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Back to the Future: The Game is an episodicgraphic adventure 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, 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. Lloyd reprises his role as Doc, while A.J. Locascio plays the role of Marty; 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, 2011. 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 film's 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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Gameplay[edit]

Back to the Future: The Game is a graphic adventure played from a third-person perspective. The player controls Marty to explore the 3D environments using either the keyboard, mouse or game controller to move around. The player can have Marty examine objects, talk to non-player characters (initiating dialog through conversation trees), and perform specific actions in order to solve puzzles and progress the game. Some items can be picked up and stored in Marty's inventory, and then can be used later to interact with other characters or objects. The game provides a list of current goals for the player to complete to advance the game. The player can access a hint system, revealing one clue at a time from a number of cryptic clues for how to solve a specific puzzle.^[8][9]

Plot[edit]

May 1986. It has been six months since Marty McFly witnessed Dr. Emmett Brown disappear into an unknown time and the bank subsequently foreclosing on Doc's home. On May 14, 1986, while helping his father George sort through Doc's possessions, Marty is surprised to see a DeLorean time machine, which he thought had been destroyed, appear outside the house. Inside is Einstein, Doc's dog, and a tape recorder with a message from Doc explaining how the DeLorean would return to this present should Doc ever run into problems. Einstein helps track down Edna Strickland, the elderly sister of Marty's school principal and a former reporter for Hill Valley's paper. Reading her newspaper collection, Marty learns that Doc was detained in 1931 and killed by Irving 'Kid' Tannen, Biff Tannen's father. Marty and Einstein travel to 1931 to save Doc.

Marty arrives on June 13, 1931, and learns that Doc was accused of arson upon the Kid's illegal speakeasy, (that the new DeLorean is a temporal copy created by the lightning strike of 1955 and landed in 2025 when Doc travelled into the future between the first and second movies) and thus needs to escape the jail. Doc tells Marty to seek the aid of his younger self, Emmett, who at this point in time assists his father, Judge Brown at the courthouse, who strongly dislikes Emmett's desire to go into science. Along the way, Marty encounters his grandfather Arthur 'Artie' McFly, his girlfriend Jennifer's grandfather, Officer Danny Parker, and a young Edna. While convincing Emmett to help, Marty convinces Artie, who serves as Kid's accountant, to testify against Kid as to help prove Doc's innocence. Believing all is well, Doc and Marty prepare to return to the present when Marty finds himself disappearing. Doc discovers Artie would be killed the next day for testifying, thus affecting Marty's existence. They return and instead convince Artie to flee town after testifying.

Arriving on May 15, 1986, they realize that for some unknown reason, Kid was able to expand his criminal operations and owns all of Hill Valley (and that Jennifer never existed). Marty and Doc travel to August 25, 1931, the day Kid was supposed to be arrested. The duo find another option: they convince Trixie Trotter, Kid's moll, who has become smitten with Artie, to testify instead. The cop, Danny Parker, who was meant to arrest Kid has been demoted because of Marty and Doc (and the DeLorean)’s presence due to that, his girlfriend, Betty (Jennifer’s grandmother) has broken up with him and in hope of winning her back, he works for Kid to earn some extra money. After Marty reasoned with him, Parker decided to turn against Kid to win back Betty. Kid and his gang are jailed, and all appears well. Doc reveals that this is also the night that inspired him to finish his rocket car experiment for the Hill Valley Science Expo. He went to see Frankenstein when he was frustrated and was inspired, even keeping the ticket stub until 1986. Marty and Doc return to the future unaware that their actions have caused Edna to fall in love with Emmett, and their relationship causes Emmett to forgo his scientific inventions. The ticket stub starts to fade out of existence as Doc realizes that Edna kept him from seeing the film.

When they return to 1986 again, Doc disappears, and Marty crashes the DeLorean into a billboard. Shaken up, Marty finds Hill Valley has become a totalitarian walled society, run by 'Citizen Brown'. Sneaking inside, Marty learns that Edna has brainwashed Emmett and used his genius to craft the means to create a perfect society in her eyes. Marty is able to get close to Citizen Brown and show him a notebook he recovered from 1986 with the first drawing of Doc's flux capacitor. Citizen Brown is awash with memories and realizes he was meant for better things. He helps Marty to repair the DeLorean and the two set off for 1931 to try to undo the earlier mistake. However, the damage to the DeLorean leads the DeLorean to arrive in October instead of August, where Edna and Emmett's relationship has grown. Marty is ready to take whatever steps are needed to end it, but Citizen Brown becomes concerned over what will happen to Edna and upset that Marty does not consider her feelings, and drives off alone in the DeLorean to contemplate the situation.

Marty, with help from Trixie, first ends Edna and Emmett's relationship, but Emmett still is reluctant to return to his science pathway. Marty tries to convince Emmett to see Frankenstein to inspire him, leading to a confrontation about Emmett’s inability to stand up for himself. A lightning storm erupts causing Emmett to realize that rockets cannot make the car fly. This memory acts as a replacement for Emmett seeing the Creature electrocuted in the film as in the original timeline. The answer is static electricity and Marty helps Emmett turn his rocket car into a Electrokinetic Levitator in time for the Science Expo. Meanwhile, Edna is picked up by Citizen Brown, and when she relates what Marty has done, Brown decides to help her to stop Marty's plan. At the Expo, Edna and Brown attempt to sabotage Emmett's display, but Marty discovers them in time. During this, he happens to learn that Edna was responsible for the arson of Kid's speakeasy. During the Expo, Emmett successfully demonstrates his flying car, just as Judge Brown arrives. Marty is able to help Emmett to stand up for his beliefs. Judge Brown and his son reconcile their differences, with Emmett's father now accepting his son's scientific pursuits.

Edna is furious as her plan has been foiled, and when Citizen Brown refuses to help further, she steals the DeLorean, running him over, before inadvertently disappearing in time with it. As he dies, Citizen Brown tells Marty he was right about Edna. Marty gives Emmett a sealed note with instructions to be opened in the future. Shortly after, a second DeLorean appears with Doc at the wheel, having been summoned from 1986 by the note. As they talk about events, the town of Hill Valley disappears around them. They find, from Marty's great-grandfather William 'Willie' McFly, that the town burned down and by 'Scary' 'Mary Pickford' (in fact Edna Strickland) shortly after its founding in 1876. Travelling to July 17, 1876, Marty and Doc discovering a crazed Edna had travelled there and attempted to burn down the tavern run by Beauregard Tannen which destroyed the town. They stop Edna in time before she can commit the act, returning her and the first DeLorean to the restored Hill Valley of 1931. Edna is quickly arrested as she continues to ramble about her act of arson, and put into jail with Kid. The alternate DeLorean then disappears, having been erased by the timeline. As Marty and Doc are preparing to return, Marty spots Artie and Trixie, having fallen in love with each other, and worries about his future since Artie was to be wed to his grandmother Sylvia. She reveals that “Trixie Trotter” is a stage name and that her name is actually Sylvia.

Doc and Marty arrive in 1986 and discover that in this new post-time-travel timeline, there was no estate sale because Doc's reconciliation with his father allowed the Browns to stay part-time in Hill Valley. They find that Edna and Kid had fallen in love while in jail, and afterwards married and both became much happier and friendlier since. Doc reveals his previous absence to Marty; he had been compiling a history of the McFly family to present to Marty as a graduation gift but found information on his grandmother challenging to come across (as she was working under the name Trixie) and thus had travelled to 1931 to attempt to obtain research first-hand. Suddenly, three separate DeLoreans appear, each with a different future version of Marty driving them. They approach Marty and Doc and insist they come to help assure that their respective futures occur as they are supposed to. Doc and his Marty leave the Marties arguing with each other, saying the future can wait until after they have enjoyed the present for a while; they then depart to an unknown time.

Episodes[edit]

Voice cast[edit]

• A.J. Locascio - Marty McFly/Leech
  • Michael J. Fox as William McFly/Future Marty McFly
• Christopher Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown/Citizen Brown/Jacques Douteux
  • James Arnold Taylor as Young Emmett Brown
• Kid Beyond - Biff Tannen
  • Thomas F. Wilson - Biff Tannen (2015 re-release)
  • Owen Thomas - Kid Tannen/Beauregard Tannen
• Michael X. Sommers - George McFly/Arthur McFly
• Aimee Miles - Lorraine Baines McFly
• Claudia Wells - Jennifer Parker
• Rebecca Sweitzer - Edna Strickland
• Shannon Nicholson - Young Edna Strickland
• Mark Barbolak - Detective Danny Parker/Detective Danny Parker, Jr.

Development[edit]

Back to the Future: The Game was announced by developer Telltale Games in early June 2010, as part of a licensing deal to create video games based on Universal Pictures' Back to the Future and Jurassic Park film series.^[23][24] The title is split-up into five episodes and is now available for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Wii (as a single retail release) and iOS.^[25]

The development team sought input from fans on various scenarios by means of an online survey^[26] and brought in trilogy co-creator, co-writer and co-producer Bob Gale as story consultant.^[27][28] Several concepts he and director Robert Zemeckis had originally conceived for Part II, such as the exploration of the Prohibition era and Doc's family history, were reworked into the game.^[29] Telltale Games found adhering to the films' established timelines to be one of the greatest challenges regarding the development of the script.^[30] Many ideas had to be scrapped due to conflicts that would have caused paradoxes with the stories of the films.^[30] Gale stated that although the game is not part of the series canon,^[29][31][32] it is possible that it could take place in alternate timelines.^[33]

In September 2010, the team revealed the first piece of concept art for the protagonists, created by artist Ryan Jones and based on actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, who allowed their likenesses to be used for the in-game characters.^[28] Season designer and writer Michael Stemmle emphasized that the game's graphics would take a less realistic and more stylized approach while trying to stay true to the feel of the trilogy.^[34] The puzzles were designed to rely on applying items in the inventory to characters and objects as the developers did not think of Marty as a protagonist that would build a gadget from various parts.^[34]

Audio[edit]

As Michael J. Fox was unavailable to reprise his role as Marty for the game, newcomer A.J. Locascio voiced the character instead,^[35] though Fox later provided voice work for Marty's great grandfather William in the fifth and final episode of the game, as well as for the three futuristic versions of Marty who appear in the game's final cutscene.^[6][21][36] Locascio was able to get the part when his audition sample ended up in the email inbox of voice director Julian Kwasneski, and managed to impress both Gale and Lloyd with how closely it resembled the sound of Fox's voice during the time the trilogy was filmed.^[35] Lloyd returned to voice Doc Brown and began his first recording session for the game in late September 2010.^[37] Later, Claudia Wells joined the cast, reprising her role as Jennifer Parker from the first film.^[38]Kid Beyond provides the voice for Biff Tannen in place of actor Tom Wilson,^[39] and James Arnold Taylor as the younger Emmett.^[40] Though the game features other returning characters including George and Lorraine McFly, voicework for these characters are provided by a variety of available voice actors in the Bay Area. Tom Wilson reprised his role as Biff Tannen for the 30th anniversary revamp.^[41] The song Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the News, which was written for first film, appears in the game.

Promotion[edit]

To promote the title, Telltale brought a replica of the DeLorean time machine as part of their booth display at the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo which occurred shortly after the game's announcement.^[42][43] Prior to the game's release, Telltale Games published their first Facebook game, Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time, with mechanics similar to Bejeweled Blitz, to tie in with the episodic series.^[44][45] It has been taken down as of 2012.

A voucher for a free copy of the first episode of the series was included in the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray release of the Back to the Future trilogy on October 26, 2010.^[46] A promotional offer was made on Telltale's web site to download a free copy as well.^[47] Via this promotion, however, the first episode began distribution on February 16, 2011.^[48] As of April 2011, Telltale offered the first episode for free for anyone with a registered account at their website.^[49] As a pre-order bonus, Telltale offered buyers a free copy of Puzzle Agent, access to a pre-release insider forum on their web site, and stated that they would donate one dollar to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research for each pre-order.^[50][51]

Reception[edit]

Back to the Future: The Game received generally positive reviews. The first episode, 'It's About Time', was praised by several reviewers as an effective start to the series. IGN's Greg Miller gave the episode a score of 8.5/10, writing, 'it's a movie-inspired game that doesn't suck. Instead, it pushes the characters in interesting directions and whips up a good story.' Miller praised Telltale Games for recreating the Back to the Future universe with attention to detail and for the iteration's witty dialogue.^[62] Nathan Meunier of GameSpot gave the episode a 7.5/10 score, saying the series 'shows a lot of promise with its debut installment'. The review added that 'The entertaining story that follows is enhanced by believable character interactions, imbuing the adventure with a great sense of authenticity.' Meunier did note that the installment was 'surprisingly light on challenge and content.'^[63] Ben PerLee from GameZone summarized his praise of the game by saying it is a 'feel good cinematic experience that any fan of Back to the Future will want to check out, and everyone else would do well to check it out.'^[64]PALGN gave the installment a 7/10, saying that fans of the films 'will find plenty to love with all of the callbacks and nostalgic moments', but calling the game's pace slow and the 1930s setting uninspiring. The review concluded, 'Fans will delight in the more nostalgic and clever moments of 'It's About Time', but it's a short, easy and somewhat bland introduction to the series, which we hope still has time to get a lot better.'^[65] In a 2/5 stars review, The Escapist said the first episode of the game 'doesn't quite get the tone [of the films] right and fails to offer up much compelling gameplay.' The reviewer called the setting, situations, and characters 'bland', further describing the characters as 'cardboard nobodies', and did not review the rest of the series.^[66] The consensus among critics was that the voice acting was exceptional, with particular praise directed at A.J. Locascio's impersonation of Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly. Most reviewers were critical of the episode's puzzles as being too simplistic and easy.^{[62][63][65][66]} Review aggregator Metacritic assigned the episode an average review score of 74/100.^[52]

Official Nintendo Magazine gave the Wii version of the game 78%.^{[citation needed]}

Back to the Future: The Game was Telltale's most successful franchise prior to the release of The Walking Dead: The Game.^[67][68] Corel draw x7 serial number and activation code.

The game reached number 3 in the PS3 sales charts.^[69]

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Other media[edit]

In 2016, IDW Publishing released a comic book of the game, adapted by Bob Gale and Erik Burnham, and released over five issues from May to September 2016.^[70][71] The comic follows the story of the game albeit with some minor changes, which according to Bob Gale: '..I convinced IDW to go back in time with me to correct a few mistakes we made the first time around, as well as to set up some things that pay off cleverly in true BTTF style.'^[72]

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Microsoft purchased Minecraft a couple of years back for a cool 2.5 billion dollars. Naturally, Microsoft has big plans for the franchise, and we were able to get a glimpse of those during E3 2016.

Minecraft showed off Realms for the Pocket Edition and Windows 10 tablet and PC version of the game at E3. Minecraft Realms allows players to rent a dedicated, persistent server, which friends and family can connect to and share without requiring a host to be online. Previously, Realms only supported the legacy PC and Mac versions of Minecraft, but eventually, the console versions of Minecraft will also be able to connect to a shared Realm.

In our demonstration session, we also saw how players will be able to further customize their experience across PC, tablets and phones. We also learned a bit about the future of Minecraft on Windows 10 Mobile.

What's the deal with Minecraft on Windows phones?

One of the first questions I asked the Minecraft team was about the Windows Phone versions of the game. As Windows Central readers are no doubt aware, Windows on phones is in a strange place right now, where even Microsoft aren't prioritizing development for some of its apps on the platform. Minecraft is no different, as the iOS and Android versions of Minecraft now support achievements, while the Windows Phone 8.1 version does not.

I asked what the plan was for the Windows Phone version of the game. Would the Pocket Edition be replaced a Windows 10 UWP version? Would it support Continuum? I mentioned how cool it would be to utilize the new Bluetooth Xbox One S controller to play Minecraft via Continuum on my Lumia 950 XL, for example.

Microsoft told me that those ideas and questions are exciting, but they have nothing to announce right now regarding their roadmap for Windows on phones. They said that the idea is prioritizing players where they're at, effectively hinting that Windows Phone's market share is to blame for the sluggish pace of development.

However, they did tell me though that the goal for Minecraft is 100% parity between all versions. Windows Phone, Windows 10, Xbox One, and beyond. They assured me that Windows Phone users would not be forgotten, but whether or not they hold true to their word remains to be seen. I certainly hope we do see some of the upcoming improvements to Minecraft, given how cool some of them are.

Exposing Minecraft's code to players

Minecraft is switching to a in the game's files and then reloading the game updated the creeper's behavior. Similarly, they demonstrated how you could change the color of the creeper's texture using something as basic as Microsoft Paint, swapping the color of his jersey from white to blue with the paint bucket tool.

The files to edit Minecraft on the Pocket Editions and Windows 10 PC version will be accessible via the each platform's file explorers, and Microsoft said that it's impossible to break the game by inputting the wrong JSON syntax. If Minecraft detects a code error, mob behaviors will just revert to their defaults.

Watching a bunny zombie eating carrots, and then proceeding to make baby zombies was particularly hilarious.

A speedier Creeper was relatively cool but nothing too impressive. Microsoft Studios then kicked it up a notch. They showed how you could add extra points to a zombie's model to add texturing for bunny ears. They also demonstrated how you can transplant the entire brain of a rabbit into a zombie, simply by copy and pasting the code out of the JSON files. Watching a bunny zombie eating carrots, and then proceeding to make baby zombies was particularly hilarious.

The studio also showed how you can customize the death behavior of mobs, and even how mobs react to different events. They spawned a herd of cows that picked up the death behavior of exploding on ignition. The result was a veritable bovine nuclear apocalypse, and it was glorious. They showed us custom robot skins made in Microsoft Paint, and described 100-foot tall creepers and other wacky creations.

Microsoft said they have no plans to have a marketplace for custom skins or behavior files, and that they'd put it in the hands of the community to decide how distribution would work.

Bringing Minecraft players together

Microsoft closed by emphasizing that the goal is to bring all Minecraft players together. Part of that is ensuring their new moddable Minecraft is fully forwards compatible with future versions, but also that all versions must reach parity over the coming months.

The plan for Minecraft is to expose as much of the code as possible, to allow players to create the game they want — and with Realms, when they want. In the very near future, you'll no longer have to wait for your friends to be online before getting back to work on that castle you started building together, nor will you have to copy and paste all your modded skins and behaviors from one version to the next. Through Realms, everything will just work, exemplifying Microsoft's overarching dedication to computational mobility.

Obviously, the most powerful application for these new features is education. An easily editable Minecraft will not only teach kids the basics of texturing models in video games, but also the fundamentals of programming. As Minecraft progresses, it's clear that Microsoft's primarily ambitions weren't necessarily about cashing in on the never-ending licensing bucks (although that's a definitive side bonus), they want to use the game to train the next generation of software engineers. And with initiatives like Minecraft for Education, it's already begun.

The new editing capabilities described above are heading out to players on Windows 10, iOS and Android in the Fall. At this point, we can only hope that Microsoft keeps their promise to bring updates to Minecraft for Windows mobile devices.