T2: The Arcade Game

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T2: The Arcade Game
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Arena Entertainment (US/EU)
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Game Gear
Acclaim Entertainment (JP)
Developer:
Licensor: Carolco
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
Krisalis sound driver
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Menacer
Genre: Shooting[1][2][3][4], Action[5]

















Number of players:
Sega Mega Drive
1-2,
Sega Game Gear
1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,8008,800 T-81023
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9549.95 T-81156
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Menacer) 		$89.9989.99[6]
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-81156-50
Sega Mega Drive
PT
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£39.9939.99[8][7] T-81156-50
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		044220
Sega Master System
EU 		MK-27061-50
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,8004,800 T-81027
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-81088
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81088-50
Sega Game Gear
UK 		£27.9927.99[11] T-81088-50
Non-Sega versions

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T2: The Arcade Game (Ｔ２ ジ・アーケードゲーム), is a light gun arcade game originally released by Midway Manufacturing in 1991. In its original form, it was simply known as Terminator 2: Judgment Day, being inspired by the film of the same name. When brought to the home the following year, it was renamed, and should not to be confused with different Terminator 2: Judgment Day games released around the same period. Despite the change in title, this game is often referred simply as "T2", which prone to cause confusion.

T2: The Arcade Game was ported to the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. The Mega Drive version of the game is compatible with the Sega Menacer.

A Sega Mega-CD version appears to have been planned (with a US release of August 1993[12]), but was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

You start the game with a full health bar and a minium of three continues. B shoots and A fires rockets or shotgun shells, depending on the stage. The standard gun slowly overheats, so shots need to be placed carefully. Stages scroll automatically, sometimes a certain amount of enemies or locks have to be taken out to proceed. Various items are hidden that increase firepower, grant extra credits etc. Enemy amount and layout sometimes make it impossible to avoid damage, meaning the game can't be cleared without using continues. The game seemingly acknowledges this by not resetting score upon continuing. The game has two endings depening how much equipment was destroyed in the Cyberdine stage. Only 100% destruction will trigger the good ending, which differs only by the text displayed on screen.

Stages

The game has a total of 7 stages, sometimes containing mutiple sections

  • Stage 1: Wasteland
  • Stage 2: Resistance hideout
  • Stage 3: Jeep ride (Jeep must be protected)
  • Stage 4: Skynet, Time Machine
  • Stage 5: Cyberdyne (destroy 100% equipment for good ending)
  • Stage 6: Highway (SWAT Van must be proteced)
  • Stage 7: Steel Mill

Versions

The game is not region locked and thus runs on any region system.

Compared to the Arcade version and the SNES port, the Sega Mega Drive differs greatly in terms of visuals and slightly in content.

  • Visually, the game now mainly features pixel artwork instead of digitized graphics. The palette has also been considerably brightened for unknown reasons.
  • In terms of content, enemy layout has been altered, there is no wall and no resistance soldiers before stage 1 boss, no elevator in stage 3 (also missing in the SNES port), some missing speech samples (most notably in the final stage after meeting the T-1000 for the first time the liquid nitrogen fight), no enemy helicopters in the Cyberdyne stage, no rope SWAT in the Cyberdyne stage and final stage. This list is incomplete.
  • The ending cinematic has been replaced by a single picture of John Connor (also in the SNES version)

Magazine articles

Main article: T2: The Arcade Game/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: T2: The Arcade Game/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
55 [13]
54 [14]
90 [15]
95 [16]
80 [17]
50 №1994-03, p61
80 [18]
79 №6, p56/57
85 №6, p56/57
82 [19]
86 №13, p42-45
75 [20]
85 №27, p90/91
88 №38, p48/49
89 №39, p51
94 №15, p22-24
92 №18, p68
89 №3, p20/21
92 [21]
86 №7, p19
Sega Mega Drive
 81
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[22]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[23]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
80
[24]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
62
[25]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
55
[26]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[27]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[28]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
88
[29]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[30]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
72
[31]
Game Power (IT)
71
[32]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[33]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
80
[34]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[35]
Joypad (FR)
83
[36]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-U
80
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
82
[19]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
86
[37]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
89
[38]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
75
[39]
Player One (FR)
85
[40]
Play Time (DE)
62
[41]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[42]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
89
[43]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
94
[44]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
92
[45]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
89
[46]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
92
[47]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
54
[14]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-U
91
[48]
Supersonic (FR)
86
[49]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
84
[50]
Video Games (DE) PAL
78
[51]
Sega Mega Drive
 77
Based on
33 reviews

T2: The Arcade Game

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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T2tAG MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, US
T2tAG MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
T2 Arcade MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
T2tAG MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
T2tAG MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
T2 The Arcade Game MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, PT
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Cover
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
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Cover
Mega Drive, AU
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Cover
Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Joypad (FR)
69
[52]
Score (CZ)
53
[53]
Sega Magazin (DE)
38
[54]
Sega Master System
 53
Based on
3 reviews

T2: The Arcade Game

Master System, EU
T2tAG SMS EU Box.jpg
Cover
T2tAG SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[55]
Consoles + (FR)
79
[56]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
80
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[57]
Joypad (FR)
75
[52]
Player One (FR)
70
[58]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[59]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
64
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC
71
[60]
Sega Game Gear
 71
Based on
9 reviews

T2: The Arcade Game

Game Gear, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Game Gear, US
T2tAG GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngT2tAG GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
T2 GG US cart.jpg
Cart
T2tAG gg us manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
T2tAG GG EU Box Back.jpgT2tAG GG EU Box Spine.jpgT2tAG GG EU Box Front.jpgT2tAG GG EU Box Spine2.jpg
Cover
T2 GG EU cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 93ca8152
MD5 f1983c31f965aa8de77df64483883550
SHA-1 cfa4a899185fced837991d14f011cdaca81e9dd7
512kB Cartridge (EU)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 0b1ba87f
MD5 95c43a0846089717fca37c4d26373973
SHA-1 a56fc1154709cae443efeed6e6310cc059396605
512kB Cartridge (JP)
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 9479c83a
MD5 d459d14baddfa9f8a69e91f79be71b9b
SHA-1 12b6f5542b6cebfe872096eab2a885d297eefa2f
512kB Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ File:T2tAG MD JP Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. ↑ File:T2tAG GG JP Box Front.jpg
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  5. ↑ File:T2tAG GG EU Box Back.jpg
  6. ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 45
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 24
  8. ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 40
  9. ↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 47
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 112
  12. ↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 18 (20)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  15. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-15), page 68/69 (68)
  16. ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42/43 (44)
  17. ↑ GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 60/61 (60)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Joystick, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 192
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 55
  20. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 74-76 (74)
  21. ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 38-40 (38)
  22. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 235
  23. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 241
  24. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
  25. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1993" (DE; 1993-02-08), page 128
  26. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 20
  27. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 222
  28. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-15), page 68
  29. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1993" (US; 1993-02-09), page 61
  30. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 363
  31. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 106
  32. ↑ Game Power, "Marzo 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 46
  33. ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 44
  34. ↑ GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 60
  35. ↑ Hippon Super, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-03), page 61
  36. ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 56
  37. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 42
  38. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 48
  39. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 74
  40. ↑ Player One, "Janvier/Février 1993" (FR; 1993-01-10), page 90
  41. ↑ Play Time, "4/93" (DE; 1993-03-10), page 108
  42. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 48
  43. ↑ Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 51
  44. ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 22
  45. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  46. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 20
  47. ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 38
  48. ↑ Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 24
  49. ↑ Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
  50. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 26
  51. ↑ Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 85
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 122
  53. ↑ Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 61
  54. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 24
  55. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 22
  56. ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 154
  57. ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-03), page 61
  58. ↑ Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 112
  59. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 5, December 1993" (NL; 1993-12-01), page 51
  60. ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 74



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