Back to the Future Part II & III (NES)

Back to the Future Part II & III

Platform: NES Year: 1990 Developer: Beam Software Pty., Ltd. Buy: Amazon

For other games in the series, see Back to the Future.

Back to the Future Part II & III is a sequel to Back to the Future (NES) and another side-scrolling game developed and published respectively, by Beam Software and LJN, and it was only released in North America in 1990. It is based on the two sequels from the 1985 movie of the same name, released in 1989 and 1990.

You can play it, around time, in 2015, 1985, 1955 and in the Old West. Like most LJN games, there is hardly any resemblance to the movie, the play control is pretty awful, and there is overall little to no enjoyment to the game.

The game itself was split into two levels, the street levels, the object rooms, plus puzzle rooms and time travel. Many criticized it for ripping off Super Mario Bros. (NES).

In the introduction, it only shows the plot of the movies.

Screenshots

The title screen.

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Music

For 1990, Tania Smith did a great job creating original music that barely resembles any music from the movie's soundtrack. Gavan Anderson created the sound effects for the game, which was all programmed into Brian Post's version of the NYNTH sound engine that was utilized by the company.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Programmer	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Tania Smith	Brian Post	1:34		Download
02	Mini-Game Timer Low	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:42		Download
03	Select Item That Belongs	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:32		Download
04	1985 Stage	Tania Smith	Brian Post	2:44		Download
05	Old West	Tania Smith	Brian Post	2:23		Download
06	1955 Stage	Tania Smith	Brian Post	2:05		Download
07	Hoverboard	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:13		Download
08	Item Unlocked	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:14		Download
09	Bird Attack	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:13		Download
10	Game Over	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:03		Download
11	Title Screen Jingle	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:02		Download
12	Item Returned	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:02		Download
13	Unknown Jingle	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:02		Download
14	Item Obtained	Tania Smith	Brian Post	0:02		Download

Credits

• Ripper: MrNorbert1994
• Recorder: Duc4Wikmedia
• Game Credits:
  • Uncredited Composer: Tania Smith
  • Uncredited Sound Effects: Gavan Anderson
  • Uncredited Programmer: Brian Post

(Source: Verification from Gavan Anderson, game lacks credits.)

The game itself only has a bad ending, and lacks credits, since the game publisher who made it, LJN prohibited game credits.

Game Rip

Format	Download
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Ripping NES music is an arduous process that is beyond the scope of this site. The music was recorded in the Synthesia Mod of NSFPlay.

Releases

USA Title: Back to the Future Part II & III Platform: NES Released: 1990-09-?? Publisher: LJN Ltd.

Links

• https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/587102-back-to-the-future-ii-and-iii - GameFAQs.
• https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/back-to-the-future-part-ii-iii - MobyGames.