Release date July 1991 Artwork Doug Watson Music Chris Granner Manufacturer WMS Industries | Programming Dwight Sullivan Mechanics Carl Biagi Designer Steve Ritchie | |
System Williams WPC (Dot Matrix) Similar Elvira and the Party Monsters, Judge Dredd, The Pinball Arcade, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottli, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Willia | ||
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 pinball machine designed by Steve Ritchie and released by Williams Electronics.
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Notable features
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.