Terminator 2: Judgment Day (pinball)
- For other games of the same name, see Terminator 2: Judgment Day (video game).
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Manufacturer | Williams[1] |
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Release date | July 1991 |
System | Williams WPC (Dot Matrix) |
Design | Steve Ritchie |
Programming | Dwight Sullivan |
Artwork | Doug Watson |
Mechanics | Carl Biagi |
Music | Chris Granner |
Sound | Chris Granner |
Production run | 15,202 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics.
Notable features
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The table is the first Williams WPC machine designed to feature a dot-matrix display. But due to the long design phase, Gilligan's Island was the first manufactured with a DMD. Terminator 2: Judgment Day was the first game to feature an autoplunger (replacing the traditional plunger), as well as a ball-firing cannon (dubbed, "Gun Grip Ball Launcher"). Finally, T2 was the first game to feature a video mode, a mini video game featured on the DMD. Arnold Schwarzenegger provided voices for the game. Some playfield design elements were based on Ritchie's 1980 classic, Firepower. T-1000 was not included in the artwork of the table, with the exception of a small image of actor Robert Patrick because of pre-release secrecy of the movie. The character was only included in the display animation because when the DMD programming was finalizing the liquid metal character was already public knowledge.[2]
Sequel
A follow up to this game is Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines featuring a very similar playfield design and rulesheet.
Digital version
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is available as a licensed table of The Pinball Arcade for several platforms.
References
- ^ "Terminator 2: Judgment Day". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 13 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Internet Pinball Machine Database: Terminator 2: Judgment Day". August 24, 2013.