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The Terminator: SkyNet

SkyNET is Bethesda's last game based on the Terminator franchise. Originally developed as an expansion pack to Terminator: Future Shock, SkyNET eventually became its own standalone product. Its major features…

24 May 1996

The Terminator: SkyNet is a shooter developed by Bethesda Softworks, released 24 May 1996 on DOS.

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What The Terminator: SkyNet is

The Terminator: SkyNet is a shooter game developed by Bethesda Softworks and released in 1996. It is available on DOS only. It runs on XnGine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

SkyNET is Bethesda's last game based on the Terminator franchise. Originally developed as an expansion pack to Terminator: Future Shock, SkyNET eventually became its own standalone product. Its major features are an updated version of the Xngine allowing for play in the sharper 640x480 resolution (and the ability to update Future Shock to the same), a new single-player campaign, and a new multiplayer deathmatch component. In the single-player game, you must stop the machines from launching a recovered nuclear weapon. The story takes place over seven missions broken into various sections and "levels," with night progressing into daylight as the game goes on. The locations are also more…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Terminator series

The Terminator: SkyNet is the 26th of 50 entries we hold in the Terminator series. The next entry was The Terminator: Dawn of Fate in 2002.

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What it launched against

The Terminator: SkyNet launched on 24 May 1996, within three weeks of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom and AH-64D Longbow.

Released around the same time: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom, AH-64D Longbow.

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When did The Terminator: SkyNet come out?
The Terminator: SkyNet was released on 24 May 1996 for DOS.

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