I LOVED this game on my Genesis back when I was a kid. Amazing score, solid story, good play mechanics. I taped the score and listened to it on my tape deck while riding my motorcycle. :)
Yo, can I just say this is a VERY well made video! Definitely deserves more views! I'm sad to see that Fade to Black doesn't have a lot of coverage these days. Sure it's dated and some might even say "unfun," but the fact I didn't know this existed until a few days ago says something. Games deserve to be remembered, regardless of quality. That way developers can learn.
Had this on the SNES, it was my favourite game. I used to play it constantly and watch films like Trancers, Total Recall, Running Man, Blade Runner, Strange Days, Outland, They Live, Alien Nation, The Hidden, The Fugitive, Fifth Element, Dark City, Jacob's Ladder, Time Cop and a bunch of others just to keep in the mood of this game. Also a Sci-fi book, The World of Null-A, was also a great inspiration while playing this game.
I'm A Huge Fan Of This Game Series. I Loved Playing With The Teleport Receiver/Remote. Conrad Hart Is A Badass, & I Asked My Mom Buy Me An Expensive Leather Jacket From Wilson's Suede & Leather For Christmas. I Got It, & Called It My Conrad Coat. Awesome Video!
Man this game (Flashback) sounds awesome. Looks like a damn good challenge. I definitely missed out, and I definitely need a PC soon. Another like from me.
@@arkham666 oh nice. Thanks I'll check it out soon. I am having a great holidays. I hope you are too. Just picked up the Control ps5 version on sale and beat the main game. Honestly wouldn't have finished it and AW if I didn't come across your channel. I hope your channel blows up soon.
Informative video sharing your introspection to a nostalgic game. I only saw the gameplay on some rich kid's SNES back in the day. Now that Flashback 2 is up for release in November 2023, I pre-ordered Flashback 2. Thankfully, the original game is included and can be played on the PS5. Now I have a chance to play it for myself. And I think the 2.5D style of the new game is cool.
Flashback was amazing back in the days when i had my AMIGA 1200, My little brother bought Fade to black for PC and we played it but we got stuck because i remember it being hard and unforgiving and kinda "klonky" controls. Ah the gaming memories...... :D
Kinda clonky is an understatement and a half, but it does have it's charm. Flashback is as fun to play now as it ever was though, a real masterpiece from a Wonder era in games.
Fade to Black needs a remake. It was too ambitious back in 95 due to primitive tech that couldn’t allow it to reach its potential. If remade today it could be another Mass Effect in the making.
How dangerous nostalgia can be? You should explore this. I'd like to understand how it would possibly be dangerous. Thanks for the video. I love flashback and fade to black.
@@FilmThePoliceFTP Nostalgia is dangerous in the same way any form of escapism can be dangerous. It's fine to play old games, watch old movies and remember that a younger life with less responsibility was great. But you can easily start seeing the past with rose tinted glasses. Likewise spending all your time in the past will leave you detached from here and now where life is happening. That's all I mean. It's fine to enjoy a drink on the weekends, it's not okay to hide at the bottom of a bottle 24/7.
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Oh this takes me back. Flashback was one of the first games I played on my Amiga 600 back in the day. Back then, I was around 9 years old and times such as they were in Poland back then (early 90s) all I had was a pirated french copy (needless to say, I didn't understand much) but I still had fun running around the levels using cheats to skip between them and man those cutscenes were something else! I picked up the remaster on Switch and finally finished the game well over 20 years after playing it for the first time :)
That's an awesome story. It really is a classic. I actually had no idea I was gonna make this video but after playing the remaster I couldn't help myself. Happy holidays anyway.
I was given Fade to Black as a teenager. I played it for a little while but the difficulty was aggravating but I loved the world. Just now found out it was a sequel which would have made more sense in the beginning. Its one of those games I can't share with people since they've never played it.
@@arkham666The main issue with Fade was that third person view was relatively new on the PC at the time. PC was and still the king for first person view because of keyboard and mouse. However third person at the time felt like you needed an extra arm or two . . .or three. . . in order to pull off certain skills or movements with a keyboard and mouse(side glares at Heretic 2). Thanks to games like Fallout 3 and Oblivion while not having complicated move sets did make keyboard and mouse for third person much easier to use. I'd say Fade could be remastered if the devs are able to make the controls more user friendly for keyboard/mouse users.
It's so weird seeing Conrad in a red shirt...white shirt is the best shirt. P.S. At this point, if you're going to try to play Fade to Black, do it on a PlayStation...if's def the better version to play.
Never played Flashback or Fade to black, but I have a remaster of Flashback on Steam, and I will try it. And about Fade to black - first time I saw that game in some UA-cam video "100 best games from 90's" (or something like that) I I was immediately drawn by that art style. Wouldn't mind to play something like that...with better character movement, ofc.
@@arkham666 im gonna try and replay it there is like 12 levels im gonna have to play the game afew times to get the pattern right and i hope i can do it in 11 minutes no hacks no mods just stock standard game give me some time and i will try to upload the 11 maybe 12 minute gameplay im gonna have to find a ps1 controller for my pc now lol
Yeh, his outfit really epitomised the ‘Earthling’ saviour. I think Conrad was loosely based upon the character Mike Donovan from the 80s TV series ‘V’ about lizard aliens disguised as humans - just like the Morphs from Flashback. Mike Donovan wears a brown jacket, jeans and white sneakers.
What version of Flashback is shown in footage? Is that the remake that has been done? Cutscenes look bit off to me who has played PC, Amiga and Sega versions
Out of this world actually has its own Sega CD exclusive sequel called "Heart Of The Alien" though it was developed by interplay not Delphine software.
@@arkham666 there was game called heart of darkness . it was actualy promoted as succesor in magazines lol
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to mess up the flashback lore even more there was another sequel game to flashback around 2000 for gba that didnt get released in the end. there is footage on youtube from the game but it doesnt seem to be a huge loss.
love flashback I always thought they should make this game into a movie but total recall was basically the movie haha I play this once a year and I just picked up the sega cd version which is my personal favorite, I would like to try fade to black though only played one back when I was a kid and I remember it was quite different
The Sega CD version is largely considered the best because of the music. As I said in the video give F2B a try but use a PS1 rom. It's a smoother experience overall but still dated.
While I first played it on a 486, I finished flashback emulated on a Sony Ericsson P910i using only my thumbs on crappy & cramped & hard to press querty phone keyboard! An ppl were amazed by Iphone... 🤣😂😂😂
The reception for flashback 2 has been lack luster to bad so I'll at least wait for a discount before a pick it up. It'll depend on if I like it or not after that. I'd rather not have anything especially negative on the channel. It's just not my style.
Came here after your channel got referenced in summerofmarks Max Payne video (ua-cam.com/video/ETj5oSAPmSU/v-deo.html). Enjoying the content, dropped a sub...good stuff.
Yeah it had one hell of an atmosphere and I was blown away by all those little cinematics back in the day. It's been long enough now that I'm almost tempted to take another go at it.
This is a great lookback. I too adored Flashback, of which it made a big impression in my life. I actually also genuinely liked Fade To Black, even though it wasn't as impactful but just loved the mood of it. Unfortunately as a kid I got stuck on the level where you need to use the scanner to cross the bridge (which I didn't do at the time, so kept dying!). Two things to maybe improve your experience of Fade To Black.. On the PC, when in aiming mode, you can press a key where you aim in third person and not snap to over the shoulder, and it stays that way. I personally felt it better for me (though I don't know if you knew that already - I just didn't see you do it). The other being that part on the Gollum level where you cross the bridge - to avoid the target guns, you have to crouch, wait for the shot then run a few steps and crouch again, and repeat. So you CAN get past them without using the limited blue health regens. As janky as F2B was I actually got around fairly swiftly, but I felt it was unfair when I ducked in front of a morph to avoid gun fire, and they go into crawl mode and sometimes don't stand back up, so the limited controls and trying to get away from them had me usually in my demise! Anyway, nice video man!
Glad you enjoyed it. Overall I had a lot of fun making this one. The nostalgia I got when F2B was finally working and I got to that loading screen with the blocky polygon camera was electric. I don't regret a second of it.
@@arkham666 Will be revisiting myself soon after a long time, but on hard mode. Last i tried I couldn't get past the first level near the end (i think). Thing with old games like this is their hard modes can be unforgiving! Stay well mate!
Music was a huge part of what made games special back then too, and F2B was amazing if you had a wave synth sound card like the AWE32. Having said that, you spend 2 thirds of this F2B video talking about Flashback. Then you don't go into much detail about what made F2B fun (which it was), in spite of the difficulty. Not much of a review. Also, your preamble about "hating" any complaint about change was unnecessary, and not as mature as you seem to think. Some new things aren't good. Some old things aren't bad. It's a very mixed bag, and it's important to acknowledge it all rather than insinuating change will always be great, and that anyone who takes issue with It is bad. Sure, complaining about all change is silly, but few people actually do that. Just leave that stuff out next time.
Number one this isn't a fade to black review video, read the title. As for the rest I'm not here to live up to whatever your standards for content are, I'm just having fun talking about things that I want to. If you don't like that you only have to click off the video instead of wasting my time with your self important opinion.
Flashback was one of the things that changed the way I looked at everything
I LOVED this game on my Genesis back when I was a kid. Amazing score, solid story, good play mechanics. I taped the score and listened to it on my tape deck while riding my motorcycle. :)
Yo, can I just say this is a VERY well made video! Definitely deserves more views! I'm sad to see that Fade to Black doesn't have a lot of coverage these days. Sure it's dated and some might even say "unfun," but the fact I didn't know this existed until a few days ago says something. Games deserve to be remembered, regardless of quality. That way developers can learn.
Thank you. I appreciate that. Really glad you enjoyed it.
My favourite pair of games of the time. I loved them both...early 3d is rough but the heart and soul is still there
Had this on the SNES, it was my favourite game. I used to play it constantly and watch films like Trancers, Total Recall, Running Man, Blade Runner, Strange Days, Outland, They Live, Alien Nation, The Hidden, The Fugitive, Fifth Element, Dark City, Jacob's Ladder, Time Cop and a bunch of others just to keep in the mood of this game. Also a Sci-fi book, The World of Null-A, was also a great inspiration while playing this game.
@@kristinaF54 great taste my friend.
I'm A Huge Fan Of This Game Series. I Loved Playing With The Teleport Receiver/Remote. Conrad Hart Is A Badass, & I Asked My Mom Buy Me An Expensive Leather Jacket From Wilson's Suede & Leather For Christmas. I Got It, & Called It My Conrad Coat. Awesome Video!
That's a fucking cool story. I have a Leon Kennedy style foe leather jacket myself.
Man this game (Flashback) sounds awesome. Looks like a damn good challenge. I definitely missed out, and I definitely need a PC soon. Another like from me.
Thanks a million. The Flashback remaster is on pc and all consoles and it's really cheap.
Hope you're enjoying the holiday season.
@@arkham666 oh nice. Thanks I'll check it out soon. I am having a great holidays. I hope you are too. Just picked up the Control ps5 version on sale and beat the main game. Honestly wouldn't have finished it and AW if I didn't come across your channel. I hope your channel blows up soon.
@@uiebattles all in good time my friend. All in good time.
Informative video sharing your introspection to a nostalgic game. I only saw the gameplay on some rich kid's SNES back in the day. Now that Flashback 2 is up for release in November 2023, I pre-ordered Flashback 2. Thankfully, the original game is included and can be played on the PS5. Now I have a chance to play it for myself. And I think the 2.5D style of the new game is cool.
Flashback was amazing back in the days when i had my AMIGA 1200, My little brother bought Fade to black for PC and we played it but we got stuck because i remember it being hard and unforgiving and kinda "klonky" controls. Ah the gaming memories...... :D
Kinda clonky is an understatement and a half, but it does have it's charm. Flashback is as fun to play now as it ever was though, a real masterpiece from a Wonder era in games.
Fade to Black needs a remake. It was too ambitious back in 95 due to primitive tech that couldn’t allow it to reach its potential. If remade today it could be another Mass Effect in the making.
I couldn't agree more!
This is amazing content. Just what I was looking for! Love these games and the concise story telling makes it very palatable.
How dangerous nostalgia can be? You should explore this. I'd like to understand how it would possibly be dangerous. Thanks for the video. I love flashback and fade to black.
@@FilmThePoliceFTP Nostalgia is dangerous in the same way any form of escapism can be dangerous. It's fine to play old games, watch old movies and remember that a younger life with less responsibility was great. But you can easily start seeing the past with rose tinted glasses. Likewise spending all your time in the past will leave you detached from here and now where life is happening. That's all I mean. It's fine to enjoy a drink on the weekends, it's not okay to hide at the bottom of a bottle 24/7.
Oh this takes me back. Flashback was one of the first games I played on my Amiga 600 back in the day. Back then, I was around 9 years old and times such as they were in Poland back then (early 90s) all I had was a pirated french copy (needless to say, I didn't understand much) but I still had fun running around the levels using cheats to skip between them and man those cutscenes were something else! I picked up the remaster on Switch and finally finished the game well over 20 years after playing it for the first time :)
That's an awesome story. It really is a classic. I actually had no idea I was gonna make this video but after playing the remaster I couldn't help myself. Happy holidays anyway.
I used to love this game back in the day.
I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
If you liked these, 100% you'll love blackthorne from good old blizzard!
Apparently this takes place mostly on Titan, the moon orbiting saturn.
I was given Fade to Black as a teenager. I played it for a little while but the difficulty was aggravating but I loved the world. Just now found out it was a sequel which would have made more sense in the beginning. Its one of those games I can't share with people since they've never played it.
Lol yeah it's incredibly niche. I don't think I've met anyone else in person who's played it.
@@arkham666The main issue with Fade was that third person view was relatively new on the PC at the time. PC was and still the king for first person view because of keyboard and mouse. However third person at the time felt like you needed an extra arm or two . . .or three. . . in order to pull off certain skills or movements with a keyboard and mouse(side glares at Heretic 2).
Thanks to games like Fallout 3 and Oblivion while not having complicated move sets did make keyboard and mouse for third person much easier to use.
I'd say Fade could be remastered if the devs are able to make the controls more user friendly for keyboard/mouse users.
It's so weird seeing Conrad in a red shirt...white shirt is the best shirt.
P.S. At this point, if you're going to try to play Fade to Black, do it on a PlayStation...if's def the better version to play.
Blade Runner +Total Recall +The Running Man+They Live+Alien[s] = Flashback
How many classic sci Fi homages can you fit into a game?
Never played Flashback or Fade to black, but I have a remaster of Flashback on Steam, and I will try it. And about Fade to black - first time I saw that game in some UA-cam video "100 best games from 90's" (or something like that) I I was immediately drawn by that art style. Wouldn't mind to play something like that...with better character movement, ofc.
Does anyone remember the classic cheat of running away from a wall then turning and running through that wall? Got me me through running man 🏃♀️ 🤣
Look up some speed runs of flashback and you'll see it used liberally.
And also another world! It also got a remake recently!
fade 2 black was one of my favourite games back in 1996 i played it so much i ended up being able to finish the game in 11 minutes it needs a remake
11 minutes holy crap. That has to be some kind of speed run record. Given how slow the animations are I'm amazed that's even possible.
@@arkham666 its possible on ps1
@@arkham666 im gonna try and replay it there is like 12 levels im gonna have to play the game afew times to get the pattern right and i hope i can do it in 11 minutes no hacks no mods just stock standard game give me some time and i will try to upload the 11 maybe 12 minute gameplay im gonna have to find a ps1 controller for my pc now lol
Conrad Hart has the coolest outfit: a brown leather jacket, a white t-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.
Doom Slayer's got nothing on that level of style.
@@arkham666 Yeah. I have a similar outfit, except my leather jacket is black.
Yeh, his outfit really epitomised the ‘Earthling’ saviour. I think Conrad was loosely based upon the character Mike Donovan from the 80s TV series ‘V’ about lizard aliens disguised as humans - just like the Morphs from Flashback. Mike Donovan wears a brown jacket, jeans and white sneakers.
Brilliant review video.
Thank you
What version of Flashback is shown in footage? Is that the remake that has been done? Cutscenes look bit off to me who has played PC, Amiga and Sega versions
Steam version. I mention it in the video.
I actually liked fade to black
Oh I loved it too. It's just that it's aged pretty badly. I'm really excited for Flashback 2.
@@arkham666 Flashback 2!?!?
@@indie_keegan it will be released on every platform early next year.
@ stoked
Beat it on PS1 back in the days. The replay value is poor though, too clunky. I had no friend who liked it, lol.
1st one : Another World (some titles it : Out of this world)
2nd one : Flasback
3rd one : Fade to Black
4rd one : Flashback 2
Out of this world actually has its own Sega CD exclusive sequel called "Heart Of The Alien" though it was developed by interplay not Delphine software.
@@arkham666 there was game called heart of darkness . it was actualy promoted as succesor in magazines lol
to mess up the flashback lore even more there was another sequel game to flashback around 2000 for gba that didnt get released in the end. there is footage on youtube from the game but it doesnt seem to be a huge loss.
I had no idea about that. That's super cool to learn about. Thanks.
love flashback I always thought they should make this game into a movie but total recall was basically the movie haha I play this once a year and I just picked up the sega cd version which is my personal favorite, I would like to try fade to black though only played one back when I was a kid and I remember it was quite different
The Sega CD version is largely considered the best because of the music. As I said in the video give F2B a try but use a PS1 rom. It's a smoother experience overall but still dated.
@@arkham666 thank you !
I love Fade to Black its difficult lol Have it on PS1 use to play it as a kid. How the hell did I beat this game when I was 9yrs old?
I ask myself exactly the same about Flashback.
Greeeaat review
While I first played it on a 486, I finished flashback emulated on a Sony Ericsson P910i using only my thumbs on crappy & cramped & hard to press querty phone keyboard! An ppl were amazed by Iphone... 🤣😂😂😂
Didn't know about fade to back!
It's very niche but it was a good time when I was the right age.
i remember games master, i was flip my shit when it was on tv
It was so frikking good wasn't it. Seeing games like that was a real event in those days.
Please make a review of the sequel!
The reception for flashback 2 has been lack luster to bad so I'll at least wait for a discount before a pick it up. It'll depend on if I like it or not after that. I'd rather not have anything especially negative on the channel. It's just not my style.
I've played a lot of games and I mean a lot. Way before emy time and current or along the way bit I've never heard of this game.
Strangely I never got notified about this comment. Or if I did I saw it when I was waking up and barely able to see.
@@arkham666 Haha all good
Came here after your channel got referenced in summerofmarks Max Payne video (ua-cam.com/video/ETj5oSAPmSU/v-deo.html). Enjoying the content, dropped a sub...good stuff.
That makes you the big 300. Glad you're enjoying the content.
Fade to Black had a great sense of adventure and threat. The jank was all part of the fun. The cinematics felt astonishing and satisfying at the time.
Yeah it had one hell of an atmosphere and I was blown away by all those little cinematics back in the day. It's been long enough now that I'm almost tempted to take another go at it.
This is a great lookback. I too adored Flashback, of which it made a big impression in my life. I actually also genuinely liked Fade To Black, even though it wasn't as impactful but just loved the mood of it. Unfortunately as a kid I got stuck on the level where you need to use the scanner to cross the bridge (which I didn't do at the time, so kept dying!).
Two things to maybe improve your experience of Fade To Black.. On the PC, when in aiming mode, you can press a key where you aim in third person and not snap to over the shoulder, and it stays that way. I personally felt it better for me (though I don't know if you knew that already - I just didn't see you do it).
The other being that part on the Gollum level where you cross the bridge - to avoid the target guns, you have to crouch, wait for the shot then run a few steps and crouch again, and repeat. So you CAN get past them without using the limited blue health regens.
As janky as F2B was I actually got around fairly swiftly, but I felt it was unfair when I ducked in front of a morph to avoid gun fire, and they go into crawl mode and sometimes don't stand back up, so the limited controls and trying to get away from them had me usually in my demise!
Anyway, nice video man!
Glad you enjoyed it. Overall I had a lot of fun making this one. The nostalgia I got when F2B was finally working and I got to that loading screen with the blocky polygon camera was electric. I don't regret a second of it.
@@arkham666 Will be revisiting myself soon after a long time, but on hard mode. Last i tried I couldn't get past the first level near the end (i think). Thing with old games like this is their hard modes can be unforgiving!
Stay well mate!
Music was a huge part of what made games special back then too, and F2B was amazing if you had a wave synth sound card like the AWE32.
Having said that, you spend 2 thirds of this F2B video talking about Flashback. Then you don't go into much detail about what made F2B fun (which it was), in spite of the difficulty. Not much of a review. Also, your preamble about "hating" any complaint about change was unnecessary, and not as mature as you seem to think. Some new things aren't good. Some old things aren't bad. It's a very mixed bag, and it's important to acknowledge it all rather than insinuating change will always be great, and that anyone who takes issue with It is bad. Sure, complaining about all change is silly, but few people actually do that. Just leave that stuff out next time.
Number one this isn't a fade to black review video, read the title.
As for the rest I'm not here to live up to whatever your standards for content are, I'm just having fun talking about things that I want to. If you don't like that you only have to click off the video instead of wasting my time with your self important opinion.