Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a video game in the action genre developed by Electric Dreams Software and published by Electric Dreams Software originally released in 1986. It is currently playable on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC.

Based on the 1985 time travel movie, Electric Dreams' Back to the Future game for Commodore 64 (and ported to ZX Spectrum) differs significantly from LJN's NES version.

The player takes control of teenager Marty McFly, sent back in time by an experiment gone wrong. To preserve Marty's future existence, the player must entice Marty's future mother to spend more time with his father, while avoiding the school bully. These characters, controlled by the computer, will roam the game areas and interact with each other according to basic rules: Marty's mother will follow him, his father will avoid the bully, the bully will knock Marty out if their paths cross, and so on. If left to their own devices, Marty's parents will not meet and their time will run out (indicated by a fading family photo).

The game world consists of five distinct areas, each the size of a screen. A separate 'center' area scrolls next to the entrances to these five zones. Each of the five zones contains a collectible item, with a different effect (attract, repel or no effect) on each character. A skateboard can also be collected to travel faster through the center.

The player must use the collected items to keep Marty's mother and father close, while warding off the bully.

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