Loosely based on the adventures of the eponymous comic book hero, Flash Gordon is an arcade game spawned into three distinct phases, none of which is particularly great, but the sum of its parts is definitely better than each one of them taken by its own.
In the first one - reminiscent of Martech's Tarzan - Flash must cross a jungle filled with assorted dangers, from large spiders to gorillas, and jumping across ravines, in order to get to the cae where Prince Barin is hiding. To win his trust, he must defeat the Prince with his bare hands and feet. Then, having obtained a sort of hovering bike, Flash must face and defeat Ming at the end of a dangerous course seen in first person view.
Again, none of the parts Flash Gordon is divided into stand above the rest - they would be merely average on their own. However, for a budget game, there is as much substance as you would expect, and the different stages fit in pretty nicely.
It's a budget licence structured in three parts: one of 2d exploration in the jungle, the second is a beat'em up, the third is a shoot'em up with cockpit/subjective view. They're all mediocre at best.
2/5
