| Back to the Future: The Game | |
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| Developer(s) | Telltale Games |
| Publisher(s) | Telltale Games |
| Director(s) | Dennis Lenart Peter Tsaykel Eric Parsons Dave Grossman |
| Producer(s) | Brett Tosti |
| Designer(s) | Mike Stemmle Andy Hartzell Dave Grossman Jonathan Straw |
| Programmer(s) | Randy Tudor Keenan Patterson |
| Artist(s) | Derek Sakai Peter Tsaykel |
| Writer(s) | Mike Stemmle Andy Hartzell JD Straw |
| Composer(s) | Jared Emerson-Johnson |
| Series | Back to the Future |
| Engine | Telltale Tool |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows OS X PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Wii Xbox 360 Xbox One iOS |
| Release | Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 5
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| Genre(s) | Graphic adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure video game based on the Back to the Future film franchise. The game was developed and published by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. Bob Gale, the co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of the film trilogy, assisted Telltale in writing the game's story. Original actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd allowed the developers to use their likenesses in the game for the lead characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown, respectively. Although Lloyd reprises his role as Doc, A.J. LoCascio plays the role of Marty, while Fox later appeared to voice two cameo roles in the final episode, reprising his role as future versions of Marty McFly in addition to playing his forefather William.[6]
The game is split up into five episodes available on multiple gaming platforms, the first episode released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on December 22, 2010. PlayStation 3 and iOS versions followed in February 2011. Episodes 2 through 5 were released throughout February to June 2011, with the final episode released on June 23. Telltale published the series as retail products for the PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles for North America.[7] Deep Silver published the retail PlayStation 3 and Wii versions for Europe on May 4, 2012. To commemorate the films' 30th anniversary, Telltale Games released the game on PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on October 13, 2015. The ports feature updated voice work from Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen in the films (Biff was voiced by Kid Beyond in the original release).[5]
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- ^ a b c Porter, Matt (September 29, 2015). "Telltale's Back to the Future Set for Re-Release on PS4, Xbox One and 360". IGN. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
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