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Terminator

Terminator for the Atari 8-Bit is a platform shooter game. The main character of the game will be transferred to five different periods of history: Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Medieval Malbork, Oklahoma City in…

31 December 1993

Terminator is a platform, released 31 December 1993 on Atari 8-bit.

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What Terminator is

Terminator was released in 1993. It is available on Atari 8-bit only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Terminator for the Atari 8-Bit is a platform shooter game. The main character of the game will be transferred to five different periods of history: Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Medieval Malbork, Oklahoma City in XIX century, Los Angeles 1993. The player's task is to find the indicated number of the chips, kill the cyborg guardian and reach the next level teleporter. Terminator may use arms and bombs in the fight against numerous enemies, although the guardian cyborg is immune to the fist attack. In exceptional cases, like stuck in place with no return, Terminator may immediately relocate himself to the start position, although this ability is limited to five times use.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Terminator series

Terminator is the 22nd of 50 entries we hold in the Terminator series. The next entry was RoboCop Versus the Terminator in 1994.

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What it launched against

Terminator launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Terminator come out?
Terminator was released on 31 December 1993 for Atari 8-bit.

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