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Flashback

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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]
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

Key points

Remaster of Flashback: The Quest for Identity.

General information

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\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/961620/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

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