T2: The Arcade Game
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Arena Entertainment (US/EU) Acclaim Entertainment (JP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Midway Manufacturing, Probe Software | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Carolco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Sega Menacer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Shooting[1][2][3][4], Action[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2, 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
Gameplay
You start the game with a full health bar and a minium of three continues. shoots and 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
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Master System version
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Game Gear version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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512kB | Cartridge (EU) | |||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ File:T2tAG MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:T2tAG GG JP Box Front.jpg
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
- ↑ File:T2tAG GG EU Box Back.jpg
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 45
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 24
- ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 40
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 47
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 112
- ↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 18 (20)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-15), page 68/69 (68)
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 42/43 (44)
- ↑ GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 60/61 (60)
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- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Mega, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-17), page 55
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- ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 38-40 (38)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 235
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- ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 81
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1993" (DE; 1993-02-08), page 128
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 20
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 222
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-15), page 68
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1993" (US; 1993-02-09), page 61
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 363
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 106
- ↑ Game Power, "Marzo 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 46
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ GamesMaster, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-21), page 60
- ↑ Hippon Super, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-03), page 61
- ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 56
- ↑ MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 42
- ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 74
- ↑ Player One, "Janvier/Février 1993" (FR; 1993-01-10), page 90
- ↑ Play Time, "4/93" (DE; 1993-03-10), page 108
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 48
- ↑ Sega Power, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-07), page 51
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 22
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 20
- ↑ Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 38
- ↑ Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 24
- ↑ Supersonic, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 26
- ↑ Video Games, "2/93" (DE; 1993-01-27), page 85
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 122
- ↑ Score, "Cervenec 1994" (CZ; 1994-07-01), page 61
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 24
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1994" (JP; 1994-02-08), page 22
- ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 154
- ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1994" (JP; 1994-03-03), page 61
- ↑ Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 112
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 5, December 1993" (NL; 1993-12-01), page 51
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-14), page 74
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