Terminator 2: Judgment Day (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of LJN's 1992 NES game, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Awesome adaptation of the film, but did they seriously have to make the motorcycle level and the steel works so hard? I mean, no continues? Oh well, it certainly made for a satisfying accomplishment once I beat it!
That, and those cinematics are pretty awesome for the NES.
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[@Doommaster1994]

Rest in peace, Geoff Follin. Thanks for the great tunes. 1966-2024

[@novostranger]

Did he just die?

[@Doommaster1994]

@@novostranger Yes. Tim confirmed it on Facebook.

[@redhour7958]

people that never passed the bike stage lived a normal life. those that did are still fighting the war.

[@iistyleszii]

Lmao

[@warloew8610]

I assure you were not normal. We've been fighting an internal war ever since of not being good enough. Now, good day, sir

[@baulen9914]

The OST is an absolute masterpiece.

[@jpilot07]

I 2nd this comment

[@BikerBenny]

It dose have some good sound effects and beats 😀😀

[@TheBruster]

of course is by geoff, tim follin's brother

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Yep really love the first stage and mental hospital stage themes so much.

But not close like from movie

[@gregbethscheider5912]

Am I the only one who thinks that this soundtrack in this game is just incredible

[@mahbodkaramoozian6409]

No you aren't

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

You're not the only one. The music is pretty good overall, and it fits well with the dark atmosphere of the game.

[@user-ui7iy4vk1e]

They are all said to be psychedelic 😊

[@barryb4407]

I was the only one in my entire school who could get passed the bike stage.

[@ishanbhowmick4807]

I remember it was fuckin hard man..good job

[@abhishekmukherjee1680]

I never crossed that bike stage that's why I came here to see the full gameplay 😂😂

[@Sapov]

Lol the vg difficult proggresion was pretty weird those days

[@MohamedAbdallahCherif]

@@Sapov It was too hard for youngsters back in the days

[@bowjana8128]

@@sidekick4 could never get past that bloody bike level

[@antichoice1]

This was the bane of my NES childhood. My parents bought it for me because I loved the movie. And I couldn't beat the second level with the motorcycle and the truck. Ever. I tried so many times. I must have played over 100 NES games from Metroid to Dragon Warrior to Bubble Bobble, no game was as difficult as this one level was for me.

[@solstitiub4252]

Battletoads

[@defblinders9585]

The SNES one was even worse.

[@neilgoldberg547]

The Terminator being able to be terminated in a fist fight with a human is the best feature of this game, thanks for dealing with all the b,s, and beating a game I never could,

[@armandogarza3423]

Is the tall human Undertaker, Kane or that biker who strike him with a pool stick?

[@daveshen0880]

I beat that game when I was only 12 years in 1992, of course I failed many times.

[@arterialtribal]

That's the problem with Terminator games. On one side they shall be challenging. On the other side a Terminator is supposed to be an invincible killing machine. It's hard to put both opposites into a game.

[@Aaron-lr1di]

@@arterialtribal Not Invincible However they are supposed to be extremely resilient to damage. Terminator resistance comes CLOSE to being the only good terminator game

[@juancarlosrondonfernandez6724]

Bro 👊🏽

[@ankurmehrotra6506]

I sucked at the game, but that start up screen was so impactful...cannot forget it even 20 years later.

[@palashpalpattuwar6607]

Music and cutscenes are strongly emotional.

[@bowlofdiogenes6139]

Not saying it's related to or because of this game but in 1993 I was 8 playing T2 and during the mental hospital level my sister who was 11 was watching me play and had a seizure, hadn't thought about that in years until I watched this.

[@kylereece1979]

The soundtrack is very interesting, here. It reminds me very much of the sid chip, commodore 64 style of music. I didnt expect to hear something like that on the game here, so twas a cool surprise. Very c64 sounding in places. 👍🤘

[@LateNightPerson]

Fun fact: geoff follin, the brother of tim follin, did the music for this game

[@cheapenstein]

I agree with the C64 comparison music wise, reminds me of the whole Demoscene days

[@Siegfried39ify]

One of my favorite childhood NES games, despite some retro reviewers give a bad rep. for this game. Yeah, its hard at the beginning, but when you master it its quiet easy.

[@NintendoComplete]

Yeah, like so many of these games, it's all a matter of how familiar you are with it!

[@IHATEDRIVING2]

Actually this game is better than the Snes version.

[@auntjenifer7774]

This kinda reminds me of what GTA would have looked like on NES !

[@Andrei-oq5rx]

@@NintendoComplete you can't kill people ANYMORE. swear it!! Terminator : I SWEAR ! (Proceeds to shoot goons dead next level) ahahahah EPIC

[@thematrixdll]

actually you're incapping them by putting a cap in their kneecap, when crouch shooting.

[@dengamleidiot]

24:30 Once got this infamous jump with full lives and continues. Lost it all and got a game over screen… ON THAT SINGLE JUMP

[@ZixxTheLegend]

This shit was hard asf when you are a kid.

[@markart157]

I had this game when I was a kid... lots of memories. This game was super hard.

[@mariorodriguezjunior]

such a treat playing Arnie in an 8-bit game, loved it ☺

[@thekingsean92]

I appreciate how the creators of the game actually put some effort in the closing scene after the main boss. Not many games did back then, they would just end with a simple image on the screen

[@thekingsean92]

@Johnny Martinez true, fortunately internet wasn't around back then to see the endings before i beat the game so when I used to play my snes games i always imagined a cool ending only to be disappointed. Most Playstation 1 games weren't much better for that matter

[@NintendoComplete]

Check out the cinematics on this one! A very good game for an LJN published movie title - but be prepared for a brutal challenge!

[@ExtremeWreck]

I can say, for an LJN sequel, it's better than Back To the Future 2 & 3 on the NES.

[@chrisbaughman9860]

Yeah the cinematics almost look 16 bit Ish like they got every ounce of power out of the 8-bit machine they could this was around the time of the snes if I remember correctly

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@chrisbaughman9860 Heck, it seems to be a better game than the SNES Terminator 2.

[@chrisbaughman9860]

@@ExtremeWreck I agree the detail on the still images is impressive for an 8 bit machine it's almost as if they put more effort into the nes version because it was at the end of its life

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@chrisbaughman9860 Same can't be said for THQ published games though...

[@alucard624]

I had no idea you could just drop onto the enemies Mario style and that would cause damage to them.

[@Just_a_Lad]

You can't beat the game without this actually.

[@grimreaper7734]

That was the only way I can beat enemies until I got a firearm.

[@ramboar7614]

It is possible if you were made of metallic alloy & weighed 500 lbs

[@MrMoremoneymorebitch]

😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣

[@misterkuda704]

Aside from the flaws, this game has some good pixel art, smooth animations, and some really good music.

[@Ben82077]

All he wanted was their clothes, their boots and their motorcycles...

[@ianalyzeeverysecondiexist]

But he forgot to say "please"

[@aditya76ambre]

This took me to my childhood days. So nostalgic

[@hrsey71]

wow, the sound engineer for this game sure loved arpeggios

[@kallemattila5870]

I think it may have to do with how you can suggest harmonic content while only using up one of the NES’s five sound channels. Composers Tim and Geoff Follin are sort of legendary for pushing the limits of the console hardware that they worked on.

[@ShelltoonTV1]

The production value on this game is astounding. It's like LJN actually cared for once!

[@Bloodreign1]

LJN's never made a game, this is from someone else, mainly Software Creations.

[@Jac2Mac]

@@Bloodreign1 And Software Creations did some bloody awesome music for the NES for this game and at least it wasn't given to BITS like what happened with Spiderman for the NES.

[@Seiko180]

@@Jac2Mac Bits Studios actually made Terminator 2 for SNES and GB, and are fucking awful

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@@Jac2Mac I mean, when you the Follins in the sound team (although this OST was done by Geoff only), you can't go wrong.

[@davettahorton8316]

I remember having this game when I was younger.

[@kagemaru259]

I rented this game from Blockbuster back in 1992 and I could never get past the damn motorcycle level.

[@susanfit47]

LJN acquired the rights to a Terminator 2 video game after reading the film's script. The company said that the film license offered an array of gameplay possibilities and lasting popularity. The game was developed by Software Creations and published by LJN for the NES. LJN also published a version for the Game Boy. The company believed that players who owned an NES were also the same people who would own a Game Boy. Therefore, LJN chose to make the NES version a completely different game, offering players a variety. The NES version was released in February 1992, in the U.S. and U.K.

[@brianhatcher2799]

Was the GameBoy version any good?

[@togurotoguro]

25:20 best sound in this game.As for the game itself i remember swearing the truck chase map,hating the cyberdine for timed event and seeing the steel mill as a true challenge of synchronization at some points.!0/10 per total it wasa very good game(and still is)

[@betterundead6710]

I reached the steel works more than once but always failed. Great job man! Loved this game.

[@jaxxh6529]

that level is hard the steel factory especially with the moving platforms, you have to fight the boss there 3 times. and at the end, you have to punch him then he falls on his back, keep doing that untill the boss falls in the molten steel pots. then jump on the hook and go left, where sarah and john waiting for you... watch the ending (movie he says "there is 1 more chip" the nes he says no, there is another chip. i must go away or i am the future... that is never sed in the movie) but he says in the nes and the movie, i can not self terminate, you must lower me into the steel (no, its not lava as everyone on this planet says, its molten steel)

[@si7271]

This game is very well for NES, it really represent the movie scenarios , and it's entertained with only 8 bit , good point in the motorcycle runaway scene and the terminator final scene ,very good job

LJN proudly present, Oh i bet

[@ishanbhowmick4807]

9:42 bookmarked for the music

[@shawn4ever77]

The music in this game is absolutely amazing that could have mixed it up on the other versions I don't know why they didn't

[@jessejeffries7883]

Loved this game as a kid, took me a long time to beat it back then. I still have my original copy!

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

A lot better than the first Terminator game on the NES, and while not perfect, the soundtrack saves the game from being relatively average. So worth it for the music, imo.

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

While not perfect, this is still a good game. And its one of my childhood favorites. What I like best about this game is the gameplay, the music, and how accurately it follows the plot of the movie. All in all, a decent movie based game. And that's saying a lot considering this was made by LJN.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

@@Spawnwick_Boseman82820 I don't get how what I said was funny.

[@BellowDGaming]

That bike stage was a pain, then those mental hospital and cyberdime lab stages took forever! I didn't finish this back in the day was stuck at cyberdime.

[@rajpootdogra]

I am right in my old home playing this 20 years before ,god this music takes me to that memory

[@Plot_sculptor]

The best of 8/16bit terminator games.

[@sumantabosesaikia5223]

I swear i was nervous with the kind of frightning music really felt as the terminator being cjased by t-1000...wow my fav game

[@tunkunrunk]

never heard about this version before , thanks to people like NintendoComplete , we can discover games we never played before , and that were pretty graphically impressive in spite of low spêcs of the consoles

[@BroadswordMedia]

I've watched every episode of AVGN and I just recently watched the two part Terminator one and as I recall this game in particular didn't really look that bad from what I saw even though he did find some flaws. Now that finally watched someone play through the whole thing I can clearly see how this game isn't actually bad. It sure has its flaws and maybe it hasn't aged all that great, but it's not actually a bad game from what I'm seeing.

[@avalond1193]

Its not a bad game avgn just satire can't really take everything he say serious

[@Seiko180]

he always overreact and makes things look complicated when they really aren't.

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

@@avalond1193 Just because his content is comedic in nature doesn't mean he's not making fair and legitimate critiques.

[@b01tact10n]

Why should you listen to AVGN dude acts like he has a few screws loose🤔 Might be a glimpse of way he is behind closed doors, more wacko than crazy. This dude that's making the run is very good at choosing which games are really worth playing and makes pretty darn good runs with good footage👍

[@b01tact10n]

Why dont people make their own decisions if a game is sub par or not👍 This was the deleted comment that was supposed to end up here...

[@michaelvega3157]

I love how the good terminator is just blasting away so casually the staff at the hospital 😂

[@shawn4ever77]

The music and the gameplay elements that's directly from the movie makes this game even superior to the SNES version

[@mysteriousfleas]

The SNES had some really really good music too.

[@PanoramicGreen]

@@mysteriousfleas Definitely underrated

[@jamesdixon6332]

This game couldve been a lot better, but the soundtrack was on point.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

The Follin brothers was responsible for the soundtrack.

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@@KTJohnsonkidThunder Geoff worked alone here this time around.

[@shailendrapatel2511]

Thank you for uploading, i finally watched the end of it.

[@jamesdixon6332]

Such innocent times back then. Couldn't say "kill" on NES. Says "Get" instead lol. Was also funny to me how it looks like the T-1000 looks like he's wearing a mask. Still love this game though. Great playing and thanks for the upload.

[@carzz185]

26:23 t-1000 destroyed? he looks pretty fine and healthy to me in that pic...

[@franfalu]

Lol

[@LorenHelgeson]

Oh, you! :3

[@brandonperez8977]

Yeah, they should have the generic face floating in the lava instead.

[@Iamverybald]

That bike level...*laughs in Battletoads *

[@rossross3689]

As a 6/7 year old I could not get past the 2nd level, I now remember why. I didn't know you could shoot the tunnels to get through 🤣. I kept just driving into the first tunnel and couldn't figure out why I kept dying

[@trentstevenson5495]

Actually on second thought this game is far better than I gave him credit for. Considering this came out on the original NES it's remarkable. I admit that it is by no means t2 the arcade game. But to be the game that it is on the console that it's on it's actually really good.

[@EngPheniks]

Level 4 Cyberdyne Building was freaking hard.

[@lokashmajhi3754]

The Last level in the Foundry was also very difficult.

8:15 "I swear I will not kill anyone."

[@1989Ezal]

Shoots 100 of people. 😂

[@ignaciocue]

@@1989Ezal In the legs.

[@Thegamingking89]

Very nice music!

[@gavingrahampawpatrolyescai5761]

ArizVega Gamer but scary

[@ishanbhowmick4807]

@jesse Vortex Sungte the way the music picks up its pace from 9:42 is pure ❤️

[@huseyinkrk8270]

Composer name?

[@kallemattila5870]

@@huseyinkrk8270 Tim and Geoff Follin

[@RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE]

@@kallemattila5870 Actually Geoff worked alone on this game.

[@b01tact10n]

Darn good run, if this was a TAS running channel i wouldn't be subbed. I dont know how many times ive ran outta lives when i got to the last this dude makes it look easy to play👍

[@angeloreyes357]

The sound is quite hypnotic..

[@cheapenstein]

Far better than the original Terminator game, this one actually has decent and really fitting music, unlike the abysmal music in the first

[@broms316]

No wonder why I couldn't get past the second level as a kid!! I don't think I could do it now.

[@iistyleszii]

broms316 i couldnt pass it either lol

[@funnychannells66ahadshsjah13]

Childhood damn i miss this days

[@KrzysztofK1982]

Looks much much better then the C64 version. This looks like a pretty descent game - especially for early 1990s

[@Diogenesthedog0]

I really want to cry,I remember my Dad brought that 8bit console for me and I bought the Cadette soon after with 15 games installed and I was 6-7 then so I couldn't pronounce Terminator and I used to call it Thief and I used to fight for my turn,No homework worries,No responsibility and today I literally searched Thief game console 8 bit but then Terminator came into my mind

[@realdjtoddthunder1323]

Little Gamer when I see bionic commando it makes me want to cry..I guess I'm activating some of my first memories and they meant alot to me...I was 5 in 1989 and my parents got a nes brand new...it was still expensive...and i learned video games on the nes...it truly was my best friend....I spent alot of safe fun time in my on world playing with my nes,,my best friend...

[@Diogenesthedog0]

RealDjToddThunder I know how it feels, I really miss my childhood days. We in India didn't have that much cartoon channels that much except for two or three like Cartoon Network, Jetix. I really loved Tom & Jerry and Looney tunes. I even had a Key chain of tweety.

[@Diogenesthedog0]

RealDjToddThunder Same here it was so expensive and as long as I know my Nes was a copy as the original was expensive so there was a China made Nes copy so I had that and we friends used to exchange video game cassette with each other and it's a big thing to even own the Copy. nobody knew about the original Nes, We used to call it 'Video Game Console'.

[@Diogenesthedog0]

RealDjToddThunder I got that Video game console in 2001 or 2002 may be.

[@Diogenesthedog0]

@Jesse Vortex sungte What do you mean?

[@dmitriystoyanov933]

My childhood...

[@Jac2Mac]

The T2 item that you got in this video gives you ONE continue when you die in this game.

[@gabrielsylvestre3708]

1 word: "EXPERIENCE". No one gets through something like this on the 1st play. I remember barely making it to the second stage as a kid. Robocop was easier.

[@WaffleCore87]

I remember me and 2 friends trying to beat this for days. Ofc we were kids and the game seemed so damn hard that we broke one controller. Ah... Yelling and jumping every time beat a level... Priceless... LOL! Everyone might laugh at me but when we played it we didn't know how to select different weapons... English isn't our native... Now imagine how many times we replayed the game to beat T1000 with the very first gun you have... It took us weeks... And we fucking loved it!

[@brandonperez8977]

26:36 the first time I played this. The last part of the song where it makes motor noises. makes the cutscene so sad. By hearing this part 25:19 while the Terminator said goodbye to John at 27:27 and ended at sync

[@offperception]

Thank you for this video! I never could get beyond the truck chase as a kid because I was too worn from the first level. It's clear what I was doing wrong back then: I had no idea you could drop on enemies! And I always liked the music, Mr Follin did a great job!

[@NintendoComplete]

No problem! Yeah, it took me awhile to realize that too if memory serves, but you're totally right. Good luck getting anywhere without dying if you don't jump on them huh? :) Doesn't help that there's only 2 or 3 extra lives to find in the game and no continues!

[@donaldshaw8710]

In the 16-bit (Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis) versions of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, you are given only one life to beat the game. On top of that, there are no continues.

[@stevefitz3802]

NintendoComplete there is a continue to find near the end of the motorcycle level, you need to shoot one of the last wrecked cars on the upper side of the screen and then drive over the continue, it exists and I've done it multiple times! Awesome game for the nes.

[@noahstewart5054]

I love Terminator 2: Judgement Day (NES) and movie (1991).

[@harikrishna7253]

What is the gba

[@user-ui7iy4vk1e]

I played it on a black and white TV for the first time. Little by little I beat the first level, but I couldn't figure out what to do then. I didn't know I could open up all those gates just by shooting... hm, there's an explicit hint in the film, though. I was 10. How time flies 😢

[@ryan489]

I rented the game once as a kid, I was able to get to the Cyberdine stage by myself. My dad made it to the steal mill once and never again. I liked this game despite the flack it gets now. If you think this one is hard the Genesis and Super Nintendo versions are a lot more unforgiving

[@Bartheek_Wojciechowski]

It was one of my favorite NES games, but at first I didn't like it. At first I always had problems with Level 2, but then I was ending this game in one life. Thanks for the upload of the gameplay from this game and for bringing back the memories. :)

[@davidtaylor328]

I NEVER knew they made this movie into a game for Nintendo !!! Cool. 👍🏻

[@chrismacias305]

I remember beating this game.

[@crockett888]

man the music for the first level is awesome!

[@MauunerTheBless]

I love that, i play this game when i was 7 years old

[@samuelcarrasquillo4590]

Kyle: "He's All Alone, You Have To Protect Him."

[@WielkiElektron]

remaster it please!

[@DoctorTalon]

It might be the Nostalgia Goggles talking, but I think this wasn't one of LJN's worst games. It followed the source material pretty well (with some liberties), and it is beatable. Also, great job on finding the hidden Continue Icon in the second level! I think I may have got it once or twice, but I couldn't for the life of me remember which car to shoot due to a lack of save states and video.

[@broken1394]

Always love reading your thoughts on the games you play. Watching the game was fun, the sprite work and sound are excellent and a very fair representation of the film, better than most on the NES. With a bit of refining in GP they could have had a classic rivaling Sunsoft Batman on their hands. As is, not a bad LJN game. Watching this gives me a little courage to get better at the game. Seeing you can stomp some of the enemies in the opening level is helpful. Well played my man. 🔥💪😎

[@suryakhan9265]

5:44 the stage when your adrenaline so fire!!!

[@RealTuckered]

That bike stage!!!

[@morteza1736]

The mixture of NES Version of this game and the Sega genesis version would result in a Game identical to the movie with little to no difference, I'd like to see that version.

[@thefestivalofatonement2470]

I remember playing this back in Elementary school, the canal/truck chase scene and the last level took forever for me to get past, but eventually, I did. Also, I remember the weapon upgrade was useless, so eventually, I went around killing people anyway.

[@donaldshaw8710]

Software Creations developed the NES version of Terminator 2: Judgement Day, while Bits Studios developed the Game Boy and SNES versions.

[@Captaincj2005]

This version of the game is actually pretty good. The SNES and Genesis versions on the other hand...well let’s just say Hank Hill is the main star.

[@otisroseboro5613]

The Terminator Is The Best 💯, I Used To Play This All The Time When I Was A Kid, Great Memories

[@juancarlosrondonfernandez6724]

28:37 of hell my respects, I reached the hospital but couldn't finish it

[@defblinders9585]

I rented this back in 1992 and I too could never get past the goddamn bike level.

[@cradleofdeath123]

6:04- consuela, "No! No no"

[@NintendoComplete]

Lmao, after that she probably needed more lemon Pledge.

[@pedalfr3ak265]

I never could get past the third level. I didn't know you were supposed to find Sarah. I was like 5 when the game came out so it's understandable but I still wish I could play it again.

[@MDthornton83]

I will be honest. This may not be a perfect game based on the second movie. But in comparison to the other games based on the film, this game is at least decent. At least it stays true to the movie. Unlike the atrocious SNES version. There are some things that could have been done better. But all in all, this game isn't bad. And I did get some enjoyment from it. And to its credit, this is a MUCH better game than the atrocious NES game based on the first movie.

[@frataltay4543]

MDthornton83 I'm feeling sad for the people who bought Mindscape's game. But LJN's Terminator 2 game is really good.

[@realdjtoddthunder1323]

We got t2 for snes when I was like 9..my brother was 12...we was so excited at first...it let us down so bad...and we really tryed

[@jasonroberts6590]

Now the intro music........i can honestly see dat migos updating dat song n turn it into a number 1 hit

[@alin81-82]

He's told not to kill, yet he's killing people left & right! 😂

[@togurotoguro]

glitch for trying- at 20:43 continue to run to the drawers climb on them and reach the wall then jump while pressing the arrow forwad the wall and you will jump trough the wall.

[@Ugur_Sessiztepe]

thank you bro great job fantastic game amazing nes years..🥺🤜👏💪👍👊🤛

[@jalaraswift5796]

Awesome playthrough of terminator 2 judgement day on nes nintendocomplete 💕❤️😊

[@henryb610]

Remember i finished it as a kid. Didn't consider it a bad game

[@erenirmak8229]

I never passed motorcycle level my childhood:) Already I am curious how can do that?

[@juancarlosrondonfernandez6724]

The game over screen , is a piece of rude art ✨

[@MadushankaRathnayaka007]

I failed last mission all the time. Seriously Now I need to complete it

[@Randy-k4p]

I remember the bike LVL. It was one of the hardest