<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
or	O
T2	O
is	O
a	O
light	O
gun	O
shooter	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-Application
film	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Company	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
largely	O
follows	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
casting	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
players	O
as	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
"	O
terminator	B-General_Concept
"	O
cyborg	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
sent	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
protect	O
John	O
Connor	O
from	O
assassination	O
by	O
the	O
T-1000	O
terminator	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
,	O
home	O
conversions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
various	O
platforms	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
T2	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
with	O
the	O
numerous	O
tie-in	O
games	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
falls	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
movie	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
:	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
Human	O
Resistance	O
,	O
John	O
Connor	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
mother	O
Sarah	O
from	O
the	O
T-1000	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
prototype	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
bent	O
on	O
killing	O
them	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
Terminator	B-General_Concept
cyborg	O
,	O
already	O
captured	O
and	O
reprogrammed	O
by	O
the	O
human	O
resistance	O
,	O
and	O
fights	O
alongside	O
them	O
against	O
Skynet	B-Application
in	O
the	O
year	O
2029	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
and	O
John	O
Connor	O
penetrate	O
Skynet	B-Application
's	O
headquarters	O
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
system	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovering	O
the	O
time	O
displacement	O
equipment	O
,	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
is	O
sent	O
back	O
through	O
time	O
to	O
John	O
's	O
childhood	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
mission	O
to	O
protect	O
him	O
from	O
the	O
T-1000	O
that	O
Skynet	B-Application
has	O
already	O
sent	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
John	O
,	O
Sarah	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
launch	O
an	O
attack	O
on	O
Cyberdyne	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
creation	O
of	O
Skynet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
is	O
able	O
to	O
freeze	O
and	O
shatter	O
the	O
T-1000	O
with	O
the	O
liquid	O
nitrogen	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
quickly	O
melts	O
and	O
reforms	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
continue	O
its	O
pursuit	O
of	O
John	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
must	O
stop	O
the	O
T-1000	O
from	O
killing	O
John	O
and	O
blast	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
vat	O
of	O
molten	O
steel	O
to	O
destroy	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
to	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
cyborg	O
programmed	O
to	O
protect	O
John	O
and	O
Sarah	O
Connor	O
and	O
the	O
resistance	O
fighters	O
against	O
the	O
Skynet	B-Application
offensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travel	O
through	O
the	O
hideout	O
,	O
protecting	O
the	O
refugees	O
against	O
Terminators	B-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
attackers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fend	O
off	O
Terminators	B-General_Concept
and	O
hunter-killer	O
aircraft	O
as	O
John	O
drives	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
Skynet	B-Application
facility	O
in	O
a	O
pickup	O
truck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carolco	O
Pictures	O
started	O
looking	O
for	O
developers	O
and	O
publishers	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
when	O
James	O
Cameron	O
signed	O
on	O
to	O
write	O
and	O
direct	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
runs	O
on	O
Williams/Midway	O
Y-Unit	O
arcade	B-Application
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
16-bit	O
game	O
consoles	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
8-bit	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
with	O
downgraded	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
Master	O
System	O
versions	O
could	O
not	O
do	O
scaling	O
due	O
to	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
images	O
were	O
redrawn	O
at	O
different	O
sizes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
got	O
around	O
this	O
problem	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
enemies	O
move	O
from	O
the	O
side	O
or	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
also	O
uses	O
some	O
music	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
Narc	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
very	O
loyal	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
retitled	O
to	O
T2	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
to	O
avoid	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
supports	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
NES	I-Device
Mouse	I-Device
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
control	O
pad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
lower	O
graphical	O
ports	O
include	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
games	O
which	O
supported	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
'	O
s	O
Menacer	B-Device
,	O
but	O
on	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
,	O
the	O
Light	O
Phaser	O
was	O
not	O
supported	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
joypad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
topped	O
the	O
RePlay	O
chart	O
for	O
upright	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
in	O
December	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
remained	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
RePlay	O
upright	O
arcade	B-Application
charts	O
into	O
early	O
1992	O
through	O
April	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
topped	O
the	O
overall	O
US	O
Play	O
Meter	O
arcade	B-Application
chart	O
in	O
April	O
1992	O
,	O
briefly	O
displacing	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
as	O
the	O
top-earning	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
US	O
for	O
a	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
on	O
their	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
successful	O
upright	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
"	O
closely	O
match	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
digitized	O
voices	O
and	O
fun	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
probably	O
the	O
only	O
good	O
excuse	O
you	O
have	O
for	O
getting	O
a	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
"	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
also	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
SNES	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
is	O
the	O
best	O
control	O
option	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
likewise	O
rated	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
as	O
a	O
good	O
conversion	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
complained	O
that	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
18th	O
best	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
by	O
Complex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brad	O
Cook	O
of	O
AllGame	O
gave	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
three	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
of	O
AllGame	O
gave	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
three	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
stars	O
and	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
biggest	O
drawback	O
of	O
T2	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
the	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
a	O
Super	B-Device
Scope	I-Device
(	O
or	O
at	O
the	O
very	O
least	O
a	O
mouse	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
suffers	O
quite	O
a	O
bit	O
because	O
you	O
ca	O
n't	O
move	O
the	O
sight	O
as	O
fast	O
or	O
as	O
precisely	O
as	O
you	O
would	O
like.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Weiss	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
faithfully	O
recreated	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Though	O
not	O
quite	O
as	O
satisfying	O
as	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
about	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
you	O
could	O
expect	O
from	O
the	O
16-bit	O
SNES.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Bradley	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
a	O
73	O
percent	O
rating	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
fast	O
,	O
furious	O
and	O
frantic	O
,	O
if	O
rather	O
limited	O
,	O
shoot-em-up	O
with	O
a	O
barrowload	O
of	O
violence	O
chucked	O
in	O
for	O
good	O
measure.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
a	O
90	O
percent	O
rating	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
pixel	O
perfect	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
fantastic	O
arcade	B-Application
experience.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
called	O
its	O
graphics	O
"	O
miles	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
conversion	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
easier	O
than	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
different	O
speed	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stuart	O
Campbell	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
a	O
57	O
percent	O
rating	O
and	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
improvement	O
from	O
an	O
earlier	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
video	O
game	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tangibly	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
very	O
little	O
excuse	O
for	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
repetitive	O
gameplay	O
is	O
hardly	O
the	O
conversion	O
's	O
fault	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
pretty	O
sloppy	O
in	O
most	O
other	O
departments	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
reduced	O
difficulty	O
(	O
from	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
game	O
at	O
least	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
major	O
mistake.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Flux	O
magazine	O
ranked	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
74th	O
on	O
their	O
Top	O
100	O
Video	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
lauded	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
One	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
movie	O
adaptations	O
ever.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Arcade1Up	O
announced	O
a	O
3/4	O
scale	O
replica	O
on	O
the	O
T2	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cabinet	O
runs	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
behind	O
the	O
scenes	O
documentary	O
of	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
