Also known as T3
2003 · Stern
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Known for Backbox RPG, TX lane, Captive ball and Payback Time. Deep red field with darker red technical grid lines and black tilted panel with blue circuit-board border.
- Year
- 2003
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- Toy
Backbox RPG
- Lane
TX lane
- Captive ball
Captive ball
- Mode
Payback Time
- Goal
Command Center
- mini wizard mode
Assault
- Mode
Red
- Wizard mode
Final Battle
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Backbox RPG
Hole 1
- Top saucer saucer
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball
Targets 3
- Lower right standup targets
- Lower left standup targets
- Post target
Lanes 2
- TX lane
- Bottom lanes
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster Full-length chrome endoskeleton at far left, skeletal ribcage and piston limbs, smooth domed skull, facing right, rim-lit silver
- woman Large close-up face on the black panel, pale skin and blue-grey eye on the left half, chrome skull with circuitry and glowing red eye socket on the right half, dark hair pulled back
- man Inside the panel, dark hair, black sunglasses, green-grey jacket, aiming a rifle to the right
- man Inside the panel, further right, seen in profile with light hair
- man Inside the panel, far right edge, older grey-haired man in profile
- vehicle Small two-armed gun turret machine top centre, firing with yellow muzzle-flash sparks
Setting
- Deep red field with darker red technical grid lines
- Black tilted panel with blue circuit-board border
Text on it
- TERMINATOR 3
- RISE OF THE MACHINES
- © 2003 IM3
- ROCKET
- PROPELLED
- GRENADE
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- SRP
- Making Games Fun
How it plays
-
Modes 7
- Payback Time
- Video Mode
- Red
- Blitz
- TX Challenge
- Bonus Challenge
- Quick Fire
-
Goals 5
- Security Level
- Command Center
- Weapons
- Bullet Hole
- Escape
-
Awards 5
- Spot Weapon
- Hurry Up
- Mystery
- Power Surge
- Bonus Multiplier
-
Wizard modes 2
- Assault mini wizard mode
- Final Battle
Made by
- Design & Mechanics & Music
- Steve Ritchie
- Art
- Kevin O'Connor
- Mechanics
- John Rotharmel
- Mechanics
- Ray Tanzer
- Software
- Dwight Sullivan
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
- Display animation
- Mark Galvez
- Display animation
- Kurt Andersen
The cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Reference
Linked terms
- Backbox RPG also called RPG also called RPG backglass game
- TX lane also called TX lock lane also called lock lane
- Post target also called Mystery post target
- Command Center also called Command Centre
- Red also called Starting Red
- Blitz also called Blitz Red
- Escape also called Max Escape
- Bonus Multiplier also called Bonus X
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- red
- black
- orange
- grey
Fingerprint: Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines, giant chrome skull with glowing red eye sockets at top, sunglassed face painted center between red bumper caps, yellow-and-black hazard-striped arrow SECURITY LEVELS, two drop-target ladders flanking center, two red bumpers, upper shield with wireform ramps, diagonal score ladder right side, hot red-orange-black palette.
A giant chrome skeletal robot skull with burning red eye sockets looming over the top of the playfield, with a sunglassed human head breaking out of it. The same sunglassed face is repeated as a second painted portrait dead centre of the field, boxed in by two red bumper caps and two numbered drop-target ladders. A yellow-and-black hazard-striped arrow labelled SECURITY LEVELS runs up the centre line beneath a tiny black target reading BATYLE. The upper-left quadrant is crowded with a tangle of bent chrome wireform rails over a painted industrial gantry. Score ladders of 1,000,000 down to 100,000 run diagonally down the right side, and blue lower-corner panels instruct HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO.
Setting
- Industrial factory interior of red diamond-plate tread flooring
- Dark machinery gantries and catwalks
- Yellow-and-black hazard striping
- Metal grating and riveted steel panels
Symbols
- Black-and-yellow hazard chevron arrows
- Yellow starburst scoring emblems
- Triangular warning placards with stick-figure and radiation motifs
- Red disc targets with white numerals
- Black triangular target faces with white capital letters a, b, c, d
- Downward pointing red arrow icons above assault targets
- Qr code on the price card
Notable shapes
- A full-width clear shield across the upper playfield with a gap at its right end
- A tall grey metal ramp spine on the right side
- A long arcing chrome wireform that crosses the upper left diagonally
- A large circular black emblem ringed in red between the flippers, below the apron lip
- Cut-out cavities in the playfield under the upper shield and around the centre
Art motifs
- Diamond-plate tread texture
- Chrome and brushed-metal gradients
- Laser-red glow and hot orange explosion washes
- Concentric target reticles
- Diagonal score ladders
- Symmetrical mirrored ramp and outlane mirroring
Themes
- Science fiction
- Cybernetic killer robot
- Time-travel action film tie-in
- Factory or armoured-vehicle interior
- Military hardware and ballistics
- Chase and escape sequence
Title on it
- Terminator 3 - rise of the machines
Text on it
- TERMINATOR 3
- RISE OF THE MACHINES
- ASSAULT
- EXTRA BALL
- VIDEO MODE
- HURRY UP
- SECURITY LEVEL
- SECURITY LEVELS
- SPOT WEAPON
- PAYBACK TIME
- MAX SCORE
- SUPER JACKPOT
- SHOOT AGAIN
- COMMAND CENTER
- ESCAPE
- 1,000,000
- 750,000
- 500,000
- 300,000
- 200,000
- 100,000
- HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO AND TO PLAY VIDEO MODE
- BATYLE
- R•F•C
- 50¢ = 1 CREDIT PLAY
- SUPER VALUE
- $1.00 = 1 CREDIT
- GO TO WWW.INDOORENT.COM/TERMINATOR3 FOR PURCHASE, REPAIR AND RENTAL INFO
- Licensed to the Terminator franchise for the Next Gen Tour.
- Complete Right Trigger to light ESCAPE. Shoot Right Trigger to light Extra Ball or lock Multiball
- Complete Left Ramp to collect 3 Jackpot Keys then lock Multiball
- Complete Left Ramp to advance Command Center
- Collect 6 Green Tunes to light Weapon Security Level, Hurry Up, Video Mode.
- EXTRA BALL Awarded
- Shoot Left Ramp or Bumper to start Hazard Mode.
- Shoot Center Bumper to light EXTRA BALL Mystery, Hurry Up, Weapons and SPECIAL
- Shoot Callout Ball to start RED. Shoot flashing mode to complete RED
- Shoot Left Orbit to light SPECIAL
- Complete Super Jackpot, Defense, Payback Time 5 RPO Requirements to light Final Ball
- OPdb.org 1963-2024
- Game Play Equipment Source: USA
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Robot | Enormous chrome endoskeleton-style robotic head filling the top of the playfield, bald domed skull, exposed metal jaw and cheek pistons, sockets glowing bright red, a small red target marking on the forehead plate |
| Man | Bald middle-aged man with dark aviator sunglasses and a grim expression, head and neck only, painted in front of and slightly below the robot skull at the top of the field |
| Man | The same sunglassed head repeated as a second painted portrait at the exact centre of the playfield, facing forward, mouth set, flanked by two round red bumper caps and two descending numbered drop-target ladders |
A 1990s solid-state playfield shot from above through the glass, its artwork rendered in hot reds, orange, black and gunmetal grey with a red diamond-plate-tread texture. At the very top, above the apron, a huge painted chrome endoskeleton-style robotic head with glowing red eye sockets and a bald human head with dark sunglasses in front of it occupies the upper third. A second, smaller cut-out of the same man in shades is painted at the exact centre of the field, his face set between two red round bumpers. Yellow-and-black hazard-striped ramps and outlanes run up both sides, with a wireform habitrail arching over the left upper playfield. Across the middle are two vertical columns of round red drop-target banks marked with black numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and letters A, B, C, D on triangular black targets, plus a right-hand diagonal score ladder of rectangular windows reading 1,000,000, 750,000, 500,000, 300,000, 200,000, 100,000. A bright yellow chevron arrow marked SECURITY LEVELS points down toward a small black BATYLE target. Two yellow-sleeved flippers sit low centre, with HOLD FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO AND TO PLAY VIDEO MODE printed in white on blue panels at each lower corner. A blue apron card reads TERMINATOR 3 above RISE OF THE MACHINES, flanked by a dense white instruction card and a white price card.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- black
- silver
- blue
Fingerprint: terminator 3 rise of the machines, colossal half-human half-chrome male head with glowing red mechanical eye filling entire right side, tilted black panel bordered by glowing blue circuit trace containing woman's face split pale skin and chrome skull, full-length chrome endoskeleton standing far left against red, chrome title letters with registered symbol, blood-red field
A colossal half-human, half-chrome male head with a glowing red mechanical eye filling the entire right side. Next to it a tilted black panel bordered by a glowing blue circuit trace, containing a woman's face split into pale human skin and chrome skull. A full-length chrome endoskeleton stands at the far left against red. The title is rendered in wide chrome/silver block letters with a registered symbol, with the subtitle stacked below in smaller chrome capitals.
Setting
- Deep red field with darker red technical grid lines
- Black tilted panel with blue circuit-board border
Symbols
- White wedge or triangle shapes with leader lines on the panel
- Blue circuit-board trace border
- Glowing red mechanical eye
- Muzzle-flash sparks
- Faint technical grid on the red field
- Registered trademark symbol
- Trademark symbol
Lettering
- Wide chrome/silver extruded block capitals with dark shading, main title very large across the lower left; subtitle in smaller chrome capitals below, with the words of the set small and raised; feature words in white sans-serif capitals with an oversized initial letter on the right; maker logos in red and white boxed badges
Themes
- Science fiction
- Robots and androids
- Action film characters
- Guns and combat
- Futuristic circuitry
Title on it
- Terminator 3 rise of the machines
Text on it
- TERMINATOR 3
- RISE OF THE MACHINES
- © 2003 IM3
- ROCKET
- PROPELLED
- GRENADE
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- SRP
- Making Games Fun
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Full-length chrome endoskeleton at far left, skeletal ribcage and piston limbs, smooth domed skull, facing right, rim-lit silver |
| Woman | Large close-up face on the black panel, pale skin and blue-grey eye on the left half, chrome skull with circuitry and glowing red eye socket on the right half, dark hair pulled back |
| Man | Inside the panel, dark hair, black sunglasses, green-grey jacket, aiming a rifle to the right |
| Man | Inside the panel, further right, seen in profile with light hair |
| Man | Inside the panel, far right edge, older grey-haired man in profile |
| Vehicle | Small two-armed gun turret machine top centre, firing with yellow muzzle-flash sparks |
| Man | Top centre-right, standing in dark clothing, holding a long weapon upright |
| Other | Giant close-up head of a man in dark sunglasses on the right third, right half replaced by gleaming chrome machinery with a glowing red eye |
Full-colour backglass on a deep blood-red field with a faint darker-red technical grid. A large black panel, tilted diagonally, is edged with a pale blue circuit-board trace border and fills the upper centre. Inside it: a close-up of a woman's face, left half pale human skin with a blue-grey eye, right half a chrome skull with circuitry and a glowing red eye socket. To her right a dark-haired man in black sunglasses and a green-grey jacket aims a rifle rightwards, then two men in profile, one grey-haired. Five white wedge shapes line the panel's left edge, each with a thin white leader line crossing it. Full height at far left, outside the panel, a chrome endoskeleton with skeletal ribcage, piston limbs and a domed skull faces right. Top centre is a small two-armed gun turret firing yellow muzzle-flash sparks, with a man in dark clothing holding a long weapon to its right. The right third is dominated by a giant head of a man in dark sunglasses, his right half gleaming chrome with a glowing red eye. Chrome title lettering runs across the bottom.