Flashback (video game 1992) – Wikipedia

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Flashback
video game

Screen on Amiga

Platform Friend, MS-DOS, MAC OS, AREND ARCHIMEDES, Super Nintendo, 3DO, SEGA MEGA DRIVE, SEGA CD, Atari Jaguar, CD-I, iOS, PC-98, FM Towns, Nintendo Switch
Publication date Friend, two, 3rd, SMD, SNES :
Mondo/non specificato1992

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Acorn, CD-i, FM, PC98, SCD :
Mondo/non specificato1994
CD-I, Jaguar, Mac :
Mondo/non specificatoMarzo 1995
Nintendo Switch :
Mondo/non specificatoMay 19, 2018

Type Platforms
Her Science fiction
Origin France
Development Delphine Software International
Publication U.S. Gold, Sunsoft
Design Paul Cuisset
Game mode Single player
Input peripherals Joystick, gamepad, tastiera
Followed by Fade to Black

Flashback , published as Flashback: The Quest for Identity In the United States, it is a 1992 video game of genre of genre platforms/action/pitzles to the theme puddles with a cinematographic cut with rotoscopic animations that give movements a fluidity similar to that of Prince of Persia [first] . Developed by Delphine Software and published by U.S. Gold in the United States and Europe, and from Sunsoft in Japan.

The game was directed, written, designed and partly planned by Paul Cuisset, former creator of the graphic adventure Future Wars . Flashback It was initially put on the market for Amiga at the beginning of 1993 [2] , then converted for MS-DOS, Archimedes Acorn, Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Sega in 1993. Furthermore, CD-ROM versions of Flashback For Sega Mega CD, 3do, CD-I, MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh and FM Towns in 1994 and 1995, together with a version on cartridge for Atari Jaguar in 1995.

The game uses hand -drawn backgrounds, the main character is very well cared for and a technique called has been used to create his animation rotoscope which provided for the use of the sampling of real characters to obtain more realistic animations.

The game is set in the year 2142 and begins on the Titan moon. No prologue is provided: in the initial kinematics, the protagonist, while fleeing some individuals armed with laser rifles, manages to achieve a hangar and steal a sort of flying motorcycle with which he runs away from what is discovered to be a spaceship in flight . The plane pursuit continues until the fleet of the fugitive is knocked down by the shots of the spaceship, and the protagonist falls into the jungle, where he wokes wounded and completely devoid of memory about his identity. Find his “olocubo” immediately (( Holocube ), and reactivating him a hologram of himself who turns to him as Conrad and gives him instructions on how to reach the city of New Washington, always on Titan, to meet his old friend Ian, who would have allowed him to recover his memory . After some explorations, Conrad meets an injured foreigner who asks him to find his own teleporter . After finding and returning it to the man, the latter teleports away leaving one in the place ID card , which Conrad will use later. He later acquired an antigravitational belt with which he jumps into an abyss that leads to New Washington.

Arriving there, he finds Ian and saves him from two corrupt policemen. Ian uses a regenerator to return his friend to his friend, who rediscovers his identity and past, shown as flashbacks in a long kinematic:

“It is Conrad B. Hart, agent of the” Galaxia Bureau of Investigation “. During one of his investigations, he discovers a conspiracy to destroy the earth, hatched by a breed of form -wrapped aliens having the appearance of government officers. Conrad develops a monocol capable of unmasking the disguised aliens, measuring molecular density (in aliens, much higher than the human one). As a security measure, Conrad realizes a backup copy of his memory, delivering it to Ian, and records a message for himself in the Olocubo in the event that his memory is canceled. As he feared, the aliens kidnap him by spotting his memories. In a moment of distraction of its kidnappers, Conrad manages to escape, but is discovered and chased. [From here, history rejoins the initial kinematic] ”

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Conrad, now aware of his mission, asks Ian how to return to Earth. The friend replies that the ticket price is enormous, and that the only way would be to participate in a television game called “death tower” ( Death Tower ). The protagonist asks Ian if he can get him false documents, and he directs him by Jack, in the bar. Jack tells him that the cost is 1500 credits, which Conrad manages to earn by procuring a work permit and performing some missions, thus allowing the ticket and entry to Death Tower , this is a building developed on 8 levels, each containing some Terminator That everyone must be eliminated, and that they become stronger as you go up to a level, increasingly restricted. Conrad reaches the highest level and wins the competition.

Returning to Earth, it is reached by a group of corrupt policemen, who defeats, and proceeds up to Paradise Club , a night club that is actually the headquarters of the aliens on Earth. Conrad manages to penetrate and sneak into the hiding place, in which he sees three aliens (one of which in his real appearance) to speak about the fact of having given humanity the skills to produce the power they need, and how millions of warriors Aliens would soon be teleported to earth to annihilate humanity. The grate on which Conrad hides suddenly gives up, and falls to the ground; Discovered, he is then locked up in underground prisons, deprived of his gun. After a short time, a Terminator from the Death Tower He opens Conrad’s cell and tries to kill him, but he manages to go out and find his weapon, with whom he kills his attacker; Therefore, explore the hiding place until you find a teleportation system that leads it to the distant planet Morphs, the Christmas world of aliens.

Here Conrad finds a human prisoner named Phillip Howard Clark. As soon as he tries to free him, an alien shoots Phillip because the door of his cell has been opened, but is immediately killed by Conrad. Just before he died, Phillip gives Conrad an atomic charge. Conrad later also finds the man’s diary, which contains logistical information on how to reach and destroy the core of the planet Morph, definitively eradicating the alien threat. Conrad manages to access the “Master brain” area ( Master Brain ), destroying it and proceeding further. Reached a certain point, Conrad hears Phillip’s voice tell him to position the atomic charge on a platform, operate the lever that would take it to the nucleus of the planet, and flee away. As soon as the charge precipitates, the surface of the planet begins to tremble and Conrad manages to get on a spaceship and leave the atmosphere of Morph just one moment before it explodes.

The game ends with the latest kinematic: Conrad records a message in the on -board diary of the spaceship, in which it declares that the galaxy in which it is found does not appear in any stellar map and that it is therefore impossible to calculate the trajectory for the return; It will therefore have to wander in indefinite space. While the last sentence of the message is shown, Conrad is seen, inside the spaceship, to enter into suspended animation.

The game was a commercial and critical success and was listed in Guinness World Records Like the best -selling French game of all time. [first]

  • Flashback (2013), remake in honor of the twenty years, developed by Vectorcell and published by Ubisoft on the Steam platform for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It also contains the original version. [3]
  • Flashback (2018), official remastered for the 25# anniversary developed by Paul Cuisset, published by Microids [4] , adds the tutorial, the rewind of the action, the graphic filters. Distributed on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, N.Switch, PC, Mac. [5]
  • Another World / Flashback (2019) Anthology of the 2 titles developed by Delphine Software and published by Microids. Distributed on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and N.Switch

Sequel [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • Fade to Black (1995), sequel with polygonal graphics, published by Eletronic Arts for PS One and PC
    • Fade to Black: Flashback 2 (2018) ver. per Dreamcast da JoshProd. [6]
  • Flashback 2 (2022), Sequel, announced to the video game Summer Game Fest 2022 With a video from Microids, developed with the participation of Paul Cuisset. The publication is planned for this winter ’22 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC and N.Switch. [7]

Note: Currently the iteration between the two sequels has not been declared.

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  2. ^ ( FR ) Flashback ( JPG ), in Generation 4 , n. 50, Pettissim, December 1992, PP. 42.R343, ALSNN 0987-870X ( WC · Acnp ) .
  3. ^ Flashback Review . are Evernye.it . URL consulted on June 10, 2022 .
  4. ^ ( IN ) Flashback . are Microids . URL consulted on June 10, 2022 .
  5. ^ Flashback, a timeless classic also on PS4 – Review . are Spaceogames , April 30, 2020. URL consulted on June 10, 2022 .
  6. ^ Fade to Black: Flashback 2 Release Information for Dreamcast – GameFAQs . are Gamefaqs.gamespot.com . URL consulted on June 10, 2022 .
  7. ^ Flashback 2, unveiled the first gameplay video | Game Division . are Tom’s Hardware . URL consulted on June 10, 2022 .
  • Flashback ( JPG ), in The Games Machine , n. 54, Xenia Edizioni, June 1993, p. 101, OCLC 955708482 .
  • Flashback ( JPG ), in K , n. 51, Milano, Glénat, Giugno 1993, p. 90, ISSN 1122-1 ( WC · Acnp ) .
  • Flashback ( JPG ), in Computer+video games , n. 33, Cinisello Balsamo, Jackson editorial group, January 1994, pp. 92-93, OCLC 955714397 .
  • Flashback , in Retro Gamer , n. 1, supplement to Digital guides n° 12, Roma, Play Press Publishing, 2006, pp. 62-65, ISSN 1724-4722 ( WC · Acnp ) .

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