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What would a next gen Back to the Future video game look like?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You might call this a bit of non-news... and you might be right. But you'd be dead wrong if you don't think the below isn't worth posting.

What I've embedded is a mod which originated here and just like the unofficial Ghostbusters Mod that was linked and forwarded across the internet a few years ago I'd be willing to bet that this amazing piece of work kick-starts a real next-gen console Back to the Future game.

I mean, the concept is there, the possibilities are incredible and Christopher Lloyd would voice Doc Brown again for $50 and a box of Cheerios, I'm sure.

But whether this leads to anything or not, it's way too cool not to mention.




Imagine hitting 88 MPH and instead of just flashing to a different colored runway you flash to an open field and are barreling towards a herd of Triceratops? Or how about a dirt road of the '50s turning into the ground floor of an office building? How great would a sandbox world be with this level of detail and the ability to jump to alternate versions of areas. There could be a racing element, a GTA-like mission element and even an FPS element whenever the DeLorean breaks down. So much possibility. I'd love to see something come of this.

Thanks to @whatevermort on Twitter for bringing this to my attention.

-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
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Ronald Regan The Actor?
by Mr Soze
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:10:06 AM
First
by Noob1ett
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:10:11 AM
If only!
by wampa_one
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:10:15 AM
I like bananas
by pmlinstrot
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:10:21 AM
crap
by Noob1ett
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:10:31 AM
WTF? We get to shoot McFly?
by rctowns
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:12:22 AM
Great Scott!!
by Ruddy Heck
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:13:15 AM
If it was made in Japan, you'd have one mission
by V'Shael
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:14:15 AM
If it's not clear enough
by Quint
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:17:30 AM
They couldn't do alternate time lines...
by V'Shael
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:17:44 AM
There has been BTTF mods for FUCKING DECADES
by ricarleite2
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:17:49 AM
Quint
by Mr Soze
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:22:30 AM
Yeah fan-made...
by Ruddy Heck
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:25:06 AM
I WISH THAT TERMINATOR ADVERT WOULD FUCK OFF
by Smashing
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:29:57 AM
This would be the greatest game for me.
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:38:35 AM
I still play the BTTF 2 on Commodore 64
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:41:01 AM
It could work like the Zelda games
by photoboy
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:43:13 AM
Marty McFly voiced by M J Fox
by Carl XVI Gustaf
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:44:54 AM
I agree, unless its mini games like Wild Gunman
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:45:08 AM
The TERMINATOR ADS
by A G
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:45:38 AM
HEY LIGHTEN UP JERK
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:47:26 AM
Ads? And you're using Firefox?
by V'Shael
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:49:27 AM
Lego
by Kanon
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:53:23 AM
Will the game have the scene....
by Chakraborty
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:02:58 AM
Quint the GB game was mediocre
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:21:27 AM
BTTF videogame review by the AVGN
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:30:32 AM
Hmmm.... that could be genius if it's designed well.
by Playkins
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:32:01 AM
Back to the Future was one of the worst Nintendo games
by Chakraborty
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:33:13 AM
Have to hand it to them
by Zappary
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:37:54 AM
They could get that YouTube kid to do Christopher Lloyd's voice.
by JAGUART
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:48:39 AM
1.21 GigaWatts!
by MatDGZ
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:06:11 AM
Looks sweet!
by GeorgieBoy
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:07:33 AM
Die Terminator Ad Die mother fucker!!!!!
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:11:31 AM
This needs to happen
by Xian042
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:14:00 AM
Let it die already
by sith_rising
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:34:04 AM
Do you get to run over libyans?
by KonkBob
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:00:22 AM
Gremlins
by UltimaRex
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:11:50 AM
The NES BTTF game was FUCKING HORRIBLE.
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:11:59 AM
Libyans!
by Drsambeckett1984
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:14:58 AM
sith-rising
by vin_diggler
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:38:21 AM
NES BTTF...
by hillvalley
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:54:29 AM
what would you do? seriously?
by itrainmonkeys
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:04:44 AM
Not Fan Made Guys
by stultified
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:09:18 AM
IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE GHOSTBUSTERS, THIS WILL SUCK.
by RedHorseVector
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:10:44 AM
Here's the link
by stultified
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:11:03 AM
reboot
by smutpeddlar99
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:15:42 AM
FUCKING POP UP ADS - BOYCOTT SARAH CONNOR
by Ray Gamma
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:51:49 AM
POP UP ADS ARE AGGRESSIVE MARKETING
by Ray Gamma
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:52:29 AM
YEAH, FUCK THESE TERMINATOR ADS
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:59:51 AM
smutpeddlar99
by Varakor
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:00:27 AM
stultified, it *IS* a fan-made mod.
by raw_bean
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:06:48 AM
Michael J Fox playing video games
by Anything But Tangerines
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:16:50 AM
RedHorseVector...
by Unknown Canadian
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:45:30 AM
vin_diggler
by sith_rising
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:56:34 AM
That mod was awesome!
by Triceratops on Fire
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:05:05 AM
Sith_Rising
by vin_diggler
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:06:20 AM
hahaha
by Unknown Canadian
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:11:28 AM
climb the clock tower...
by vin_diggler
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:15:12 AM
films are one thing
by sith_rising
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:16:30 AM
and if we're playing grammar nazi,
by sith_rising
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:21:00 AM
you got that right..
by vin_diggler
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:28:14 AM
How about a Road Warrior video game?
by RequisiteMonkey
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:34:55 AM
They should make a BTTF 4
by SilentP
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:35:20 AM
Of course, if they did make a BTTF 4...
by SilentP
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:40:40 AM
YOU LIED TO ME ZEMECKIS
by SilentP
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:41:49 AM
ricarleite2
by BadMrWonka
Nov 23rd, 2009
11:59:53 AM
BTTF as a FPS/Sandbox
by Caerdwyn
Nov 23rd, 2009
12:00:34 PM
Caerdwyn i prefere such an idea to be played with
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
12:13:22 PM
Day of the Tentacle
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
12:16:38 PM
MOST RECENT BACK TO THE FUTURE GAME ( I THINK)
by Meadowe
Nov 23rd, 2009
12:57:20 PM
btw quint stop making fun of Christopher Lloyd
by Meadowe
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:03:22 PM
this is the game that must be made
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:29:07 PM
THE LIBYANS!!
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:30:30 PM
in the game Goldie Wilsons Political truck should also be a time
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:31:48 PM
Back to the Future
by SithMenace
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:36:55 PM
That was definitely cool enough to post!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Nov 23rd, 2009
01:59:50 PM
"Who you callin' 'Spook', Peckerhead?!"
by pokadoo
Nov 23rd, 2009
02:00:06 PM
If they ever made a BTTF video game . . .
by SkidMarkedUndies
Nov 23rd, 2009
02:09:06 PM
Get a pop-up blocker and STFU!
by REVENGE_of_FETT
Nov 23rd, 2009
02:15:25 PM
I want to play this yesterday! And tomorrow!
by Zardoz
Nov 23rd, 2009
02:27:06 PM
That gave me a boner...
by HarryCalder
Nov 23rd, 2009
02:54:34 PM
If they make a BTTF game ...
by doubledown44
Nov 23rd, 2009
03:21:53 PM
They won't do a fourth BTTF....
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 23rd, 2009
03:22:19 PM
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per
by grklevendis
Nov 23rd, 2009
03:42:24 PM
@pokadoo
by timmer
Nov 23rd, 2009
04:01:10 PM
my bad
by stultified
Nov 23rd, 2009
04:11:11 PM
itrainmonkeys - it does write itself
by JuntMonkey
Nov 23rd, 2009
04:21:41 PM
They made a GTA Vice City mod
by UMAGA
Nov 23rd, 2009
04:35:30 PM
Crysis' Vehicle Controls were shit....
by TheWaqman
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:12:39 PM
I like the idea of a next gen BTTF game...
by darthvedder81
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:20:56 PM
SithMenace just go to the link i posted
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:41:39 PM
what happened to the actor who was playing Beef?
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
05:47:31 PM
BTTF doesn't really work as a game
by Cinemanimetal
Nov 23rd, 2009
06:26:30 PM
these kind of movies can only work in videogames
by ominus
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:05:22 PM
RE: Thomas F. Wilson aka Biff Tannen
by DJB
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:32:59 PM
Ugh... stoopid internet...
by DJB
Nov 23rd, 2009
07:37:29 PM
I could see BTTF working as a sandbox game..
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:39:30 PM
No action?
by JuntMonkey
Nov 23rd, 2009
08:44:31 PM
And yet, ricarleite2, here you are, posting.
by dr sauch
Nov 23rd, 2009
09:05:20 PM
Alan Silvestri's Back To The Future finally on CD!
by Nasty In The Pasty
Nov 23rd, 2009
10:15:11 PM
They also need....
by redkamel
Nov 24th, 2009
01:04:02 AM
the plot
by redkamel
Nov 24th, 2009
01:17:47 AM
This is a CRYSIS mod?
by Motoko Kusanagi
Nov 24th, 2009
01:27:08 AM
Linear vs. Sandbox
by JuntMonkey
Nov 24th, 2009
01:31:46 AM
Furthermore...
by JuntMonkey
Nov 24th, 2009
01:38:46 AM
Thanks for the heads up, Nasty!
by Laserbrain
Nov 24th, 2009
01:56:21 AM
Ominus
by SithMenace
Nov 24th, 2009
02:28:34 AM
redkamel...HELL YES
by Chakraborty
Nov 24th, 2009
05:21:57 AM
The E.T. Video Game.....
by DangerDave
Nov 24th, 2009
09:10:34 AM
1.21 Jizzawatts!
by SID 8.0
Nov 24th, 2009
10:22:58 AM
Just put Doc's DeLorean...
by MCVamp
Nov 24th, 2009
10:28:05 AM
Can't Happen
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Nov 24th, 2009
04:20:08 PM

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