perlman starred in the Western thriller Cottonmouth , which is set for release in 2024. Perlman starred in the 2024 horror film Succubus , written and directed by R.J. Daniel Hanna. Perlman also has
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1184-419: The song Jordan hums each time she goes to visit him. The Houston police department track down a lead with a pedophilic ice cream man but he turns out to be a dead end. On Jordan's birthday, during a hypnosis game, Macleah gleans information from Jordan's alter-ego named Jennifer Lynn. Jennifer tells Macleah that the hands are given from Daddy so she can play. At the same time, a young girl is seen running through
1221-451: The stage name Delroy Edwards . Perlman is a lifelong Democrat . He has been a vocal critic of former U.S. President Donald Trump , whose son Donald Trump Jr. called Perlman "a coward" for allegedly being aware of Weinstein's sexual abuses on several women in the entertainment industry and staying silent about it. In 2018, Perlman claimed that he intentionally urinated on his hand prior to shaking Harvey Weinstein 's hand followed by
1258-666: The television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2013), Nino in Drive (2011) and Benedict Drask in Don't Look Up (2021). As a frequent collaborator of Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro , he has had roles in the del Toro films Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Pacific Rim (2013), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). He also starred in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and two Stephen King adaptations, Sleepwalkers (1992) and Desperation (2006). Perlman has also had
1295-450: The temporal stasis. He also counts on the help of a versatile context-sensitive tool which makes available different functions to him, depending on the pocket universe he visits. During his journey Korda is accompanied by his personal digital assistant (PDA) Jester (voiced by Lolita Davidovich ), a flying blue spherical robot who provides more comic relief than help with gameplay. Korda is eventually joined by Milo, (voiced by Brent Spiner )
1332-1033: The villainous Slade, a version of DC character Deathstroke in the Teen Titans animated series and again in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox , Clayface in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures , Jax-Ur in Superman: The Animated Series , Orion in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited (the former in which he reprised his role as Clayface as well as voice Orion), Sozin in Avatar: The Last Airbender , several villains ( Killer Croc , Rumor and Bane ) in The Batman , Doctor Double X in Batman: The Brave and
1369-416: The woods with her dog. She stumbles upon an unaccompanied ice cream truck and goes inside for a snack. She is assaulted from behind and the truck drives away with her inside. With help from a colleague, Macleah finds the identity of a Jennifer Lynn Eben, who has been deceased for some time. She visits the old shuttered hospital and finds birth records for Jordan Brian Eben, given up for adoption at birth after
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