


New puzzles include following other dolphins through an underwater maze and a "scavenger hunt" in which Ecco must collect the Asterite's missing globes. As a mammal, Ecco is also required to surface for air at regular intervals. By combining his charge and sonar, Ecco can attack enemies from a distance. Ecco's main attack is to ram into enemies at high speeds, while his sonar is used to communicate with other cetaceans and interact with certain objects such as crystal Glyphs, as well as bring up a map of the area through echolocation. The Tides of Time maintains the same gameplay as its predecessor. The Tides of Time continued the story of the first game and featured similar gameplay with a few new additions. It is the second game in the Ecco the Dolphin series.

Wrote new soundtrack for Sega CD version.Īmerican version, with David Young and Mark Crew, wrote lyrics for "Sonic Boom".Ecco: The Tides of Time is an action-adventure video game developed by Novotrade International, published by Sega, and released for most of Sega's then-supported gaming consoles in 1994. Spencer currently teaches and mentors students at Sonoma Academy college prep high school in Santa Rosa, CA. He was also the owner and co-founder of Illumina Studios, a full-service media design and production company. He is the former president of Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, California, and co-chairman of the board of Music in Schools Today. Nilsen has also worked on a number of film and television scores and released a new-age album titled Architects of Change in 1989. Nilsen sang and played all the instruments on the record, with the exception of acoustic and electric guitars performed by Daniel Reiter. His latest work is Here and Gone an album of 10 original songs produced and engineered by Spyder James. The Kingpin as well as the North American version of Sonic CD. He is best known for his soundtracks to the Sega CD versions of Batman Returns, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Jurassic Park, The Adventures of Batman & Robin and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. Spencer Nilsen (born April 9, 1961) is an American singer/songwriter, video game music composer, film composer and producer, graphic designer, and educator. American video game music composer (born 1961)
