Genesis

The Terminator

Unfortunately, the game is painfully short and pales in comparison to the CD version which has several levels set in the future with a rich variety of Terminators (including robot dogs) to gun down and a seperate level at the Tech Noir club. If you're a huge fan of the Terminator and of the artful symmetry found in the first two cult movies, you'll be more than happy to own two different versions of the game for your favorite Sega system, Years after their releases, they shouldn't be too difficult or expensive to obtain. If you're a Sega CD owner who's just looking for a decent action game, there's no need to purchase this cartridge since the much richer CD game makes it virtually obsolete.

Ich liebe den Film, aber was Virgin Games aus der Zelluloidvorlage gemacht hat, ist ein Grund, den Programmierern "Arnie" auf den Hals zu hetzen. Zumindest technisch geht hier eine Menge ab: Der Sound dröhnt knackig aus den Lautsprechern des Monitors, die Grafik ist bunt und bringt die "High-Tech"-Atmosphäre gut rüber. Spielerisch gehen dem Terminator jedoch die Batterien aus. Vier Levels, nur drei Gegnertypen und so gut wie keine Extras sind für ein Actionspiel der 90er nicht genug. Ein weiterer Kritikpunkt ist der viel zu niedrig angesetzte Schwierigkeitsgrad - schon nach viel zu kurzer Spielzeit steht Reese am Ende des vierten Levels.

Gute Grafik, Spitzen-Sound und das Feeling aus dem Film. Unmenschlich schwer, keine Continues oder Passwörter, spätere Level einfallslos.

Richard Branson is known for taking risks. He’s flown hot-air balloons over oceans. He’s a risk taker. I like that, and while I hate reality TV, I wish him the best with his show. But I hate it when risk taking spills over into a public forum. Branson’s living on the edge is the only reason I can think of why he would let such a piece of garbage into the public. Releasing The Terminator may be one of the biggest risks Branson has ever taken. And I hope it bit him.

In short this is a game of average graphics, poor control, horrible gameplay and a pretty nauseating soundtrack that, again, doesn't seem inspired by the movie at all. This is a rushed job, plain and simple. Much like Total Recall, this is a mere shadow of the movie itself, and even without the movie connections it's still just a bad game.