I've ported many arcade games over to new hardware for a major redemption manufacture. It takes a couple to 4 days max...and I didn't design the hardware..or have any knowledge of the hardware design before it hit my desk.
I'm pretty sure porting the game over won't be that be of deal if they wanted too...
Quoted from Rarehero:Yes. It's a Whitestar game. They're not going to do another run of Whitestar games. The SAM system is practically on its way out. It would have to be re-coded for SAM (or the new system) ...so, that's porting the game to a new system...that's more than "very little tweaking". Also, if it was re-coded for SAM, they'd likely have to remaster all of the audio.
Also, LOTR has far more going on than most Pro models. Releasing a game with "Premium" level features at a price point of their current Pro line won't make their current Pros look very good.