Random fact: Sunsoft was to acquire the Terminator license in the late 80s, and already had a game in the works but lost the license to Mindscape. Mindscape churned out this and the NES Terminator games, while Sunsoft's game became Journey to Silius.
..in my dreams I sometime still escaping,hiding from these terrirfying cyborgs,they give me unforgetable feel of adrenaline,fear and adventure.Crazy how strong was the impact of those terminator movies on me as a child.
Haha yup! Just beat this game today (owned since Christmas of 1st grade/1997) for the first time and by the time I mastered Level 2, the rest of the game was a breeze.
In the film, Kyle Reese takes on the Terminator with little more than stolen clothes, a shotgun, a few pipebombs, and a pipe. He finally dies while blowing up the Terminator torso. Here, he dies in 2 seconds after falling off a windowsill. Give me a fucking break, Mindscape.
34:09 Kyle Reese: Come with me if you wanna live. 42:37 Kyle Reese: Sarah! Sarah Connor: Reese. Kyle Reese: This way. 43:32 Kyle Reese: Come on, mothercrusher.
Totally, the sega genesis version wasn't even mentioned in the AVGN review! It just so happens that the only game he didn't talk about was also one of the best ones!
You just have to love those silly sound effects in these games. Sproing! :D Yeah I know it's easy to make fun of them. Anyway nice video. It's always fun to check out your videos & see some games, that I haven't played yet or played sometime in the past.
Yeah. The game is not bad overall. But dear God, the levels drag on for an eternity. And only the last level with the Terminator endoskeleton is reasonably short. That is in comparison to all the other levels.
This game is tough as hell, and not necessarily in a good way. Terminators peek out of foreground obstructions, levels go on too long, and falling just an inch too far sends you plummeting past the intended platform... or any platform for that matter!!! And level 2 is a Level from Hell. Old Arnie has nothing on those blind jumps and ambushing police footers.
The cityscape driving scene is actually pretty cool. The building designs paired with the Mode 7 street effect (especially with the blue and black color palette) is pretty appealing. Reminds me of Batman Returns on Sega CD. Don't know why the NES version has you finish the T-800 with the hydraulic press and this version with Kyle's explosive. It's like they had to split the simplest shit between the two games to make them distinct.
Nice, go back in time and shot all your possible allies. Sounds like a brilliant idea! XD Wow, it's so boring! I had to fast forward most of it. Why having a few long, tiring stages instead of several shorter and fun stages? :o
44:42 In the movie, Kyle Reese was dead at that point. But the Terminator wasn't quite defeated yet. They left out the part where Sarah crushed the robot under a hydraulic press.
Lets review this game fairly. First level, while being very long and hard is not 100% bad at all. Its pretty hardcore, unfair but really challenging. Its also features some nice things, like that laser beam in background, certain atmosphere, a lot of tension. Level design is not very good, especially that foreground crap blocking view, but idea was not entirely bad. Second level is...oh come on, its plain crazy. Roof jumpung, hordes of peoples with grenades, leaps of faith. Yes, still unfairly hard and not so atmospheric as first one, crazy designed. BUT THEN...pure shithell starts. Driving level. "search for sarah", driving again and final. Did everyone noticed, that starting from level 3 game feels way too pushed forward, boring and lack of any ideas? Personally i think they wanted to make one hardcore, noir game, but they invested way too much in first 2 levels and found that they running out either of time or money or space in gamepack memory. So they quickly made several more levels and released it as is. Just look in this Longplay - its takes 34 mins to finish first 2 levels and JUST 12 minutes more for everything else.
I understand that in the future the terminators are trying to kill you, but why is everyone trying to kill him in 1984? Seems just as bad as the future.
My only explanation is that if nobody was after him then the game wouldn't have any enemies for you to fight in the past. But the police were after Kyle in the movie at various parts so that part kind of makes sense. But why do bullets bounce off the police officers right?
I get why everyone hates this game, but honestly, the controls are what confuse me the most. They're far better than the NES version, but you still can't aim in 8 directions like in of course, Contra. Did Mindscape deliberately program the controls that way because they thought the game would be too similar to Contra? And for those who think Journey to Silius on the NES is a good game, I'd say it's only slightly better than NES Terminator, but I cannot stand that game. Good music though, I'll give it that.
39:49 Only time you see Arnold in the game (not including full skeleton) and it's weird how he goes back into hiding in the room after you shoot at him.
I think what they shouldve done is to let you take control of Sarah near the end right after kyle reese dies shoving the pipe bomb into the terminator to lure it into the crusher to finally destroy it like in the film.
A prime example of a game that was destined to be something else until Mindscape got the Terminator licence and slapped it on this. OK, terminators and HKs shooting at Kyle, yes, plausible given the story, but then he's continually shot at by IDENTICAL hoodlums through IDENTICAL buildings, and followed by HELICOPTERS and GUNSHIPS!!! Ermmm call me picky, but that didn't happen in the movie! Plus why does the police station resemble a medieval castle/derelict hotel hybrid of some type with wanted posters of Lucadore wrestlers. The end chase in a YELLOW pickup TRUCK (possibly Bumblebee taking time out from the other robot franchise Transformers) with The Terminator (or Guile) riding what appears to be a Vespa moped (maybe a Faggio from GTA)......hilarious, and what! SARAH throws a grenade at the Terminator, which not only kills the Terminator but she technically kills Kyle! No hydraulic press, just dead the end. This game SUCKS with a capital SUCKS
8:07 I remember in the movie Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) hunted down HKs from a moving dilapidated police car which got hit and flipped onto its roof with Reese inside where he wakes up in 1984 realizing that was only a dream
Drailton Lima de Andrade I prefer the genesis version also. Straight and to the point. The driving levels were a pain. On the nes version. Didn’t get too far on the snes. Sega and nes versions i beat. Sega Version is my favorite
Imagine that alternate timeline where Sunsoft had the rights to these games instead and we had some real top quality gaming. This is not that universe, and that is a shame.
Reading through the comments here, this game seems to get an inordinate amount of hate -- which is somewhat understandable, as it's certainly not *good* -- but I've got news for you people praising the Genesis/Mega Drive: it's a far cry from a great game, too, it just happens to have different fatal flaws from this one (too short vs. too long, nonsensical/annoying plot "missions" vs. nonsensical/annoying sound effects). Both are a far cry from Robocop vs. Terminator, a legitimate scrolling-shooter great, not to mention T2: The Arcade Game (a masterpiece, but obviously impossible to faithfully replicate on consoles). But both versions owe so, SO much to markedly better titles that came before: Duke Nukem (the non-3D ones), Robocop, Shinobi... Hell, if you want a better movie-licensed release on the SNES, give Demolition Man a shot!
Also: having (finally) finished the video, I can confidently say the "4th stage" (not really sure what to do with weird interludes; I'm counting them...) is legitimately good: neither limited ammo, nor searching in doors was a new mechanic by any means even back in '92, but the combination of the two forces players to a) explore thoroughly and strategically, and b) weigh the risk-reward proposition of taking on an enemy with gunfire vs. your fists. It would be gross hyperbole to call it "innovative" (it's not even casually innovative like Doom 2016), but this "Elevator Action"-inspired level does inherently work in a way that the others clearly do not. The final encounter, on the other hand, is a complete and utter design abomination. Yikes.
At least it stuck true to the movie in the end with Kyle getting killed you never seen that in other versions but it should have jumped to Sarah and a broken terminator getting crushed for a true ending
men, I've been looking for this game since I was a kid playing it once in an arcade game place and I never saw it again .. I would appreciate it if you passed me or put ul link to play it again ...
I agree. This game is going way too far on being hated in my opinion. If people think this is bad, then they should check out the NES version of this game. My fucking god is that game awful.
Whats wrong with level 2? Dudes try to protect their time from invasion of this maniac. And he kill everyone. And then he shut down some policemanes. No wonder, Skynet try to kill his son and protect us
![SNES Longplay [575] Terminator 2: Judgment Day](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hPLUo4Z5fNs/mqdefault.jpg)
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Random fact: Sunsoft was to acquire the Terminator license in the late 80s, and already had a game in the works but lost the license to Mindscape. Mindscape churned out this and the NES Terminator games, while Sunsoft's game became Journey to Silius.
Um... it was the NES version.
@@marhansgamingchannel4732 No, it wasn't.
@@OpenMawProductions Well, Journey to Sillus was supposed to be the NES Terminator. I don't know what they were making for the SNES, if anything.
For those who came here from the AVGN, the first level ends at 13:01
Hahah you got me
He was less than 1 minute away from beating it after the tank boss!
@@dorpth But anyway 1st level is almost of half of whole game, lol.
The fact they made such a long stage is both impressive but ultimately a little wasted.
the game has only 3 damn stages with 20 min length each . what were they thinking?
..in my dreams I sometime still escaping,hiding from these terrirfying cyborgs,they give me unforgetable feel of adrenaline,fear and adventure.Crazy how strong was the impact of those terminator movies on me as a child.
Posting it was your first mistake. We now know where you Live.
- Skynet
Anyone came from the avgn video to see how long the first level actually is?
Feat Als yes
Me too
Yes 😂
i got in the half of the 2 stage when I was a kid, still don't know how I made it so far
so true 😂
Every time you open a door: "SARAH!" Seriously. Every. Single. Time.
"SARAH!"
Jesus christ, level 2 alone spans 50% of the whole game.
Haha yup! Just beat this game today (owned since Christmas of 1st grade/1997) for the first time and by the time I mastered Level 2, the rest of the game was a breeze.
@Carson Alijah Yea, I have been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :)
Yeah… now I know why I was never able to do it 😅
In best AVGN's fashion we can say "They were too lazy to make many levels so they just made three longest and hardest levels in existence."
In the film, Kyle Reese takes on the Terminator with little more than stolen clothes, a shotgun, a few pipebombs, and a pipe. He finally dies while blowing up the Terminator torso.
Here, he dies in 2 seconds after falling off a windowsill. Give me a fucking break, Mindscape.
35:05 "Sarah!!!"
34:09
Kyle Reese: Come with me if you wanna live.
42:37
Kyle Reese: Sarah!
Sarah Connor: Reese.
Kyle Reese: This way.
43:32
Kyle Reese: Come on, mothercrusher.
SEGA GENESIS version destroy this version
SEGA CD destroys all the others Terminator games!
Totally, the sega genesis version wasn't even mentioned in the AVGN review! It just so happens that the only game he didn't talk about was also one of the best ones!
L33ROY J3NKINS remember...if he doesn't have the game then he can't review it
The Mega Cd version Tops them all.
I love the genesis version. It's my favorite of the three. The one on the NES is a close 2nd
L33ROY J3NKINS problem is he’s still a biased Nintendo fanboy.
AVGN was right. These levels go on forever.
My favorite part of the first Terminator movie was when Reese styled his hair into a pompadour before going out to look for Sarah.
You just have to love those silly sound effects in these games.
Sproing!
:D
Yeah I know it's easy to make fun of them.
Anyway nice video. It's always fun to check out your videos & see some games, that I haven't played yet or played sometime in the past.
SARAH!
Sounded like antonio montana 😂😂😂
JASON !
Jeff Goldblum: Sar..ah!
Hahaha from the dying Terminator's POV, some clever bastard put a game of naughts and crosses into the bottom left hand corner! Legend!!! @44:48
better than the Nes version but not as good as the Sega CD version
Very true.
MDthornton83 true. Who makes the first level the size of mt Rushmore?
Yeah. The game is not bad overall. But dear God, the levels drag on for an eternity. And only the last level with the Terminator endoskeleton is reasonably short. That is in comparison to all the other levels.
I thought it was okay, until the supposed "boss"
I rented this from Blockbuster back in 1993 and never could get past the 2nd level with the damn helicopters.
I remember renting this from Blockbuster
This game is tough as hell, and not necessarily in a good way. Terminators peek out of foreground obstructions, levels go on too long, and falling just an inch too far sends you plummeting past the intended platform... or any platform for that matter!!!
And level 2 is a Level from Hell. Old Arnie has nothing on those blind jumps and ambushing police footers.
*copters instead of footers. My bad
Well no wonder Kyle couldn't kill the Terminator. The gun he picked up has to shoot a normal human five times before it kills them. :P
No theme music, and that’s just a fucking crime
Probably licensing issues.
I remember beating this game during the summer vacation at 3am
42:48 wow, this level actually looks pretty good! Shame that the rest of the game doesn't.
How many fucking times did you comment this
@@SuperdivorceChugsFarts UA-cam glitch :/
The cityscape driving scene is actually pretty cool. The building designs paired with the Mode 7 street effect (especially with the blue and black color palette) is pretty appealing. Reminds me of Batman Returns on Sega CD.
Don't know why the NES version has you finish the T-800 with the hydraulic press and this version with Kyle's explosive. It's like they had to split the simplest shit between the two games to make them distinct.
Kyle screaming "Sarah!" was my favorite part of the game. Really! It's a good idea.
Nice, go back in time and shot all your possible allies. Sounds like a brilliant idea! XD
Wow, it's so boring! I had to fast forward most of it. Why having a few long, tiring stages instead of several shorter and fun stages? :o
This seemed rather faithful to the film.
TOO faithful I'd have to say.
44:42 In the movie, Kyle Reese was dead at that point. But the Terminator wasn't quite defeated yet. They left out the part where Sarah crushed the robot under a hydraulic press.
2:31
Resistance Vs. SKYNET
Why are there so many ladders that lead to nowhere? Do all those ladders lead to Ozzy?
Lets review this game fairly. First level, while being very long and hard is not 100% bad at all. Its pretty hardcore, unfair but really challenging. Its also features some nice things, like that laser beam in background, certain atmosphere, a lot of tension. Level design is not very good, especially that foreground crap blocking view, but idea was not entirely bad. Second level is...oh come on, its plain crazy. Roof jumpung, hordes of peoples with grenades, leaps of faith. Yes, still unfairly hard and not so atmospheric as first one, crazy designed. BUT THEN...pure shithell starts. Driving level. "search for sarah", driving again and final.
Did everyone noticed, that starting from level 3 game feels way too pushed forward, boring and lack of any ideas?
Personally i think they wanted to make one hardcore, noir game, but they invested way too much in first 2 levels and found that they running out either of time or money or space in gamepack memory. So they quickly made several more levels and released it as is.
Just look in this Longplay - its takes 34 mins to finish first 2 levels and JUST 12 minutes more for everything else.
shit game, waste of time back in SNES.
I agree.
I understand that in the future the terminators are trying to kill you, but why is everyone trying to kill him in 1984? Seems just as bad as the future.
My only explanation is that if nobody was after him then the game wouldn't have any enemies for you to fight in the past. But the police were after Kyle in the movie at various parts so that part kind of makes sense. But why do bullets bounce off the police officers right?
dk2853 I
Fucking 3 hr 1st level
I was 12 when this came out. Definitely no patience for this game.
44:37
You’re Terminated
I get why everyone hates this game, but honestly, the controls are what confuse me the most. They're far better than the NES version, but you still can't aim in 8 directions like in of course, Contra. Did Mindscape deliberately program the controls that way because they thought the game would be too similar to Contra? And for those who think Journey to Silius on the NES is a good game, I'd say it's only slightly better than NES Terminator, but I cannot stand that game. Good music though, I'll give it that.
39:49 Only time you see Arnold in the game (not including full skeleton) and it's weird how he goes back into hiding in the room after you shoot at him.
JEEZ, talk about repetitive. Sure the Mega Drive version may be short as can be, but at least it was fun.
Everytime Kyle opens a door he shouts "Sarah" but it sounds too creepy
fuck this game. I remember playing it as a kid and never could beat it. was very hard
This is one of the most repetitive games I've ever scene
***** *seen
I couldn't beat that first 1984 stage this is fun to see beyond it.
3:35 That noise haunted me in my childhood.
Almost 28 years later, since I last played it, I still haven't figured out, what this sound is supposed to be XD
I like how Kyle's shotgun is somehow full auto lol
I think what they shouldve done is to let you take control of Sarah near the end right after kyle reese dies shoving the pipe bomb into the terminator to lure it into the crusher to finally destroy it like in the film.
That would have been a nice finishing touch.
MDthornton83 you're right that would have been a better way to finish the game
WAY better than the nes version
Mega drive version is a lot better then this gameplay wise and graphics. Has the Terminator theme too
which one? T2 the arcade game? Terminator Judgment day?
The one just called "The Terminator", based on the first movie. The T2 games were the same as on the SNES and they sucked on every platform.
todesziege T2: The Arcade Game is *easily* the best Terminator-themed video game ever, please stop spewing nonsense opinions.
@@Vic-Vega he's right. You're the one one with the bullshit opinion.
Vic Vega it is your right to be wrong
Kyle Reese: Terminator of Terminators
A prime example of a game that was destined to be something else until Mindscape got the Terminator licence and slapped it on this. OK, terminators and HKs shooting at Kyle, yes, plausible given the story, but then he's continually shot at by IDENTICAL hoodlums through IDENTICAL buildings, and followed by HELICOPTERS and GUNSHIPS!!! Ermmm call me picky, but that didn't happen in the movie! Plus why does the police station resemble a medieval castle/derelict hotel hybrid of some type with wanted posters of Lucadore wrestlers. The end chase in a YELLOW pickup TRUCK (possibly Bumblebee taking time out from the other robot franchise Transformers) with The Terminator (or Guile) riding what appears to be a Vespa moped (maybe a Faggio from GTA)......hilarious, and what! SARAH throws a grenade at the Terminator, which not only kills the Terminator but she technically kills Kyle! No hydraulic press, just dead the end. This game SUCKS with a capital SUCKS
Those weird moaning noises in the first level whenever he grabs a powerup freaked me right the hell out as a kid.
Those are supposed to be the sounds of the Tech-Com assault vehicles roarin' around in the distance.
8:07
I remember in the movie Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) hunted down HKs from a moving dilapidated police car which got hit and flipped onto its roof with Reese inside where he wakes up in 1984 realizing that was only a dream
Wow. The AVGN wold never have made it this far.
Why does the terminator walk like Mr. Burns?
I didn’t get it when I played it and still don’t. What’s with the really bad growling sound effect that seems to happen at random times?
ryan489 It's the "jump" sound effect, believe it or not (lmao).
i like the stage where duke nukem chases you on a moped
The Genesis version is much higher than this.
This game was very exhausting and repetitive and not passuia one password for ease.
Drailton Lima de Andrade I prefer the genesis version also. Straight and to the point. The driving levels were a pain. On the nes version. Didn’t get too far on the snes. Sega and nes versions i beat. Sega Version is my favorite
I got to the rooftop level thsts were i quit this stupidg game
The Terminator on Sega CD is best first terminator movie game.
The music at 13:25 sounds a lot like the "Georgia Stress" OST from Splinter Cell.
37:18 lol at those bouncing bullets
Imagine that alternate timeline where Sunsoft had the rights to these games instead and we had some real top quality gaming. This is not that universe, and that is a shame.
Kinda funny this video was numbered 101
Sarah!
Reading through the comments here, this game seems to get an inordinate amount of hate -- which is somewhat understandable, as it's certainly not *good* -- but I've got news for you people praising the Genesis/Mega Drive: it's a far cry from a great game, too, it just happens to have different fatal flaws from this one (too short vs. too long, nonsensical/annoying plot "missions" vs. nonsensical/annoying sound effects).
Both are a far cry from Robocop vs. Terminator, a legitimate scrolling-shooter great, not to mention T2: The Arcade Game (a masterpiece, but obviously impossible to faithfully replicate on consoles).
But both versions owe so, SO much to markedly better titles that came before: Duke Nukem (the non-3D ones), Robocop, Shinobi...
Hell, if you want a better movie-licensed release on the SNES, give Demolition Man a shot!
Also: having (finally) finished the video, I can confidently say the "4th stage" (not really sure what to do with weird interludes; I'm counting them...) is legitimately good: neither limited ammo, nor searching in doors was a new mechanic by any means even back in '92, but the combination of the two forces players to a) explore thoroughly and strategically, and b) weigh the risk-reward proposition of taking on an enemy with gunfire vs. your fists.
It would be gross hyperbole to call it "innovative" (it's not even casually innovative like Doom 2016), but this "Elevator Action"-inspired level does inherently work in a way that the others clearly do not.
The final encounter, on the other hand, is a complete and utter design abomination. Yikes.
At least it stuck true to the movie in the end with Kyle getting killed you never seen that in other versions but it should have jumped to Sarah and a broken terminator getting crushed for a true ending
Kyle Reese died at 44:38.
I never could get past the first level as a kid
AVGN would be so jealous lol :)
He cant beat the first level, and neither can I.
Very hard game, but good!
Eduardo bsn Its a shitty game.
@@daveshen0880 Yes It Is
And what a shitty ending.
Remember how the games were nothing like the movies lol..
I say so too. I bet if he sees this and all these games this guy plays,he will play them again to finally beat them. I hope for his sake.
this game and battletods..so hard......never finished them
The song of the gun likes a guitar song WT...
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men, I've been looking for this game since I was a kid playing it once in an arcade game place and I never saw it again .. I would appreciate it if you passed me or put ul link to play it again ...
The level in the minute 21:00 looks like a spiderman game.
Why is there a Game Over screen here at 46:00
Oh.
30:18 - GET TO THE CHOPPA!
The terminators look like shit in this game, they have the postures of old grannies....
What with these punks in 1984? Are they punks defending the terminator?
The game is not as bad as you think for me in my opinion it's decent
I agree. This game is going way too far on being hated in my opinion. If people think this is bad, then they should check out the NES version of this game. My fucking god is that game awful.
Damn it Georgc3 give dese people some air!
Blame it on the creators of this game for making it look bad
4 people are credited for the game design at the end. They sucked big time.
Good game but the stage is to long the sega genesis verion is better
The second level of the game reminds me of a Zog's Nightmare.
46:05,I wish this cutscene was on the Mega-CD Version instead of this crappy,ridiculous repetitive version.
Can anyone please tell me if this game will work on the Retron2 clone system?
42:37 lol
it would always annoy me how the explosions sound like someone jumping into a swimming pool.
They should make this playable on SNES Online for the switch
Dang it! I pod touch made me hit deslike. Now I'm all fired up!
what a bizarre game, definitely rushed but not terrible like the NES version, just not very good either.
Mega drive version kills this. Whats with the cartoon bouncing noise when you're jumping ???
Everytime i see this game i impressed how bad it is. Its milestone.
WHERES THE ORIGINAL OST
Whats wrong with level 2? Dudes try to protect their time from invasion of this maniac. And he kill everyone. And then he shut down some policemanes. No wonder, Skynet try to kill his son and protect us