Where Back to the Future: The Game's going, we won't need Wiimotes

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 25th 2010 6:30PM

Telltale has revealed that it's trimming the list of platforms upon which its next onus, Back to the Future: The Game, will appear. The game will arrive first on the PC and Mac sometime this December, followed shortly thereafter by PS3 and iPad versions. Looks like the Wii and Xbox 360 got the short straws this time -- if only they could travel back in time to before this announcement was made! Unfortunately, time travel isn't real, or else we'd totally have a pet Europasaurus right now.

The game's PC and Mac iterations are currently available to pre-order for $25. Each pre-order includes a free copy of Puzzle Agent (available to download immediately after placing your order) and access to an exclusive "pre-release insider forum" on Telltale's site. Oh! And for every pre-order that goes through the site, Telltale will donate a dollar to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. That's awfully classy, you guys.

Source: Telltale Games

Tags: back-to-the-future, ipad, mac, pc, playstation, pre-order, ps3, telltale-games

Reader Comments (57)

Lul

@geniuswithagun
successful troll is successful.

@geniuswithagun "You bozo, this game don't run on Xbox!
Unless you got POWAH!"

Well if I had a time machine, I would've prevented Billy May's and Michael Jackson's death!

@Teh Rei

Everyone knows you must kill Hitler.

@FriedConsole

Don't you know you can't go back in time and kill Hitler?

http://io9.com/5094494/why-you-cant-travel-back-in-time-and-kill-hitler

@Teh Rei Very nice

@Teh Rei

But I'm not dead.

@FriedConsole

Einstein tried that in Red Alert and the war still happened :(

Data: Hey McFly, you bojo, those boards don't work on water!
Whitey: Unless you've got the POWER of the CELL.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

This is a really weird thing, though. You'd figure if they were sticking with the PC version, they'd stick with the easy port of the 360 version. Unless it's a Live/Microsoft problem.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
i could bet a large amount of money that it is a Microsoft problem,
they don't think its awesome enough

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I have a feeling this is a result of the 2gb size limitation on XBLA, rather than any blatant fanboyism.

And the Wii, well...

@bigwhiteyeti
that is what i was thinking :(

PS3 works for me. I'd rather 360 though :o(

PC it is then.

@Shadsy

Shouldn't it be on Xbox first then? You are the controller!!

I have a feeling this is a result of the 2gb size limitation on XBLA, rather than any blatant fanboyism.

And the Wii, well...

guess i will get the Mac version as soon as i can get it. If its good, i'll buy the PS3 ver.

@Shadsy

i think its just a reference

This is heavy!

Well I have a 360, a Wii, and an apparently not-good-enough iPod Touch. Guess I'll get the PC version.

Or maybe I'll just wait and see if they add an XBLA port while I play Power of Love over and over and over again on Rock Band 3.

@MidgardDragon

I think he just meant that the Wii can't take a 2GB+ download.

If you aren't interested in pre-ordering, get a free episode here:

http://www.telltalegames.com/bttfoffer

Right now the coupon is applying itself, but if they change it, the code is 121GIGAWATTS.

@Rather Dashing

thanks a lot! just "pre-ordered" the first episode. I was guessing they would release the first episode free for a limited while, as telltale has done with other seasons, but can't hurt to get it now anyway.

i just bought all 3 seasons of sam & max for $20 which is their current deal going on til 10/31. I claimed the free dvds as well (shipping was $7), but I contacted customer support since it says season 3 was on back order. The email I got back said that it would be back in stock on nov. 1st and my shipment would go out then. Just FYI in case anyone else was interested.

I can't wait for the back to the future game though! Having Christopher Lloyd on board for the voices is awesome. The stand-in for Michael J. Fox is really good too, though I would've still preferred the real deal.

@Rather Dashing

Thanks for the tip, just preordered the 1st episode for free. I will end up buying all the rest without even playing the first one as this should be a classic. Telltale rarely disappoints. I will not be disappoint!

@MidgardDragon

I meant more that it doesn't have a great online setup, making digital distribution more hit and miss than the other two consoles. A large percentage of the Wii's user base doesn't connect it to the internet.

I'm not saying the market isn't there. In fact, probably more than other systems. I'm just saying it'd probably sell better on a disc, and even then, it's a risky proposition.

Telltale President: Look, we don't want to make THAT much money....

I still don't know why season 2 of Sam and Max never came to PS3, but season 3 wasn't on 360. I'd rather play on PS3, but I can't see why they aren't going to all platforms, with Telltale's history with all the platforms. Maybe PS3 has done the best for them?

@Shadsy
Sam and Max worked well on the Wii, as did Monkey Island and Strongbad

@GewurztraminerX
Sam and Max are on the Wii [disc based]. Also the 2GB download limit makes no sense as the game is sold in mothly episodes. Just like Monkey Island and Strongbad were released over WiiWare.

The Wii has 512MB of internal memory. This game probably takes up more than that. I doubt they want to put a "Requires SD card" requirement on the game.

Aww, I was looking forward to this ... oh well.

Acknowledgment from random person= +5 chan points

Maybe they want to do that package deal they usually do now? If I recall, the PS3 can do the "buy series up front and download each episode when it comes out" where as the 360 Marketplace cannot do it.

Or some malarkey.

:-\

Awww maaaaaaan. There goes my day 1 buy. I don't game on the PC, and don't have any other platforms listed. Don't see why this isn't an obvious XBLA game.

Oh well, can't win em all.

Wait how will Michael J Fox be able to play the roll again? I though he was pretty far gone.

@Anticrawl
He isn't playing the role, but the voice actor taking his place does an amazing Marty.

Not sure if the game will be any good but TT deserves big, big props for the donations to Fox's fund.

@incredibilistic
The rest of their games have been excellent and very true to the series' their based on. Assuming you like adventure games, it's a sure fire bet.

@MidgardDragon
The 360 no longer has any download cap, games can be as big as they like. Also, the game is episode, each episode being release a month apart. It's very unlikely any of them will be above 2gb.

@MidgardDragon

Rather that WiiWare has a 42 MB filesize limit

Though i don't see why a retail version is out of the question. Seemed to work well enough for Sam and Max

All I care about is Jurassic park now.
That better hit ps3 or 360 as well.
Hell I'll buy it for both

Wii I can (sort of) understand, but 360? What, are they rolling dice to decide which consoles they put this on?

Anyone think after Jurassic Park their next series will be Peanuts?

That just seems really, really possible.

@Snowblind

I was under the impression the cap was still in effect, hence why the Stranger's Wrath remake was only available on PS3.

Episode 1 is free to download (PC??) *IN THE FUTURE* if you signup at telltalegames.com:

http://www.telltalegames.com/bttfoffer

I wanna see more media before I pre-order. Telltale is good, but they don't have a perfect rap sheet. Puzzle Agent and Strong Bad's game (in my opinion) are huge black smudges on their resume of games.

It's weirder that XBLA is getting ignored constantly by Telltale now after releasing the first two seasons of Sam & Max on there along with all four episodes of Wallace & Gromit, as the new Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, and now Back to the Future are on PSN and not XBLA.

I see...according to this post we must dejib the caboobalator.

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