# what is this game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-game/273462>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-game/273462 "2004-11-07T04:40:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-game/273462/1 "2004-11-07T04:40:25Z")

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it was a computer game from back in the day. you had to figure out who was doing this in american history-time, place, and person. and there was a robotic cat that would follow you around. and there was a bad guy named dr. dread and his phone number was 555-dread. and there was a fridge and you could eat things.  
it was called something like american time travelers or something.  
PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT WAS!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-game/273462/2 "2004-11-07T05:06:14Z")

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**DuhCow**. Threads which have almost any connection to the ARTS(and yes, I think that includes games) belong in Cafe Society.

So, I’m moooooooving this from GQ.

**samclem** GQ moderator

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-game/273462/3 "2004-11-07T16:32:11Z")

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Was it [Time Riders in American History](http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue149/92_Time_Riders_in_Ameri.php)?