Let's Compare ( T2 - The Arcade Game )

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1. Arcade 0:40
2. Gameboy 4:08
3. Game Gear 7:37
4. Sega Master System 11:20
5. Genesis / Megadrive 14:49
6. Super Nintendo 18:18
7. MS DOS 21:46
8. Amiga 25:14
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a gun shooting video game based on the film of the same name produced by Midway Manufacturing Company for the arcades in 1991. Home conversions were released by Acclaim Entertainment for various platforms under the title of T2: The Arcade Game in order to avoid confusion with the numerous tie-in games also based on the movie.
Plot
The story of the game falls in line with the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day: to save the leader of the Human Resistance, John Connor, and his mother Sarah from the T-1000, a mimetic poly-alloy Terminator, bent on killing them both.
The player takes the role of a T-800 Terminator cyborg, already captured and reprogrammed by the human resistance, and fights alongside them against Skynet in the year 2029. Eventually, the T-800 and John Connor penetrate Skynet's headquarters and destroy the system CPU. Discovering the time displacement equipment, the T-800 is sent back through time to John's childhood, with the mission to protect him from the T-1000 that Skynet has already sent back. In the past, John, Sarah, and the T-800 launch an attack on Cyberdyne Systems in order to prevent the development and creation of Skynet. The T-1000 catches up to the group and pursues them in a police helicopter and a liquid nitrogen truck. The T-800 is able to freeze and shatter the T-1000 with the liquid nitrogen, but it quickly melts and reforms in order to continue its pursuit of John. Ultimately, the T-800 must stop the T-1000 from killing John and blast it into a vat of molten steel to destroy it.
The amount of equipment destroyed in the Cyberdyne raid determines whether or not the company's research will continue, either averting Judgment Day or allowing the possibility that it can still occur.
Gameplay:
Running on the Williams/Midway Y-Unit arcade hardware and Midway X-Unit, the 2 players essentially take part in controlling a T-800 model and gun down the terminators of the opposing side. The gameplay utilizes a first-person perspective, like the rest of the games in the genre.
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[@AutismFamilyChannel]

Back when the arcade versions always looked better. Those were some good times.

[@footyfam8990]

Autism Family *looks at mortal kombat arcade, then Mega drive* oh goddd... I miss the 90s!

[@bangerbangerbro]

You mean "back when there were arcade games".

[@AmigaWolf]

I have played the Arcade version when i was a teenager, and was blown away how good id looked and sounded, with Arnold Schwarzenegger his voice in the game, and that you used a UZI to shoot all the terminators, was fantastic, wish we had arcade machines again on the fair, i really miss them.

[@4you7reviews]

Game Gear, Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, PSP, and Vita are underrated handhelds.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

SNES is the best home port. Its the only version that actually looks like the arcade game, and you can play it with the SNES mouse, so you get the best of both worlds.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

hungryandrew Bafflignly enough, the home computer ports were the same as the Genesis one. Both the Amiga and the DOS pcs of the time could display enough colors to reproduce the arcade sprites.

[@NinjaStudent-yo5ws]

Andrew Vrba it would be awesome if somebody had skills to take the scope apart and combine it with the Nintendo zapper lol

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Yeah, at least then you could hold the blasted thing. XD

[@Duttroid]

Though it was still a fun game to play, I remember thinking "What's this shit?" when I bought it from FuncoLand.

[@AllGamingStarred]

but gone are the explosions...and that damn dog

[@RedRanger2001]

All the ports from my favorite to least-- *Arcade *SNES (Graphics close to the arcade) *MS-DOS (if you got a computer with hard drive bigger than 640k) *Genesis (inferior graphics, lack of scaling) *Game Gear and Master System (inferior to the Genesis) *Game Boy (AVGN said that the Game Boy port is pathetic)

[@Christdeliverme]

The SNES didn't have the same pacing, feel and impact. The colors were off on the Genesis, but it felt more engaging. honestly. It's like MK1 comparison. MK1 on the Genesis was faster and felt smoother. The SNES one has lame sound and didn't seem right, I can't explain it. The Arcade version was definitely worth the money spent when arcades were a thing!

[@MegaFCKforever]

Beau Mancini dont understand That genesis had all red sky as the only game , (besides game Boy offcourse) everyone else had Black / red horizon?????

[@MegaFCKforever]

excactly my opinion.. it was more hardcore on SNES:. beside you can get the right colours on gens roms by finding a mod for genesis games.. where they put more of the real colours inside det game

[@NinjaStudent-yo5ws]

It would be kickass if psn and Xbox live got this

[@Nicksolo85]

That would be awesome. Or what about those 1-up Arcade machines they're selling in stores like Wal-Mart & GameStop?

[@MegaFCKforever]

Snes is the closest you get to the arcade version I wish they could take the music from genesis and combine with the snes edition :-) yeeah

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

That will made the best version ever haha

[@eLiFILMSinc]

+MSd the Radiant Alpinia Pilot English, do you speak it?

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I have played the actual aracade cab of this only a few times once at a Game Works at the Grapevine Mills mall in Grapevine,Tx and at a Main Event in the same city or in Irving,TX. Sadly the Game Works closed and the Main Event bowling alley no longer has the T2 Arcade cab or any old arcade games for that matter. Quite sickening to think most big chain entertainment places have nearly phased out classic arcade games.Why they have done this is beyond me. I now play the Genesis version with the blue Konami Justifier light gun. This game deserves a port to the modern systems PS4 and Xbox One and or XB360 and PS3 for download.

[@shonmoody1706]

I agree. It might be because Midway went out of business. I miss them. They made some of the greatest pinball and arcade games. Their games weren't bad when they went to game systems. I cant remember the one game where you had psychic telekinetic powers, but I loved it.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

@@shonmoody1706 If your talking about Game Works they were owned by Sega i believe Sega shut down their arcade business some time back. If your talking about why we don't see T2 The Arcade Game in big chain arcade/ bowling alleys yea that could be since Midway went out of business and maybe replacement parts for the machines are now scarce and or expensive.

[@FloppyDiskMaster]

While not the best overall version, I'm super impressed at the Game Gear version

[@AllGamingStarred]

sees amiga mind:(BOOM!)

[@asnierkishcowboy]

Dont remember the sprites in the Snes version to be so blurry.

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

Maybe because emulation

[@otherreality]

Amiga rocks ! Not a great game to begin with, but excellent port with the best music!

[@footyfam8990]

Alex Reality I agree, the SNES wasn't far arcade either!

[@AmigaWolf]

I am a huge Amiga fan, have many Amiga computers in my home, but sorry the Amiga version is awful, just like the Sega Genesis/Mega and MS-DOS version, the SNES looks the best, i always played the Arcade version when i was a teenager, and was blown away how good id looked and sounded, with Arnold Schwarzenegger his voice in the game, and that you used a UZI to shoot all the terminators, was fantastic, but the Amiga version and MS-DOS, and Sega Genesis/Mega is awful, and looks NOTHING like the original, i bough a Sega Multi Mega 2 years ago, and a SNES a year ago, and the SNES version is 10 times better then the Amiga version.

[@brandonperez8977]

I liked the HK Theme of both Amiga and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version.

[@SpartanX360]

The Genesis/Megadrive is the definitive arcade port.

[@sugarhieroglyph]

I used to love this in the arcade! Then i got the genesis version, it seemed way wayyy harder, the gunpower seems to run out way faster, I only ever made it to the part right past the truck part. Great video, I've watched your videos for awhike now so I think it's time I subscribed.

[@terminus8497]

SNES and the Amiga look amazing

[@famyemil]

"Get the CPU."

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Played Mega Drive version, beat it few times and had fun. Sadly i didn't had any chance to play arcade version. Not even on emulators cause even on emulators it doesn't work for some reason.

[@MetalSonicodraco7342]

Comparing the game. Graphics = Amiga and SNES Sound = Same and Genesis. Gameplay = All 3 again :p So, it's a draw between the 3 machines.

[@weegoh8324]

The game gear has some cool FMV cutscenes.

[@CarozQH]

Gotta love how the arcade game uses Arial. But hey, at least it's not Comic Sans...

[@saintsheepy6682]

I'm honestly surprised they didn't attempt to do an NES port, although I don't know how that would have worked out. Got the Genesis version, it's good, but hard as hell.

[@Riz2336]

Even though the pinball machine based on T2 was better in my opinion the video game arcade was pretty fun for a gun game.

[@Horror666Lover]

I love have arcade version in my house I remember pumping quarters in machine to try beat this game

[@opoxious1592]

Always dissappointed, when i played the arcade, and then played the version on amiga.

[@federicoperugini5966]

Amiga wins!!! 😜

[@MegaFCKforever]

the sound on the Amiga is like genesis ... and a lot more exciting than sound on arcade

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

For a moment I thought this is going to be Ocean's version of T2

[@Backinblack10001]

Hey I’m going to get some quarters I’ll be right back huh? Cool

[@Clay3613]

I can never beat the damn truck/Hunter Killer sequence without level select.

[@SpartanX360]

Clay3613 aim high top of screen ignore T2’s keep up the momentum also follow HK patterns..you will take a bit of damage.

[@MrTheil]

I remember this game

[@travishardaway6348]

Snes is best

[@luisemilio1143]

There's an Ocean sofware and LJN if you are interest.

[@luisemilio1143]

I played this game recently.

[@byronarvanitis1189]

MS DOS misses on speeches and music quality compared to the Amiga.

[@dreadhead170]

I spent a fortune at the arcade on this.

[@evilash570]

The arcade music is off in this, comparison. I own the arcade game and the sound, and music is in amazing stereo!

[@SpeccyHorace]

Mega Drive smashed it

[@footyfam8990]

MS DOS Is horrific

[@oatmeal7818]

Mega drive soundtrack is better than arcade

[@stefoster7031]

Did the Genesis even have a gun peripheral? I imagine this to be a nightmare to play without that or even mouse control.

[@CarozQH]

+Ste Foster It did have a gun, the Menacer.

[@adamd3441]

SNES version is better. You can use the SNES Mouse with the SNES port making it better and it actually had the scaling effects.

[@sglider]

+Ste Foster There was also Konami's Justifier, though that didn't work with this game.

[@Clay3613]

+Adam D SNES version has limited animations though. Sadly they aren't shown in the video.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

+sglider Konami's Justifier does work with T2: The Arcade Game on Genesis. I am not sure which one though i think the blue one works not the green.

[@robintst]

*Game Boy:* Surprisingly all around impressive for the limitations. *Game Gear:* Good color palette usage, rubbish control and frame rate. *Master System:* Better resolution than the Game Gear version but still rubbish to control. *Genesis:* Sub-par flat color usage, good smooth frame rate, above average music for the system from an American studio. *Super NES:* Great vibrant color usage, noticeable missing animation frames, digitized samples are low-res muffled crap. *MS-DOS:* Looks nice for VGA standards of the time, awful frame rate makes it unplayable. *Amiga:* Well optimized for Amiga's combined strengths & shortcomings, best music of any home version.

[@luisemilio1143]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@GamingHistorySource]

+Luis Emilio Answered your question ? ;) lol

[@MagikGimp]

There was always something impressive to behold about scaling sprites in the arcades but even so, playing this one always seemed a stupidly dumb experience.

[@Duttroid]

ONLY the arcade version will do.

[@PadreAbraham28]

I'm not saying it is a bad game, i did play it for a while on the Amiga, but it always felt like a not so great Operation Wolf clone to me.

[@JMein13074]

I found it more akin to a rip-off of Mechanized Attack

[@AllGamingStarred]

the GG version is decent. sprites look nice

[@insrob89]

2029 isn't too far away

[@wingnut-jt5yz]

sadly enough. :( 25 more years & I can retire. Maybe by then I can afford a refrigerator box to live in !

[@ricmamaddafakka7248]

game gear version rocks !

[@koffieleut]

+ben owen I've noticed that the sms and gamegear version used music from the Pit stage from Mortal Kombat for the 8bit systems ;)

[@angelloxtorres394]

Snes is the best!!!!

[@CaptainGinyu]

love how the fukin game gear and master system versions had better colors than the genesis

[@ruraladventurer1884]

I owned this for DOS and needed to disable my mouse and Sound Blaster to run it because of the insanely high conventional memory requirements. Very disappointing.

[@RetrodudeG]

Omg the gameboy version is the worst! Yuck

[@johnny19817]

Gameboy version looks like crap. Game Gear version is way better.

[@lordallaoy]

ok , let me put it out there , do you know how desperate for cash you need to be to port this game on gameboy ? .......... yeah , ssssooooooooooooooooooo desperate

[@AmigaWolf]

I have played the Arcade version when i was a teenager, and was blown away how good id looked and sounded, with Arnold Schwarzenegger his voice in the game, and that you used a UZI to shoot all the terminators, was fantastic, wish we had arcade machines again on the fair, i really miss them, and the SNES was the best port of them all, i have played it on the Amiga and SNES, and seen it on the Sega Mega/Genesis, but the SNES is the best, i have the original for my SNES, and played it with my nephew, he likes it very much.

[@roguesquadron521]

Agreed, aside from the original Arcade, SNES was the best. Genesis was quicker paced and a bit smoother, but I didn't care for the colors. Also, I don't get why everyone raves about the Genesis version's music. It just doesn't appeal to me, I guess. I prefer the SNES OST, even if it could have been better.

[@AmigaWolf]

@@roguesquadron521 Yeah, i miss the good old days, were there were Arcade machines at the fair, i loved playing games on it when i was a kid.