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WORK I N P R O G R E S S PROJECT: Flashback PUBLISHER: US Gold DEVELOPER: Delphine Software - Paul Cuisset, Philippe Chaste', Benet Aron, Frederic Savoir, Thierry Goerthner (Programming) Denis Mercier, Christian Robert, Thierry Perreau, Fabrice Visserot, Patrick Daher, Thierry Levastre (Graphics) Fabrice Visserot, Jean Baudelot (Music and sound effects) INITIATED: October 1991 RELEASE: November 1992 Having stunned an unsuspecting public with the amazing Another World, Delphine Software have been strangely quiet. Just what are they cooking up over there in France? In a rather feeble excuse to stock up on some Duty Free pop, David Upchurch went on a day trip to 'Gay Paris' to find out. And - Doh-la-lal wonders he brought back to show you... Another World? Ah, all of you - H ands just as up I suspected. those of you Now, who hands liked up those of you who thought it was too easy? Ah, all of you - just as I suspected. Even the most jaded games player would have to admit that Another World was something of a classic, Its unique blend of Prince of Persia-ish platform action and breathtaking animated interludes earned it a place in computer games history as one of the most revolutionary and groundbreaking pieces of software ever. But it was easy, wasn't it? Will Flashback manage to be a longer-lasting snack? "If there are Like Another World, Flashback's hero is your everyday normal guy thrown into a bizarrely alien environment. The game opens with the hero, Conrad B. Hart, awaking in a strangely exotic jungle suffering from severe amnesia. limits at all they are those of our imagination, not the Amiga!" Just precisely where he is or how he came to be there is a mystery. As the game progresses Conrad has 'flashbacks' (hence the game's title) as his memory starts returning, allowing the player to gradually piece together Conrad's whole sorry story. We don't want to spoil your fun by giving too much away but suffice to say it's all centres around an alien plot to dominate the Earth. This use of 'flashbacks' to slowly reveal the game's plot is a very cinematic concept. As Paul Cuisset, the project's lead programmer and former coder of Operation Stealth, freely admits: "Movies Paul Cuisset, Flashback's lead programmer any have greatly infl uenced every stage of Flashback's creation, its look and sound and the scenario." In fact, until very recently the game was actually going to be called Cinemail. The game is packed with references to famous science-fiction fi lms;
movie buffs will have a field day spotting the influence of films such as They Live!, Total Recall, Alien and Terminator 2, amongst many others. First impressions of Flashback would seem to indicate that it's some sort of pseudo-sequel to Another World. But, graphic similarities aside, Flashback and Another World are substantially different games. Paul is keen to stress that although there's Jots of exhilarating running, jumping, swinging and fighting to be enjoyed as in Another World. there's also plenty for the more serious-minded gamer to get his or her teeth into - Flashback has as much in common with Paul's earlier Operation Stealth DELVING IN L P H I N E Delphine Softwa s established in 1988. An offshoot e French music• publishers Delphine- handle major stars from around the globe, including Richard Clayderman (swoon!) - the Paris-based coding geniuses burst on the games scene with Future Wa rcritically-acclaimed graphic adve which pioneered Delphine's Cine 'click-n-point' games system, As a follow-up to Future Wars, released Operation Stealth and Cruise for a Cor peach of which expanded and built on the version- Cinematique which had gone before. However, it was the release of Another World I years which really showed the world the way t Delphine saw the future of games, with the intro. duction of a remarkable animation technique which used polygons rather than sprites or bitmapped graphics. Not only did this system allow smoother animation, the memory-efficient polygons also meant that more space could be devoted to atmospheric music, sound effects and deeper gamepla • (and anyone who's played Guy Spy will know h important that is). as Another World, since the player is able to communicate with the people he meets and pick up and use the various alien artifacts he comes across. "It's true to say that the actions that the player has to perform are frequently 'moving' actions - running, jumping, picking up objects, etc." admits Paul, "but Flashback is also a genuine adventure and there are plenty of other tasks to be completed. There are traps and security cameras to be avoided and infrared detectors which operate doors that have to activated so that you can progress through the game. Flashback has many similarities to an WORK I N P R O G R E S S "The beauty of the Cinematique system is that it allows you to create freely without being constrained by your programming skills." Paul Cuisset, Flashback's lead programmer adventure or a role-playing game because of its great depth of gameplay. However, the animations and the player's ease-of-control over Conrad make it feel more like an action game." Paul recognises that Another World was perhaps a little too easy and he's keen to give Flashback's players greater 'Value For Money'. "Flashback takes considerably longer to complete than Another World," he claims, ''It's not because the action sequences are particularly tougher but because of the game's many involved adventure/puzzle aspects." His claims would appear to be true: one of US Gold's game testers, who finished Another World in just five hours, confided to me that he's been playing Flashback for nearly fifty hours and hasn't even reached the halfway point yet! In action, Conrad resembles a certain Prince from Persia. His athletic range of moves is impressive to say the least: Conrad can walk, run, jump, climb, roll, skid, duck, hang, throw, pick up - you name it. It all looks amazingly realistic. Paul is surprisingly tight lipped when it comes to explaining how these superb animations were achieved: "The game's characters were animated using Rotoscoping, our Top Secret programming methods and our amazingly talented artists!" is all he'll say on the matter. Of you want to know more about Rotoscoping, refer to the "Let's Go 'Scoping Now" box.) One of the Flashback program-
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