<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1991	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Dementia	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1991	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
,	O
itself	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1984	B-General_Concept
film	I-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
same	I-General_Concept
name	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
variety	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
two	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
machine	O
models	O
,	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
T-1000	O
,	O
are	O
sent	O
back	O
from	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
protecting	O
a	O
boy	O
named	O
John	O
Connor	O
,	O
who	O
will	O
eventually	O
become	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
resistance	O
in	O
a	O
war	O
against	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
largely	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
levels	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
prominent	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
T-1000	O
drives	O
a	O
truck	O
through	O
a	O
flood	O
control	O
channel	O
,	O
in	O
pursuit	O
of	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
and	O
John	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
riding	O
on	O
a	O
motorcycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
scenes	O
recreated	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
Sarah	O
's	O
escape	O
from	O
a	O
mental	O
hospital	O
,	O
a	O
sabotage	O
of	O
Cyberdyne	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
 '	O
headquarters	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
showdown	O
between	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminators	I-General_Concept
in	O
a	O
steel	O
mill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
level	O
features	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
gameplay	O
styles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
fighting	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
Terminators	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
driving	O
sequences	O
in	O
which	O
characters	O
flee	O
from	O
the	O
T-1000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
levels	O
are	O
played	O
as	O
a	O
sliding	O
puzzle	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
perform	O
repairs	O
on	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
;	O
successfully	O
completing	O
these	O
levels	O
will	O
increase	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
health	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
,	O
but	O
winning	O
the	O
puzzle	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
necessary	O
to	O
progress	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
seven	O
levels	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
have	O
eight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
digitized	O
film	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Dementia	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
group	O
based	O
in	O
Wolverhampton	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ocean	O
manager	O
Gary	O
Bracey	O
was	O
impressed	O
with	O
their	O
proposal	O
but	O
wanted	O
them	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
video	O
game	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ocean	O
had	O
been	O
impressed	O
by	O
Dementia	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Corporation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Bulmer	O
was	O
a	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
fan	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
initially	O
hesitant	O
to	O
accept	O
the	O
offer	O
,	O
later	O
saying	O
that	O
Dementia	O
already	O
had	O
other	O
projects	O
planned	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
less	O
money	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
out	O
of	O
doing	O
conversion	O
work	O
than	O
original	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1991	O
,	O
Bracey	O
gave	O
Bulmer	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
2	O
film	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
two	O
weeks	O
of	O
accepting	O
the	O
development	O
job	O
,	O
Bulmer	O
submitted	O
20	O
sheets	O
of	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
game	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
early	O
idea	O
would	O
involve	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
fighting	O
its	O
way	O
from	O
a	O
rebel	O
base	O
to	O
an	O
enemy	O
area	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
time	O
machine	O
and	O
travel	O
back	O
through	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Bulmer	O
had	O
never	O
played	O
Ocean	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
RoboCop	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Total	B-Application
Recall	I-Application
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
mix	O
of	O
gameplay	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bulmer	O
later	O
played	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Ocean	O
's	O
Batman	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bulmer	O
disliked	O
the	O
three	O
games	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
made	O
us	O
more	O
determined	O
to	O
make	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
a	O
better	O
,	O
more	O
playable	O
,	O
series	O
of	O
ideas.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
had	O
difficulty	O
in	O
deciding	O
how	O
the	O
fight	O
levels	O
should	O
end	O
,	O
as	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
characters	O
are	O
depicted	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
as	O
being	O
nearly	O
invincible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bulmer	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
solution	O
involved	O
making	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
T-1000	O
susceptible	O
to	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
digitized	O
film	O
images	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
because	O
of	O
lack	O
of	O
memory	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
puzzle	O
levels	O
depicts	O
the	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
'	O
s	O
arm	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
tries	O
to	O
repair	O
it	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
scene	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
digitized	O
shot	O
was	O
created	O
out	O
of	O
an	O
image	O
that	O
Bulmer	O
took	O
of	O
his	O
hand-painted	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
endoskeleton	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
2	O
game	O
,	O
Bulmer	O
designed	O
Schwarzenegger	O
's	O
T-800	B-General_Concept
character	O
and	O
others	O
to	O
be	O
larger	O
than	O
most	O
games	O
;	O
this	O
took	O
up	O
more	O
memory	O
than	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
otherwise	O
and	O
also	O
presented	O
programming	O
issues	O
,	O
but	O
Bulmer	O
believed	O
the	O
result	O
was	O
worth	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Bulmer	O
's	O
house	O
was	O
robbed	O
,	O
and	O
among	O
what	O
was	O
stolen	O
was	O
some	O
of	O
his	O
work	O
for	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
C64	O
)	O
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
1991	O
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
U.K.	O
theatrical	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
in	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
1992	O
,	O
The	O
Hit	O
Squad	O
had	O
published	O
a	O
budget-priced	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
budget	O
re-release	O
also	O
occurred	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
received	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
especially	O
its	O
character	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frank	O
Bartucca	O
Jr.	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
promised	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
you	O
will	O
never	O
forget	O
,	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
glossily-packaged	O
game	O
you	O
will	O
try	O
not	O
to	O
remember	O
and	O
probably	O
regret	O
buying.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Colin	O
Campbell	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
called	O
it	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
typical	O
movie	O
licence	O
in	O
just	O
about	O
every	O
sense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
User	O
called	O
it	O
,	O
"	O
Yet	O
another	O
great	O
movie	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
repetitive	O
and	O
dull	O
spin-off.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Take	O
little	O
bits	O
of	O
RoboCop	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Total	B-Application
Recall	I-Application
and	O
the	O
even	O
more	O
abysmal	O
DarkMan	B-Application
and	O
change	O
the	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
've	O
got	O
Terminator	O
2.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Davy	O
of	O
Your	O
Commodore	O
stated	O
that	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
clocks	O
in	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
'	O
game-of-the-film	O
'	O
adaptations	O
"	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
C64	O
,	O
further	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
No	O
game	O
can	O
capture	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
atmosphere	O
and	O
power	O
but	O
this	O
'll	O
go	O
a	O
fair	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Nice	O
and	O
safe	O
,	O
nothing	O
too	O
risky	O
:	O
a	O
bit	O
of	O
Total	B-Application
Recall	I-Application
here	O
,	O
a	O
hint	O
of	O
Batman	B-Application
there	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
flippin	O
 '	O
tile-sliding	O
puzzle	O
sections.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Merrett	O
of	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
called	O
the	O
gameplay	O
styles	O
"	O
simplistic	O
and	O
dull	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
too	O
short	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third	O
best-selling	O
game	O
during	O
the	O
Christmas	O
season	O
of	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
Byrne	O
of	O
The	O
One	O
Amiga	B-Device
disliked	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
really	O
disappointing	O
game	O
which	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
conversion	O
to	O
end	O
them	O
all.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Davies	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
praised	O
the	O
digitized	O
scenes	O
and	O
stated	O
they	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
good	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Force	O
criticized	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
while	O
writing	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
stunning	O
"	O
digitized	O
sequences	O
"	O
ca	O
n't	O
compensate	O
for	O
a	O
poor	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Action	B-Application
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
varies	O
between	O
being	O
"	O
ridiculously	O
easy	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
stupidly	O
difficult.	O
"	O
</s>
