Development Carolco Pictures started looking for developers and publishers to create an arcade game adaptation of Terminator 2: Judgment Day when James Cameron signed on to write and direct the film. Release The game was converted to the 16-bit game consoles Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES, along with the 8-bit Sega Master System and Nintendo Game Boy with downgraded graphics. However, the Mega Drive/Genesis and Master System versions could not do scaling due to hardware limitations, and many of the images were redrawn at different sizes. The Game Boy version got around this problem by having the enemies move from the side or top of the screen. The Game Boy version also uses some music from the arcade game Narc. The MS-DOS port of the game was very loyal to the arcade game in terms of graphics and speed. However, it was notoriously difficult to run because of the high amount of conventional memory needed to run (580K out of 640K) and would usually need either a boot disk or memory tweaking (or both) in order to load. The game was also retitled to T2: The Arcade Game to avoid conflict with the platform game. Players could control the gun cursor with the control pad. The SNES version supported the Super Scope and the SNES Mouse in addition to the standard control pad. Other lower graphical ports include the Commodore Amiga and the Sega Game Gear. In North America it was one of the few games which supported the Mega Drive/Genesis's Menacer, but on the Master System, the Light Phaser was not supported, only a joypad. In 2021, Arcade1Up announced a 3/4 scale replica on the T2 arcade cabinet. The cabinet runs the original arcade version of the game and also includes a behind the scenes documentary of how the game was made. Noticeable differences include the light guns being demountable, rather than Positional guns. They are also red & blue in color, instead of the original black. The cabinet uses Sinden technology, in which a small webcam is built into the guns that track a white boarder on the screen. This is because all Arcade1Up machines use a modern LCD display. Other minor difference include the Midway logo not being present on the top sides of the cabinet & the ability to post high scores via a WiFi leaderboard. It does have a light-up marquee like the original cabinet.