> I am wondering if the difference in frame rate between the original film source and > the NTSC laser disc has any affect on game play? Surely those added pull down frames > would make a difference in game play timing meaning you could not use the original > film footage with an emulator written for the arcade.
Knowing it was only ever going to be watched on a laser disc they may have produced the film to run at 30fps, movies don't have to run a 24fps. That doesn't mean they did of course.
If you were going to use original film footage then you'd have to play it at 24fps or convert it to 30fps first.