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Don Returns from the Future… and We Got a New Game!!

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From the creator

Matt and Don welcome a new game to the collective! The mystery of Don’s disappearance is finally solved — witness the thrilling conclusion! Contact Us! –> [email protected]

Highlights

  • Terminator 2 was the first WPC game and first Williams game with DMD
  • Terminator 2 was released in 1991 and designed by Steve Richie
  • Approximately 14,000 Terminator 2 machines were manufactured
  • System 11 games typically cost around $2,500
  • Pin sound modification costs between $500-$800 depending on options
  • Terminator 2 is accessible to casual/non-skilled pinball players due to its reward mechanics and approachable rules
  • Older 80s/90s games feature more exponential score jumps via jackpots compared to linear scoring in modern Stern games

Notable quotes

It's a red DMD oh the red DMD man yeah see i i forgot about it because it it feels so right it feels so it just belongs with the red theme like the red in the game the eyes yeah the chrome and red it seems i can't imagine if it was orange like right right it would the red is right
Host (discussing modifications)
I think it's all the above. I played it for the first time at Pinfest and really enjoyed it. Set a good score that I haven't beat yet since we got our own.
Don (regarding acquisition motivation)
Those ramps are super fun those are my favorite feeling ramps yeah the games that have ramps that feel like that kind of fast they return it to you really quick really quick but it also flows through the whole ramp and returns right it's not like a weird ejection situation it's just like a nice flow
Matt (gameplay commentary)
I mean, there's something missing in modern games with the jackpots right the jackpots on those old games like from the 80s and 90 early 90s and stuff it's just so much fun because like you can double your score in one shot yeah it just doesn't happen anymore
Host (game design criticism)
with this terminator game like i can literally see where i gotta go and if i just keep hitting it it just keeps amplifying and multiplying and multiplying and multiplying yeah and that's what i love about those older games it's just easier to kind of follow and you can kind of build your skill that way
Host (accessibility appreciation)
It's a great opening to that movie. I need your clothes. Give me your clothes. Whatever he says.
Host (Terminator cultural reference)
So you basically pull the trigger to shoot the gun a pinball at the stand targets...Yeah. I will say this. I love it. It's tons of fun. However, at game 16, I'm like, you know, it's kind of like... Yeah. That's my only maybe knock on the skill shot is it just kind of feels a little repetitive.
Matt (skill shot assessment)
I just today when we played, I just felt like I finally kind of got the gist of where to aim. Yeah, there's what, like five or six stand up targets that... Yeah, the same ones from the skill shot.
Don (cannon mechanic learning)

Entities

  • Pinfest· event
  • Dracula· game
  • Star Trek The Next Generation· game
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day· game
  • Bash Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Pinside· organization
  • Wormhole Podcast· organization
  • Don· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Jamie· person
  • Matt· person
  • Steve Richie· person
  • Tim Seckel· person
  • Van Dwiggins· person
  • Pin Sound· product
  • Sprite Chill· product
  • System 11· product
  • WPC· product

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