Flashback DOS - A brilliant game from the 1990's gets a DarkwyndPT review!

Hello and welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. Let’s begin the new year by examining a classic action game that drew inspiration from previous influential games and, in turn, became influential itself. I am referring to Flashback.

Flashback (also known as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the U.S.) is an action-platform game developed by Delphine Software and initially published by U.S. Gold. Originally released in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga, the game was re-released on the 3DO, MS-DOS, Sega Genesis/Megadrive, and SNES platforms. In 1994, it was ported to the CD-i, FM Towns, PC-98, Acorn 32-bit, and Sega CD/Mega CD systems. The game saw another re-release in 1995 for the Jaguar and Macintosh. Subsequent ports were made for iOS in 2009 and the Sega Dreamcast in 2017.

Microids announces a 90's classic will be getting a Flashback 2 sequel (again)

Flashback was an amazing Action Platformer for its time, it was released in 1992 by Delphine Software on a multitude of systems such as the Amiga, Acorn Archimedes, Mega Drive/Genesis, MS-DOS, NEC PC-9801, Super NES, and even the Sega CD. Well as a shocking surprise today as thanks to DSOGaming letting us know, we have been told that Microids has announced that the development of Flashback 2 has started on PC and consoles!

OnEscapee AGA - Another World/Flashback style game fully patched for Amiga [UPDATE]

If you've been following our gaming news lately, especially if you have ever owned an Amiga then you would've already come across the fantastic release of the SEGA CD-Amiga conversion of the Another World sequel known as ' Heart Of The Alien Redux Amiga V1.0, and the more recent release 'Another World - Lost Levels'. However there is another game out there that stands out in the Another World/Flashback style of gameplay and that is ' OnEscapee ' AGA by Sadeness Software, which this week been unofficially re-released by DamienD as a complete patched HDF file.

Classic Amiga Flashback - Ported to the Amiga CD32 this time in five languages!

Although we haven't had much in the way of releases this month from Earok related to the Amiga CD32, we do have an update regarding 'Flashback' which we mentioned some time ago, has now been updated with further language support. For those of you who don't know anything about this Sci-fi action platform game in a similar style to Another World and Prince of Persia; Flashback did actually appear on the Amiga as well as many other platforms such as the Mega Drive by Delphine Software, however an Amiga CD32 version did not appear until now.

Station - Flashback inspired psychological terror gets a Kickstarter

Those of you who like a good psychological horror story may be interested to know that Well-Lit Room has announced that their latest Kickstarter campaign for a Flashback inspired psychological terror game titled 'Station' has now begun. Inspired by old adventure games such as Another World (Out of This World) and Flashback, you play as a crew member of a routine expedition that has gone  very badly wrong, an incident has turned the under water mining facility into a death trap with insane crew members and the aim is to get out as quickly as possible!

Commodore Amiga: a visual Compendium - A very retro Kickstarter! [UPDATE]

Usually the only thing we feature on this site are games and retro hardware. But today we are going to feature a new Kickstater campaign that will be both very special for retro gamers and new gamers, wanting to know more about our golden age of gaming. Welcome to the Commodore Amiga: Visual Compendium; A visually impressive Amiga book which will focus on the visual side of the computer. From in-game pixel art to game maps to box artwork. A book crammed with incredible high resolution detail published by Bitmap Books and the creation by Sam Dyer who did the highly successful Commodore 64: a visual Compendium.

Classic Amiga Flashback - ported to Amiga CD32

EAB user Earok has been busy at work getting CD32 compatible versions together of Amiga games that never had a release on Commodore's CD console, and for the month of September are planning on getting one released each day, Starting with the brilliant Delphine classic, Flashback.

The Way - PlayWays Another World style game has 2 days Kickstarter left!

The developers PlayWay have just informed us that there is only 2 days left to their awesome Kickstarter campaign for The Way, which is a 2D Puzzle Platformer that is very similar to Another world, Heart of Darkness and Flashback. We've followed this game from the very beginning and let me tell you why, not only does it look bloody fantastic with high quality pixelated art work, it also has an immersive story, uniquely designed creatures and well designed puzzles. The Way has also gathered enough support to be a huge Kickstarter success, however it needs that little bit more! If they make an extra $3,500 in pledge funding it will bring The Way to mobiles such as iOS and Android. So come on guys n girls, we can do it, don't let those desktops have all the fun!

The Way - PlayWay's Another World style game is a Kickstarter success!

It's with great pleasure to announce that The Way, by PlayWay is a huge kickstarter success! Not only have they raised $15,220 of a $15,000 goal but there's still 25 days to go. We've been following this Kickstarter right from the start and if you thought Another World, Heart of Darkness or Flashback was good, then this game is the next step in the evolution. A 2D Puzzle Platformer featuring high quality pixelated art work, an immersive story line, uniquely designed creatures and puzzles, a Kickstarter that needs to be funded right to the very end. Available for PC, Mac and Linux in September 2014.

The Way - PlayWay announces a new take on the Another World style with a Kickstarter

If you thought Another World, Heart of Darkness or Flashback was bloody brilliant, then wait till you see The Way by developers PlayWay, which is a new 2D Puzzle Platformer that has just appeared on Kickstarter. Featuring high quality pixelated art work, an immersive story line, uniquely designed creatures and puzzles, this is a game well worth funding. The Way has a very modest Kickstarter funding goal of only $15,000 and will be available for PC, Mac and Linux in September 2014.

Flashback - HD Remake (Action Platformer) Update

Since our last article, I wondered if this was really true and yet it is, we are getting a Flashback HD remake/remaster, however.... It's going to be published by Ubisoft, so expect Uplay and most likely some form of DRM. This is 20 years after the original game's launch of the hit Amiga side scrolling platformer. Apparently the original Core-Team are behind this remastered version but with the latest generation detail, though remaining true to the classic, that made the original so great. However not one to be so negative, but as a huge fan of the original I'm not liking the remastered dark colours, nor the bad music and terrible voice over!