Time Machine I is a Korean-made educational game similar in concept to Where's Carmen Sandiego in Time? The player takes the role of a detective working for a futuristic agency in 2010, sent on a mission to catch a criminal who has escaped with a time machine. The game consists of selecting and exploring various time periods. The player is provided with historical and geographical information describing each era and giving clues to the whereabouts of the criminal. The time periods range from prehistory to modern history, but are limited to the Korean peninsula.