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[Zombie Aladdin]

Is the price for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars licence too high or no chance to get them because of other problems?

Whenever Disney is involved, it's usually both. For Pirates of the Caribbean, Stern had to pay through the nose to get the license for the movie, and Disney only allowed Stern to use the theme, the logo, and a few promotional photographs of actors and backgrounds provided by Disney. Stern was not allowed to use any audio from the movie, which is why the gameplay sticks to general pirate themes and public domain names. Disney relented a bit for TRON Legacy, providing more artwork and allowing Daft Punk to make music for the pinball machine, but Disney refused to provide the actors for voice clips specifically for the machine, and Disney also refused to let Stern hire mimics.

In other words, Disney asks huge prices to license anything, and when it does, it gives the licensee a lot of rules about what the licensee can and cannot do. This effectively makes it impossible for Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure (and Stern's Indiana Jones) or any Star Wars tables to be released, especially since Disney has chosen Zen Studios to make digital Star Wars tables.

For some reason, Disney is more lenient whenever Marvel Comics is involved though. Not that that would have much bearing on The Pinball Arcade unless someone plans to digitize that old EM Incredible Hulk table or the recent Stern machines.

 

[Christian]

I agree sadly regarding star wars and Indiana Jones as Disney seems to be troublesome to deal with.

If things keep going the way they are, eventually Disney will come to FS, simply because they are the best. These emulations are so close to the real thing it's amazing.

 

[Shaneus]

You can pretty much conclude that most Data East tables are going to be hard to do, and most would probably require a kickstarter because of all the licensing issues.

IMO there are a number that shouldn't require hefty licensing fees:
(just going through the DE list on IPDB)
Phantom of the Opera
Back to the Future
TMNT
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Last Action Hero (with Arnie on board via T2 despite it being a completely different license... maybe?)
Tales from the Crypt
Tommy

I mean, that's not a massive list but nothing there seems like it's completely out of the question.

Fake edit: Noticed this is a reply to a post several months old. Still kinda relevant, though

 

[DokkenRokken]

IMO there are a number that shouldn't require hefty licensing fees:
(just going through the DE list on IPDB)
Phantom of the Opera
Back to the Future
TMNT
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Last Action Hero (with Arnie on board via T2 despite it being a completely different license... maybe?)
Tales from the Crypt
Tommy

I mean, that's not a massive list but nothing there seems like it's completely out of the question.

Fake edit: Noticed this is a reply to a post several months old. Still kinda relevant, though

I would be thrilled if you were right about those.