Back to the Future Part III (video game)


Back to the Future Part III is the title of a video game based on the film of the same name. The game is different from LJN's Back to the Future Part II & III video game released for the NES. The game was released in 1991 for the Sega Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Sega Master System, and the ZX Spectrum. Each version of the game is more or less identical and all are loosely based on the popular film of the same name. The game was developed by Probe Software and published by Image Works and Arena Entertainment.

Gameplay

The main game features four different levels.
;Rescue Clara
;Target Shoot
;Marty vs. Buford's Men
;The Train

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #180 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 2 out of 5 stars.
The Spectrum version received a Crash Smash award, and got to number 2 in the sales charts in July 1991, behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from the same publisher.