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Making a movie-based game is in many case just a chance to drum up some PR and marketing for the movie itself. That doesn't appear to be the case for developer Telltale Games' upcoming five-part adventure game series based on the classic Back to the Future movie trilogy. From what we can tell this game was made with lots of love of the original films (hey, even Christopher Lloyd is back voicing Doc Brown. Great Scott!)

Starting on Wednesday gamers head back to Hill Valley (what state is Hill Valley located in, by the way?) for the first episode. We catch up with the ultimate reluctant time traveller Marty McFly as he takes the DeLorean out on yet another 88 MPH trip back in time. In the first episode he heads to the 1930s to rescue his old friend and creator of time travel Doctor Emmett Brown, but first has to deal with a younger version of the Doc. This promises to be heavy.

Big Download got a chance to ask some questions to Telltale Games' co-designer and writer Andy Hartzell about the game ahead of its Wednesday launch for the PC and Mac. Will he tell us about all the time twists and turns in the game and working directly with the movie's co-screenwriter Bob Gale? Check after the jump to find out: