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Flashback

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This page is for the 2018 remaster. For the original 1993 game, see Flashback: The Quest for Identity. For the 2013 remake, see Flashback (2013).

Flashback
Flashback cover
Developers
Paul Cuisset
Publishers
Microïds
Engines
Unity 2018[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows November 29, 2018
macOS (OS X) November 29, 2018[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Flip screen
Genres Platform, Shooter
Themes Cyberpunk
Series Flashback
Flashback on HowLongToBeat
Flashback guide on StrategyWiki
Flashback on MobyGames
Flashback on Wikipedia
Flashback
Flashback: The Quest for Identity 1993
Fade to Black 1995
Flashback (2013) 2013
Flashback 2018
Flashback 2 2023

General information

Remaster of Flashback: The Quest for Identity.
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace the video files in the game folder[2]
  1. Create a 0:00 .mp4 file and name it microids.mp4.
  2. Replace microids.mp4 in <path-to-game>\Flashback_Data\StreamingAssets\Movies with that file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Microids\Flashback\OPTIONS
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microids\Flashback\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/961620/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Microids\Flashback\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/961620/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Launcher graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
4:3 pillarboxed with optional blurred side panels.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Gameplay is capped at 30 FPS.[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard controls.
Keyboard controls.
Gamepad controls.
Gamepad controls.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
No spoken voices.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Fan re-translation, download
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 204 MB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.13
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 412 MB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.2.17f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/961620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (961620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-07-29
  2. Verified by User:DanianA on 2020-08-22
    Tested on Windows.
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-07-29
    Tested on 60 Hz display.