[PC, macOS] Free - Flashback @ GOG

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The last of the five freebies from GOG. Available from 11pm AEST.

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…

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  opti on 20/06/2022 - 20:01

  +15

  Classic platformer, I remember playing this back in the day as a teen, was a tough but challenging game. I was so excited about it because it was made by the guys that made Another World which was an absolute classic. I finally bought the GOG version because I was feeling nostalgic during covid last year, and beat it with heavy use of a video walkthrough.

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  DamagedDingo on 20/06/2022 - 20:01

  +4

  I had this game as a kid. I remember it took me about 2 years to get part just the start. Now days you just google when stuck and move on.
  After reading post above I might be thinking of another world.. lol

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    opti on 20/06/2022 - 20:21

    +7

    another world was brutal, soon as the game starts if you don't push up you drown.

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      DamagedDingo on 20/06/2022 - 20:24

      +3

      I should point out I was very young when playing this, but it was the running left from the monster at the start that took me ages to work out. By the time I was old enough to work that out I finished the game over a few weeks. I remember it clearly as one day I was right near the end and my brother was annoying me by tapping the window from outside. I stood up to punch him thinking the windows was open.. it wasn’t..

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        justtoreply on 20/06/2022 - 20:52

        +1

        Yes its another world

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          kabammi on 21/06/2022 - 13:45

          +1

          @justtoreply: As a kid I played it but could not get past the start, so rage quit and never went back to it. Great starting sequence though. I didn't pay any money for it, so I figured what evs - as usual.

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      Bretttick on 20/06/2022 - 20:50

      +2

      Another world was brutal, I remember not getting far at all, maybe another 5-10 mins after freeing your alien buddy

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        Plug on 20/06/2022 - 20:54

        +2

        I got as far as the caves where the black things bit you.

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  Tal_Shiar on 20/06/2022 - 20:29

  I honestly gave up on this because of the controls, too many games to play than waste time on a poor experience with no nostalgia

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    payton on 20/06/2022 - 23:21

    +2

    eh? the controls were more responsive compard to something like the DOS Prince of Persia 2

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    MrQuade on 21/06/2022 - 15:22

    Are you thinking of this game or the sequel?
    The sequel was a 3d polygon third person shooter that had excruciating controls. (Though once you eventually got used to them, the act of playing was like poetry).

    This is the original side-on platformer and has a fairly limited set of controls.
    Possibly referring to the fact that the animations often need time to complete before the character can transition to a new action/direction? If so, then that is just a style thing, and is probably just not for you.

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      Tal_Shiar on 21/06/2022 - 20:17

      An interesting thought, I thought I was catching on with that, but it’s possible

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  pacificstorm on 20/06/2022 - 20:43

  +7

  Delphine Software was one of the best publisher back in the day. Top games such as besides Flashback: Fade To Black, Future Wars and one of my all time fave, Cruise For A Corpse, etc are all now considered classics.

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  Godric on 20/06/2022 - 21:47

  +1

  Flashback indeed, played this back in the day on the ole family Macintosh 5000

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  Moist Penguin on 20/06/2022 - 22:25

  A classic. One of my favourite games of all time!

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  Ozbargainasaurus on 20/06/2022 - 23:12

  Thanks op got it.

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  wonderboy4 on 21/06/2022 - 00:49

  Thankyou I added it to my GOG account, cheers👍

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  ramboando on 21/06/2022 - 05:55

  +3

  Like other GOG freebies good luck finding how to redeem this (it's half way down the sale page, not on the Flashback product page).

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    payton on 21/06/2022 - 09:34

    +1

    same place as every other GOG freebie, everyone should be used to it now lol

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    Loopholio on 21/06/2022 - 21:06

    When using my mobile for the GoG website, I wait for the page to load then I close and reopen the page. It's the only way can get page work.

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  futaris on 21/06/2022 - 10:04

  Flashback… what a feeling