Thirty-year-old platform game Flashback gets successor

Flashback 2 will be released at the end of this year. It is a successor to sci-fi platform game Flashback from 1992. The sequel is being made by the French developer Microids, with the help of the original creator and members of the team that worked on the first part.

Microids shows a first teaser of Flashback 2 and reports that the game will be released in the winter of 2022 for the PC and PlayStation and Xbox consoles. A version for Nintendo Switch will also be released in 2023.

The new game is a sequel to the 30-year-old first part. The makers promise a new story with main character Conrad B.Hart, action and puzzles. Flashback 2 takes place partly in new environments, such as Neo Tokyo and ‘a mysterious space station’, but also in environments that were already present in the first part, such as Neo Washington and the jungle.

Flashback (1992)

Flashback from 1992 was created by the French studio Delphine Software and was conceived by Paul Cuisset. The game was released for the Amiga, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo. According to Microids, the new game is being made in close collaboration with Cuisset and his team. In addition to the creator of the original, designer Thierry Perreau and composer of the Amiga soundtrack Raphaël Gesqua are also involved in making the successor.

According to Microids, Flashback was praised in 1992 for its innovative animations. The developer wants the new game to excel in that too and has hired stuntman Jamel Blissat for motion capture. Blissat also provided stunt work for the TV series Marvel’s Moon Knight.