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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Released along with the original copy of City of Heroes, time cards have been around to allow players without credit cards to access the game contents throughout the lifespan of the City of Franchise.  
Game Time Cards allowed players to play any [[NCsoft]] subscription-based game without needing to use a credit card. Although cards were originally branded for specific games (including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lineage II, and Auto Assault), they would work for any current game that required a subscription. Over time, these games also included Lineage, Dungeon Runners, Tabula Rasa, and Aion.


Originally, time cards came only in 60 day increments. Later on, NCsoft merged all of its various franchises time cards into 1 card that came in 15, 30 and 60 day charges.
Game time cards were originally only available in 60-day values. NCsoft later merged all individual cards into one generic card that came in 15-, 30-, and 60-day values. These were repackaged several times as games were introduced or cancelled. By early 2012, game time cards were no longer necessary because all NCsoft games were free-to-play. Existing cards can still be converted to NCoin for use in Lineage II and Aion.


Game time cards are '''''NOT''''' the same as [[Game Card]]s.


== Time Cards ==
== North American Cards ==
=== CoH Original Card ===
[[File:CoH initial TimeCard.jpg|100px|left]]


With Statesman on box and a scene from a poster on the card, this was the original time card marketed for City of Heroes on April 28, 2004.
{|
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| [[File:CoH GTC 1 Box Front.jpg|125px]] || colspan=3|<h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#City of Heroes|City of Heroes Version 1]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' April 28, 2004<br /><br />The original 60-day game time card for City of Heroes, featuring the signature hero battle scene.
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| [[File:CoH GTC 2 Box Front.jpg|125px]] || colspan=3|<h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#City of Heroes|City of Heroes Version 2]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Around September 16, 2004<br /><br />The second version of the 60-day City of Heroes game time card, featuring Hero 1.
|- valign="top"
| [[File:CoV GTC 1 Box Front.jpg|125px]] || colspan=3|<h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#City of Villains|City of Villains Version 1]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' October 31, 2005<br /><br />The original 60-day game time card for City of Villains, featuring the Arachnos symbol. Cards were also available for the time of the [[City of Villains Pre-Order]].
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| [[File:CoV GTC 2 Box Front.jpg|125px]] || colspan=3|<h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#City of Villains|City of Villains Version 2]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Around August, 2006<br /><br />The second version of the 60-day City of Villains game time card, featuring Ghost Widow.
|- valign="top"
| [[File:Gen GTC 1 15D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen GTC 1 30D Box Front.jpg|125px]]|| [[File:Gen GTC 1 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || <h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#Generic Version 1|Generic Version 1]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' April 10, 2007<br /><br />The first version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Auto Assault. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
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| {{MIA}} || {{MIA}} || [[File:Gen GTC 2 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || <h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#Generic Version 2|Generic Version 2]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Around October, 2007<br /><br />The second version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, City of Heroes, Dungeon Runners, and Tabula Rasa. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
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| {{MIA}} || [[File:Gen GTC 3 30D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen GTC 3 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]]|| <h3>[[Game Time Cards (North American)#Generic Version 3|Generic Version 3]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Sometime in 2009<br /><br />The third version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, Aion, and City of Heroes. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
|}
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== European Cards ==
=== CoH Hero 1 Card ===
{|
 
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Released a bit after issue 2, this card features [[Hero 1]] on it as he was before the events of the Rikti Invasion.
| [[File:CoH EU GTC Box Front.jpg|125px]] || colspan=3|<h3>[[Game Time Cards (European)#City of Heroes|City of Heroes]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' February 21, 2005<br /><br />The 60-day City of Heroes game time card was released in conjunction with [[City of Heroes Deluxe]].
 
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| [[File:Gen EU GTC 1 15D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || {{MIA}} || {{MIA}} || <h3>[[Game Time Cards (European)#Generic Version 1|Generic Version 1]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' March 30, 2007<br /><br />The first version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Auto Assault, City of Heroes, Lineage II, and City of Villains. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
=== CoV Original Card ===
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[[File:CoV initial TimeCard.jpg|100px|left]]
| {{MIA}} || [[File:Gen EU GTC 2 30D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen EU GTC 2 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || <h3>[[Game Time Cards (European)#Generic Version 2|Generic Version 2]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' August 3, 2007<br /><br />The second version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured City of Villains, Tabula Rasa, Lineage II, and City of Heroes. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
 
|- valign="top"
Lord Recluse is found on this card, initial release was actually with the [[Pre-Order (City of Villains)|Cov Pre-order]], but official release was Oct 31, 2005 with [[issue 6]]
| {{MIA}} || [[File:Gen EU GTC 3 30D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen EU GTC 3 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || <h3>[[Game Time Cards (European)#Generic Version 3|Generic Version 3]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Sometime in 2008<br /><br />The third version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured the same games as the second version, but gave Tabula Rasa prominence. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
 
|- valign="top"
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| [[File:Gen EU GTC 4 15D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen EU GTC 4 30D Box Front.jpg|125px]] || [[File:Gen EU GTC 4 60D Box Front.jpg|125px]]|| <h3>[[Game Time Cards (European)#Generic Version 4|Generic Version 4]]</h3>'''Release Date:''' Sometime in 2009<br /><br />The fourth version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, Aion, and City of Heroes. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
 
|}
=== CoV Ghost Widow Card ===
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Featuring Ghost Widow and her long hair, this card was released a few months after issue 7 and stayed out until the new unified cards.
 
=== NCsoft Unified Time Cards ===
Released on April 10, 2007 to replace all existing NCsoft game Time Cards, these cards came at a small markup from the old cards but in 3 different time amounts and had 2 different runs in the USA, 3 in the EU (note, the EU seems to still be using these while the US branch has discontinued them).
 
[[File:NCsoft 15d TimeCard.jpg|100px|left]][[File:NCsoft 15d TimeCard-UK.jpg|100px|right]]
At $10 a card, these where the 15 day time cards. Featuring yellow highlights to distinguish them, they where the rarest of these the unified cards and appear to not have been printed in the second run in either US or EU.
 
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[[File:NCsoft 30d TimeCard.jpg|100px|left]][[File:NCsoft 30d TimeCard-UK.jpg|100px|right]]
Bearing red highlights, the 30 day time card retailed at $20 and was the most common card to find at a retailer.  
 
(Depicted here is a first run US and a second run EU)
 
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[[File:NCsoft 60d TimeCard.jpg|100px|left]][[File:NCsoft 60d TimeCard-UK.jpg|100px|right]]
The 60 day time card was purchasable for $30, or rather, the original price for previous time cards. Highlighted in a deep blue, these cards were printed in both runs, though not in the quantity of their 30 day siblings.
 
(Depicted here is a second run US and a third run EU)
 
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For the 30 and 60 day cards, multiple runs have been made due to cancellation of several of NCsoft's games. The second run of both US and EU versions swapped out the terminated Auto Assault.
 
The third run for the EU also takes Tabula Rasa out of the list of games, but keeps the associated figure up at the top. Second and third printings in the EU had vastly different front layouts from the first printing, but between the later ones didn't alter the package other than removal of dead games.
 
For the US versions, not only was Auto Assault removed, but CoH and CoV where merged into one spot on the card with their second spot going to Dungeon Runners, a free to play game.
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=== Game Card ===
[[File:Gamecardfront.jpg|100px|left]]
:''Main Article:'' [[Game Card]]
In the middle of 2008 NCsoft gave up on the unified time cards and reverted their existing games to single 'game cards' that would function as both a time card and a normal game code. These would be marketed as $5 more than the standard 30 day cards and where available for City of Heroes, and Tabula Rasa, while eXteel and Dungeon Runners would get similar cards that provided currency credits in-game.
 
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== See Also ==
== See Also ==
*[[Official Merchandise]]
*[[Official Merchandise]]
*[[Disc Releases]]
*[[Disc Releases]]
*[[Game Card]]
*[[NCsoft]]
*[[NCsoft]]


[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]

Latest revision as of 21:57, 17 June 2014

Overview

Game Time Cards allowed players to play any NCsoft subscription-based game without needing to use a credit card. Although cards were originally branded for specific games (including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lineage II, and Auto Assault), they would work for any current game that required a subscription. Over time, these games also included Lineage, Dungeon Runners, Tabula Rasa, and Aion.

Game time cards were originally only available in 60-day values. NCsoft later merged all individual cards into one generic card that came in 15-, 30-, and 60-day values. These were repackaged several times as games were introduced or cancelled. By early 2012, game time cards were no longer necessary because all NCsoft games were free-to-play. Existing cards can still be converted to NCoin for use in Lineage II and Aion.

Game time cards are NOT the same as Game Cards.

North American Cards

CoH GTC 1 Box Front.jpg

City of Heroes Version 1

Release Date: April 28, 2004

The original 60-day game time card for City of Heroes, featuring the signature hero battle scene.
CoH GTC 2 Box Front.jpg

City of Heroes Version 2

Release Date: Around September 16, 2004

The second version of the 60-day City of Heroes game time card, featuring Hero 1.
CoV GTC 1 Box Front.jpg

City of Villains Version 1

Release Date: October 31, 2005

The original 60-day game time card for City of Villains, featuring the Arachnos symbol. Cards were also available for the time of the City of Villains Pre-Order.
CoV GTC 2 Box Front.jpg

City of Villains Version 2

Release Date: Around August, 2006

The second version of the 60-day City of Villains game time card, featuring Ghost Widow.
Gen GTC 1 15D Box Front.jpg Gen GTC 1 30D Box Front.jpg Gen GTC 1 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 1

Release Date: April 10, 2007

The first version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Auto Assault. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
Picture MIA
Picture MIA
 Gen GTC 2 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 2

Release Date: Around October, 2007

The second version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, City of Heroes, Dungeon Runners, and Tabula Rasa. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
Picture MIA
 Gen GTC 3 30D Box Front.jpg Gen GTC 3 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 3

Release Date: Sometime in 2009

The third version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, Aion, and City of Heroes. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.


European Cards

CoH EU GTC Box Front.jpg

City of Heroes

Release Date: February 21, 2005

The 60-day City of Heroes game time card was released in conjunction with City of Heroes Deluxe.
Gen EU GTC 1 15D Box Front.jpg
Picture MIA
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Generic Version 1

Release Date: March 30, 2007

The first version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Auto Assault, City of Heroes, Lineage II, and City of Villains. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.
Picture MIA
 Gen EU GTC 2 30D Box Front.jpg Gen EU GTC 2 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 2

Release Date: August 3, 2007

The second version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured City of Villains, Tabula Rasa, Lineage II, and City of Heroes. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
Picture MIA
 Gen EU GTC 3 30D Box Front.jpg Gen EU GTC 3 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 3

Release Date: Sometime in 2008

The third version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured the same games as the second version, but gave Tabula Rasa prominence. It may have only been available in 30- and 60-Day values.
Gen EU GTC 4 15D Box Front.jpg Gen EU GTC 4 30D Box Front.jpg Gen EU GTC 4 60D Box Front.jpg

Generic Version 4

Release Date: Sometime in 2009

The fourth version of the generic NCsoft game time card featured Lineage II, Aion, and City of Heroes. It was available in 15-, 30-, and 60-Day values.


See Also

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