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Fade to Black

Fade to Black is an action-adventure game developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the 1992 video game Flashback. The game was released for DOS and…

71 31 August 1995

Fade to Black is an adventure developed by Delphine Software, released 31 August 1995 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast and PlayStation.

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What Fade to Black is

Fade to Black is an adventure game developed by Delphine Software and released in 1995. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, PlayStation and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Conrad, the hero from Flashback: the Quest for Identity awakes from his cryogenic sleep to find himself in the clutches of his old enemy, the Morphs. With your heart in your throat, battle through the whole solar system. Know how to win the confidence of the Ancients, these mysterious people, and discover the fabulous powers of the Pyramid. Overcome the terror which invades you in these murky mazes infested with danger, and exhaust your limits to conquer the Morph invaders.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Fade to Black holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Fade to Black launched on 31 August 1995, within three weeks of Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds and MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Rayman, Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds, MTV's Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity.

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Quick answers

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When did Fade to Black come out?
Fade to Black was released on 31 August 1995 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, PlayStation and DOS.

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