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[Switch] FLASHBACK - $1.50 (Was $30, 95% off) @ Nintendo eShop

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I'm too young to remember this when it first released, but this is the 25th anniversary remaster of an apparently beloved classic. I'm keen to try it out for myself!

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  • +7

    This game blew my mind when it came out. I'd played Prince of Persia (in CGA!) and Flashback seemed like such a leap forward in the format. They'd probably seem barely different at all if I played them now. But at the time. Phwoar.

    • So is it like Prince of Persia in terms of genre?

      My dad had the "original" on his Motorola flip phone when I was a kid and I loved that shit.

      • Yeah, a sort of 2d-ish platformer with running and jumping and climbing to different levels. I also remember teleporters.

      • It’s basically like Prince of Persia meets cyberpunk. Was a great game back in the day.

      • Not really. I would compare it more to Another World or Bubba n Stix. More of a puzzle platformer than PoP.

  • How is this $30 RRP lol

    • +4

      Guess you haven't seen these before

    • +4

      Megadrive version cost $129 back in the day.

    • back in 1992

  • +2

    Mike Caruba! Oh wait, that's the other one.

    • amashta uuchengar

  • Great price! bought this when it was $7.50 and haven't looked back..

    • +1

      You mean flashback(ed)?

  • Thanks! I had this on Mega Drive way back when.

  • I started playing this on RetroArch yesterday, I still enjoy it. Though I did utilise a Fast Forward to speed up movement.

  • +3

    Got it on SNES and boy those low poly cutscenes ran like crap. Maybe it needed 'blast processing'?

  • that thumbnail….flashback to Nam

  • +8

    Awesome game remember playing it on the Amiga 500 with 1 MB ram!

    • Same. The soundtrack was epic

  • I wanted this for the PS4 but never this cheap

    Thanks!

  • +1

    Thanks OP! That is a flashback indeed. I remember buying this at K Mart in Boronia when it came out for the Mega Drive and I paid $115 for it which is an insane amount of money to pay for a game today let alone back then! Didn't have OzBargain back then.

  • +1

    Damn, which sucker purchased this when it was $9? Always wait lol

  • +5

    I used to play this when I was a kid in the early 90s.
    I also recommend Another World.

    • That should make this at least somewhat interesting to you

      • +1

        only for the 2 seconds before you see the price tag

    • +1

      Another World was AMAZING

    • +1

      +1 Another World. the precursor to this. brings back some memories

      • I always wondered about that, they were both from Delphine, but one was Eric Chahi and the other was a team of people. While the word of mouth I heard at the time was that it was the 'sequel' of sorts, I always wondered where Eric went, and did Delphine just hit it big and think "we could get a team in to do this?"

  • So much cheaper than whatever I paid. FML. Have an upvote.

  • +1

    Great game, end gets quite hard though, spiritual successor to another world/out of this world which was one of the most innovative games of the era, still an amazing piece of art

  • +1

    OMFG… awesome game! i loved playing this when it came out. played it again a couple of years back using dosbox. still a good experience

  • +3

    There was a sequel called Fade to Black which was also pretty cool.

  • so good!

  • Oh my, can I upvote 100 times? Haven't even thought about this game in a decade but looking at it now gives me goosebumps. Downloading now!

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