The Terminator (DOS)

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For other games of the same name, see The Terminator (video game).

The Terminator
Developer(s)	Bethesda Softworks
Publisher(s)	Bethesda Softworks
Release date(s)	1990
Genre(s)	Action/Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	DOS
Media	3.5" floppy disk

The Terminator is a video game based on the film of the same name. It was the first officially licensed game based on the Terminator film series.

The game's credits screen provides the following information:

This game was written in 100% assembly and takes up more than 35000 lines. The game contains approximately 20000 3D objects. It was developed using Turbo Assembler and Turbo Debugger with all debugging being done remotely. It was created on a variety of 286 and 386 computers. All graphics were created on IBMs and Amigas using DPIII and DA. More than 700 frames of animations were created. The delta mode compression yielded a 100 to 1 ratio.

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Driving a car

Targeting a policeman

The gun store

v • d • e The Terminator series
Films	The Terminator | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Characters	Sarah Connor | John Connor | Kyle Reese | Miles Dyson | Kate Brewster
Terminators	T-800/T-850 | T-1000 | T-1000000 | T-X |
Locations	Los Angeles | Skynet | Cyberdyne Systems | Cyber Research Systems | Crystal Peak | Tech-Com
Cast	Linda Hamilton | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Michael Biehn | Edward Furlong | Robert Patrick | Nick Stahl | Claire Danes | Kristanna Loken | Earl Boen
Crew	James Cameron | Jonathan Mostow | Mario F. Kassar | Andrew G. Vajna | Stan Winston
Games	The Terminator (DOS) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Game Boy) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (LJN) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Acclaim) | The Terminator (1992) | The Terminator 2029 / Deluxe CD Edition | T2: The Arcade Game | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (pinball) | Robocop versus The Terminator | The Terminator 2029: Operation Scour | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (B.I.T.S.) | The Terminator: Rampage | Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars | The Terminator (SNES) | The Terminator: Future Shock | SkyNET | The Terminator: Dawn of Fate | Terminator 3: War of the Machines | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Game Boy Advance) | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (pinball) | The Terminator (mobile) | Terminator 3: The Redemption | The Terminator: I'm Back!
Comics	The Terminator | RoboCop versus The Terminator | Superman vs. The Terminator | Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator
Miscellaneous	T2 3-D: Battle Across Time | Sarah Connor Chronicles