1991 Terminator 2 T2 Arcade Old School Game Playthrough Retro game

[@StuartMarchetti]

My dad dropped $20 in the token machine and we had them spread out on the cabinet. We played until we beat it. Awesome memory.

[@JTGemini3]

+Stuart Marchetti Hehe yep, my dad and I did the same exact thing then.

[@manlymanyo2511]

Stuart Marchetti my dad was an asshole and left my mother and i so that shit was just me solo kicken ass

[@aphan9696]

My friend used the paperclip trick to play for free.

[@gregs7519]

aphan9696 what paperclip trick?

[@miketrav]

Stuart Marchetti my dad shot the clerk and we emptied out the arcade token machine and played this game until we beat it. Then we burned down the arcade and went out for pizza. Memories

[@matt_canon]

I remember when this came out in 1991 and the first time any of us saw level 4. We were all 10-11 years old, having just seen the second movie in the theatre. And couldn't believe they made over half the game about the future war, AND included a Skynet level, (which we all wish was in the movie). The graphics and sound are cheesy and dated today, but back in 1991 we were in awe of how much detail they gave the HKs and the 1st level.

[@jesusislord7632]

+Matt Canon hi

[@Mazryonh]

Back then the only way to get realistic-looking sprites was to digitize real photos, but then you ended up with rather low-resolution sprites anyway. So this did count as good graphics back then.

[@boomdaddycool4328]

Mazryonh yea back in the day digitized graphics was like 4K gaming to us anybody that actually played back then will still appreciate it now it was a big leap in technology back then we went from space invaders to this.💯

[@levioch]

Aside from graphics which were great, the sound was earth shattering, I still remember the bass this cabinet produced drowned out other nearby arcades at the time, also some of the best digitized sounds when this came out.

[@GrandmasterDevo]

"Initiate GLOBAL DESTRUCTION" Really, Skynet? Haven't you already done that? Do you even have any nukes to spare at this point? :P

[@Dragonrider1227]

my mom used to love this game! I Remember how if you tried to press the start button without putting money in it a voice would say; "No way Jose!"

[@brandonperez8977]

That line was also used when booting up the machine for the first time if the lightguns are not calibrated.

[@gspendlove]

If only I had back all the money I spent on this game....those names you see starting at 35:15? I sent all their kids through college.

[@jc_malone8217]

gspendlove LoL, you could of saved the money by buying the arcade.

[@matt_canon]

JC Malone Very true. If only we'd thought of that

[@JTGemini3]

+gspendlove Haha I hear that. My father did some serious wallet thinning for me (I was only 7) so we could beat this in '91/'92.

[@cabohicks]

+gspendlove you saw the genesis version and you said... oh my god... all the money to the sewer!. LOL ;) well, i wasted too many "millions" (LOL) of coins playing. but i enjoy these moments. today thanks to the mame emulator or console emulated versions is free. ;)

[@cabohicks]

+gspendlove you cant, unless you take the time warp generator field and get back to the times where you playing on arcades at child. just imagine the situation... "look boy, i came from the future. look, this a videogame console. his name is genesis. and this is the T2 cartridge too. so... dont spend more of MY FUCKING MONEY IN HERE!. lol "also, take it too this one too. is a future computer with the mame emulator". i wish to have some money when i became adult!". LOL and the boy will say... "oh my god!, i will be SANTA CLAUS when i will grown up" LOL ;)

[@dermetzger]

Christ, this game was designed to eat quarters...

[@meowistforlife]

DerMetzger in between the energy gage management, and the enemy span, the friendly fire problem, and the constant ordinance, it’s just a constant cf

[@jordanthomas7304]

Yum.

[@LukesGamePage]

It's horrificly unfair. Simply not possible to do everything at once - getting battered while you're collecting more rockets :-(

[@jackjones298]

They should have named it _Terminated. Let's Go_

[@metazare]

This arcade machine was at a bowling alley in my home town and the owners put a notice on the machine, "No Refunds! Play at your own risk!"

[@gb9884]

Oops I forgot to destroy 1 photocopier, SKYNET WINS.

[@cobaltnightsky]

that actually would make an entire scenario 10/10 would photocopy again

[@blip1]

Yup lol. You could miss a trashcan and you get screwed

[@draconusfrigidus]

I didn't know it was even possible to destroy everything. Thought they deliberately made the total number of items too high for you to complete in order to hint that there'd be a T3.

[@brianlamontagne8850]

@sherman1ai And those "plans" are in fact the script of Terminator: Dark Fate.

[@tommy8ball2007]

its good to know that even in post apocalyptic 2027 there will be an abundant supply of leather biker clothes and sunglasses.

[@steelstreet3765]

tommy8ball2007 right

[@lloydtucker5647]

🤣

[@SoldierOfFate]

And they will be the only types of infiltrator units that Skynet will utilize.

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@SoldierOfFate all the T-850s im pretty sure there T-850s

[@elbarry7016]

Awesome times! But, I think that all other Terminator films were made thanks to the coins we spend on this game xD!!

[@leokrupp4442]

Lol, even the steel mil workers getting in on the action. "Hey someone's attacking the mill!!! Quick everyone grab your uzi's and repel down off the scaffolding!!!!"

[@draconusfrigidus]

Shows more forethought than the cleanroom workers and their approach of "Folk with guns are blowing up our stuff! Let's hurl random bottles of yellow fluid at them!"

[@BaronOfAnarchy]

This thing was designed to eat your allowance.

[@israelmata8286]

hated that truck escort mission it was hard as hell

[@floydharper4653]

Israel Mata I never got past it

[@s2_eleven551]

I think that’s the part I gave up on this game

[@stevenkirkpatrick9390]

Took me a great deal of quarters to get past it. Never liked that level

[@niblet0]

Played it on the Sega and as kids even with both trying we couldn't get past the level and always ended up giving up.

[@robertheninger7261]

Never made it past it where I always ran out of $

[@nps1016]

I must of played this game hundreds of times at the arcade and dropped plenty of quarters before beating it, such a cool game at the time. This game and the T2 pinball machine were my favorites in 91-92.

[@sdawg4834]

This game was a classic in my younger arcade days! LMAO! Along with street fighter II and mortal kombat I & II....CLASSICS!!

[@RuggedTheDragon]

Movie: "I swear I will not kill anyone.: Arcade: "F*** that s***!!!!"

[@petercampi2840]

If you pay attention to the human "death" animations, you'll see that they're incapacitated or just wounded, not dead.

[@cabohicks]

Peter Campi yes? humm i dont see that. but you can still kiliing people on that 1st stage, not? at least, i think even the game tell you: "human victims" or whatever, at complete the level and receive all the points... ps: ---- this game is pretty hard to be configurated on mameui32 emulator, for be played on joystick or mouse. i know, it exist too on genesis and supernes, etc. but i like to configure all my gun games on mame for play they. and that requires many test and change the digital speed and many shits a bit complicated to do. :P greetings

[@petercampi2840]

cabohicks Since movie-based games of the late 20th Century usually followed the story of the movie that they were based on, we can say that all of the accidental killings that take place in the dystopian future of 2029 are do to the indiscrimination of the T800 after reprogramming. However, like in the movie, the T800 only stopped killing humans after being ordered not to by the young John Conner of the early 90s. So before then he could have killed plenty of people in the future before coming to the past and even before reprogramming. If you pay attention to the sprite animations of the humans in the past after they are taken down, they're incapacitated (clutching their shins/knees) or just wounded and thus walk off screen clutching their stomachs. Also, the rappelling solders have their ropes cut when you "kill" them, so they just fall to the ground.

[@cabohicks]

hi, well it should be at some enemies, but certanly the future humans "dead" animation are so faster for can see if they fall on their knees or die or what because happens too faster.. :P the rest yeah, they dont die aparently. however, the game call those victims, casualties. and well, my english is little limited but i think this means death. inst?. anyway, is easy to pass the level avoiding kill anyone. and also make you dont lose any points. but is truth. the first part should be compared to the terminator 3 first part, where the terminator has not been reprogrammed yet. i dont like too much terminator 3 or alien 3 movies. cause honestly are bad sequels. however... the ps2 t3 redemption game are excelent! and includes many things on intros never seen before on movies. the same way, alien 3 master system game is pretty good and fun too. but their final boss have a nasty pattern, that could make him looks like unbeatable. however, there are ways for kill him and complete the game. i recommend you both games, cause both are pretty good!. greetings

[@figment1988]

+Peter Campi speaking of which, if you go to John Vogel's website, you'll see that there was a gimmick which helped the whole ''do not kill'' idea which consisted of having a player operated switch for the gun which only stunned humans, but it got scrapped.

[@metaldude8726]

I loved playing this at the Arcade's and still have my snes copy.

[@qu3xHG]

I remeber this game too, and it really focused on sucking out your wallet

[@garygood6804]

wallet...terminated...

[@farmerfreakeasy9577]

Man...…. level 1 was so tough, and so long, I never even got to play level 2. When another person told me there was a level 2 I didn't believe him(you see as a kid i'd never stick more than a couple of coins in a machine). It looks highly monotonous to play through anyway...…. 1 retro game I don't need to ruin my social life with.

[@jomama8895]

Terminated!!! insert quarter

[@Ferrinas1]

Omg i remember i spent sooo much money playing this in the arcades xD

[@RagedContinuum]

Sweetiepiekay then you ate some bugz lol

[@Ferrinas1]

lol xD

[@jstreet354]

Sweetiepiekay this came out in 1991. how old were you???

[@Ferrinas1]

I was 6 if it came out in 1991, but i played it in Italy when i was 13 in an arcade

[@Ferrinas1]

***** Yes at 13 i played this

[@josejrolando]

Before Terminator: Salvation, there was this. Hasta la vista, baby.

[@D00FY]

Wow I had no idea how awesome this game was. I could never get past the first level with my 1 quarter...

[@PhilMante]

Whenever I play this in the arcade, I like to put 2 tokens in for the 2 guns so if one gun overheats, I just grab the other.

[@markappleby02]

Phil Mante I used to do the same and fire both at the same time sometimes haha

[@duvalle59]

Me too

[@courtgizzle]

Phil Mante it’s better with two players

[@LukesGamePage]

Ha amazing

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

Back in 1991 my friends dad owned an arcade and would just open up the machines and press a button about 40 times giving us 40 credits to play with. The funny thing with this game is that we were not able to complete the game with those 40 credits, this game was way too much of a quarter muncher for 40 credits to be enough.

[@MrChicagoIllinois]

Clarence Boddicker ,that name makes me want to play Robo Cop NES

[@greenbean2222]

I'VE SEEN THIS COMMENT BEFORE BY YOU! WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE???!!!

[@MrChicagoIllinois]

@@greenbean2222 Funny, I never made this comment BEFORE and you might see my name pop up AGAIN!! GET USED TO IT!!!

[@greenbean2222]

@@MrChicagoIllinois Not you lol

[@MrChicagoIllinois]

@@greenbean2222 oh, my fault lol

[@foxsky4336]

Bon game bon jeu

[@pyrotechc3h8]

24:09 way to terminate that fire extinguisher! Not really sure what sinister roll fire suppression equipment plays in the success of Skynet but you owned that shit AND it was worth 2000 points!

[@_thechosen]

It's role is to prevent fire in Cyberdine facility and we don't want that to happen.

[@SoldierOfFate]

I still find it amusing how Arnie promised John he wouldn't kill any cops when he confronted them in the movie but here he mows them down like he's in a Grand Theft Auto game.

[@Triforce75]

My grandpa used to own the actual cabinet for this game. Grew up playing a lot of this. Never could beat it though.

[@MrBritt216]

Man this game was a money pit!! Dumb stupid hard

[@leechmaster21]

B Britt Good thing the only place I went that had it was the local theatre so you'd never have enough time to waste before the movie started.

[@cabohicks]

+B Britt more played on arcades wich his difficulty was increased. oh my fucking god!. :P without 2 players, was simply imposible. thanks to god exist that the mame emulator and the genesis version too. even on easy, the game can be a bit hard still. :P

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

Hard = Awesoness :p

[@cabohicks]

guys/girls, awesome the ultimate neca t2 toys. i just buyed one ultimate t-800 and an ultimate t1000... and neca did a really great job. is very special for movies toys collectors. ;)

[@TheMeanArena]

These types of games were the early Pay-To-Win business model.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

It’s like you have a lot to make up for in the future. You know that you were a very bad thing. The praise you get from the humans warms your soul and makes you feel like all this is worth it.

[@htnguyen]

LOL at the cheesy, Arnold, one-liners throughout the game play! I used to lose so much money and Chuck E. Cheese tokens playing this!

[@Calbenmike]

Huy Nguyen No pun intended.

[@kristendithomas3522]

I spent lots on this in the arcade. Still a great game and holds up well after all these years. I now have the actual arcade machine in my garage and still love to play.

[@NYG5]

Pretty high production values for an unforgiving bastard of a game that only wanted to steal as many kids' quarters as possible. I thought the Genesis version was hard, holy hell.

[@KishorTwist]

+NYG5 I wanted the Genesis version and got it as a birthday gift too. Unfortunately, I finished it in 2 hours immediately after buying and it cost quite good money (at the time) from my hard-working parents too... Oi... I felt like shit afterwards.

[@adrianayala5476]

A old laundromat I used to go to when I was a kid had this game in their arcade section, I never played it because it was the most expensive machine but it did look awesome as fuck, man it looks damn hard too.

[@steelstreet3765]

Adrian Ayala whats that location now like?

[@jagtaggart936]

This thing gobbled so much of my money back in the day. The sound effects really made this stand out in the arcade, along with Arnold's voice. I also remember how the gun would vibrate in my hands according to how much gunpower the weapon had. A really awesome touch. I could never beat the level where you gotta protect the truck though.

[@GSWarrior2010]

What memories! Lots and lots of quarters and good times with my sons! It was hard to get an open machine back in those days. In order to beat the game, all you needed was quarters, time, and the ability to pick up and properly use the M79 grenade launcher in the last level. I think the average time that we did it in was about 40 minutes using twin guns and abut $25.

[@williamshaw9047]

What I loved was that the gun you shot (I think it was an Uzi Mini, or maybe a MAC-10) had an actual kick to it.

[@jbscotchman]

Oh the memories. I almost shat myself when I first saw this in the arcade, it looked so real!

[@declanpritchard3171]

To the legend who put play through up excellent

[@johnnada5754]

So many Saturday afternoons in Aladdin’s Castle at Chicago Ridge Mall playing T2...the memories of coming home broke after spending most of my allowance on this damn game

[@puzzlejinx]

Old arcade lock-ins with this set on free play was the best

[@gregs7519]

I blew a lot of money on this game back in the day. I gobbled up quarters something fierce. Thanks for the memories!

[@GrandmasterDevo]

I was 6 when this came out. It was my first exposure to the Terminator franchise. Those robo-skeletons were fricking terrifying back in the day.

[@Seiko180]

23:42 imagine if Linda Hamilton actually ran like that in the movie lol

[@Braiano]

Nostalgia lol, I have played this game for like 4~6 hours per day, this game is amazing.

[@georgef551]

(1) Re-release same game a few years later, some tweaks made (2) Add Aerosmith (3) Release "New" game

[@georgef551]

@@smokingcrab2290 I'll be baaak! TWANG!!! Dead enemies.

[@古佑佑-u7y]

好懷念喔，我小時候的遊戲，時代的眼淚。

[@gb9884]

Those mill workers must be pretty pissed off

[@SlinkyBKZ]

This game terminated my allowance money as a kid....

[@hellraiserball]

Best terminator videogame ever!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

This is the most crazy hard game I've ever seen!

[@aldoberman]

les prises de tete avec ce jeu mdr!!!toute mon enfance ::😃😃

[@scarabmango]

I'm guessing a no-damage run is pretty much impossible on this one, even with two players. Fucking MAYHEM.

[@badkerproductions]

These videos give me such closure.

[@BocchiTheMeltDown]

This game is really hard. Can’t beat the game without continue. But....this game needs to be remastered for the Nintendo Switch.

[@blammers]

Remember, rolling on the floor makes you invulnerable to gunfire.

[@岸スニ]

Benbot たたた

[@DemeterPictures]

lol!

[@ChaseMC215]

This was before that was a thing

[@shkeni]

IT'S JUDGMENT DAY. AWESOME. Man, I remember playing this back in the day and it was *hard*. The cabinet looked great though.

[@baronvonblueeyes7685]

Was addicted to this machine back in the day. For the amount of quarters spent, probably could have purchased the arcade machine.

[@thetreblerebel]

I loved this game. I played it a little donut shop till my quarters were terminated

[@nosatisfaction2278]

Played this at the arcade as a kid back in the early 90s good times

[@MrTim223]

Guess the player didnt know about , "Shoot the CPU" which made the game much better. Its more difficult in the later stages, but when an endoskeleton gets right up front you can shoot them in the head and if done correctly it will say Shoot the CPU and a yellow cpu jumps up and falls straight down, if you manage to shoot it you get a randomly generated reward like a rapid fire refill, shield, even a nuke.

[@jamiemoll2484]

The game truly lives up to the name.

[@wallstbets4865]

I use to spend all my pocket for the month on this game in the arcade... Back then the Graphics were just mind blowing!

[@xdecemberguy1]

This game was awesome. I got to pay it all night at the arcade. 20 bucks all you can play until 1AM with all the other arcade games.

[@SpoofyJ]

This game used to scare the shit out of me when I was young, then as I got older, this game became less scary but more aggravating.

[@Vidz1994]

Used to rinse 50Ps at this back in the day! What a game!

[@falcon3268]

I remember playing this back in the day I loved it

[@Ultradude604]

Me at 14 years old just playing this game down at the hockey cards store. Good times.

[@Jetset906]

Biggest "Quarter Sucker" video game ever! Worth every single one!

[@DanGorgone]

One of my favorite memories is pressing the start button without putting quarters in and having Ahnold tell you, "NO WAY JOSE." :D

[@willcarter6743]

loved that game as a kid, still do

[@frankcastle9691]

I loved this game as a kid.

[@wispartan]

Always got stuck on the car level to this day I have never manged to get passed it :(

[@polkod]

Loved this game and still bad ass.

[@kamendonchev7599]

The sickest coineating arcade game!

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

The awesoness of it make you screw a lot of quarters

[@Baggio9484]

Che ricordi 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DarkWizard83]

Cool that they included a puzzle element to the T-1000 fight.

[@rodimus7926]

The Shooter Arcade games of today are no match for this jewel

[@nazariog.1155]

I love this game!!!

[@AudieHolland]

This was such a great game when it was in the arcades. It featured two machinegun controllers with force feedback. Sometimes the feedback would overwhelm me for a second LOL. Bear in mind that if you're playing as 1 PLAYER only, you only need to destroy everything that's in your half of the screen. So if you're on the left half, don't bother with any missiles or other threats on the right half of the screen. This game was totally unfair of course, being an arcade money guzzler. But I got pretty good at it that I didn't need to restart untill the Jeep section. I always lost the jeep. After the Destroy Cyberdyne, it became even more unfair because little power ups and almost no extra score. I never finished it but I watched as some other dude finished it.

[@noway1576]

No Problemo Way to Go Excellent Terminator-1 Excellent

[@eddiespaghetti54321]

Arcade shooters are the ultimate quarter eaters especially this one.

[@ronnypaul1400]

Man, I remember the day this machine came in to the arcade. We called it a "bubble-gummer" in that it just ate quarters.

[@kingsnake23]

I miss this game!!!

[@pukki34]

This game was just impossibly difficult... eat ALL the coins

[@EdwardPerez3]

John Conner you better be watching this we can defeat Sky Net.

[@coolfbiagent]

I'm watching. And I've been watching for a while. Rock Loft says Hi. ;)

[@jackjones298]

I love how you had shoot 20 more rounds after you open a crate to hit the resupply ammo inside. All while taking endless missiles to the face.

[@TamptheChamp2]

MediaPool Thanks for uploading! I played this as a kid, and never could beat the final boss because the T-!000 was just so...odd. Plus the game cheats you and demands more money almost every 30 seconds. I actually found this game in an old arcade last night and it was only 25 cents per play. When it came out, it was 50-75 cents per play. You played way better than I ever did, but I'm going to rewatch, when I have time, and see how often this game demands more money. Your a good payer - it was unreasonable.

[@JustinDShea]

Awesome...TERMINATED!

[@curtisrunstedler]

Godly playthrough! Well done!

[@Wesley_C]

Terminator games memories.

[@hanssundin9793]

Remember i was visit a friend at town back in the days. That lucky basters dad owned an arcade hall so i was lucky enough fallowing him there one evening so after his dad empty the coins in the cabin he put this game on "normal mod" for us so we could play for free. We made it to t-1000 i remember before the continue ended, always remember that once i see this game lol

[@vitormlb]

Looking at amount of money spent on this machines back in the days makes me have no regrets for use MAME today

[@Ashmole3]

The ending is so funny. 'yeah you saved Jon Connor but it doesn't matter because they're still going to research Skynet despite what happens in the movie'

[@SpoofyJ]

Also, LOL at running Terminators.

[@cheapmovies25]

One of the cooler arcade shooters

[@jaimericaldi8988]

Te resultó muy fácil la parte del helicóptero jugando modo como no lo tirabamos tardamos 4hs o 5hs re difícil buen aporte gracias saludos desde Argentina

[@five_seven6196]

"Are you John Connor? ....EXCELLENT."

[@spartanblueteam1286]

I like how Linda Hamilton is just dropping things at random and looking backwards

[@TonyRamos2024]

This was an awesome game. I miss it

[@MARKMXZ]

Nice retro arcade game

[@kobrien4121]

Completed this on the Sega Genesis with my brother, classic

[@jojos08]

It's not an LJN game, that says it all! LJN treated the Terminator franchise quite unfairly when it came to a game production. Thanks for the video!