Licensed Pinball Tables

aka: Licensed Pinball Table

Not pictured: the digital Star Wars pins.^note From left to right: The Empire Strikes Back (Hankin, 1980); Star Wars (Data East, 1992); Star Wars Trilogy (Sega Pinball, 1997); Star Wars Episode I (Williams Electronics, 1999)

"At least it's not another movie-themed pin!"

— Deadpool on Deadpool

Licensing properties from other media has a long tradition in Pinball games. After all, every pinball machine needs a theme, and established works are a convenient source.

Nowadays, with the rise of home video game consoles and the decline of arcades, almost all new tables are licensed games, as they provide significant name recognition for curious new players. Even hobbyists recognize the draw of a good license; many home-made games have been based on popular pop-culture icons like Star Fox and The Matrix.

Pinball Spin-Off is a related trope for pinball games based on Video Game properties. Licensed Game is the video game equivalent trope.

Also see Physical Pinball Tables and Digital Pinball Tables.

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Licensed pinball games (physical and digital) with their own pages:

• AC/DC
• The Addams Family
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
• Aerosmith
• Ali

• Alien:

• Alien (2017) (physical)
• Alien: Isolation (Zen Studios) (digital)
• Aliens (Zen Studios) (digital)

• Apollo 13
• Austin Powers
• Avatar

• The Avengers:
  • The Avengers (2012):

• The Avengers (Stern) (physical)
• The Avengers (Zen Studios) (digital)

• Avengers: Infinity Quest (physical)

• Back to the Future

• Batman:

• Batman (Data East)
• Batman (Stern)
• Batman '66
• Batman Forever

• Baywatch
• The Beatles
• The Big Lebowski
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
• Canada Dry (a retehemed version of of El Dorado)
• Checkpoint
• Congo
• Corvette
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Crüe Ball

• Deadpool:

• Deadpool (physical; Stern, 2018)
• Deadpool (Zen Studios) (digital; 2014)

• Defender
• Demolition Man
• Doctor Who
• Doom (Zen Studios) (based on the 2016 game)
• Doraemon miniature pinball
• Duke Nukem (from the "Balls of Steel" collection)
• Dungeons & Dragons (1987)
• Elvira and the Party Monsters
  • Scared Stiff
  • Elvira's House of Horrors
• Evel Knievel
• Family Guy

• Shrek

• Flash Gordon
• The Flintstones
• Game of Thrones

• Ghostbusters:

• Ghostbusters (physical; Stern, 2016)
• Ghostbusters Pinball (digital; FarSight Studios, 2014)

• Gilligan's Island

• Godzilla:

• Godzilla (Sega)
• Godzilla (Stern)

• Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)

• Guns N' Roses:

• Guns N' Roses (Data East)
• Guns N' Roses (Jersey Jack)

• Harlem Globetrotters On Tour
• Harley Davidson
• Hook

• Indiana Jones:

• Indiana Jones (Stern)
• Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure

• Indianapolis 500
• Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast
• Iron Man (Stern)

• James Bond:

• GoldenEye
• James Bond 007 (Gottlieb)
• James Bond 007 (Stern)

• Joust
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Judge Dredd

• Jurassic Park:

• Jurassic Park (Data East)
• Jurassic Park (Stern)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park

• Kirby's Pinball Land

• KISS:

• Kiss (Bally)
• KISS (Stern)

• Krull (unreleased)
• Last Action Hero
• Led Zeppelin
• Lethal Weapon 3
• The Lord of the Rings
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Maverick The Movie
• Metallica
• Meteor
• Metroid Prime Pinball
• Monopoly
• Monster Bash
• The Munsters
• Mustang (Stern)
• NASCAR

• National Basketball Association:

• NBA
• NBA Fastbreak

• NFL (a rethemed version of of Striker Xtreme)
• No Fear: Dangerous Sports

• Pac-Man:

• Baby Pac-Man
• Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball

• The Phantom of the Opera
• The Pinball of the Dead
• Pink Panther

• Pirates of the Caribbean:

• Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack)
• Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern)

• Plants vs. Zombies Pinball

• Playboy:

• Playboy (Bally)
• Playboy (Stern)
• Playboy 35th Anniversary

• Pokémon Pinball
• Popeye Saves the Earth
• Power Rangers Zeo: Full Tilt Battle Pinball
• Q*Bert's Quest
• Rescue 911
• Rick and Morty
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!
• RoboCop
• Rocky
• Rollercoaster Tycoon
• Rollergames
• Rush (2022)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (2023)
• The Shadow
• Shaq Attaq

• The Simpsons:

• The Simpsons (Data East)
• The Simpsons Pinball Party

• Sinbad
• The Six Million Dollar Man

• Sonic the Hedgehog:

• Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
• Sonic Pinball Party

• The Sopranos
• South Park
• Space Invaders
• Space Jam

• Spider-Man:
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man (Stern)
  • Spider-Man (Zen Studios)

• Spy Hunter

• Star Trek:

• Star Trek (Bally) (based on the original series)
• Star Trek (Data East) (also based on the original series)
• Star Trek (Stern) (based on Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness)
• Star Trek Pinball
• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Star Wars:

• The Empire Strikes Back
• The Mandalorian
• Star Wars (Data East)
• Star Wars Episode I
• Star Wars (Stern)
• Star Wars Trilogy

• Stargate
• Starship Troopers
• Stranger Things
• Street Fighter II

• Super Mario Bros.:

• Mario Pinball Land
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario Bros. Mushroom World

• Superman
• Tales from the Crypt

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Data East)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Stern)

• Terminator:

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

• Tommy:

• Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
• The Who's Tommy
• Wizard!

• Toy Story 4 (2022)
• Transformers
• TRON: Legacy
• Twilight Zone
• Ultra Legend Pinball (an Ultraman license, rethemed from the "Gladiators" table of Last Gladiators)

• The Walking Dead:

• The Walking Dead
• The Walking Dead (Zen Studios) (based on the Telltale Games series)

• Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
• The Wizard of Oz
• World Cup Soccer
• WWF Royal Rumble
• The X-Files
• X-Men (Stern)

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Other notable licensed pinball tables include:

• 3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrill Ride is technically based on the Real Life Hersheypark Theme Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
• Alien: Under development by Dennis Nordman for Heighway Pinball, scheduled for release in 2016 in both regular and "35th Anniversary" editions.
• Rob Zombie's Spookshow International: The second game from Spooky Pinball,^note after America's Most Haunted and their first licensed game. With custom dialog and ten songs from Rob Zombie himself, and a limited edition set of 300 games with artwork by Alex Horley.