Being first-person shooters, weapons are arguably the most important feature of the TimeSplitters games. Each game features a wide selection of firearms, explosive devices, and laser weapons that hark, thanks to the games' time-travelling premise, from radically varied time periods.
In Arcade mode, this allows retro 1930s gangster weapons to appear alongside science-fiction plasma weapons with little or no regard to realism, a feature that perhaps serves to strengthen the games' appeal. At the same time, weapons can be grouped together (along with appropriate characters and locations), to produce a whole time theme (e.g. military weapons, military bots, and Vietnam).
Many weapons can be dual-wielded, further increasing the player's firepower. Even unarmed, the player has the option to use their fists (or equivalent appendages) to dish out damage. However, given the sheer number of heavily-armed foes that the player is likely to face, this often proves an unwise strategy, if survival is at all important.
Excluding fists and double-weapons, but including returning weapons, the original TimeSplitters has 24 different weapons, TimeSplitters 2 has 30, and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect has 37, totalling 91 different weapons seen in the TimeSplitters universe. If you include double-weapons, but exclude fists, there are 108 weapons.
Help[]
- See the Categories at the bottom of the page for weapon types.
- For tips concerning weapons, go to the Weapon Tips page.
- To see the premade weapon sets for each game, go to the Weapon Sets page.
Weapon List[]
Weapon Ranking[]
If you set your preferences for Weapon Change to "Best or "If Best and New", each game uses a pre-determined ranking system to decide which weapon should be equipped when collecting a weapon pickup. If you pick up a weapon with the same ranking as your current weapon, the game will always switch to the new weapon.
Native Time Periods[]
| Weapon | Period |
|---|---|
| Garrett Revolver | 1853 |
| Vintage Rifle (TS2) | 1853-1932 |
| Luger Pistol / Shotgun (TS2) | 1895-1932 |
| Crossbow / Grenade Launcher (TS2) | 1920 |
| Kruger 9mm / K-SMG / Flare Gun / Vintage Rifle (TSFP) / TNT (TSFP) | 1924 |
| Grenade | 1924-1969 |
| Harpoon Gun | 1924-1994 |
| Tommy Gun (TS2) / TNT (TS2) | 1932 |
| Blunderbuss / Colt Pistol / TNT (TS1) | 1935 |
| Mauser Pistol / Tommy Gun (TS1) | 1935-1950 |
| Shotgun (TS1) | 1950-1985 |
| Pistol 9mm / Machine Gun / Soviet Rifle / HeatSeeker / Sniper (TSFP) / 12-Gauge (TSFP) | 1969 |
| M16 | 1970 |
| Remote Mine (TS2) | 1972 |
| Uzi | 1970-1985 |
| Pistol | 1970-2000 |
| Soviet S47 / Fire Extinguisher | 1972-1990 |
| Silenced Pistol / Sniper (TS2) | 1972-2019 |
| Grenade Launcher (TS1) | 1985 |
| Sniper (TS1) | 1985-2000 |
| 12-Gauge (TS2) / Flamethrower (TS2) / Timed Mine (TS2) | 1990 |
| Bat / Revolver / Ghost Gun / Shotgun (TSFP) | 1994 |
| Flamethrower (TSFP) | 1994-2052 |
| Assault Rifle | 2000 |
| Assault Shotgun | 2000-2005 |
| Sci-Fi Handgun (TS1) / Rocket Launcher (TS1) / Proximity Mine (TS1) | 2005 |
| Minigun (TS1) | 2005-2035 |
| SBP90 | 2019 |
| Sci-Fi Handgun (TS2) | 2019-2315 |
| Sci-Fi Sniper (TS1) | 2020 |
| Raygun / Raygun Carbine / Sci-Fi Autorifle | 2020-2035 |
| Mag-Charger / LX-18 / SBP500 / Dispersion Gun / Injector | 2052 |
| ElectroTool (TSFP) / Minigun (TSFP) / Rocket Launcher (TSFP) | 2243 |
| Sci-Fi Handgun (TSFP) / Plasma AutoRifle (TSFP) / Sci-Fi Sniper (TSFP) / P. Grenade | 2243-2401 |
| Homing Launcher | 2280-2315 |
| Plasma AutoRifle (TS2) | 2280-2401 |
| ElectroTool (TS2) / Lasergun | 2315 |
| Minigun (TS2) | 2401 |
| Rocket Launcher (TS2) / Monkey Gun / Brick / Mines (TSFP) / Proximity Mine (TS2) / Remote Mine (TS1) / Timed Mine (TS1) | ???? |
Real-Life Weapons[]
Here are the real-life variants of most of the TimeSplitters weapons.
| Weapon in TimeSplitters | Weapon in Real Life |
|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | Maple Bat |
| Flare Gun | Flare Gun |
| Colt Pistol | Colt 1851 |
| Garret Revolver | Colt SAA |
| Revolver | Model 29 .44 Magnum |
| Mauser Pistol | Mauser C96 |
| Silenced Luger | Luger Pistol |
| Luger Pistol | |
| Kruger 9mm | |
| Pistol 9mm | Beretta 92 |
| Pistol | Ruger SR9 |
| P99 | |
| Silenced Pistol | |
| USP | |
| LX-18 | Glock 18 |
| Uzi | Uzi |
| Machine Gun | MP5 |
| Tommy Gun | M1921 Thompson |
| K-SMG | MP 40 |
| StG 44 | |
| AK-47 | |
| SBP90 | P90 |
| SBP500 | |
| M16 | M16 |
| M4 | |
| Assault Rifle | FAMAS |
| Soviet Rifle | FAL |
| Soviet S47 | AKM |
| AKS-47 | |
| Soviet S47 Grenade Launcher | M203 |
| GP-25 | |
| Blunderbuss | Blunderbuss |
| Shotgun | Double-Barrelled Shotgun |
| Assault Shotgun | SPAS-12 |
| Tactical 12-Gauge (TS2) | |
| Tactical 12-Gauge (TSFP) | Remington 870 Folding Stock |
| Sci-Fi Sniper (TSFP) | PTRS-41 |
| Sniper Rifle (TS1) | PSG1 |
| Sniper Rifle (TS2) | WA 2000 |
| Vintage Rifle (TS2) | Rolling Block |
| Vintage Rifle (TSFP) | Enfield Rifle |
| Carcano Rifle | |
| Crossbow | Bowgun |
| Harpoon Gun | Harpoon Cannon |
| Speargun | |
| Minigun | M134 Minigun |
| HeetSeaker | 9K32 Strela 2 |
| Grenade | Frag Grenade |
| Proximity Mine | S-mine |
| Remote Mine | C-4 |
Trivia[]
- Some TSFP weapon sounds were reused from Second Sight.