I've spoken recently about Far Sight Studios superb efforts to bring classic pinball tables to the masses with Pinball Arcade, but because so many classic tables are licenced it's easy getting them made. I recently read an article in GamesTM about how the Addams' Family table is being held up because they not only need the licence from Bally, but also the Addams' Estate and every actor from the film. And that then causes other issues, because sadly Raul Julian passed around almost 20 years ago.
Well today on Facebook, Far Sight announced they had acquire the rights to make another one of the most popular and highly rated tables of all time, Bally's
Twilight Zone, but licencing issues have raised their ugly head again. Here's what they had to say:
"We have good news and bad news to report on the issue of licensed tables. We’ve finally succeeded in negotiating all of the licenses we’d need to bring the Twilight Zone to the Pinball Arcade. This is unquestionably one of the greatest pinball tables of all time (and is currently #1 in IPDB’s user rankings). However the licenses are VEY expensive- so expensive that the table probably isn’t commercially viable. Some of you have suggested a Kickstarter project to raise money for the license costs and we’re considering this. We’d like to ask your opinion- is this a good idea? If we did it what should the rewards be for backers, and at what contribution levels? We’d appreciate your thoughts!"
What do you think, would you be willing to fund development of the conversation via Kickstarter?
MTW
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