#58 Terminator 2 - The Classic Pinball Podcast

Dave finishes another customer game and he tells George about what he did to restore the game and how to play it. George plays the game for the first time and gives his opinions on the fun factor.

Highlights

• Terminator 2 produced 15,000 units, making it one of Williams' highest production games of that era
• T2 was the first Williams game planned to feature video mode, but Gilligan's Island shipped first due to delays
• Terminator 2 was released close to the movie's theatrical premiere, which affected what assets were included in the game
• Steve Ritchie intentionally included the 'Fire at Will' voice line as a humorous jab at actor Will Wheaton
• The swing-out cannon on T2 and Star Trek Next Gen uses grease that hardens into a glue-like substance after 20 years
• WPC-89 board set is 'one of the best things Williams ever did' and highly reliable
• Arnold Schwarzenegger provided custom voiceover work specifically for the T2 pinball machine
• Scores exceeding 200 million points on T2 require mastery of multiple objectives
• Doug Watson was the artist for T2 and worked on numerous classic games including Big Game, Quicksilver, Dragon Fist, and Indiana Jones
• The T2 cannon mechanism can be repaired by replacing the internal spring, which can be cut from a standard shooter rod spring

Notable quotes

Entities

• Stern· company
• Williams· company
• Terminator 2· game
• IFPA· organization
• The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
• Arnold Schwarzenegger· person
• Chris Granner· person
• Dave· person
• Dean Saint Antoine· person
• Doug Watson· person
• George· person
• Marco· person
• Steve Richie· person
• Steve Young· person
• Will Wheaton· person