====Description==== Terminator 2: Judgment Day or T2 is a light gun shooter based on the film of the same name, produced by Midway Manufacturing Company as an arcade video game in 1991. Developed in tandem with the movie, several actors from the film reprise their roles for the game and are featured as part of the game's photorealistic digitized graphics. The game's plot largely follows that of the film, casting up to two players as the T-800 "terminator" cyborg from the film, sent back in time to protect John Connor from assassination by the T-1000 terminator. A success in arcades, home conversions of the game were released by Acclaim Entertainment for various platforms under the title of T2: The Arcade Game in order to avoid confusion with the numerous tie-in games also based on the movie. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day_(arcade_game) Terminator-assisted superplay (TAS) of Terminator 2: Judgment Day Arcade What is a TAS? kzread.infoabout Goal: -Complete the game with one credit -Getting as little damage as possible (without taking weeks to optimize) Notes: -It's far from a perfect TAS. -This is my first TAS of this game. I hadn't planned ahead. I only reacted to what was happening on the screen. Now that I see the final video, it's easy to spot things I could do better. It will be for next time. -I lost a bit of energy here and there and more in battle with the T-1000. I think it's possible not to lose any, but it would be very hard for a human (but not for a terminator?). -I didn't get 100% accuracy in the stats, I think sometimes enemies spawn near the edge of the screen and disappear quickly without giving you time to shoot them. -But now seeing the finished video, I wonder why I let go of some of the robots in the 1st level. -And keep in mind that it is the T-800 that plays. Since it only has a 6502 processor in its head (as in the Apple ][, as clearly shown in the first movie at 37:29) he doesn't have enough processing power to keep up with the game 😀😀😀 -The rng depends among other things on the position of the crosshair, so it is easy to abuse it in a TAS. -I abuse it in the 'Trip to Skynet' section. I move the position of the crosshair before a flying enemy enters the screen until they don't shoot at me or the truck. -But it's easy to make a mistake, I had to redo some parts 2-3 times because of me moving the crosshair too soon. -I'm used to pointing at a target a few frames before it enters the screen, but if I did that in this game, the fact that I moved the crosshairs makes the enemy appear somewhere else. And sometimes I only see that when I replay the whole TAS, so I have to redo the last part that I did. Maybe there is also a small problem with the "save state". -I was surprised to see that I hadn't shot enough things in Cyberdyne's office, I had the impression that we didn't have to shoot all the things but I was wrong. Now that I see the video, I can see what I didn't shoot. I should have used the shotgun more often at this point. -But since it's the T-800 that plays, he largely preferred that Cyberdyne not be destroyed since without them he wouldn't exist. 😀 - In the steel mill, punching a hole in the liquid nitrogen tank is sometimes difficult to do. Sometimes a shotgun blast does the trick, but other times you have to shoot 3 times. I do not know why. -From the steel mill, I didn't try not to get hit, as long as I didn't die that was fine with me. -The last battle with the T-1000 has 4 phases: -To start you have to shoot him so that he falls on the bridge and disappears by liquefying -2nd phase is when he is close to you, shoot his head until his head splits in two. -3rd phase is to shoot him with the shogun to knock him back until he is about to fall into the molten steel -get the grenade launcher that will fall from the far left or right of the screen, shoot it 2 times. Maybe I should redo the 2nd part of the game from the desktop? You tell me. It took about 30 hours of work to make this TAS. Thanks for watching. For a good introduction to TASing: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5mozZNmh8Wdn7w.html For more information visit tasvideos.org. 0:00 - Title screen 0:25 - Battlefield 5:15 - Human Hideout 7:49 - Trip to Skynet 10:38 - Skynet 18:12 - Cyberdyne 23:01 - Escape from Cyberdyne 24:25 - Steel Mill (T-1000) 27:53 - Credits 29:22 - Score and Title

@XenoGuru

7 ай бұрын

Hey Prog! If you ever get a chance, possibly do a TAS of "Alien 3: The Gun" on arcade. Would love to see how many unavoidable hits that game dealt.

When a Terminator plays a Terminator game. 🤣

@dalaxdercrisper957

2 жыл бұрын

Correction : a Terminator got reprogrammed by Future John Connor to stop Skynet and put the end of the Terminator.

@dalaxdercrisper957

2 жыл бұрын

Also protect young John Connor

@PunYT

2 жыл бұрын

"Play with me if you want to win."

@VSSEDragon3

2 жыл бұрын

Hacked/reprogrammed Terminator wow, weird, but very rare, controlling defective 🤖 robots from the future

@hoobaguy4311

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's on the thumbnail.

Missed opportunity to call this a T-800-Assisted Superplay.

Holy crap, it is actually possible on 1 credit, even if via TAS. Incredible stuff.

@xonox_868

2 жыл бұрын

how the fuck is it possible with the Truck mission is my question

@ae86takumi

2 жыл бұрын

From what I can see , the enemies are always in the same pattern. It just takes time to learn to pre-fire

@skatenorio

2 жыл бұрын

TAS

@skalt711

2 жыл бұрын

@@ae86takumi It'll only be the same pattern if you follow the TAS movement frame by frame. Since humans don't usually follow perfectly and since game highly randomizes positions, you need to rely on reaction a lot.

@nal101

Жыл бұрын

As a kid I always thought the game just randomly depletes your health - spent so much of my allowance on this

I've always heard that this game was literally impossible to 1cc, even with a tas. Neat to see that isn't true.

@hawaiidkw1

2 жыл бұрын

Never know 'till you try. ;-) TASing is all about pushing the limits, and that's definitely on display in every level here.

@zsascsforever4155

Жыл бұрын

@@hawaiidkw1 yeah you are right but still how is human supposed to play this normally and get a 1cc? Also that damn truck level!!

@Yamoshi0

Жыл бұрын

Same way when was kids too.

@soundspark

11 күн бұрын

You can't even beat Revolution X by TAS without taking damage.

Arnie's deadpan compliments while the player displays superhuman reflexes and aiming kinda make me giggle Also, wow, the first boss goes down FAST with the plasma powerup

Uh oh, a few windows survived at Cyberdyne! The research continues! This game was bonkers in arcades. Glad I never invested enough quarters to grind out the win. This TAS will have to do.

@hawaiidkw1

2 жыл бұрын

The windows don't count toward the total, but just about everything else does, including the fire extinguishers, telephones, and the wall pipes in the cryo chamber. I think you can miss a maximum of like 6 pieces of equipment, total. It is *very* unforgiving.

@MxArgent

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawaiidkw1 Knowing Midway, they made it impossible on purpose to try and keep people coming. They did something similar with the keys to the Pleasure Dome in Smash TV (prior to later ROM revisions that actually implemented the level) ...And Total Carnage. That one was just a exercise in masochism in general.

@VSSEDragon3

2 жыл бұрын

Microsoft Windows Vs Cybernet/Skynet

@soundspark

11 күн бұрын

@@hawaiidkw1 And it looked like he missed a couple computer mainframes.

when you spend $235.50 just to find out you only completed mission 1…

this is like childhood frustration ASMR. watching these enemies go down so quickly is remarkably satisfying

@elbarry7016

2 жыл бұрын

Same, pal 😂 😂 😂 "Arcade tries to beat Player 1" TASed Player 1: "No way, Jose"

This was at my local arcade. I had only once seen anyone get past level 1. I had never seen any of the game after that until now.

@deadlyraver4454

2 жыл бұрын

man, that level with the swat truck is where most of us tapped out. Unless you and your buddies ALL teammed up on like one gun and just constantly continued, you probably weren't making it further than that.

@johnnada5754

Жыл бұрын

I did... but it took $4-5 in tokens to do so lol

@Pocketrocket-pj1us

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was a tough game But the movie was so popular with me and my friends, 5hat we played alo6 more than average. The arcade owner must have really picked the toughest setting because nobody we knew, or watched. Ever made it past level 2

"So how do you beat this game in 1 credit, man?" "Oh, just make your crosshairs instantly snap on to the bad guys as soon as they appear on screen, that'll do the trick." "But I can't even move the gun that fast!" "It should be possible, I seen it on a KZread video once."

@mrvenom88

2 жыл бұрын

"Sounds like a skill issue."

Lol, I know it's a TAS, but not even a fcking scratch on the truck and the tail gunner is still alive!!!

this game recreates all my fav parts from the movie, like when guys in welding masks rappel from the ceiling to shoot at john conner in the steel mill

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

Or the scene at Cyberdyne when the scientists in the clean room all donned hazmat suits and threw flasks of yellow goo at John and Sarah!

6:32 Just watching this thing take out the egg drones with such precision is carthartic. Few things irk me more in this game than those bastards.

hardest arcade and the best arcade game during the 90s, you don’t see games like these anymore

@radiantansel202

Жыл бұрын

For a good reason

Way to go! Now you gotta do one for Revolution X.

@SonofTiamat

2 жыл бұрын

I could never find all of Aerosmith in that game

That red pickup truck has to be the toughest in the galaxy.

_BAD END:_ John Connor is found alive, but the research of Cyberdyne Systems always continued and Judgement Day is still possible… Remember to destroy everything, *not* just abuse and killed civilians at all...

@Prog61

2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to rework that end, possibly on a next revision of this TAS. But since it's the T-800 that plays, he largely preferred that Cyberdyne not be destroyed since without them he wouldn't exist. 😀

@fromlefttoright130

2 жыл бұрын

@@Prog61 I think you can also destroy the police cars in the background outside the facility.

@Loader2K1

2 жыл бұрын

@Mylstar Electronics: The SWAT guys were not killed; they were "immobilized."

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

Bad... or good?

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

@@fromlefttoright130 Affirmative.

20 years ago I watched my brother dump ten bucks into one of these machines. He didn't quite beat Skynet. Most of that money was sacrificed to the red truck. Arnold shouldn't have been too worried about protecting young John Connor. John could apparently get blown up a dozen times and then appear again and get into another truck.

Wow, this is impressive! A machine playing as a machine killing machines that are manufactured by machines. This game looks incredibly hard, nice work! It’d be interesting to know what all the pickups/power ups do.

@179107199999

2 жыл бұрын

The rapid fire coolant let's you fire forever without main weapon overheating.aka gunpower. MIRV let's you fire multiple missiles at a time instead of one. Smart bomb destroys all on screen.pulse rifle is a limited upgrade to your main weapon. Auxiliary power gives replenishes health. All I can remember. Played this in Arcade and SNES long ago

@Surfer041

10 ай бұрын

​@@179107199999this game is 1000 times harder in the arcade without cheating

It was fine if you got the bad ending, i friggin' salute you for TASing one of my Favorite Arcade games! You still did an amaizing job!

I had a doubt on the possibilty of a tas 1cc of this, I tried setting one up myself since I didn't see any around, it must have been hard to do, man. I like your channel a lot because you cover games not usually seen in TAS, even if they aren't absolutely frame perfect, it's still really entertaining, thank you.

@Prog61

2 жыл бұрын

Many of my TAS aren't perfect, some are a first try with games I'm not familiar with, you can see them as my first draft. But I post them anyway because I find them fun to watch and it gives a base to start a more complete TAS. This TAS took me about 30 hours of work to do. I will do a 100% TAS of this game eventually but it will take a lot longer to do. But for now I prefer to work on other games like this since it seems like I'm the only one working on this type of games for now, but that will change when the driver for MAME in BizHawk will be more functional.

Great to see more than the 2nd level, I could never pass it back in the 90s.

Lovely gameplay, nicely done.

Dude I wanted to see a tas of this for years ty

Played this on the SEGA Genesis as a kid. Never and I mean NEVER beat it. You just couldn’t put out enough bullets man…. Finally, a TAS to seal this memory away finally

@ShamblesMD

2 жыл бұрын

I was convinced that it was a scam to play it in the arcade, because the controller just couldn't keep up like the gun. So much rage-quitting ensued. Although Robocop vs Terminator made up for it. Loved that game.

@korymov

Жыл бұрын

As a kid, same. As an adult, it was so satisfying to finally beat it, even if it was on an emulator.

Real talk, this game Obliterated my Allowance. Even Now with a TAS Run I can't help but wonder aloud. How in the name of all that is Merciful and Mechanical was a Human being meant to Play this game?! The Snap Re-actions, Accuracy and near Perfect Shot count necessary to Actually Target Everything thrown at you at once is Entirely Absurd! Edit, seeing levels I Never made it too back in the day, the game is total BS with how often it sets you up to friendly Fire too.

@HiddenInTheTruth

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah this is one of the most unfair BS arcade games of the era. And even TAS he "didn't destroy enough" in the cyberdine stage.

TAS has made the Terminator an even more efficient killer.

TAS + Terminator = Tasminator. The new biggest threat that SKYnet is afraid of.

The "Hasta la Vista Baby" phrase was optional💀

I own a T2 machine. It's the crown jewel of my Terminator collection, and the only arcade machine I own. I've played it... a lot. I mean, really. I've beaten it many times, both solo and two-player, and I've beaten the official world record for the game (as recorded by Twin Galaxies - I didn't record it. Oh well.). I say all that just so I can say this: Holy hell this is AWESOME!! Totally proves that cyborgs rule! 😄 The whole thing is great, and I'm especially impressed by the RNG manipulation on the truck level. I REALLY hope you do a run where you destroy everything at Cyberdyne! It's the thing I've never done in the game. The best we've been able to do is get close when playing two-player and ignoring self-preservation.

@excaliber2010

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have the Terminator Salvation arcade cabinet?

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

@@excaliber2010 I wish I had the money and space for one. It would look glorious next to the T2! I've played it all the way through, and it's a hell of a lot of fun.

I used to play the hell out of the Genesis/Mega Drive conversion of this game, _Terminator 2: The Arcade Game_ , in my youth. While that version had to make some compromises due to hardware limitations, not to mention was very hard on some levels (I'm looking at you, "adult John Connor in the truck" and "Escaping from Cyberdyne with the T-1000 being able to instantly kill you" levels), I still enjoyed it. Wonderful TAS playthrough.

人間に1コインクリアはほぼ無理なゲームだったのでこの動画は貴重。他にもSNKのガンシューティングゲームとか人間には無理なゲームをTASでやって欲しい。

@keep6633

2 жыл бұрын

分かります

このゲームマジでむずかしいのにすごすぎるノーミス

I can't tell you how many times I've played a frustrating arcade rail shooter and thought, man, what I wouldn't give to have perfect laserlike accuracy. I don't even care if I still have to continue, I just want to be able to make some damn progress! Well, once again you came through, and I get to see deadly juggernauts taken apart like Lego, that fragile red truck making it through without a scratch, orbs never knowing what hit them, and an evil world-threatening computer being reduced to a piffling annoyance. You don't see many games like this on TASVideos. Most arcade games from the 90's either ramp up the punishment on exceptional players or are punishing to begin with, and shooters have a harsh kill-or-be-killed ethos, neither of which is very appealing to the TASVideos community. They want to take shortcuts, optimize weaponry, take damage to save time, and make perfect maneuvers, not shovel in somewhat fewer theoretical tokens than normal. No one speedrunner or website is going to cover everything, which is why it's great that you're here to cover games like this. Deeply satisfying video. Congrats, you have a new subscriber! :-D I do think that someday you should do a 2-Player TAS. One of the things you've no doubt noticed (and which a lot of players in my arcades learned pretty quickly) is that this game was designed for two players. A lone Terminator _struggles._ Too many targets, too many ways to take damage, too many things to keep track of. I'm not surprised that you weren't able to destroy Cyberdyne Systems... you just didn't have the firepower!

@LITTLE1994

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is quite clear the game was designed to be for 2 players.

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

It's definitely beatable solo (if you're willing to pump credits into it and stock up on shotgun shells in the liquid nitrogen tanker level), but I don't know if it's possible to destroy everything at Cyberdyne with just one player. Maybe TAS?

@hawaiidkw1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Datan0de You can let a VERY FEW objects remain standing and still get credit for total destruction, but you absolutely _have_ to make smashing stuff priority #1... which means eating a lot of machine gun fire. Looking at it again, prog61 took the "1 credit" part very seriously, which meant that taking one for the team just wasn't an option. This is a TAS, BTW.

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

@@hawaiidkw1 I know it's a TAS. Do you know how many items you can let survive and still stop Judgment Day?

@hawaiidkw1

Жыл бұрын

​@@Datan0de I don't have an exact number. It's _very_ few.

This was amazing. I could never do this on one quarter back in the day.

@Surfer041

10 ай бұрын

He's cheating, as well as not playing on a T2 arcade machine.

EXCELLENT 😎👍

I'm taking great pleasure in watching this quarter-sucking deathtrap of a game get decimated.

poor Rob the Robot wasn't ready

São gráficos que até hoje nos surpreende.

this is friggin awesome way better than any of the games these days

So even a theoretically perfect computer cannot get everything in the cyberdyne level. That makes me feel better for missing a lot of things back then

6:40, "7 seconds of Forever Alone" or "Where did everyone gone?"

makes me realize what humanity would be up against if A.I. does go rogue.....welp....we're boned

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

True statement. If Terminator were real, humanity's only how would be to find a bug or hack to exploit. Going toe to toe on the battlefield would be complete suicide. Humans would never even get a shot off.

Good job. Tough game!!

I’m assuming that John forgot to tell him not to kill humans.

This is pretty cool :)

nice play

Nice gameplay

Always died at that truck part as a kid.

*Terminator:* _AWESOME._

Woooo, even a TAS can't avoid to get damaged!! 😱 😱 😱 No doubt: All of the other Terminator's movies were fund thanks to all the quarters spend in that game 😂 😂 😂 😂

my brother and I once put 10 bucks each into one of these machines, and didn't get past the Truck level. awesome to see Terminator beaten by a robot.

A cool idea, thanks for the video

I remember back when I was a kid wanting to play this game , I didn’t have any money back then 🤷🏻

@iusedyourtowel6765

Жыл бұрын

I remember thinking that 2 dollars would be enough. That's all I had.

Played as T-800 AI Bots

I don't remember the angry steel workers trying to kill JC in the movie. Must have missed that part.

2 things 1) On the first level, whenever a T-800 pops up in front of you shoot it in the head. This will give you a "get the CPU" bonus. 2) On the destroy everything Cyberdyne level you need to destroy the cop cars outside.

Excellent

Does anyone else realize that 2029 is dangerously close?

I've been looking forever! Who is this TAS guy? He's incredible!

@Prog61

2 жыл бұрын

In case you don't know, read the definition of TAS here: kzread.infoabout

I had forgotten the richness of color and depth in this arcade classic.

Even watching TAS, I felt that the game was too hard to force people to spend more. There are better games than this

Revolution X next maybe possible to TAS and finish on 1 credit

OMG. Lol. Who in the hell can actually beat this. This was fun to watch though. Now I'm going to pull my SNES out of the attic. I have this game somewhere. Thank you for this.

If you go to slider controls and adjust the mono volume up more you can hear the terminators raising up to the screen it's pretty cool.

If you do manage to destroy all the objects in the Cyberdine level, you do get a 1,000,000 point bonus, but at the end of the game, you're told that Cyberdine research will continue anyway.

good gameplay just supported u

Hasta la vista, baby!!!

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

I love that Google offered to translate your comment. LOL!

30:01 John Connor is alive *Hold my Terminator: Dark Fate*

Cyberdyne research will continue.

To defeat the robots, you must become a robot.

Shooting T800s midair as they fall is actually kind of funny. Like the sky’s just raining Terminators.

I've got one thing to say about this game: FUCK THE RED TRUCK SCENE.

@Loader2K1

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and speaking from the Genesis/Mega Drive port. Along with the later chase level in which the T-1000 can instantly kill you, that level was the bane of my childhood existence. Fortunately, I found out the level-skip code and didn't bother to play through them.

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

The "trick" to getting past the truck scene is to either do it two-player and both be really focused with a bunch of missiles in reserve and get it on the first go (Super Truck Bonus!), or let John die a few times and just stock up on missiles at the beginning of the round. Either way, mostly ignore the endoskeletons. The aerial HKs have to be the top priority, and you have to hose them down with missiles the moment they're on screen!

@Loader2K1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Datan0de: Well, from the version of the game I've played (the Genesis/MD version), when playing by yourself, you actually CAN'T ignore the Endoskeletons because they'll take your lifebar down quickly.

@Datan0de

2 жыл бұрын

@@Loader2K1 Oh sure, they'll mess you up. But to get past the level in the arcade version you need to always hit the HKs first, then you can take a moment to deal with the endos (shoot 'em in the legs!) before going back to the ready position for the next HK. If playing solo, I'll keep the crosshair either right where the HKs come out on the left side and be ready to snap to the right side, or in the middle between the two entry points. If you're playing two-player, each pick a side to wait, but both players should focus on pumping missiles into every HK that comes on screen.

Awesome work! Space Gun next. :P

@Prog61

2 жыл бұрын

I did not know that one, I'll add it to my list. Thanks.

@EthanWolfCat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Prog61 I used to play it all the time at the bowling alley. :)

I remember playing this on the Gameboy as a kid and it was tough then and I could never complete it because for some reason I couldn't figure out how to get the rocket launcher to work to get him in the molten metal

17:41 Jesus mission 1? I remember playing this as a kid but damn lol

This thing was such a quarter eater. I never saw anyone finish level 1.

Loved this game in the arcade and on the SNES!

The earliest form of aimbot

What Emulation are you using for this? The T2 definitely takes ya back to the coin times! 🤙

The only way this could have been more awesome is a perfect cyberdyne. I'd imagine you can still get a 1CC by sacrificing some energy to get the additional 10-12 Cyberdyne components to get a good ending 1CC, as you had some to spare after the T - 1000 Fight.

Excellent bro 😏👉👉

You've done it again Prog61! So, what's next? If you have no idea, I would suggest Midway's other super hard shooter game, Revolution X. Or, if you want to tackle the hardest arcade shooter ever (imo), then how about CarnEvil?

@Prog61

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I think I will work on Revolution X since it seems popular.

@KGershkoff

2 жыл бұрын

@@Prog61 I think you'll have fun with Revolution X, if you're an Aerosmith fan that is (lol).

THe shooters of today are no matach against this jewel of a game

Been looking for a TAS for this game for years. I want to see one that all headshots.

Robocop is playing.

That's why I didn't manage to get to school countless times. My food money didn't end up in the buffet either :D

The only reason people robbed banks back then was just to beat this game

9:46 this stage. Hated it glad it’s tasted

Only machine (TAS) can destroy machine...

Watching the 3rd level, I thought that the HK could also damage the truck and you had to shoot it too, but it appears that only the T-800 do damage. I can't belive that I discover this now. Looks easier like that.

John I order you not to go I order you not to go I...... order you not to go...... T-800 I know now why you cry But i can never do it

I feel the purpose of the TAS was a no damage run. Not a kill/destroy everything run. To this end, not destroying all the destructibles on certain levels (Human hideout and the computer house) and not killing every terminator is fine. I am not even sure if a 100% destructible/enemy run is even possible. As an aside, destroying more background desructibles does give more score. Lots of destructible stuff in the computer house and in the human hideout, the lights, fire extinguisher on the wall and other stuff can all be destroyed. Also yeah the good ending, but you have already acknowledged this.

My buddies were just bragging the other day recalling the time they beat this in the arcade. I was like, that's not something to brag about... that means you probably each spent $40 in quarters 🤣

@TheRetroManRandySavage

2 жыл бұрын

I beat the megadrive version, but never the arcade lol. There was no chance of that happening. 😂

@hawaiidkw1

2 жыл бұрын

There are three big sticking points (Trip to Skynet, protecting the police truck, the final blow to the T-1000) which absolutely require a very steady hand and sharp reflexes. You can't buy your way to victory like in, say, Smash TV or Rampage World Tour. Nonetheless, this isn't the sort of achievement I'd _brag_ about. More like "Man, did we spend _way_ too much time on video games or what?" followed by good-natured laughter.

I watched your Roadblasters TAS, then I noticed this TAS. I immediately knew the same situation would occur. The AI never had a chance. EDIT: Question to the author. How does the truck scene work. Why isn't the truck taking damage even though you're not shooting the Flying HKs.

Will we see a ‘Alien 3: The Gun’ TAS down the line?

This is the most unfair arcade BS game of the era. They designed the levels so insanely hard, throwing everything at you all at once. It's meant to get your every last quarter. Damn am I glad to see a TAS finish this game with a death blow :D

Great job! ... But you missed 12 objects *(12 crates fall on your head)* 📦

(Feeling nostalgic) I'm not sure how appealing the game would have been if the first four levels had not been set during the 2029 Future War. Fors my friends and I being 11 or 12 years old, we were more interested in that aspect of the first two movies, perhaps because Cameron only gave us a glimpse of the blue tinted world of the ruins, chrome HKs, plasma rifles. And so the first level back in 1991 was a dream come true. Most of us (friends and I, fans of the movies) dropped a ton of quarters on the level 3 truck mission, merely because we wanted to see Level 4 and Skynet. As they weren't shown in the first two. -- Once Skynet was beat, many just walked away like it was the end of the game. I wouldn't mind seeing a faithful remake of this game with today's graphics, perhaps have it be more of a 3D (moving forward) progression than a side-scroll. Even with the limits of the graphics back in 1991, whoever designed the flying HKs was a fan of the movies, as they made an effort to get the detail as accurate as they could, given the resolution. -- So, as frustrating as the difficulty was, playing the the future war was what kept us coming back. They could have made the truck mission a little..less..challenging though, lol.