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Episode 1: It's About Time

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This is a sub-page of Back to the Future: The Game.

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Unused Inventory Icons#

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A Tommy Gun. It was replaced in the game by Kid Tannen's revolver, which is used in the episode's final puzzle.

Placeholder Textures and Images#

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A placeholder image for a puzzle from early in the game.

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Smaller pictures from Edna Strickland's apartment at the start of the game. Only the upper-left portrait is visible; the other three are replaced by drawings, rather than these early versions based on actual photos, and are not used.

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A mirrored Twin Pines Mall sign texture. The text is placed in a different location in comparison to the final version, and the clock's font is different.

Hidden Content in Images#

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Both the inventory icon and the texture for Arthur McFly's Subpoena are dated November 9, 1986, despite the subpoena being delivered on June 13, 1931.

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The boxes used in the Soup Kitchen in 1931 have fairly modern logos for the time.

Unused Textures#

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This texture is not used by the game anywhere. The Police logos used in the game are completely different.

Early Load Screen#

A four-frame animated load screen. The final game uses similar screens, but without the game's logo.

Sam and Max Leftovers#

Newspaper vending machines!

Newspapers!

BTTFTG_PC_E1env_jukebox_graphics.png
A texture from a Jukebox. Note how it features songs performed by The Mafia Bears and The Soda Poppers.

BTTFTG_PC_E1obj_videocassette.png
All the VHS tapes in the game feature Brady Culture's face.

Monkey Island Textures#

BTTFTG_PC_E1env_flotbeachkeelnewspaper_a.png
A leftover texture from Telltale's Monkey Island game.

CSI (?) Textures#

BTTFTG_PC_E1obj_brokenwatch.png
A broken watch, presumably from a CSI game.

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Two environment map images from a CSI game crime scene.

Unknown Textures#

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An environment map for a Celebrity Poker tournament. Poker Night at the Inventory?