The Flash is based on the 1990 television series starring John Wesley Shipp, which brought the DC superhero to the small screen before shared universes became the norm. The Game Boy game adapts that version of the character as action-platforming, betting, as expected, on speed as the central mechanic.
It's a curious artifact from an era when live-action superhero shows still competed with cartoons for space when it came to generating licensed games, and today serves as a reminder of that earlier Flash, one many younger fans don't even know about.
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