Predator - 1987
Alien - 1979
Thunderbirds - 1964
Why wouldn't you base games on older movies? The right demographics
There are plenty that sold well a long time after their introduction date. TBL is a bit different as not being what I would think of as mainstream....
Plenty of old themes (that were still kicking around at the time of the game introduction) - eg Bally and DE Star Trek, Superman, TSPP, AC DC, Doctor Who, Monopoly, Playboy x 3, The Incredible Hulk.
Here as some others that seemed to do OK -
1980 Buck Rogers - 1928, sold 7410
1995 Scared Stiff - Cassandra started in the early 1980's, sold 4,028 units
1981 Flash Gordon - 1934, 10,000 units
2003 Elvis Introduction date 1953
1993 Rocky & Bullwinkle - 1959, sold 5,500 units
1993 The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard - 1975, sold 4,700 units
Drum roll –
1993 Twilight Zone Introduction date 1959 – sold 15,235 units
surprised you left off Monster Bash
Yes, missed that, and CFTBL.
And AFM is you consider that the theme is based on many cheesy 1950's Sci Fi movies. Makes you realise how creative Williams really were in bringing some old themes back to life.
