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Flashback™

FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back! 2142. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the young scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must find a way back to Earth, all the while defending himself against the dangers he encounters and unravelling an insidious extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet… On its 25th anniversary, rediscover this classic, consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time! It was one of th

Release date
December 4, 2018
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Developer
Paul Cuisset
Publisher
Microids
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FLASHBACK™, the hit action-adventure game with over 2.2 million units sold, is back! 2142. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the young scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must find a way back to Earth, all the while defending himself against the dangers he encounters and unravelling an insidious extra-terrestrial plot that threatens the planet… On its 25th anniversary, rediscover this classic, consistently ranked among the best 100 games of all time!

It was one of the first games to use motion capture technology for more realistic animations, with backgrounds that were entirely hand-drawn and a gripping science-fiction storyline. Travel back to the early 90’s and reunite with Conrad to rediscover this cult classic. Choose to play with the original graphics and sounds from the 90’s and face an unforgiving difficulty. Or go with the Modern mode. You can also fine tune your experience by turning on Modern mode options independently and on the fly.

Enhanced content: For the first time ever, play the Director’s Cut version featuring 2 exclusive cutscenes White or pink? Choose among the two iconic colors of Conrad's t-shirt Want to practice on a specific level?…

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★ 8.2/10GOG · 287 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
The game is what we know from the DOS *Original* and loved and hated about it. Though with the new Time-Rewind in modern mode, that…
★ 5 / 5
One of my fave games ever is back. Still as good as ever but now with some nice graphics filters and an improved soundtrack. Controller…
★ 4 / 5
All the good things said above are true. I personally love the fact, that you can turn on and off all those modern options individually,…
★ 1 / 5
I am a fan of the original Flashback game back from the 90s and played it a lot on Amiga. The game itself unquestionably is…
★ 4 / 5
Finally the long awaited classic arrived on GOG! I've spent days on the Amiga version twenty years ago and I must admit - it did…
★ 1 / 5
I have purchased this as soon as it was released but when doing so I didn't realize I'm reinforcing a terrible trend. This port is…
★ 2 / 5
I bought ‘Flashback: 25th Anniversary’ because I never got past the first level when I played the original PC game in the 1990s. Being older…
★ 3 / 5
The game itself is one legend of a game and worth considering. This version, however, is mediocre. It is great that they allowed players to…

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★ 3 / 5
Having finished the original game multiple times on my Sega Genesis back in the day, I was curious to see how this remake held up.…
★ 4 / 5
I'm not a big fan of a lot of the style choices when improving the graphics. I'm also not a big fan of the new…
★ 4 / 5
Of course the graphics could be better, but this was an old game, and even then it had a good storytelling, puzzles and action.
★ 5 / 5
somewhere between 16 bit and ps3 is this version. nice perks, GOG always delivers
★ 5 / 5
It has all the things I remember from 30+ years ago - awkward controls, annoying cutscenes, some 'yeah so you died' moments. But delivered with…

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