flashback

albino · 04 April 2019, 01:07

Just find out that flashback is a megadrive port, that's trahison!
Always thought this game was designed for amiga..

Seiya · 04 April 2019, 14:45

because from Amiga pov it was more easy make a conversion than develop from scratch. However Amiga and Sega was in good relationship

onkelarie · 05 April 2019, 08:13

I had both amiga and megadrive live happy side by side on my desk back then. Both equally awesome (well,amiga a bit more

), but I found the MD Flashback version to be slightly superior. Still not sure why though.

gimbal · 05 April 2019, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by onkelarie

I had both amiga and megadrive live happy side by side on my desk back then. Both equally awesome (well,amiga a bit more

), but I found the MD Flashback version to be slightly superior. Still not sure why though.

The Amiga version is slightly more awesome, but the MD version is slightly superior. Why do you hurt my brain

Hedeon · 05 April 2019, 14:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

The Amiga version is slightly more awesome, but the MD version is slightly superior. Why do you hurt my brain

Almost correct in your interpretation. I think you should leave out version here. :-D

albino · 06 April 2019, 19:14

[QUOTE=onkelarie;1314729]I had both amiga and megadrive live happy side by side on my desk back then. Both equally awesome (well,amiga a bit more

), but I found the MD Flashback version to be slightly superior. Still not sure why though.[/

Exectly the same reason mega turrican superior than turrican 3..

Retro-Nerd · 06 April 2019, 19:16

Mega Turrican was more polished on the MD. Factor 5 spent much more time to make it nearly perfect. Flashback it pretty good on both machines. Since the full CD32 controller support via WHDLoad i prefer the Amiga version though.

albino · 11 April 2019, 21:31

After testing the megadrive version i have to aknowledge his edge over his amiga counterpart !

gimbal · 12 April 2019, 13:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hedeon

Almost correct in your interpretation. I think you should leave out version here. :-D

Ah okay, I see where I went wrong

Seiya · 12 April 2019, 14:30

Mega Turrican on Mega Drive is more Arcade with better graphics, better seabed, much more colors and great audio.
Amiga version play better single instruments, but sample are not good like Sega version.

you can make simple test: load Amiga version, close eye and listen to music: make the same thing with Mega drive version. It's not a subjective thing.

onkelarie · 12 April 2019, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

The Amiga version is slightly more awesome, but the MD version is slightly superior. Why do you hurt my brain

LOL okay, that was a bit confusing

I meant, both platforms are awesome, the Amiga being a bit more awesome than Sega Megadrive.

However, I liked Sega's Flashback conversion more than the Amiga release.

EDIT: *Hits myself against the head* and thus it was already concluded as such in the thread above

drHirudo · 12 April 2019, 16:27

The best ports of Flashback, Out of This World (Another World) and Prince of Persia (1 and 2) are unfortunately for Apple Macintosh. The period in early 1990-ies, the Mac were one of the most graphics capable machines and since they had "high" resolution displays as default 640x480 - many of the games support these resolutions, unlike the low resed Amiga and DOS 320x240 resolutions.

Hillsy_ · 13 April 2019, 20:10

Flashback on the megadrive is excellent.

Anubis · 16 April 2019, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by gimbal

The Amiga version is slightly more awesome, but the MD version is slightly superior. Why do you hurt my brain

Sounds like impossible task, without brain...

Have 2 MD carts for Flashback - one of them not working.

Never managed to open it and see what's going on in there...

LongLifeA1200 · 27 April 2019, 16:50

What's this about 'Flashback' being better on the Mega Drive? Nothing better about it.

04 April 2019, 01:07	#1
albino Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: france Age: 45 Posts: 220	flashback Just find out that flashback is a megadrive port, that's trahison! Always thought this game was designed for amiga..

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onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 525	I had both amiga and megadrive live happy side by side on my desk back then. Both equally awesome (well,amiga a bit more), but I found the MD Flashback version to be slightly superior. Still not sure why though.

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albino Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: france Age: 45 Posts: 220	[QUOTE=onkelarie;1314729]I had both amiga and megadrive live happy side by side on my desk back then. Both equally awesome (well,amiga a bit more), but I found the MD Flashback version to be slightly superior. Still not sure why though.[/ Exectly the same reason mega turrican superior than turrican 3..

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Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,342	because from Amiga pov it was more easy make a conversion than develop from scratch. However Amiga and Sega was in good relationship

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11 April 2019, 21:31	#8
albino Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: france Age: 45 Posts: 220	After testing the megadrive version i have to aknowledge his edge over his amiga counterpart !

12 April 2019, 14:30	#10
Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,342	Mega Turrican on Mega Drive is more Arcade with better graphics, better seabed, much more colors and great audio. Amiga version play better single instruments, but sample are not good like Sega version. you can make simple test: load Amiga version, close eye and listen to music: make the same thing with Mega drive version. It's not a subjective thing.

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drHirudo Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sofia / Bulgaria Posts: 456	The best ports of Flashback, Out of This World (Another World) and Prince of Persia (1 and 2) are unfortunately for Apple Macintosh. The period in early 1990-ies, the Mac were one of the most graphics capable machines and since they had "high" resolution displays as default 640x480 - many of the games support these resolutions, unlike the low resed Amiga and DOS 320x240 resolutions.

13 April 2019, 20:10	#13
Hillsy_ Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Age: 51 Posts: 257	Flashback on the megadrive is excellent.

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LongLifeA1200 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Amiga Kingdom Posts: 366	What's this about 'Flashback' being better on the Mega Drive? Nothing better about it.

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