Overview
Ivan TBA's The Thing is a re-theme of Ali (Stern, 1980) for Visual Pinball X. The table is based on the influential cult science fiction horror film, directed by the master of the horror genre, John Carpenter.
The Thing is about a group of American researchers in Antarctica who encounter the eponymous "Thing", an extraterrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates, other organisms. The group is overcome by paranoia and conflict as they learn that they can no longer trust each other and that any of them could be the Thing.
The movie stars Kurt Russell as the team's helicopter pilot R. J. MacReady, with a score partly provided by Carpenter himself, and partly by legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.
The music that is played in-game can be changed by editing the script in Visual Pinball; change "The Thing ost music.mp3" to ---> "The Thing metal music.mp3".
