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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Developer: Delphine Software International | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original system(s): Amiga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 International 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, IBM PC, FM Towns, iPhone OS, Mac OS, PC-9801, and Super NES. 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.
Levels
| Planet Titan | |
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| New Washington | |
| Death Tower | |
| Earth | |
| The Secret Base of "Paradise" | |
| The Planet of Morphs | |
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 and was released for Dreamcast in 2018 as Fade to Black: Flashback 2. 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.
JoshProd released a new version for the Sega Dreamcast in 2017.
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...: Lori Christensen, Patricia Cuisset, Anne-Marie Joassim, Jean-Pierre Luck, Marc Minier
- 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: François 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 MARX, Mike SCHMITT
- Art Director: Denis MERCIER
- Project Manager: Benoist ARON
- Directed by: Paul CUISSET
- Music digitally recorded and mixed at: DELPHINE 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
- © MCMXCIV
- Product Manager: Peter Loeb
- Associate Product Manager: John Garner
- Product Specialist: Nemer Velasquez
- Manual Designed by: Carol Ann Hanshaw
Magazine articles
- Main article: Flashback/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Flashback/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Mega-CD version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ File:EGM US 043.pdf, page 69
- ↑ File:VG&CE US 50.pdf, page 32
- ↑ File:Mega UK 16.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 71
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:SegaMagazin DE 01.pdf, page 66 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:SegaMagazin DE 01.pdf_p66" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 12
- ↑ File:Flashback mcd us manual.pdf, page 30
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:ASM DE 1993-09.pdf, page 139 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:ASM DE 1993-09.pdf_p139" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf, page 26
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
- ↑ File:ConsolesPlus FR 018.pdf, page 60
- ↑ File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 34
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 46 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p46" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ File:GamePro US 043.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:Joypad FR 018.pdf, page 75
- ↑ File:MegaForce FR 15.pdf, page 98
- ↑ File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 16
- ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 029.pdf, page 60
- ↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf, page 89
- ↑ File:SegaForce SE 1993 04.pdf, page 6
- ↑ File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf, page 32
- ↑ File:Supergame BR 21.pdf, page 7
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 File:Supergame BR 22.pdf, page 20 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 22.pdf_p20" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 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 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 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
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 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
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 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 10
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
- ↑ User, "Septémvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-0x-xx), page 26
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 File:EGM US 065.pdf, page 46 Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; name ":File:GamePro US 066.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ File:NextGeneration US 04.pdf, page 95
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
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