Alright! Somebody’s finally making a Back to the Future videogame! This is so overdue. That first movie is still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Marty McFly and Doc Brown are coming to a platform near you thanks to a new partnership between Telltale Games and Universal Studios. Telltale is best known for its episodic, story-driven adventure games, such as the Sam & Max series. They’re bringing this same formula to a five-episode “season” for Back to the Future, this winter. The first concept art from the game is seen above.
Actor Christopher Lloyd has signed on to lend his voice to Doc Brown, which is probably the role he’s best known for, to this day. No doubt they’re attempting to get Michael J. Fox to provide the voice for Marty as well, but any number of obstacles could stand in the way of that. Here’s hoping, though! Bob Gale, screenwriter for all three movies, is consulting on the game’s storyline.
Details about the game are scarce, but thanks to USA Today, we know that the game will be set in Hill Valley, that 1985 will be one of the time periods involved in the game, and that the DeLorean time machine will be in the game. (No word yet on if you’ll get to drive it.) The game is said to be coming to “all major platforms,” which likely means the episodes will be downloadables on Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, etc. Hopefully they’ll be available on mobile devices like smartphones and the iPad, too.
As part of this same deal between Telltale and Universal, a multi-episode Jurassic Park game is also in the works.
