History VideoGame / TheLabyrinthOfTime

** Turns into DeathByCameo. The library article later mentions the gruesome deaths of the Terra Nova Development team at the hands of an [[HomicideMachines unruly car]].

** The labyrinth appears to be expanding into a void that resembled a sunny, cloud-filled sky. [[TrashTheSet Destroying the labyrinth]] causes [[spoiler: time and space to unravel, leaving you stranded in this cloudy void, outside of existence]].

** The labyrinth appears to be expanding into a void that resembled a sunny, cloud-filled sky. Destroying the labyrinth causes [[spoiler: time and space to unravel, leaving you stranded in this cloudy void, outside of existence]].

* ItsUpToYou: Daedalus explains that due to his spirit being held captive, he can't refuse or disobey Minos in building the Labyrinth, which is why you were drawin into this in the first place.

** The makers apparently liked ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' and the Creator/MarxBrothers.

* MaltShop: There's one of these among the many incongruous locations in the game. It's sandwiched between the Medieval maze and the hedge maze, naturally.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: You thwart Minos' plans by destroying the labyrinth, but are still trapped outside of reality. Since the sequel never came we'll never know how you find your way back.

* FortuneTeller: Morgan, inside the Mirror Maze. His "fortunes" are cryptic hints for the game proper, and they vary depending on your progress. Oh, and they cost a quarter each.

* DeadManWriting: In the tomb of King Minos, [[spoiler:Cornelius Lyons scrawled "ALIVE" on wall before dying, possibly in his own blood. King Minos wasn't as dead as expected.]]

** The makers apparently liked ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' and the MarxBrothers.

** Even once you collect more quarters than you'll ever need, [[UnwinnableByInsanity you can still spend all of them]].

* RippleEffectIndicator: Martin Garret's journal updates when you find his lucky jacket, as does a display in the Museum.

* RippleEffectIndicator: Martin Garret's journal updates when you find [[spoiler:his lucky jacket]], as does a display in the Museum.

** {{Useless Item}}s are everywhere, maliciously so. In fact, roughly half the items in the game serve no purpose. The champions of this are the sword (conspicuously placed at the end of a large puzzle, [[spoiler: possibly to distract you from the invaluable lantern nearby]]) and the alien belt (incredibly ornamental and interactive, does nothing).

* RippleEffectProofMemory: When King Minos [[spoiler: erases the entirety of world history and culture instantaneously]], the caretaker of the New Worlds Development library is the only one who notices that something has gone awry.

* DeadManWriting: In the tomb of King Minos, [[spoiler:Cornelius Lyons scrawled "ALIVE" on wall before dying, possibly in his own blood.]]

* AlienGeometries: The Surreal Maze maps roughly to the shape of a sphere despite nothing even remotely suggesting that shape.

* MissingSecret: Some doors can never be unlocked. Given the game's convoluted layout, this is probably intentional.

* PlaceBeyondTime: The labyrinth appears to be expanding into a void that resembled a sunny, cloud-filled sky. Destroying the labyrinth causes [[spoiler: time and space to unravel, leaving you stranded in this cloudy void, outside of existence]].

* SelfInsertFic: According to an article in a futuristic library, Terra Nova Development (the company that created the game) eventually became the space travel conglomerate New Worlds Development, which set up space stations and moon colonies and essentially controls the world. All in part because of the resounding success of ''Labyrinth''.

* ShoutOut: The makers apparently liked ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' and the MarxBrothers.

* UnwinnableByDesign: Don't use your quarter in the fortunetelling game... [[spoiler: make a phone call]]. Not as bad as it might be since it's so close to the beginning of the game, and especially since the game admonishes you for wasting it.

** [[spoiler: The detectives' office contains a key you need to let yourself out of jail after you're transported there for stealing the Sorcerer-King's wand. Without it you're stuck, and there's nothing else in the office you need.]]

You're an office worker living a dull, dreary life, but on the subway ride home one gray Friday the ghost of [[ClassicalMythology Daedalus]] suddenly pulls you out of the normal world. He explains King Minos has enslaved him to build a Labyrinth even greater than the one he built in the ancient days of Crete. This one bridges time and space, and allows Minos to invade all eras and conquer them with his supernatural powers. Daedalus begs the player to find a way to the heart of the labyrinth and destroy it before Minos can finalize his conquest.