Flashback: The Quest for Identity: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Flashback: The Quest for Identity (1992) is a platform, adventure video game developed by Delphine Software, available on Acorn Archimedes, Philips CDI, SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, 3DO, Mac, DOS, Amiga. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 59/100 on IGDB.

What is Flashback: The Quest for Identity about?

Throughout the 20th century, an unprecedented political and economic crisis afflicted Earth, leading to the systematic disabling of it's programme to conquer outer space through lack of funding. The highest priority now was to carryout research into new energy sources, preservation of the enviro- ment and maintenance of the cultural heritage. However, at the dawn of the 21st century, provision of considerable funds from an unknown source released by the politicians of the new, unified government, permitted a return to the space research programme.

The conquest began gradually with the construction of huge, manned artificial satellites. Several lunar bases were created with the view to becoming future Earth colonies within the solar system. The considerable advancements made together with the supply of increasingly greater sums of money allowed man to explore, even as far as the planet T

Key details

Flashback: The Quest for Identity was released in 1992 and supports single player. Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Philips CDI, SNES, Genesis/MegaDrive, 3DO, Mac, DOS, Amiga. Developer: Delphine Software.

Should you play Flashback: The Quest for Identity?

Reviews are mixed, but Flashback: The Quest for Identity retains a dedicated player base among platform, adventure fans.