
Release
Mar 1991
Player score
Awaiting reviews
Platform families
Not announced
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Editorial overview
What it is
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 Flash, a man with the ability to run "faster than a speeding bullet." In daily life, The Flash becomes is a Crime Lab technician named Barry Allen.
The premise
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.
Play styles
More like this
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Fantasy
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Game Boy
Gen 4