Editing Flashback (1992 video game) (section)

==Development and release==
The PC version has an extended introductory sequence and more minor cut scenes than the [[Amiga]] version, such as when picking up items. In the Amiga version, the user can see these scenes by enabling them (although with few seconds of delay every time the animations load) or by playing the game entirely from the hard drive. The Amiga version also had an option to zoom in on the action whenever Conrad opens fire. Due to criticism of the look, it was removed from all other versions, although an option to play the game zoomed in remained in the PC version. The message that Conrad writes in the ending was also different in this release.<ref>"Here is the story as far as I know. My current position is unknown. I can't find the galaxy I am in on any of my many star-maps. With no start point I cannot even calculate a return trajectory so I seem doomed to a life of aimless drifting..."</ref> The Macintosh version was developed by Presage Software.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presage.com/pFlashback.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970614014819/http://www.presage.com/pFlashback.html|title=Presage Products - Flashback|website=Presage Software|archivedate=June 14, 1997|accessdate=January 19, 2025}}</ref>

The game was originally released on [[Floppy disk#3½-inch disk|3.5" floppy disk]] for [[MS-DOS]]. The re-release on CD-ROM for the [[Sega CD]] (later adapted to the [[Personal computer|PC CD-ROM]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]] and [[CD-i]]) featured redone pre-rendered cinematic [[Full-motion video|FMV]]s with voice acting and sound effects. The Sega CD version also has voice work for gameplay and CD tracks for each level which were not carried to the other CD-ROM conversions. The Jaguar port has the title screen that these versions have, but the music is different and the cutscenes are as on the original releases.

In 2013, Paul Cuisset told ''[[Retro Gamer]]'': "The best version for me is the Mega Drive version. The game was created for this platform".<ref name="RG" />

In North America, the [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] and Sega CD versions featured a [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic book within the manual in order to explain the initial story. The [[PAL]] releases of the Mega Drive and Super NES versions (there was no Mega CD version in the PAL region) omitted the comic and instead featured a textual prologue. The Super NES port featured some minor censorship due to [[Nintendo]]'s content guidelines at the time. Changes included New Washington's bar becoming a cafe and ''Death Tower'' being renamed ''Cyber Tower'', while the enemy mutants (who had natural skin colors in other versions) were recolored green.

A two-track CD soundtrack was released featuring music inspired by the game, but not directly from it.<ref>[http://binarybonsai.com/the-lost-flashback-soundtrack Lost Flashback Soundtrack at Binary Bonsai] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110221847/http://binarybonsai.com/the-lost-flashback-soundtrack |date=2012-11-10 }}</ref>

''Flashback'', along with ''[[Another World (video game)|Another World]]'', shipped as a single retail package by Microids for the PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One in Europe on April 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/359458/Another_World_and_Flashback_offered_together_for_the_very_first_time.php | title = Another World and Flashback offered together for the very first time! | date = March 12, 2020 |website=Gamasutra | publisher = Microids | access-date = April 14, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029040120/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/359458/Another_World_and_Flashback_offered_together_for_the_very_first_time.php |archivedate=October 29, 2020}}</ref>