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The Terminator

The Terminator loosely follows the plot of the 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger film. The main levels of the game consist of side-scrolling jumping and shooting action. In between levels are car chases where the…

1 December 1992

The Terminator is an adventure developed by Radical Entertainment, released 1 December 1992 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What The Terminator is

The Terminator is an adventure game developed by Radical Entertainment and released in 1992. It was published by Mindscape. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game begins in the future, where the hero Kyle Reese must battle through a post-apocalyptic future in order to go back in time to 1984 Los Angeles. Once there, he must progress through various checkpoints as outlined by the main movie plot: find Sarah Connor, shootout at the police station, and the climax in the factory.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Terminator series

The Terminator is the ninth of 50 entries we hold in the Terminator series. It arrived 7 months after The Terminator. The next entry was T2: The Arcade Game in 1992.

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What it launched against

The Terminator launched on 1 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Moto Roader MC.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did The Terminator come out?
The Terminator was released on 1 December 1992 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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