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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: U.S. Gold, Sunsoft (JP), Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Delphine Software | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flashback (フラッシュバック), known in the US as Flashback: The Quest for Identity, is a platform-action game for the Commodore Amiga developed by Delphine Software and published by U.S. Gold in 1992.
Arguably Delphine Software's greatest work, it has been ported to a variety of platforms, including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD, as well as 3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Atari Jaguar, CD-i, DOS, FM Towns, iPhone OS, Mac OS, PC-9801, and SNES. CD-based versions tend to include full motion video cutscenes and an enhanced music soundtrack, but are essentially the same game.
Contents
Gameplay
In Flashback the player controls Conrad B. Hart, who having escaped from aliens finds himself in the jungles of Titan with his memory erased. He must recover his memory and save earth from an alien attack. The game is largely inspired by Prince of Persia, though has many notable improvements such as a weapon system. The game was well received due to its fluid animations and stealth-like gameplay.
The Sega versions of the game have one notable difference than other versions - Conrad wears a white shirt, presumably due to a more limited on-screen color palette.
History
Legacy
The game was followed by a 3D sequel, Fade to Black, a PC and PlayStation exclusive which was also intended for release on the Sega Saturn. Plans for a third game in the series called Flashback Legends was due for the Game Boy Advance, but was cancelled. Leaked prototypes show a significant amount of graphical and story changes that barely resemble the world built up in the previous titles. A remake of the game developed by VectorCell was released in 2013.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Programmers: Benoist Aron, Philippe Chastel, Paul Cuisset, Frederic Savoir
- Graphic Artists: Patrick Daher, Thierry Levastre, Denis Mercier, Thierry Perreau, Christian Robert, Fabrice Visserot
- Hardware Engineer: Thierry Gaerthner
- Story: Paul Cuisset
- Level Design: Paul Cuisset, Patrick Daher, Denis Mercier, Frederic Savoir, Fabrice Visserot
- Music: Jean Baudlot, Fabrice Visserot
- Sound fx: Benoist Aron, Philippe Chastel, Paul Cuisset, Fabrice Visserot
- Actors: Benoist Aron, Patrick Daher, Thierry Levastre, Denis Mercier, Thierry Perreau, Christian Robert, Fabrice Visserot
- Video directors: Patrick Daher, Thierry Perreau, Fabrice Visserot
- Video Co-directors: Thierry Levastre, Denis Mercier, Christian Robert
- Video sfx: Paul Cuisset, Thierry Perreau, Fabrice Visserot
- Testers: Phil Bradley, Patricia Cuisset, Simon Hadlington, Daniel Llewellyn, Jean-Pierre Luck, Martin Smith
- Many thanks to...:
- Special Credits to...: Cross Products for the SNASM development system., Sega of America for GEMS sound tool.
- Directed by: Paul Cuisset
- Produced by: Delphine Software / US Gold (c) MCMXCIII
Mega-CD version
- Programmer: Benoist ARON
- 3-D Graphics: Denis MERCIER
- Additional 3-D Graphics: Thierry PERREAU
- Musics composed by: Fabrice VISSEROT, Jean BAUDLOT, Marc MINIER, Patrick SIGWALT
- Musics recorded & mixed by: Marc MINIER, Patrick SIGWALT
- Additional Engineering: Francois COUSIN
- In-Game Musics: Pierre-André ATHANE, Pascal PERINO
- Photo Director: Alain RAMOND
- Voices recorded & mixed by: Yves BOURVON
- Voices: Randall PRICE, Bruce BENINGTON-PORTER, Joe MAY, Cary GUY, Lori CHRISTENSEN, Olivier TOUSSAINT, Manone THUMIAH, Anne-Marie JOASSIM
- Testers: Dan LLEWELLYN, Jason SHELDON, Richard HOLDSWORTH, Brian SCHORR, Thomas MARXX, Mike SCHMITT
- Art Director: Denis MERCIER
- Project Manager: Benoist ARON
- Directed by: Paul CUISSET
- Music digitally recorded and mixed at: DELPIHNE Studios, PARIS
- Programmers: Benoist Aron, Philippe CHASTEL, Paul CUISSET, Frederic SAVOIR
- Graphic Artists: Patrick DAHER, Thierry LEVASTRE, Denis MERCIER, Thierry PERREAU, Christian ROBERT, Fabrice VISSEROT
- Hardware Engineer: Thierry GAERTHNER
- Story: Paul CUISSET
- Level Design: Paul CUISSET, Patrick DAHER, Denis MERCIER, Frederic SAVOIR, Fabrice VISSEROT
- Testers: Phil BRADLEY, Patricia CUISSET, Simon HADLINGTON, Daniel LLEWELLYN, Jean-Pierre LUCK, Martin SMITH
- Many Thanks to: Lori CHRISTENSEN, Patricia CUISSET, Anne-Marie JOASSIM, Jean-Pierre LUCK, Henri-Paul CARVALAT
- Supervised for U.S.GOLD by: Stuart HIBBERT
- Produced by: Delphine Software International and U.S. Gold ©MCMXCIV
Magazine articles
- Main article: Flashback/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- 1993 05 - Flashback.jpg
Mega Drive ES print advert 1
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[5]
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also published in:
- GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[6]
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- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[7]
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also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[8]
also published in:
- Megazone (AU) #29: "July 1993" (1993-0x-xx)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[9]
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Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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1.5MB | 1993-01-20 | Cartridge (JP) |
References
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- ↑ File:EGM US 043.pdf, page 69
- ↑ File:Mega UK 16.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 71
- ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12
- ↑ ', "March 1993" (; 1993-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 124
- ↑ ', "April 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 159
- ↑ ', "June 1993" (; 1993-0x-xx), page 96
- ↑ File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 34
- ↑ File:GamePro US 043.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 16
- ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 029.pdf, page 60
- ↑ File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf, page 32
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 72
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 139
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 26
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "September 1993" (DE; 1993-08-09), page 56
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 86
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 34
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-05-21)
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 63
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 24
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 46
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 41
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 38
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 2, episode 9" (1992-11-26, 24:00) (+6:48)
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 6
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 66
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 40
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 72
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 14
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 52
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 22
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 94
- ↑ Game Informer, "May 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 26
- ↑ MegaTech, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-23), page 56
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 18
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 64
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 1
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 66
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 32
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 42
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 36
- ↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 6
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 6
- ↑ Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 20
- ↑ Supergame, "Maio 1993" (BR; 1993-05-xx), page 10
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
- ↑ User, "Septémvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-0x-xx), page 26
- ↑ File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf, page 95
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
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