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The Flash

The Flash is a game for the Game Boy, based on the 1990 television series of the same name. It was produced by THQ and released in the US in 1991. The box art for the game features John Wesley Shipp as The…

1 March 1991

The Flash is an adventure developed by Equilibrium, released 1 March 1991 on Game Boy.

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What The Flash is

The Flash is an adventure game developed by Equilibrium and released in 1991. It was published by THQ. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game starts with an intro dialogue between The Flash and Dr. Tina McGee , a genetic specialist who treated and tested him at Star Labs within the television series. During the directly subsequent level, the player must navigate a two-dimensional platform system while collecting Snacks and diffusing bombs.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the DC Comics series

The Flash is the seventh of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. It arrived 7 months after Batman: The Video Game. The next entry was Swamp Thing in 1991.

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What it launched against

The Flash launched on 1 March 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings, The Simpsons Arcade Game, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III and Fortified Zone.

Released around the same time: Lemmings, The Simpsons Arcade Game, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III, Fortified Zone.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did The Flash come out?
The Flash was released on 1 March 1991 for Game Boy.

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