Man, Terminator 2 on SNES is one of those licensed games that actually got it right. You start off blasting through police barricades on a motorcycle (just like the movie), and the controls feel surprisingly tight for a 16-bit action game. The T-1000 shows up early to wreck your day, and those liquid metal transformation animations still look cool decades later.

It’s not just mindless shooting either—some levels have you protecting John Connor while he hacks systems, which adds a little tension. The weapon switching takes getting used to (why is the shotgun mapped to Select?), but once you get the rhythm down, mowing down enemies with the minigun never gets old. That factory level with the conveyor belts? Pure chaos in the best way.

Yeah, it’s tough as nails in spots, but the pixel art and soundtrack nail that Terminator vibe. Just don’t expect the truck chase to be any easier than it was in the arcade version.