Line #12 VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1986


1	''Back to the Future'' is a 1985-1986[[note]]sources disagree on the exact year, but most say 1986[[/note]] LicensedGame for Platform/{{MSX}} & Platform/PC88 computers, published by Creator/PonyCanyon & released [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]]. Like most early Japanese video games, it was made by a single person, one Makoto Ichinoseki.
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3	Based off [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 the first film]] in the series, the game is a simple action game with only ten levels & primitive graphics. Playing as Marty, you must search buildings in each level to find George and Lorraine, and lead them to the Dance Hall.
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5	!!Back To The Future provides examples of:
6	* AWinnerIsYou: Complete the game, and all you get is Doc walking to the Clock Tower[[note]][[NotDrawnToScale which is far smaller than it should be]][[/note]], a few seconds of the Delorean going off, leaving fiery residue on the road, a high score tally, and a "Congratulations!" message from the developer, in which they[[note]]Makoto is a unisex name[[/note]] say "[[BlindIdiotTranslation YOU HAVE A GREAT TECNIC]]".
7	* {{BFG}}: The huge rifles the Biff clones wield.
8	* BlindIdiotTranslation: Averted for the most part, as the English is fine, just a little stilted... until the ending screen, which reads "YOU HAVE A GREAT TECNIC" and "THANK YOU FORM PONYCA AND PROGRAMMER MAKOTO ICHINOSEKI".
9	* EscortMission: The entire game is this, with you navigating Lorraine & George to the Dance Hall to beat the levels. In the last level, you have to escort Doc to the Clock Tower as well.
10	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Standing in your way are bullies with ''[[{{BFG}} machine guns]]'', miniature airplanes/birds (?), ridiculously tiny cars, and ''the weather itself'' (yes, really).
11	* InNameOnly: The only things ''remotely'' connected to the film are taking George and Lorraine to an unspecified dance, the presence of a skateboard, and a brief cameo by Doc & the Delorean in the final level, and that's about it.
12	* {{Irony}}:
13	** The game is based on a quintessentially American film, yet it was only released in Japan.
14	** Similarly, despite being a Japan-exclusive release, all the in-game text is in English.
15	* LicensedGame
16	* NotDrawnToScale: Inexplicably, Marty is taller than ''the cars on the streets''.
17	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Well, Pink Girl, ''Green'' Boy, in Lorraine and George's case.
18	* SendInTheClones: The many copies of Biff that terrorise you throughout the levels.
19	* ShoutOut: The singular background track is extraordinarily similar to fellow barely known, yet [[PortOverdosed widely ported]] arcade game ''VideoGame/CityConnection'', which was also released on MSX.
20	* TimedMission: Every level is timed. If you don't get to the Dance Hall in time, you lose a life.
21	* TimedPowerUp: A skateboard, which Marty can ride to move faster. It lasts about 20 seconds.
22	* YouDontLookLikeYou: None of the characters look like their movie counterparts, with the sole exception of Doc. Rather amusingly, the bullies, who are presumably supposed to be Biff, look more like Griff from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', which wasn't released until ''1989''.

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