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This game received 579 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.767 _/10

7.767

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #99 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game design: 7.812

Artwork: 7.754

Sounds/Music: 7.411

Other Aspects: 7.904

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8.219/10

38 days ago

HAR

harig

Pinside member

Wiener Neustadt

2y 25,800 97 8 6

positive:
- fast layout with nice flow and ramp shots
- cannon toy (aiming and hitting super jackpot is very rewarding)
- nice video mode
- easy to understand rules
- always good for a fast game in between

neutral/negative:
-might get old quick in a small collection
-DMD animations are very basic (one of or the first game released using the DMD)
-sound not too good neither

harig currently owns this game.

5.363/10

40 days ago

BUZ

buzz11

Pinside member

Gold Coast

8y 20,750 3 13

Wanted to love this pin but just could not get the hang of the wide open playfield !

7.543/10

54 days ago

DA

DanielL

Pinside member

3y 16,250 2 6

Owned this game a couple of years now.

The theme is great. In my opinion one of the most iconic pins. I love the fact that Arnie himself does the speech!

The rules are really easy to understand. They are not that deep, but new players understand what to do very fast.

If you're looking for a deep pin, with lots of shots and complex rules, then this is not your game. There is basically two things that you do to get good scores: Shoot the skull, which will start multiball and let you shoot for the jackpot (and super jackpot), and shoot the ramps, alternating between left ramp and right ramp. Shoot them five times each and you'll start Payback Time, where you need to shoot att some diffrent locations on the playfield and get rewarded 5 million points per hit.

That being said, I find myself coming back to it again and again for a quick game of T2.

To summarize. You should get this game of you love the theme and if you are looking for a game that is easy to get into, with fast and uncomplicated gameplay.

If you want deep rulesets and lots of diffrent shots, then T2 is not your game.

DanielL currently owns this game.

8.004/10

65 days ago

MTF

Timfenske11

Pinside member

<1y 20,300 4 2 10

I'm biased because this is the game I played the most as a kid. With that being said I thinking it's great. Lots of flow, easy multiball, cannon, video mode and call outs from Arnold. Simple but fun and easy to play.

Timfenske11 currently owns this game.

8.512/10

89 days ago

MJL

Layercakes31

Pinside member

<1y 32,300 6 1 10

Such a nostalgic piece, T2 takes me back to actually playing a pinball machine in an arcade! I love the shotgun launcher, nothing felt more powerful as a kid than grabbing the gun and pulling the trigger!

As an adult, the critique of gameplay for the long term is what gets me. When you’re a kid, you have a handful of quarter and a short time to play; owning a game and keeping the fun factor alive is what draws me to love this game. I hope to add this to my collection one day!

Layercakes31 has this game on the wishlist.

7.928/10

3 months ago

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dergroover

Pinside apprentice

<1y 16,250 3 9

Typical and nice Steve Ritchie fan layout with very good flow and speed; nice implementation of the gun as well.

Ruleset is not that deep and enables beginners to have a good time while playing.

I recommend the installation of Pinsound with OST for creating a nice atmosphere and the replacement of the cheap plastic skull with the Skull-Mod.

8.156/10

6 months ago

WIL

spblat

Pinside member

Portland, OR

5y 44,800 206 5 16

GET THE CPU! I owned this machine for several years and I sometimes regret letting it go. But as designers go I prefer Pat Lawlor, and as Richie games go I prefer High Speed 2. But this game was a real winner back in its day. Great tie in with the movie franchise. The gun toy is great fun. The alternating ramps are a bit monotonous but satisfying. And the intensity of the game when you make your shots is tremendously rewarding. I'll usually drop a quarter or two in whenever I encounter one of these.

spblat has this game on the wishlist.

5.637/10

7 months ago

MLP

tabascoman77

Pinside member

2y 29,900 2 95

"Terminator 2" looks great but is largely just 6 shots consisting of ramps and orbits. Just like Star Trek TNG, we get a cannon shot. I hate cannon shots. The only game it's tolerable in is AC/DC. It's a cheap gimmick otherwise and it never delivers the satisfaction you're supposed to get by hitting the target. The game flows easily enough and it isn't a drain monster, which is most welcome. The audio is an absolute penance to listen to. The music and audio clips sound like leftovers from the arcade lightgun game...THE GENESIS VERSION. Arnold's voice is horribly muffled to the point where you can barely understand what he's saying. Everything sounds that way. Nothing is crisp except for the awful MIDI rock score. It just feels a bit "robotic" if you'll pardon the pun.

8.079/10

7 months ago

Pinside member

Bologna

2y 17,000 27

The first DMD game from Williams! I think it's a great game to be a 1991 machine. I like all the ways to score points but the 50M Super Jackpot ruins the game as it's way too high. It should have been 25M instead

10.000/10

9 months ago

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RUSTY1

Pinside apprentice

Unknown

1y 6,750 4 7

Always gets played the most of any pin in my collection. Every friend and neighbors always want to play it first. That says it all. I played this game for hours on end and it never gets old. The first with the motorized gun. I'll never part with mine. I consider it the gold standard in pinball machines.

RUSTY1 currently owns this game.

7.103/10

11 months ago

ADM

PinDoctor82

Pinside member

1y 72,550 277 5 101

I played this game at the Barcade in Brooklyn. I enjoyed it, but it definitely didn't blow me away like the standard T2 arcade shooter does. I felt that the game played a bit slow, though the play was about what I would expect for a pin of its age. I can definitely say I will look to play it again the next time I see it, but this isn't a game that I could play repetitively if it were readily available to me to play.

7.846/10

1 year ago

TEZ

allsportdvd

Pinside member

Brisbane

9y 56,050 664 18 30

All my reviews are going to follow a simple formula for those reading.
Number of shots to make - Pro's - Con's - Must Have Mods - What To Look For When Buying

Number of shots - 6 - average

Pro's:
* The cannon at the time was the coolest toy in all of pinball and it still the main attraction of this game
* Flow of the shots the right orbit is particularly fast try hitting it twice in a row
* Considered first Fan Layout game easy to pickup and play
* Hitting Super Jackpot a good challenge
* Arnie doing the callouts, get the swear roms

Cons:
* It's shallow, get multiball and super jackpot or reach payback time
* Music should have included "You Could Be Mine"
* Weak animations being an early DMD, Williams' first one I believe (Don't get a color dmd)

Must Have Mods: (Note I will not include things like LED's, Color DMD, Invisiglass or Speaker Upgrades unless it's really badly needed)
* T-1000 mod for on top of middle targets
* LED eyes for skull
* Upgraded Hunter Killer Ship
* Shooter plate cover

What To Look For When Buying
* Cabinet fade
* Worn out chrome on gun handle
* Broken skull

allsportdvd edited previous rating on May 24, 2019.
allsportdvd has owned this game in the past.

4 Pinsiders starred this rating !

8.398/10

1 year ago

CUZ

mcuzz

Pinside member

4y 101K 322 123

Fast game with smooth ramps, great theme and artwork. Thanks Arnie for lending your voice to this title. Cannon is one of the best toys in pinball. Good for a larger collection as game can get repetitive.

8.520/10

1 year ago

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BirdForce1

Pinside member

Sellersburg, IN

2y 27,400 52 2 7

Great themed pin. Fun to shoot. I'll be back...to play more.

BirdForce1 has this game on the wishlist.

8.056/10

1 year ago

JRM

JRM1

Pinside member

2y 18,900 12 14

A very fun game. Especially if you like the movie. Playing with Pinsound, with the haunting soundtrack music, really does make the game better. Brings me back to the ERA. One of the best theme integrations ever. For the time, it was very cool. The shots are smooth and this is a good game to introduce folks into before getting into super deep games that follow a few years later.

I always play one of these when I see it.

JRM1 edited previous rating on October 24, 2019.

6.875/10

1 year ago

CPN

Pinside apprentice

Oakville, ON

1y 14,750 3 4 6

On my list to buy.

GBSouth has this game on the wishlist.

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