Hi Tom, But if you start selling Temple of Doom and Star Wars: Shadows of the Force, You only have to deal with one set of lawyers. Those from Lucas! smiles, Phil
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Montezuma's Revenge Title. > Hi Phil, > As it happens it was Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom. The Temple Of > Doom was released in 1984 around the time Atari released Montezuma's > Revenge. As you pointed out many of the key elements were in the game as > was seen in the film. For example, the lava pit the priests tried to > drop Willy Scott into, the torches on the walls in the temple, and of > course the secret room with the spiked floors and ceiling. There is no > doubt the movie had to have inspired the game. > In fact, Montezuma's Revenge isn't the only game that was a copyright > free version of Indiana Jones. The guy who drafted Tomb Raider and Lara > Croft for Edos Interactive has publically stated his initial draft was > of a game based on Indiana Jones. As the team worked on the project they > decided it would be better to come up with a female as the leading roll, > the game would be as much puzzle based as combat oriented, and they of > course wrote their own story lines and host of supporting characters. > However, the fact remains Edos got something almost as popular as > Indiana Jones without having to pay Lucas for the rights to it. Popular > enough to have two films and 8 games based off that one idea. > Well, if it can work for Edos, Atari, etc I should be able to pull off > the same stunt too. > Now, Temple of Doom? Man that would be a really cool name for the game > right there, but that is really drifting a bit far from the original game. > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
