Game:

Flashback (1992)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 2:38:32

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Flashback was obviously next on my list after Another World. It is a massive improvement over the previous game and actually feels like a full game with a plot and enough content. This game is from 1992 if you can believe it! Amazing.

The Sega CD version is the only port with CD audio and it sounds amazing. It also has voiced characters. Unfortunately, they replaced the regular pixel cutscenes with CG videos. They do look dated, but somehow, at least for me, they add some cyberpunk feeling. Some kind of retro future if that makes sense.

You are Conrad. You lost your memory and crashed on Saturn's moon, Titan. The game has seven stages and three difficulties. You get a password for each stage. If you die without using a save point, you get reset to the beginning of the area keeping your items and score when you entered. I did die a lot. The game is quite punishing, but as is normal with cinematic platformers, every screen is a little puzzle to solve in order to survive the whole game. I played on normal difficulty and the game is generous with energy refills if you took the time to find a strategy for the individual encounters.

Overall, it's not exactly my type of game, same with Another world, but it's good and interesting. Without the music, like with Another World, I would not like this at all. I wish the Anniversary Edition had the CD audio...

00:00 - Start
00:10 - Intro
02:43 - Stage 1 - Titan Jungle
20:11 - Stage 2 - New Washington
1:05:52 - Stage 3 - Death Tower
1:28:39 - Stage 4 - Earth
1:47:51 - Stage 5 - Earth Base
1:57:36 - Stage 6 - Alien Homeworld 1
2:10:41 - Stage 7 - Alien Homeworld 2
2:31:43 - Ending

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