Back to the Future facebook game

[jaybyron]

Has anyone else notice that if you view the tutuorial in the back to the future facebook game you can see more concept art!

When it talks about high scores it quickly scrolls by a concept art mugshot for George, Biff, and a character named "Kid Tannen" who is dressed up in a mobster suit.

Could this be a spoiler for the game or an easter egg? Can't wait!

I've got mine pre ordered already!

Me and my wife played through Puzzle Agent in one night and we loved it! :)

- Jay

[Meta Ray Mek]

All I have to say is that it got me to break my solemn vow to NEVER use a Facebook game application.

*shakes fist*

So addictive though. I'm a sucker for those kinds of puzzlers. >=

[Origami]

Nice find!!!!
I have been playing that game like crazy but never noticed it.

Here I took a screenshot.

Maybe spoilers!!!!!
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8498/68917679.png



EDIT: Same here. I also promised myself to never use an app. But it's great. You get to hear the theme loop epicly. Never gets dull...lol. And there are some of the recorded lines in it.
AJ sounds exactly like Marty. Those lines further prove it.

[RAnthonyMahan]

Since we'll supposedly be travelling to the 30s, I'm going to take a guess that Kid Tannen is a gangster who's supposed to be Biff's father.

[Origami]

^
Or maybe an uncle.

[Strayth]

George looks HORRIBLE.

Let's hope it's just because of the size.

Nice find though !

[markeres]

George looks HORRIBLE.

Let's hope it's just because of the size.I highly doubt they were able to get Crispin Glover's likeness rights. That's probably as close as they were able to get.

[Strayth]

Well, I think we could all tolerate a George "lookalike", especially with the cartoony graphics.

But "not looking like Crispin" =/= Being hideous .

Biff looks epic (and match Wilson's likeness too). George looks beyond horrible (the fact that he has nothing to do with Crispin is another matter).

[The Tingler]

To be fair, Crispin Glover didn't even allow his likeness to be in Parts 2 or 3 of the BTTF trilogy, so it was unlikely the game would feature him properly.

[RAnthonyMahan]

George was of virtually no importance in the sequels, anyway. I get the feeling we won't be seeing too much of him here.

Any chance we can get a larger version of George, Biff, and Kid Tannen, by the way?

[Mr.h]

Well... those portraits are really small, so... i can't say if George looks horrible or not

[docbrown2015]

Also in the game, after you get enough Jewels, you hit 88MPH. and travel to HilValley's ClockToer, one Spoiler I think I found is if you should see the CourtHouse with a Science Fair Banner across. look at the top right of the screen once you start the level.. it will say "Hill Valley 1931" so I guess we get to see Young Doc after all.

[Strayth]

To be fair, Crispin Glover didn't even allow his likeness to be in Parts 2 or 3 of the BTTF trilogy, so it was unlikely the game would feature him properly.

No actually, they just didn't ask him. Thus the famous problem. His likeness was featured in the sequels. You can also SEE Crispin in the movie in a few scenes.

And, it's obvious George had no importance (though he is kinda important in part 2 even if we don't really see him much) in the sequels only because they had trouble with the actor.

He is crucial to BTTF 1 ... I would be really upset if he has no importance in the game.

Especially if we get way too much Lorraine and Biff.

[Falanca]

I say George also looks pretty cool.

[doodo!]

I think kid Tannen is probably Biff family related.

[Origami]

^
Nice try.

[doggans]

I think kid Tannen is probably Biff family related.

Sir, you'd better have some evidence to back up such a bold and wild claim! :p

[doodo!]

lol.

It would be interesting to see a new villain though.

[Strayth]

lol.

It would be interesting to see a new villain though.

Yeah, would be cool if they changed the delorean with a toyota too...

Seriously man ...

Apart from Dark Marty from the future who is trying to prevent a disaster by doing * seemingly * bad things in the past, they can't invent a new villain ...

[RAnthonyMahan]

lol.

It would be interesting to see a new villain though.

Back to the Future cannot have a villain outside of the Tannen family. It would just be wrong.

I do hope we see lots of new Tannens, though.

[doodo!]

Well, it would definitely be difficult to do anyways.

[StevenMcFlyJr]

:D Just thought it would be cool to see who has the highest score in here as of so far on the Facebook game :D

My high score: 135,750 :-)

http://i55.tinypic.com/wqyeet.jpg

[Origami]

High score is 12 million :P

[StevenMcFlyJr]

The proof is in the pudding ... in this case, a unaltered image.

Altered you say? OH NO! Don't alter the fabric of the space time continuum! :eek:

[Jtucker1789]

Yeah that's cool! I scored 4,077,450 once. I thought you could earn acheivements and prizes but i can't figure out how.

[Falanca]

Around 900k IIRC. Well the highscores just got a reset, so I can't recall it that well.

[Origami]

The proof is in the pudding ... in this case, a unaltered image.

Altered you say? OH NO! Don't alter the fabric of the space time continuum! :eek:


Trust me. There have even been people that got 50 million.
I admit though these scores weren't achieved through conventional means.
I am using an old computer and exploiting it's slowdowns. :cool:
A.k.a. semi-cheating :D

[Trackah123]

for me i got 492k as a record (fair play).

[Weeblerjake]

Mine was somewhere around 277,000... but I have no proof.

New week wiped my scores. :(

[LUNARWOLF22]

can post the url address please?:confused::)

[Origami]

^
I do not hope however that every ep's problem becomes a Tannen. It would become repetitive and that is NOT what BttF is only about.

[Vainamoinen]

Back to the Future cannot have a villain outside of the Tannen family. It would just be wrong.

I do hope we see lots of new Tannens, though.

I'm with Origami here. Variatio delectat. ;)

Even Gale & Zemeckis felt the need to introduce a secondary villain - Needles - because the Tannens were just overdone. If they'll introduce one (1) Tannen that is new to us (Kid Tannen) in the entire game, and work with young Biff, middle-aged Biff and old Biff for the rest of the game, things will be fine.

On a sidenote, if Telltale chose to not actually make Biff the villain, but indeed let '85 Biff do some good and help out a little in a crucial moment, would you necessarily consider that "not in the spirit of the BTTF movies"? ;)

[Sausy Gibbon]

Also in the game, after you get enough Jewels, you hit 88MPH. and travel to HilValley's ClockToer, one Spoiler I think I found is if you should see the CourtHouse with a Science Fair Banner across. look at the top right of the screen once you start the level.. it will say "Hill Valley 1931" so I guess we get to see Young Doc after all.

I thought it said 1936, if they made it in 1931 Doc would only be eleven when Marty visits and would be better if he met a Doc closer to his present age.

[Armakuni]

Heh, just an ordinary match 3 kind of game... that's a bit disappointing :p

[Origami]

@Vaina

Yeah but the games don't even have to be brinked with Tannens. We can have 1985 Tannen and max 3
new alterations of Biff with Kid being one.

Other problems could be the prevention of paradoxes. Or a less favourable future caused by mistakes in a previous ep that has to be prevented.

[docbrown2015]

Hey guys, one quick Question in the FB game, when when at times while playing, or when you are just about to him 88 MPH the game goes extremely slow? also the Speedomete dows down wayr to fast at times..but still I love this game lots!

[Mr.h]

The facebook game has changed, now it has a Heavy mode and a leveling up system, every time you level up an object of the game appears with a description, which i suppose is what marty says when you examine the object...

[Origami]

^
Epic.

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!

I got the gray sports almanac at lvl 2 and the car keys of th 4x4 at lvl 5.

[Alan Johnson]

Did you guys see the updates to the game? There's a new Heavy Mode and Biff's Slot Machine to earn tokens so that you can play Heavy Mode! :)

[Origami]

I got to level 6 and the item you got is the picture of Doc and Marty in 1885

The description that came along with it was priceless!

[captainjackbano]

I'm diggin the update! Where is Biff's slot machine though? I'm curious to check out heavy mode.

[Origami]

It should come up automatically....I think

[captainjackbano]

I'm up to level 4 so far, almost ready to level up again. These little upgrades have really added a lot to the game.

[Icedhope]

Appreciably it's one of the game pro's staff guilty pleasures.
http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/217475/embarassing-games-we-secretly-love/

[Son Goku]

I've been playing the game all day today, and I have yet to see the slot game. What gives?

[Jtucker1789]

^ Yeah me too, I'm at a level 6 and I haven't been able to play Biff's slot machine yet either. What is Heavy Mode?

[Sikboy1029]

I'm sure it wasn't actually developed by Telltale but this is something they should keep in mind for all future titles in which the ability to distinguish between certain colors will be required to succeed in the game.

[Vainamoinen]

Now, I'm not color blind, but my recent book on the subject of color (James Gurney's "Color and Light") states that about 10% of all males are color blind some way or another. Quite a number!! I'm just throwing this in to back up your claim - with these numbers, the game should really have an option with symbols instead of colors. ;)

[Son Goku]

No one has an explanation, color me shocked. I started the game today and the slot game came up.
What is Heavy Mode?
Heavy Mode as the information provided states:
"In Heavy Mode the Flux Capacitor starts with:
2x Special Molecules
2x Multiplier Molecules
Bigger time bonus when you hit 88mph!
Now go set an incredible score!"

[xChri5x]

It's just a simple facebook game. You aren't missing much.

[Sikboy1029]

Fair enough, but as I said they need to keep it in mind for other releases.

[Kaldire]

hey its coooool!
and gulp

its all about the balls

just use colors not on blindscale tada! .. symbols Id get lost..unless it was a colored bubble around a symbol

[LuigiHann]

Typically in these games, the "gems" are all different shapes and different colors, so it's surprising that they overlooked that conventional wisdom here.

[docbrown2015]

I found another Item, well Marty did.. The Subpoena, Marty explains how he couldn't believe that Doc once wanted to be a Lawyer

[Origami]

^
Lol cool. But in game though The subpoena probably doesn't belong to Doc as a memento.
It's probably related to his arrest.

Ep 1 will be a courtroom drama in 1931? Epic lol

[docbrown2015]

^
Lol cool. But in game though The subpoena probably doesn't belong to Doc as a memento.
It's probably related to his arrest.

Ep 1 will be a courtroom drama in 1931? Epic lolGreat Scott!! 1.21 Jiggowatts!!! in Court! :D

[Ghost Rider LSOV]

Great Scott!! 1.21 Jiggowatts!!! in Court! :D

Think an electic chair could generate such power? :D

[Tjibbbe]

So, what items did you guys get? So far I unlocked:


- Save the Clocktower Flyer ("This flyer has Jennifer's number written on it! Oh, and without it I probably would have been stuck in 1955 forever.")
- Grays Sports Almanac ("Every sports result of the last 30 years - think of the possibilities! Assuming it doesn't fall into the wrong hands and open up a nightmarish alternate timeline.")
- A Match Made in Space ("It's my dad's first novel - there's something familiar about that alien on the cover...")
- New 4x4 keys ("It's the keys to the car I dreamed of owning one day - although that was before I knew about the time-travelling Delorean.")
- Hill Valley Clock Photo ("Me and Doc look pretty good in this photo! Weird that we were both around when the town clock first started AND when it stopped.")


These are not all the items you can unlock, but I don't have the time to unlock more right now. Anyone who unlocked more items, or someone who has any idea how many there are?

I'm also wondering if the quotes are pulled from the game or made up for this flashgame...

[Origami]

^
I also stopped at level 6.

[Origami]

Level 7 = Subpoena. I don't know what the description said. Only that Doc once wanted to be a lawyer.
Level 8 = Letter to Doc. "It's the letter I wrote to warn the Doc about getting shot in 1985 - I guess even he couldn't resist knowing the truth about the future. It's why he eventually built the time machine after all."

[EvilDeadFan]

Here's mine :D

http://filesmelt.com/dl/bttf_score_small.bmp

[Tjibbbe]

I got the subpoena. The text is: It's the subpoena from my most recent adventure. I can't believe Doc once thought he was going to be a lawyer!"

This is the only one where I didn't get a picture though. Does anyone know if there are any other levels/items after level 8? I need 38,081,950 more points to get to level 8, so I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.:p

[Origami]

^
Read my post Tjibbe. You get the letter from Doc after the subpoena.

[Gogeta504]

im gonna try this =)

[Ghost Rider LSOV]

I hadn't noticed there were new soundbites now.
Like Marty saying: "Great Scott!" (fast)

[Ghost Rider LSOV]

Well, my head is buzzing with the BTTF theme, but I got to level 9.
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9927/lvl9.jpg :D
And before going there, got my best high score ever (and I doubt I'll get it again, was almost hypnotised): http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6414/thisisheavy.jpg

Tip: When you are changing "rounds" (or whatever you call them) and the game is still making matches, you'll see it doesn't count towards the speed score. So don't go making matches while this is happening, because you'll get the points, but speed will remain at 0. Wait for it to stop, then go for it! :P

PS. I like the "Alright, I'm coming Doc!". Sounds full of determination. :)

[Origami]

^
So what means of cheating did you use? ^^


But please continue! I want to see that other items come after that.

[Ghost Rider LSOV]

^
So what means of cheating did you use? ^^

None. Sorry to disappoint there.

[xIvory]

http://i53.tinypic.com/2a92txd.png

I nearly flipped out, lmao. I've seen higher scores but this is a milestone for me.

[Origami]

^
Great! What cheats did you use? ^^

[sVybDy]

Oh geez, looks like I just broke the freaking game. It won't even generate the Experiment Results screen.

2224

[Origami]

^
Great! And you used what cheat again? ^^

[sVybDy]

No cheats, man. You're just gonna have to accept it. If you're good at finding matches, it's very easy to keep the game going for a good, long time. The game gives you 15 seconds back whenever you fill the Flux Capacitor, and you can do that in well under 15 seconds if you're good, leading to virtually infinite time until you screw up once or twice.

And because all new points are multiplied by your current multiplier, the score starts getting epically huge as the game goes on, especially since there seems to be no limit to how high the multiplier can climb. I had assumed it would max out at x99, but it didn't.

[bttffan]

I got 13 million, SUCK ON IT!!!!

[sVybDy]

Well, here's item #10 for anyone who's interested.

2230

My progress meter has disappeared completely, so I guess that's all of them. At least for now.

[Shoxir]

Oh my high score? 31. Million.
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff484/Shoxir/yup.png?t=1293552240
I believe I have beaten you all.

[sVybDy]

Scratch what I posted before. This is now the score to beat. (Check the sidebar or bottom of the window. Main display is on the fritz.)

2246

[Weeblerjake]

After a ten minute game of pure luck, 23 million.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2yuf0w1.png

[Origami]

Syvdby is obviously cheating

[sVybDy]

And once again, I'll reiterate that I'm not. I can't help it if the developers made the game easy.

[Origami]

^
You are getting a TellTale game free of choice from me if you can proof you got the score without having manipulated the game. Also no exploiting of computer slowdowns.

[sVybDy]

I'd take that bet, but I'm not entirely sure how to prove it to someone as skeptical as you. Best I can think of is to record the gameplay, but I don't know of any screen recorders that don't cause minor graphical lag (although slowdown and lag aren't the same thing. In fact, lag makes the game harder.)

I'm currently experimenting with HyperCam 2, which is the best program I've found so far, but to date have only achieved a recorded score of 103,898,700. It's just shy of 15 minutes of atom-swapping action, and probably even more boring to watch than it was to play. If I get in a game which nears my high score, it's bound to run about 20 minutes or maybe more, and to post that on YouTube or similar, I'd have to split it into at least two separate videos.

Oh, and another thing. If you think my score is ridiculous you should see the scores other people on Facebook are claiming to have earned. Makes my high score look tiny by comparison. Difference between you and me is I have no reason to doubt their legitimacy, because the way the game is set up, there's literally no limitation to how high you can score thanks to the never-ending multipliers and continuous time bar refills, as long as you can plan ahead a couple of moves and don't get too fatigued to find matches.

[Irishmile]

Anyone else see similarities?

Time Machine: Rogue Pilot
VIDEO (http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/puzzle/timemachineroguepilot/video/6286776?tag=gumballs%3Bimg%3B2)

Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXj460315Nw)

[ThatoneJeff]

They're just both rip-offs of bejeweled.

[dhennick99]

The game has been loading to a black screen the last couple days. The flux will pop up with "Loading" then black. I have tried numerous browsers and reinstalled flash. Still no change. If I go on another facebook account it loads fine. I have reached level 10 and got all trophies. I don't want to lose that.

[Irishmile]

Yeah true.

[MarksInnerDemon]

I love this stupid little game. I know tons of other people have made versions of it, but telltale you guys need to up the awards. Honestly i don't know how the hell I pulled this off, but I am sure if I did someone else has.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/InfernoMDM/BTFFB.png

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a185/InfernoMDM/BTTFB2.png

Did this a several weeks apart.

[AbsentbebniM]

I'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this issue before, but I thought I should bring it up in case a bug fix is needed.

I received a score of 25,969,050 in Heavy Mode (pic attached). However, the game did not conclude correctly by recapping the score, awarding prizes, and updating the scoreboard. Up until this point, I had only broken into the 3,000,000 range.

The menu button remains functional, and the Hint button moves when clicked, but does nothing. I've tried right-clicking the game area to refresh the flash, but trying to work with the flash menu in this manner results in locking the browser from further manipulation with the mouse (though, minimizing and re-maximizing the browser corrects this).

Ultimately, I did a Menu>Restart the Game. This did nothing to salvage the score and simply restarted the game.

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8197/bttfscore.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/bttfscore.jpg/)

(if the picture doesn't show, right-click and copy the URL to open in another window)

[ELB1985]

you broke it!

I got up to 1 million in regualr mode i thought i was good till i saw this.