Movie based arcade games, name them.

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Movie or TV based arcade games, name them.

I was wondering how many movie or even TV based arcade games have there been?
I know there are a crap load of pins based on movies/TV and console games thrive on film/TV material. But how many actual arcade games have been made and solely based on movies and or TV shows. And for submissions to count, no movies based on previous games . So games like Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Brothers etc. wouldn't count. I know some titles would be hard to dispute because they might have been based more so on original material prior to the movies such as Aliens vs. Predator, Superman, X-men, Spawn and any other comic related titles.
So as long as the game was released after or around the same time as the movie it makes the list.


The only titles I can think of so far are:

Star Wars
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Aliens
Tron
Jurassic Park
vs. Goonies
Terminator 2
Robocop
Krull
Star Trek
Star Trek: Voyager
Willow
GI Joe
The Real Ghostbusters (based on the animated series rather than the movie)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (based on the cartoon)
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Bowling
Die Hard
Rambo III

I know there is mention of a possible Godzilla and there are gobs of anime based titles like Gundam and Pokemon.


What else?
 
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Well you could say TMNT had some movie influence there was a few live action movies around the time the arcade games where out. As for the Simpson's I would not include them at all since the arcade game was out over a decade before the movie was out.
 
Well, I'd say Aliens Extermination, even though it's supposed to be a new chapter in the series taking up where the 4th left off, but it's based upon the movie series, so I'd think it would qualify?

The Fast and the Furious - movie (2001) game (2004)

Shark JAWS - movie (1975) game (1975)

Star Wars Racer Arcade was based upon the pod-racing scene of Star Wars I.

I'm also pretty sure that Exidy's Death Race (1975) was based on the the movie Death Race 2000 (1975)....
 
Well you could say TMNT had some movie influence there was a few live action movies around the time the arcade games where out. As for the Simpson's I would not include them at all since the arcade game was out over a decade before the movie was out.

True but they were based on the animated TV show.
Like GI Joe, The Real Ghostbusters etc.
I guess that Nickelodeon Racing game would fit also.


Another for the list would be:
Star Wars: Starfighter
 
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How about going the other way?
- Super Marios Brothers (the movie)
- Doom (ok, it wasn't an arcade game, even though an arcade version was released)
- Street Fighter (the movie)
- Mortal Kombat
- Mortal Kombat: The Annihilation
- ???

ken

For the original list add the Pinball game with the Fonz in it, I don't recall the name.
Star Trek: The Next Generation pin.
Johnny Mnemonic (pin)
Demolition Man (pin)
Batman: The Dark Knight (pin)
Attack From Mars (pin) (loosely based on the same trading cards the movie was based on)
Jungle King (based on you know who)
 
I always liked robocop. I guess cause it was one of the first arcade games i played.
I made myself a robocop mame machine from scratch. The boddy design is a bit different from the real one but it still has the same feeling.

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I really want to like this game but it's just not very fun for some reason. I always thought the controls were a bit off.
 
Krull
Popeye
vs Topgun
Buck Rogers
Firefox
Airwolf
War of the Worlds
Death Race
Discs of Tron
Gunsmoke
Three Stooges
 
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Movies:
Street Fighter: The Movie (a game based on a movie based on a game!)
Cloak and Dagger
Lupin III
Cliff Hanger (using footage from two Lupin movies)


TV Shows:
Fonz
Airwolf
 
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