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4.5 / 5

3 votes

Platform
Game Boy
Genres
Action Ā· Light-Gun Shooter
Developers
Beam Software
Publishers
LJN Ā· Playtronic
Release date
November 1, 1992

Summary

Terminator 2 on the Game Boy surprises with six distinct stages that keep the action fresh. Most weapons never run out, but the third level flips the script into a timed puzzle where you rewire a T‑800’s circuitry, adding a brain‑teaser break from the gun‑fests. Later you sneak through Cyberdyne’s corridors, dodging SWAT guards, and the finale pits you against the liquid‑metal T‑1000 in a steel mill, letting you choose between shooting or hand‑to‑hand combat.

The visual style earned high marks for its cold, oppressive feel – the Skynet towers, a bleak canal, and that foreboding mill all look surprisingly detailed on a tiny screen. Reviewers praised the music and the way the game’s pacing never lets you linger long enough to get bored, calling it solid, old‑school Game Boy fun.

A quirky footnote: the developers kept enlarging Sarah Connor’s breasts because they misread ā€œbangsā€ as a body part, only to discover the film crew meant her hair. And despite Arnold’s iconic T‑800 face in the movie, legal limits kept his likeness out of the cartridge.

Storyline

Terminator 2: Judgment Day for the Game Boy drops you into the first two levels as John Connor, leading the human resistance against Skynet in 2029. You navigate hostile Skynet territory, fighting waves of machines as you push toward the enemy’s core.

The narrative then jumps to 1990s Los Angeles, where the T‑800 is dispatched to protect a young John from the relentless T‑1000. A memorable chase sees John and the T‑800 riding a motorcycle through a drainage canal while the T‑1000 pursues them in a semi‑truck.

Later, you infiltrate Cyberdyne Systems, battling SWAT guards and salvaging technology from a previous T‑800 model. The final showdown takes place in a steel mill, pitting you against the T‑1000 in a climactic fight. Between levels, Sarah Connor appears to fill in key story details.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Single