Back to the Future

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Score Breakdown Based on 280 ratings

1. 10 (15)
2. 9 (13)
3. 8 (26)
4. 7 (45)
5. 6 (39)
6. 5 (29)
7. 4 (30)
8. 3 (24)
9. 2 (25)
10. 1 (34)

Most Helpful Critical Player Reviews

• Rating:3

  More like "Back To The Video Game Store!"

  By SuperSpeed67 | Review Date: Oct 31, 2009 | NES

  I regard Back To The Future as one of my favorite movies of all-time and maybe the best movie of 1985. Steven Spielberg doesn't disappoint with this movie. But sadly, just like E.T. and others, they take a good movie and... Read Full Review

  3 of 3 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Back to the Future

• Rating:6

  Back to the Future has some stuff from the film, but other stuff is not quite really from the film.

  By johnthegamegeek | Review Date: Apr 03, 2012 | NES

  Intro: Your playing as Marty and going through streets of hill valley and fixing the past to save the future. Graphics: Colorful 8-bit graphics, but something's not quite right about Marty's design on the walking st... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:3.5

  review 26

  By classicgamejunk | Review Date: Oct 20, 2011 | NES

  dang!!!its back to the future from ljn.OMG its time to kill myself. BAM!!!what the heck im a ghost?well here is back to my trash. so its in the trash lets play some other bad game.what about contra force.wait i did th... Read Full Review

  0 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:1

  They tried... oh wait, they didn't.

  By Copper40 | Review Date: Jun 16, 2011 | NES

  Has anyone ever gotten past the first couple of stages? You pretty much can't! It's so difficult that even god himself couldn't even beat the diner scene! Not only is that bad, but the running, and that horrid music! God... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:1

  Great Scott! This game is horrible.

  By PrinceofGames12 | Review Date: Jan 06, 2011 | NES

  PROS: They got the DeLorean part right CONS: Graphics look terrible and undetailed, music is repetitive and annoying, controls are delayed, barely follows the movie, the fact that this game is called Back to the Futur... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:5.5

  The movie was awesome! The game, well it licked Rocky Mountain Oysters...

  By Mtngranek | Review Date: Aug 17, 2009 | NES

  Back to the future was one of the first games I got when I finished restoring my NES. (Yes, I needed to restore it) I didn't have very high hopes, as I had already seen the AVGN review, but then again, it couldn't be tha... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:3.5

  Who could screw up this game?Well,the creators did.

  By Sk8more67 | Review Date: Jul 22, 2008 | NES

  This game sucks. -Sk8more67 Hey,what are you still doing here?!Oh right,you wanted to know why it sucks.Well,it sucks because first of all,the levels are harder than two year old crap.There are these to re... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:1.5

  Is this Hill Valley? Or is this hades?!!!

  By striljr | Review Date: Jun 06, 2008 | NES

  This game is just awful! Has a horrible reference to the movie! I mean first off Marty has a sleeveless shirt in the game and in the movie he has nothing like that what's so ever! You get bowling balls to use and that's ... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:3

  You would think a Back to the Future game would be good, but no.

  By wolfpred2007 | Review Date: Jun 04, 2008 | NES

  I love Back to the Future. It's my favorite movie of all time. So, as you could guess, when I saw a NES game at a thrift store, I had to buy it. I still regret it. First off, that music. What? It doesn't sound like BT... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:1.5

  It's a Movie Based Videogame and it's produced by LJN, I'm sure you get the picture

  By 201515198568861891519363228016 | Review Date: Mar 25, 2008 | NES

  Warning: The opinions expressed in the following review are NOT endorsed by anyone at Gamespot or any professional reviewer. I'm not paid for my reviews and I do them for fun. They may contain: Foul Language, Violence, r... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:2.1

  This game makes you wish that it's developers went Back to the Drawing Board.

  By Oliwam | Review Date: Aug 04, 2007 | NES

  The Good: It didn't cause the videogame market to crash... The Bad: Just about everything... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The movie Back to the... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful

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