<s>
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
1991	B-Application
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1984	O
film	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
same	I-General_Concept
name	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
film	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Kyle	O
Reese	O
and	O
protects	O
Sarah	O
Connor	O
from	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
cyborg	O
sent	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
kill	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
become	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
and	O
eliminate	O
Kyle	O
and	O
Sarah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1990	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
announced	O
a	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
Hemdale	O
Film	O
Corporation	O
to	O
create	O
computer	O
video	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Turbo	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
and	O
Turbo	B-Application
Debugger	I-Application
with	O
all	O
debugging	O
being	O
done	O
remotely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
graphics	O
were	O
created	O
on	O
IBMs	O
and	O
Amigas	O
using	O
DPIII	O
and	O
DA	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
theatrical	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
film	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
companies	O
had	O
made	O
previous	O
attempts	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
game	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
had	O
always	O
seemed	O
like	O
"	O
perfect	O
material	O
"	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
base	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
One	O
can	O
only	O
wonder	O
why	O
designers	O
waited	O
so	O
long	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
gamers	O
should	O
be	O
thankful	O
that	O
the	O
wait	O
is	O
over.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
for	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
offered	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
either	O
Reese	O
or	O
the	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Age	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
sequences	O
and	O
Terminator	B-General_Concept
theme	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
