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| Developers | Probe Software Equilibrium (Game Boy) |
| Publishers | Sega (Master System) THQ (Game Boy) |
| Composers | Jeroen Tel (Master System) Amy Bamberger (Game Boy) |
| Platforms | Master System,Game Boy |
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| Genre | Action |
| Mode | Single-player |
The Flash is a 1993action video game based onThe Flash TV series onCBS. It was developed and published byProbe Software andSega respectively for theMaster System.
The game is played from the typical platform style of the scrolling side on2D,3rd person viewpoint. The player controlsFlash though the levels in which they must achieve two primary goals: find the switch which opens the level exit, then make it to the exit within the time limit.
There is also a secondary goal of collecting the gems that were stolen which increases the players score. If the player fails to make it to the exit within the time limit, the FED tracks Flash down and kills him upon contact.
The levels in the game are given the title "Episode". Each Episode is split into two zones. At the beginning of zone 1,Tina McGee will report to Flash on the whereabouts and activities of theTrickster giving the player an intro to the Episode and to help advance the storyline. At the end of the second zone in each Episode, Flash must face Trickster in his Trickstermobile. While the boss in the "boss stage" remains the same throughout the game, the Trickstermobile increases in difficulty with additional weapons and speed as the game progresses.
A differentFlash game was released forGame Boy in 1991 byTHQ. The Game Boy version was also based onThe Flash TV series, and had a password system. Unlike the Master System release, it was released in the United States.[2]
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| Sega Master Force | N/A | 90%[3] |
Critical reception toThe Flash was mixed. Some found the fast pace of the game too difficult to control while others appreciated the depth in graphics, level design, and thesoundtrack. However, by 1993, theMaster System was no longer supported in the Japanese and United States markets. Thus, the game's existence in the world's two biggest video game countries went relatively unnoticed and remains an obscure European release to this day. It is highly valued by some retro game collectors for this very reason.
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