Terminator Pinball Boasts Grenade Launcher

Thanks to RetroGames for pointing to a new review of the Terminator 3 pinball machine from sole remaining pinball manufacturer Stern, which features "a Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher in the backglass" as its chief gimmick. Unfortunately, there's no actual high explosives, as "..this interactive mechanism fires balls into targets for high score and progressive game play", but the official product page does point out that this machine was "..designed by Steve Ritchie, formerly of Williams.. [and creator of] Black Knight, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Firepower, and High Speed." The UK Pinball News site has a review of the pintable with plenty more pictures, but concludes that, though fun, Stern's previous release, The Simpsons Pinball Party was probably more enjoyable.

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I'm a pinball lover, and..

[DJayC]

I'm a pinball lover, and I absolutely had a ball (no pun intended) with this game! There's so much to do, and multiball is great. The "rocket launcher" or whatever it is is kind of a pain in the butt. When you get to "launch" it theres a small shooter in the backglass that rotates up and down slowly. You need to hit all five targets (or six.. can't remember) before the time runs out. To get the trajectory to hit the top most target is quite a pain, and the worst part is if you miss, you have to wait for the arm to go all the way down again, take in the ball, and go all the way up again to shoot the target. When I played a couple games I did it three times, and only completed the whole thing on the first try. Still, a VERY good game... loads of stuff to do. I can't comment on how much it has T3 movie elements cause I have yet to see the movie.