As the title states, this is the home conversion of the arcade rail-shooter based on the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Up to two players shoot through future and present levels as robotic killers reprogrammed to serve the human resistance.

Both players wield a machine gun with infinite ammo that lowers its firing rate (overheats) as it is continuously fired. A secondary weapon (missile launchers in the future, shotguns in the present) has limited ammo but deals heavy damage. Powerups inside the game world include secondary weapon ammo and coolant for the machine guns, and are shot to be collected.

T2: The Arcade Game features seven levels based on specific scenes or general concepts in the film. The first four levels act as a prelude, as the player guns down waves of metal Terminators across a post-apocalyptic Battlefield, a besieged Human Hideout, and through the security checkpoints of the enemy supercomputer SkyNet. After destroying the computer, players travel back in time to protect John and Sarah Connor, while also destroying every scrap of SkyNet research at the headquarters of its manufacturer. From there, players must fend off the indestructible T-1000 until the final showdown in the Steel Mill.

Assets from the movie are used when possible, such as voice clips from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and close-up digital stills of Robert Patrick for the final battle against the T-1000. The Genesis and SNES versions also support lightguns (the Menacer and Super Scope, respectively).

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Alternate Titles

"שליחות קטלנית 2" -- Hebrew spelling
"T2ザ・アーケードゲーム" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Terminator II: Arcade Game	Game Boy	$3.95
	T2 (Terminator 2): The Arcade Game	Genesis	$0.02
	T2: The Arcade Game	SNES	$0.02
	T2: The Arcade Game
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GamePro (US)	SNES	Feb, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
WIZ	DOS	May, 1994		80
Power Unlimited	DOS	Feb, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Amiga Format	Amiga	Jan, 1994	73 out of 100	73
Amiga Dream	Amiga	Jan, 1994	73 out of 100	73
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SNES	Jan, 1994	6.8 out of 10	68
neXGam	SNES	Dec 27, 2009	4.6 out of 10	46
Total! (Germany)	SNES	May, 1994	3.75 out of 6	45
High Score	Amiga	Feb, 1994	2 out of 5	40
Entertainment Weekly	Genesis	Oct 08, 1993	D-	16

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Trivia

Midway's arcade version of Terminator 2 used digital stills of props and actors from the film set to render the game's Terminator enemies. With the sole exception of the SNES (using scaled-down versions of those original arcade sprites), the console releases had to use redrawn game assets in the spirit of, but not identical to, the art in the arcade.

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