River City Girls + Flashback: Games Behind the Games | Episode 1 | Featuring Adam Tierney

Our first entry in a six-part monthly series that takes us inside the creative inspiration behind some of Limited Run Games' most popular releases. In this episode, host Jeremy Parish visits the WayForward offices out in California, where River City Girls director Adam Tierney walks us through Delphine Software's classic 16-bit adventure Flashback: The Quest for Identity. Learn how Flashback's groundbreaking design helped influence the way River City Girls plays—and how it tells its story as much through its environments and settings as through its cutscenes!

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[mattb]

You know it is an important project when Jeremy appears on camera. This is excellent!

[stephenhunterstrong]

Please more of this I love it! Been a patron of yours for years so happy seeing you do things like this. Thank you Jeremy:)

[rays]

Super fascinating to watch! Glad I have my physical copy of River City Girls!

[FattyBrent]

I'm really loving this series! Jeremy and Limited Run, thank you for all that you do.

[TheFartsandCrapsShow]

I ADORE Flashback. And yes, the Genesis version is the definitive version in my opinion.

[hazbaska]

Man, the gameplay of Flashback sure is reminiscent of Oddworld! Wonder if its creator also came to this game for influence. I think it was being created when that game had come out

[tahnadana]

i wish there are more cinematic platformer games

[Levitz]

I would never have traded River City Girls' roots to Flashpoint. But I appreciate Tierney's approach to storytelling and innovation within a game's own mechanics. Fun stuff!

I haven't played RCG yet, but I hope to get around to it.

[SotNist]

Eric Chahi games were so influential. If you really get down to it, even Naughty Dog's seamless cinematic style can be traced to it.

[CyberAztec]

I love Retro Beat em up games. But River City Girls did not dissapoint. Such a good game. I also love Double Dragon as well. 10/10!

[MaidenHell]

Amazing interview. WayForward friggin rules.

[sherekhangamedev]

Insightful approach, kudos.
I'm trying to take some of those approaches on my works too.

I loved River City Girls.

[jannisgrubert]

tbh i didnt heard about that aliens game. looks pretty stunning but the prices on ebay... huh

[DragonQuarter]

This is a great series idea! Love gaining insight from the devs on their own games. Hope to finish Flashback on my Switch someday, but it's so flippin' hard and the constant retread after dying (where are the checkpoints??) is something I'm still getting used to.