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Telltale's Back to the Future touts Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown

by Justin McElroy on Sep 1st 2010 10:01AM

You can breathe a little easier if you've been eagerly anticipating Telltale's five-episode Back to the Future series, as USA Today has just confirmed some of its key inclusions:

1. Marty McFly and Doc Brown
2. Christopher Lloyd voicing Doc Brown
3. Hill Valley
4. 1985
5. BttF screenwriter Bob Gale's guidance
6. The DeLorean

We've worked with a team of experts to prepare a list of things we still need confirmed for the episodic game to allow our hearts to open and our expectations to run free, like majestic, time-traveling ponies:

1. Hoverboards.
2. Huey Lewis

Seriously guys, what's up?

Source: USA Today

Tags: back-to-the-future, bttf, christopher-lloyd, Episodic, pc, telltale, TellTale-Games

Reader Comments (60)

Telltale just put their hand down my pocket and I'm not complaining.

I really want to not be excited for this (as a lifelong gamer, I'm conditioned to not be excited for licensed products), but damn is it hard this time.

@Fullmetal Salchemist I think Telltale's track record so far gives reason not to fully suppress excitement, as long as you're into their type of games.

@Bubbameister33 Same here, I'm all in for this.

@gallahad

I am very much into classic point/and click adventure games. I was even into the first two seasons of Telltale's Sam & Max games. Their Monkey Island and Sam & Max season 3 are terrible, so their track record, as far as I'm concerned is hit or miss.

Day one purchase for me. They are slowly creeping into my top 5 developer list, seriously.

@sammo21

After Monkey Island they have my full support in anything they do, and this is just the cherry on top.

They need to work on their technical side quite a bit, but in time with more money I expect good things.

Hoverboards are cool, but I could survive without it.

Huey Lewis on the other hand...

a list of things we still need...

1. Hoverboards.
2. Huey Lewis
3. Banging your mom

@copa You mean "ALMOST banging your mom."

@copa

Powerlaces.

@Chibi Chaingun McFly you bojo! Hoverboards don't work on water! Unles you've got POWA!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA

You had me at Telltale...

"Chuck, it's your cousin Marvin, Marvin Berry. You know that new Telltale game you were looking for? Well read this!"

@MrAlex

You, good sir, are a god among men.

+ infinity for you.

Could this be an actual film-based game that doesn't suck? If so, it couldn't have happened to a nicer film.

DAY ONE BUY.

And yeah, we definitely need some Huey.

@Chief Oddball

Ghostbusters was pretty good.

@MLS

Good point, I forgot about that one.

The films NEED to come out on HD-DVD already. Classics.

@thisredengine

Here in this time continuum, Blu-ray has won the format wars. HD-DVD is dead, brother. Heavy, I know.

@MLS

I know I'm fat, but...never mind. I am still clinging onto my HD-DVD external 360 drive.

@MLS Perfect reply. +10.

@thisredengine

I was a HD-DVD rebel back in the day, but I joined the Dark Side long ago.

...oh wait, wrong movie. Damn!

@thisredengine

hahaha HD-DVD... i remember that format war. Sony was HATED back then, like you wouldn't believe it

Does this have anything to do with the Sam & Max and Heavy mix-up?

"1. Hoverboards.
2. Huey Lewis"

Also:
3. Johnny B. Goode

What about Biff? Or Griff? Or Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen?

They need to get Tom Wilson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y
(Biff's Question Song)

@Ninbrendo

He's listed in imdb as rumored for this project. He does a ton of voice work so it seems a no brainier.

Good. They got Christopher Lloyd. And I love the character designs so far. I dont doubt that these games will be awesome, and will be day one purchases for me.

So what's next for TellTale?
Saturday Night Fever
Graduate: The Game!
Wizard of Oz
And will they make the definitive version of Beat Street 2: Electic Boogaloo?

Sad excuse for creativity

@Digiboi

Say hi to your mom for me

@Digiboi

Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?

Details on whether or not Michael J. Fox would be joining the vocal cast were shaky at best.

haha, oh man. You bastard.

@Boffo the Sock

Ouch.

@Boffo the Sock
Too soon... too soon.....

@Boffo the Sock

Anticipation for the game has me shaking like a leaf on a stick... being held by Michael J.

@Boffo the Sock
That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.

Man, Joystiq, why would you do that? WHere's the love for The News? Sure, Huey Lewis is all fine and well, but he'd be NOTHING without The News.

There's that word again... heavy.

Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?

@FernandoRocker
You stole my bit!

I Always Liked Batman More Then BTTF, But I Still Like BTTF

Shake the Wiimote to control Marty.

@Gemini Ace Harsh.

@Gemini Ace

Wow, nothing good is gonna happen to you down the line if you keep that up. :/

Who else hear knows, that whenever they hear "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News on the radio, doesn't flash a reminder of Back to the Future in their heads?!

I mean come on! I thought it was a perfectly legitimate option to choose. Mostly since I chose it.

@ddealss
Dont forget The Power of Love

My favorite childhood movie next to Time bandits and I can't complain thus far with what I'm hearing. Awesome!

When a developer truly loves a franchise, you can feel it. It's not just a cheap one-of overnight project. The game ultimately shines.

That's the power of love.

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