Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1067367405/pinball-arcade-terminator-2-judgment-day
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Why T2 and why now?
Good to hear they're using the leftover money from the ST:TNG Kickstarter to cover part of the cost of the T2 license. Also, it's nice to hear that they're going to go after Addams Family next, but that whole situation with Raul Julia's estate makes me think they may not get it.
Anyway, glad to see they're carrying on with this sort of thing. I've got both ST:TNG and TZ on Pinball Arcade, and they're fantastic tables. Hope this one is successful too!
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Why T2 and why now?
[/mod abuse]FarSight has a very limited window with which to do T2. Waiting will not make the license cheaper, it will make it unavailable. There is another game company that has purchased the Terminator license for exclusivity. Their game is in development but has not been announced to the best of my knowledge. They paid HUGE dollars for this license. FarSight managed to sneak in do to the fact that theirs will not be a competing game, but once that other game is announced, all doors close. That is the reality of the situation. I completely agree that having the Steam and 360 stuff be available would have been ideal, but obviously the clock is ticking.
As to what will happen to the physical machine they have? C'mon, Jay obviously loves that thing. I think the mayor of Big Bear will just have a new toy!
I do think it's scary that the cost of the license is for Ah-nold and the name of T2. By the way, T5 is rolling forward too because I believe in 2018 the rights to the Terminator revert back to James Cameron. You'll remember he sold them to Gale Anne Hurd for $1 to get the first movie made. She also happened to be his wife at the time. So FarSight isn't the only company under the gun to get things with that license moving quickly.
The licenses for Terminator 2: Judgment Day will cost $66,000 (and thats just for the licenses- well cover all of the development expenses ourselves). Thanks to the amazing generosity of pinball fans throughout the world, our previous Kickstarter project for the Star Trek: The Next Generation pinball table raised $7,000 more than we needed for the Star Trek: licenses and we're applying this towards the license costs of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. If we can raise the remaining $59,000 well be able to digitize Terminator 2: Judgment Day and preserve one of the greatest pinball tables of all time. If we don't reach our goal no credit cards will be charged, but if we raise more then the goal well be able to digitize other licensed tables as well, including the next table we'd really like to pursue- Bally's incredible classic The Addams Family!
Good to hear they're using the leftover money from the ST:TNG Kickstarter to cover part of the cost of the T2 license. Also, it's nice to hear that they're going to go after Addams Family next, but that whole situation with Raul Julia's estate makes me think they may not get it.
Anyway, glad to see they're carrying on with this sort of thing. I've got both ST:TNG and TZ on Pinball Arcade, and they're fantastic tables. Hope this one is successful too!