Steve Ritchie is one of the great pinball designers of the modern pinball era. He has created such famous titles as Black Knight, Star Trek: The Next Generation™, Firepower, and High Speed. TERMINATOR® 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES™ is Steve's first pinball design in seven years.
The TERMINATOR® 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES™ pinball offers non-stop action features, including a Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher in the backglass. This interactive mechanism fires balls into targets for high score and progressive game play. An interactive backglass mechanism has not been featured in a pinball machine for many years, and Steve has responded to operator and player requests to have one.
Also featured in TERMINATOR® 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES™ are:
- Stainless steel ramps throughout the game that insure long life and smooth play;
- Over 450 different speech calls, including original speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger;
- A Power-Cannon™ that launches balls into stainless shooter tube activated by gun grip or optional button;
- T-X™ plasma cannon that fires balls at the player but never down the drain;
- Chrome-plated wire form tubes that deliver balls throughout playfield;
- ‘Red' feature that offers a new kind of pinball excitement;
- Kickback and ball-save feature that makes TERMINATOR® 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES™ a friendly yet challenging adversary;
- New lane changing feature that creates more player-input possibilities.