Back to the Future
Based on the 1985 movie, you play as a short Marty McFly and must find your mother and father and lead them to the dance so they fall in love before you're out of time. You start in front of the dance then…
Back to the Future is an adventure, released 31 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
What Back to the Future is
Back to the Future was released in 1985. It was published by Electric Dreams Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Based on the 1985 movie, you play as a short Marty McFly and must find your mother and father and lead them to the dance so they fall in love before you're out of time. You start in front of the dance then must jump over or on bullies. Do not let them touch you head on or you lose a life. Also watch for toy planes that will dive at you. When you are in front of a building, jump at the windows to open them. You must find your father, who will then follow you. Next, find your mother and lead your father to her. They will both follow you so you lead them to the dance. This ends the round. The next round will have more buildings to search and tougher bullies, like some that leap to catch you in…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Back to the Future series
Back to the Future is the first of 16 entries we hold in the Back to the Future series. The next entry was Back to the Future in 1989. Its critic score of 53 is 13 points below the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is LEGO Dimensions at 77.
How it was received
Back to the Future holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1985 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Back to the Future launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
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