

Robert Zemeckis' "Back to the Future" film trilogy inspired some early videogame treatments in the '80s and '90s as well as a recently retired motion simulator thrill ride at Universal Studios, but the last place I expected to see a new version of Doc Brown's time-traveling DeLorean was in an add-on for Rockstar's uber-violent Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.īack to the Future: Hill Valley is a total-conversion time travel mod for the third-person action game and the pet project of a small crew of coders, modelers, and mapmakers scattered around the globe.

Power up those flux capacitors because we're going "Back to the Future."īack to the Future: Hill Valley Mod v0.2d ( Grand Theft Auto: Vice City) Developed primarily by a pair of teenagers (one in Australia and one in the U.S.), it offers a fresh and exciting look at an older Grand Theft Auto chapter while evoking pleasant memories of one of my all-time favorite movie series.

I don't often devote an entire column to an early-stage total-conversion mod that's a long way from being finished, but this week's entry is unique.
