Instead of shooting off the screen to reload, or shaking the gun, the game came with these large rifles that included a “clip reload” feature. One thing that was a big deal when this came out was the Reload function. When the game starts, it plays a nicely done tutorial video that explains the basic mechanics (shoot the robots, red enemies are immediate threats) as well as the controls. You can also select Chapter Mode for each mission to jump ahead on, if you wish. There are two missions that you can chose from, each coming with 4 chapters: Mission 1’s focus is on destroying an underground lab Mission 2 has you saving human survivors and heading to Skynet to take it out. This worked to the advantage of the game, which offers some brief, but skipable cutscenes to setup the situation that you need to survive the onslaught of battling an army of humanoid robots. The game itself sort of follows the movie, focusing more on the setting and the action than the characters and plot. It’s noteworthy to point out that the head of Play Mechanix, George Petro, was the principle developer on Midway’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, thus TS ended up “staying in the family,” so to speak. Ignoring Big Buck Hunter, Terminator Salvation was the first light-gun gun to come out of Play Mechanix since they developed Aliens Extermination for GlobalVR in 2006 It would also be the first light-gun title (again, outside of BBH) to carry the Raw Thrills name since they had released Target Terror in 2004. Doing something that you can only do in arcades, their unique arcade edition was released 10 months later, and it quickly became one of the best performing games on the scene. The home console video game didn’t fare any better, but Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills didn’t let those factors deter them and they continued development on the game. The Terminator Salvation film was released in May 2009 as the 4th entry into the franchise, but while it tried a different approach to the series, it struggled as both critics and viewers panned it. The Terminator franchise is one of the few Hollywood properties that offers up such action on a platter, where it has been translated into both video & pinball games over the years. The concept of killer humanoid robots makes for an easy translation into the arcade format, particularly where light-gun games are concerned. Synopsis: Based upon the 2009 film, find yourself in the role of freedom fighter John Connor in his bid to save humanity from the machines. Release: March 2010 (Original) / April 2020 (Delta Mission)ĪRCADE EXCLUSIVE?: Yes Delta Mission only available via Big Buck Hunter Reloaded
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