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An early NES tie-in that loosely adapts the film as a simple arcade-style action game with mini-game sections. It is mostly remembered for its steep, often frustrating difficulty.
The closest matches for Back to the Future are Bzzzt, Super Star Wars and Run or Die. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Back to the Future special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A fast-paced, retro-inspired 2D platformer in which you play the AI ZX8000 in a robot body, mastering test chambers full of deadly traps.
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Challenging difficulty
A classic 2D run-and-gun platformer based on the original Star Wars film, letting you fight as Luke, Han or Chewbacca from Tatooine to the Death Star. Vehicle stages add variety, and the difficulty is famously high.
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A fast-paced endless runner built around movement abilities and a huge ion cannon, set in a hazardous city that changes with each run. Quick reflexes and split-second decisions are the core of the experience.
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An indie action game with a retro feel, set in an alternate 1989 after an alien invasion. It leans on science fiction and fast action, though the details available are limited.
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Sci-fi setting
A pixel-art run-and-gun platformer set in a sci-fi world, where you fight a mysterious threat on foot and on a hoverbike. The focus is on fast shooting and precise platforming.
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Sci-fi setting
A fast arcade action platformer where you play ninja Hiryu, slashing with a plasma blade and flipping, climbing and sliding through a futuristic dystopia. Short, brisk and demanding.
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Challenging difficulty
A deliberately NES-style 8-bit run-and-gun platformer where you pick stages in any order, beat robot bosses and take their weapons. Tight controls and a demanding, old-school difficulty.
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Sci-fi setting
An arcade skill game in the vein of Lunar Lander and Space Taxi: you fly your craft against gravity from pad to pad, chasing best times while balancing speed against control.
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Sci-fi setting
Yury is a deliberately retro platform and arcade action game that pairs classic mechanics and tough challenge with the eerie mood of sci-fi survival horror.
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Sci-fi setting
An indie platformer in which the robot Mech searches for his lost friends while fleeing machines and bosses. Frantic chase sequences and high-voltage hazards test your reflexes.
