diff --git a/third_party/gameswf/base/tu_timer.cpp b/third_party/gameswf/base/tu_timer.cpp
index 9b1607a..a57b889 100644
--- a/third_party/gameswf/base/tu_timer.cpp
+++ b/third_party/gameswf/base/tu_timer.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@
 
 //Pete H - no sys/timeb in marmalade
 //#include <sys/timeb.h>	// for ftime()
-#ifndef	_TIME_T
-#define	_TIME_T
-typedef	long	time_t;
+#include <time.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) && \
+    !defined(_TIME_T_DEFINED) && !defined(__time_t_defined) && \
+    !defined(_TIME_T)
+    typedef long time_t;
+    #define _TIME_T_DEFINED
 #endif
 
 struct timeb {
@@ -19,7 +26,23 @@ struct timeb {
 	short		dstflag;	/* [XSI] non-zero if DST in effect */
 };
 
-void ftime (timeb* b) {}
+void ftime (timeb* b)
+{
+	if (b)
+	{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+		struct timeval tv;
+		gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
+		b->time = (time_t) tv.tv_sec;
+		b->millitm = (unsigned short) (tv.tv_usec / 1000);
+#else
+		b->time = time(NULL);
+		b->millitm = 0;
+#endif
+		b->timezone = 0;
+		b->dstflag = 0;
+	}
+}
 
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -35,7 +58,11 @@ Uint32 tu_timer::get_ticks()
 {
 	struct timeb tv;
 	ftime(&tv);
-	return  (tv.time - s_start_time.time) * 1000 + (tv.millitm - s_start_time.millitm);
+	if (s_start_time.time == 0)
+	{
+		s_start_time = tv;
+	}
+	return (Uint32) ((tv.time - s_start_time.time) * 1000 + (tv.millitm - s_start_time.millitm));
 }
 
 tu_datetime::tu_datetime()