Terminator 2: Judgment Day (pinball)

For other games of the same name, see Terminator 2: Judgment Day (video game).

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Manufacturer	Williams
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

A restored Terminator 2 custom pinball machine to better than factory condition e.g. by re-plating of all metal parts with chrome

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.

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.

External links

• IPDB listing for Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Recent Auction Results for Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day promo video (part 1)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day promo video (part 2)