1991 · Williams
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Known for Skull, Cannon, Database and Escape Loops. Pure black void with no horizon or landscape, two enormous blue-white starburst light flares flaring outward from behind the figures, narrow vertical blue light shaft near the centre and smoky blue haze around the flares.
- Year
- 1991
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Skull
- cannon
Cannon
- Lane
Database
- Orbit
Escape Loops
- Mode
Payback Time
- Multiball
Skull multiball
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Skull
- Cannon cannon
Orbit 1
- Escape Loops
Drop target 1
- Skull drop target
Targets 2
- White targets
- Center standup targets
Lane 1
- Database
Lights 1
- Security Clearance inserts
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Centre, chest-up, three-quarter view, young to middle-aged, dark swept-back hair, stubbled jaw, neutral grim expression. left half of face torn open to reveal a chrome robot skull: exposed metal, glowing red eye socket, red cable, ragged peeling flesh. wears a black leather biker jacket with silver snaps and zips over a dark grey t-shirt.
- robot Far left, behind the man's shoulder - chest-up chrome endoskeleton with a segmented metal skull, dark eye sockets and a raised gun-barrel forearm, dark blue-grey metal.
- robot Right side - larger bare-headed chrome endoskeleton face with a smooth metal dome, deep-set sockets holding pale glowing eyes, exposed jaw mechanisms and cable bundles, dark shoulder harness.
- robot Distant background, centre - small full-body silver endoskeleton figure standing in the gap between the two light bursts.
Setting
- Pure black void with no horizon or landscape
- Two enormous blue-white starburst light flares flaring outward from behind the figures
- Narrow vertical blue light shaft near the centre
- Smoky blue haze around the flares
Text on it
- TERMINATOR 2
- JUDGMENT DAY
How it plays
-
Modes 2
- Payback Time
- Video Mode
-
Multiballs 2
- Skull multiball
- Instant Multiball
-
Awards 3
- Security Pass
- Millions-Plus
- Hurry-Up
Made by
- Design
- Steve Ritchie
- Art
- Doug Watson
- Mechanics
- Carl Biagi
- Software
- Dwight Sullivan
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
- Display animation
- John Vogel
- Display animation
- Scott Slomiany
The cast
- Terminator
Reference
Linked terms
- Skull also called Skull lock
- Database also called Database lock also called Database saucer
- Escape Loops also called Chase Loop also called right orbit
- Center standup targets also called Escape Route targets
- Security Clearance also called Security
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- black
- silver
- blue
Fingerprint: Terminator 2 Judgment Day, huge chrome grinning skull with glowing red eyes wreathed in blue-white electricity dominating center, flanking columns of red oval targets lettered REBOOT, chrome robotic skull head and oversized chrome gripping hand at upper-left, three red pop-bumper caps glowing in triangle at upper center, STAY IN THE FAST LANE TO START THE MISSION panel, wedge playfield, blue-electric-arc framing
A huge chrome grinning skull with glowing red eyes dominates the centre of the playfield, wreathed in blue-white electricity. Flanking it are two tall symmetrical columns of red oval targets, every one of them lettered REBOOT, running from the pop bumpers down to the skull. Above them a bright yellow-on-red panel reads STAY IN THE FAST LANE TO START THE MISSION. A chrome robotic skull head and an oversized chrome gripping hand jut up from the upper-left apron near the word CAPTURE, and three pop-bumper caps glow bright red in a triangle at the upper centre.
Setting
- Dark studio/black void surrounding the tilted cabinet
- Industrial metal and circuit-board motif printed across the playfield
- Dark room interior at the bottom of the frame with the wooden cabinet front and lockdown bar
Symbols
- Red oval insert targets
- Glowing red eye sockets
- Electrical arc bolts
- Chrome gears and cogs
- Circuit-board traces
- Triangular arrow inserts
- Star/asterisk inserts
- Curved lane-change arrows
- Skulls and crossbones motifs
- Silhouetted running figure on the right apron area
Notable shapes
- Narrow wedge/trapezoid playfield narrowing sharply toward the top
- Large oval auto-fire plaque centred between the flippers
- Circular shoot again button directly below the drain
- Tall central column of identical red oval targets, mirrored either side of the skull
- Staircase of turquoise, orange and yellow triangular inserts down the left ramp lane
- Large rectangular cream cards let into the apron
Art motifs
- Cyborg chrome skull faces
- Electricity and wiring
- Black and red geometric arrow banding
- Turquoise/cyan triangular lane inserts
- Chrome metal shading with red rim lighting
Themes
- Science-fiction
- Cybernetic
- Chrome android
- Electrical circuitry
- Horror skull
Text on it
- REBOOT
- CAPTURE
- STAGE
- STAY IN THE FAST LANE TO START THE MISSION
- INCREASE MULTIPLIER
- ADVANCE LVL
- EXIT
- AUTO-FIRE
- BALL IN SERVICE
- SHOOT AGAIN
- LANE CHANGE
- HOLD FLIPPER BUTTON FOR STATUS REPORT
- Williams
- TERMINATOR 2
- JUDGEMENT DAY
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 1 Play
- 50c
- 2 Plays
- 75c
- 3 Plays
- $1.00
- 3 Balls Per Play
- SKILL SHOT: Pull down on left sling for Skill Shot.
- (C)1991 Williams Electronics, Inc. A Bally/Midway Company
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | Large central chrome human skull, roughly one flipper-width across, with two deep glowing red eye sockets, a dark nasal cavity and a wide jagged-toothed grin; painted with blue-white electric arcs running off both temples |
| Robot | Chrome robotic skull/mechanical head mounted on the upper-left playfield, ringed with bolts and metal panels, angled down toward the lower right |
| Other | Oversized chrome mechanical gripping hand with articulated metal fingers, mounted at upper-left beside the capture area, part of a wireform ramp structure |
| Skeleton | A vertical stack of eight small red oval targets each lettered reboot, down the centre-left and mirrored centre-right of the skull |
| Other | Three large round pop-bumper caps glowing bright red in a tight triangle at the upper centre, between the ramps and the skull |
| Other | Small printed skulls, gears and electrical components scattered through the circuit-board background art |
Photograph of a wide, wedge-shaped electro-mechanical playfield seen through glass at a steep angle, the whole cabinet tilted so the top narrows away into darkness. The surface is crowded with lit inserts: a tall column of red oval REBOOT targets running down the centre, red rectangular labels flanking it reading INCREASE MULTIPLIER and ADVANCE LVL, and a small red panel in the middle carrying the yellow instruction STAY IN THE FAST LANE TO START THE MISSION. At the exact centre sits a large painted chrome skull with glowing red eye sockets and a jagged grinning mouth, framed by blue-white electrical arcs and small skull-and-bolt motifs. Three round red pop-bumper caps glow in the upper-centre, with wireform ramps looping over the upper-right and a chrome skull/mech head plus a big chrome gripping hand mounted at the upper-left near CAPTURE lettering. Curving down the left side are stacked triangular arrow inserts labelled STAGE, coloured turquoise, orange and yellow, beside a dark REBOOT arrow. The lower third is symmetric: two red-tipped flippers, two fan-shaped slings with red inserts, a central blue AUTO-FIRE plaque with BALL IN SERVICE beneath and a round SHOOT AGAIN button below it. A cream rules card and a cream pricing card are screwed to the apron, with black LOCK/COIN doors and a dark metal lockdown bar at the very bottom. White Williams script sits at lower-left, LANE CHANGE arrows at both lower corners.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- black
- blue
- grey
- red
Fingerprint: TERMINATOR 2 JUDGMENT DAY, man's face split between living flesh and chrome robot skull with glowing red eye, two further chrome skeletons flanking, blue-white starburst searchlight flares, pure black background, steel and red colors
A man's face split down the middle - living flesh on one side, shattered chrome robot skull with a glowing red eye on the other - and he is not alone: two further chrome skeletal robots crowd in behind his shoulders, so three chrome skulls stare out from black. Two huge blue-white starburst searchlight flares erupt behind the group against an otherwise pure black background. The whole top is eaten by enormous red block capitals with a grey drop shadow, with a second smaller red line of title text tucked under. One small silver robot stands in the gap between the two flares in the far background.
Setting
- Pure black void with no horizon or landscape
- Two enormous blue-white starburst light flares flaring outward from behind the figures
- Narrow vertical blue light shaft near the centre
- Smoky blue haze around the flares
Symbols
- Chrome skull face
- Red glowing eye socket
- Starburst searchlight flares
- Leather jacket snaps and zips
- Gun-barrel forearm
- Cable bundles
- Circular emblem beside the corner logo
Lettering
- Large condensed extruded sans-serif capitals in saturated red with a pale grey drop shadow across the upper third; second title line in the same red capitals at roughly half size, centred beneath
Themes
- Android/robot
- Dystopian future
- Cyborg
- Apocalypse
- Science fiction
- Chase scene
Title on it
- Terminator 2 judgment day
Text on it
- TERMINATOR 2
- JUDGMENT DAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Centre, chest-up, three-quarter view, young to middle-aged, dark swept-back hair, stubbled jaw, neutral grim expression. left half of face torn open to reveal a chrome robot skull: exposed metal, glowing red eye socket, red cable, ragged peeling flesh. wears a black leather biker jacket with silver snaps and zips over a dark grey t-shirt. |
| Robot | Far left, behind the man's shoulder - chest-up chrome endoskeleton with a segmented metal skull, dark eye sockets and a raised gun-barrel forearm, dark blue-grey metal. |
| Robot | Right side - larger bare-headed chrome endoskeleton face with a smooth metal dome, deep-set sockets holding pale glowing eyes, exposed jaw mechanisms and cable bundles, dark shoulder harness. |
| Robot | Distant background, centre - small full-body silver endoskeleton figure standing in the gap between the two light bursts. |
Wide landscape backglass with a three-quarter, chest-up painted portrait of a dark-haired man in a black leather jacket filling the centre. His face is deliberately half-destroyed: the left half is a shattered chrome robot skull with exposed metal, a glowing red eye socket, a red cable and torn flesh. Two further chrome skeletal machines flank him - one behind his left shoulder at the left edge, a bulky endoskeleton with a raised gun-barrel forearm, and one at the right, a larger bare-headed endoskeleton with pale glowing eyes and cable bundles. A small distant silver endoskeleton figure stands in the background between the two light bursts. The background is pure black with two enormous blue-white starburst searchlight flares flaring out from behind the figures, plus a thin vertical blue shaft of light. Across the top, large blocky red extruded capitals with a pale grey drop shadow read TERMINATOR 2, and beneath it in smaller matching red capitals, JUDGMENT DAY. A small cursive maker logo with a circular emblem sits at the lower left over the jacket. A faint artist signature and year sit at bottom right. Palette: black, steel blue, chrome silver-grey, red.