This game makes you wish that it's developers went Back to the Drawing Board.
The Bad: Just about everything...
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The movie Back to the Future was awesome. That's all I can say about it. If you haven't seen that classic, find it and watch it. However, look for the movie, not the game. Yes, crappy movie-to-game transitions existed back then. In fact, you can go all the way back to the Atari 2600 with E.T... Though that's another horror story. I think this game will provide you with enough horror for one day. Though it makes you wonder, why do movie-games suck so much? The only good ones are the 007 ones. It's sad to see such great movies get ruined by such horrible games.
Anyways, lets get right to the gameplay. The first mission is just a standard get to the end of the level before time runs out while avoiding all the stuff that are in your way. The direction you move in is up, but you can move side to side trying to avoid everything. So what do you need to avoid? Deadly ninjas, killer turtles, oktoroks, giant monsters of doom? Actually, no. You have to avoid bees, hoola-hoop girls, guys carrying glass for no apparent reason, oil spills, and fences. Really, is Marty that much of a pansy? Wait, the character you use doesn't even resemble Marty in anyway. Throughout the stage, you have to collect clocks so your time limit increases. So that's basically what you do. Collect clocks while avoiding random ****. It's just so annoying. Along the way, you can find a skateboard which makes you go faster. Though they should've put on the board, "Suicidal Skateboard, ride if you wish to die." By now you'd probably just want to take out the cartridge out of your NES and start watching the actual movie.
However, if you did have the patience to go through that stage, then don't worry, the next stage is different. It's a break from that annoying scrolling stage. However, it's not anymore fun. What you do in this stage is that you're behind a counter and you have to throw these balls at oncoming people. If they reach you, they'll grab and you just chuck you at the door. Though throwing the balls is just so aggravating. It's so difficult to align the ball with the enemy. Okay, so you position yourself seemingly right in front of the enemy's path, then you throw a ball, but it misses him completely. This stage is break from that annoying scrolling part, but it's not any less aggravating. Oh, and once you're done with this second stage, guess what the next stage has in stored for you? More scrolling up the screen! Whoop-tee-do, I'd rather go and screw a cactus while eating a mule's infested diarrhea dumps. If by now you haven't shut off this awful piece of ****, then I'm sorry, but there is no hope for you. Seriously, just throw this game into the dumpster and pull out the movie. It's much more worth your time.
The mechanics of this game just suck. It's difficult to control your character, and jumping is useless. Grabbing that skateboard I mentioned above just makes everything even worse. The graphics aren't that bad. Though they aren't impressive in anyway either. If the graphics are the best thing about a game, then there's a problem. The sound is horrible. It's just an annoying sound loop that goes throughout the whole game from the title screen. At least in that second stage you don't have to hear it. The sound effects aren't impressive in anyway either. Overall, the mechanics certainly aren't the worst on the NES... Though they still suck.
This game is criminal. It ruined such a great classic called Back to the Future. This game is just a rip-off. It's a horrendous game that just steals that classic title. It should've been called "Back to the Dumpster." The only good thing I can say about this game is that it didn't cause the videogame market to crash like E.T. did. Now that was a truly abysmal game. It's even worse then this garbage. If you have either of these games, I hope there is some room in your garbage can, cause that's the only place where these games belong. Or at a Demolition Rally. That's the only way you'll suck any fun from these games. Though enough about E.T. That game is so bad, this game Back to the Dumpster doesn't even deserve to be mentioned along side it. Though it's a pretty horrible game none-the-less. Just don't ever play it. Stick to the movie. I'm not kidding. Just take my advice, and stick to the movie. The only thing this game should be played with is not an NES controller. It's a sledgehammer.