Editing Flashback (1992 video game) (section)

{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Flashback
| image = Flashback cover.png
| caption = Original Amiga cover art
| developer = {{unbulleted list|[[Delphine Software International]]|[[Tiertex Design Studios|Tiertex]] (SNES, PC-CD, 3DO, CD-i, Jaguar)|Chui (Dreamcast)|Presage Software (Macintosh)}}
| publisher = {{unbulleted list|[[U.S. Gold]]|JoshProd (Dreamcast)|[[Microids]] (Switch)}}
| designer = [[Paul Cuisset]]
| composer = {{unbulleted list|[[Jean Baudlot]]|[[Raphaël Gesqua]]|Fabrice Visserot}}
| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Acorn Archimedes]], [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], [[MS-DOS]], [[NEC PC-9801]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], [[Sega CD]], [[FM Towns]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[CD-i]], [[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar]], [[Classic Mac OS|Mac OS]], [[iOS]], [[Symbian]], [[Maemo]], [[Dreamcast]], [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]], [[PlayStation 4|PS4]], [[Xbox One]]
| released = 1992<br />1993 (MS-DOS, SNES, Acorn Archimedes, Sega Genesis)<br />March 1995 (CD-i)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=CVG Preview - CD-i |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/79/CVG_UK_159.pdf |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |issue=159 |publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |date=February 1995 |page=44}}</ref>
| genre = [[Cinematic platformer]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
'''''Flashback''''', released as '''''Flashback: The Quest for Identity''''' in the United States, is a 1992 [[science fiction]] [[cinematic platform game]]. It was developed by [[Delphine Software]] of France and published by [[U.S. Gold]] in the United States and Europe, and by [[Sunsoft]] in Japan.

The game was created for the [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]], and was directed, written, designed, and partially programmed by [[Paul Cuisset]], who with [[Éric Chahi]] had previously created the adventure game ''[[Future Wars]]''. ''Flashback'' was launched for the [[Amiga]] in 1992.<ref name="RG">{{Cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Darran|date=July 18, 2013|title=Flashback to the Future|magazine=Retro Gamer|issue=118|pages=20–25|issn=1742-3155}}</ref> It was released for Mega Drive/Genesis, [[MS-DOS]], [[Acorn Archimedes]], and [[Super NES]] in 1993. CD-ROM versions for the [[Sega CD]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[CD-i]], MS-DOS, [[Macintosh]], and [[FM Towns]] were released during 1994 and 1995, together with a cartridge version for the [[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar]] in 1995. In 2017, the game was released worldwide on the [[Dreamcast]], featuring graphic assets and cutscenes from the MS-DOS version and music from the Amiga version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/08/review-flashback.html|title=Review: Flashback|website=www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> An updated port titled ''Flashback: Remastered Edition'' was released for [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] on June 7, 2018, for [[PlayStation 4]] on November 20, 2018, and for Windows on November 29, 2018. The game was also released on October 2023 for the Evercade platforms as part of Delphine collection cartridge and is based on the original Megadrive/Genesis version.

It was originally advertised as a "[[CD-ROM]] game on a cartridge", and features fully hand-drawn backdrops and [[Rotoscoping|rotoscoped]] animation, with unusually fluid movements similar to ''[[Prince of Persia (1989 video game)|Prince of Persia]]'' from 1989. The video capture technique of ''Flashback'' was invented independently of ''Prince of Persia'', using a more complicated method of first tracing video images onto transparencies.

The game was a commercial and critical success and was listed in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as the best-selling French game of all time. Its sequel is ''[[Fade to Black (video game)|Fade to Black]]'' in 1995. In 2013, a ''[[Flashback (2013 video game)|Flashback]]'' remake by [[VectorCell]] was released for the PC and consoles.

A new sequel, ''[[Flashback 2]]'' by [[Microids]], was released on November 16, 2023, for the [[PlayStation 5]], [[Windows]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]], with previous generation consoles getting their release early 2024. It is a prequel set eight years before the original.