Back to the Future Part II (1990). Play online

Summary

Back to the Future Part II for the Sega Master System tries to capture the movie’s time‑hopping flair by blending side‑scrolling action with top‑down puzzles and a sliding‑tile brainteaser. The shift in perspective feels clever, even if the hoverboard stages suffer from sloppy collision detection, a point that reviewers like Mean Machines highlighted. Sega Force echoed the sentiment, calling the graphics mediocre but conceding that the puzzle sections look surprisingly polished. Because this version only saw a U.K. release in late 1990, it never gained a foothold on the American market, making it a rare collectible rather than a household name. Today I find it an interesting glimpse into early ’90s attempts to translate a blockbuster into diverse gameplay formats.

Storyline

Back to the Future Part II (often just called Back to the Future II) on the Sega Master System follows Marty McFly, his girlfriend Jennifer Parker, and Doc Brown as they jump from 1985 to 2015. In the future they discover that their own children are headed for trouble, prompting a frantic effort to set things right. The twist arrives when Biff Tannen, using a future version of himself, steals a sports almanac from 2015 and uses it to become a millionaire, completely rewriting history.

Marty and Doc race back to 1955 to undo Biff’s meddling. The climax has Marty hover‑boarding through a 1955 Hill Valley street, snatching the almanac from Biff’s car and restoring the original 1985 timeline.