When did Terminator 2: Judgment Day release?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day was first released on February 1, 1992.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Feb 1, 1992Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Master System/Mark III Sega Game Gear

Terminator 2: Judgment Day — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Terminator 2: Judgment Day on?: Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released on Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III, Sega Game Gear.
When did Terminator 2: Judgment Day release?: Terminator 2: Judgment Day was first released on February 1, 1992.

Game details

Platforms: Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System/Mark III, Sega Game Gear
Developer: Software Creations
Publisher: LJN
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Terminator

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Master System	1993	$34	$159	—	Low (look-alike)

Also released on: Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Master System/Mark III · Sega Game Gear. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Master System · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-28

Loose

$34

Complete

$159

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about 5 times a year
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-28.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $23 in Jan 2019, $27 five years ago, and $34 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2019	$23	$50
Jan 2020	$22	$53
Jan 2021	$22	$68
Jan 2022	$33	$68
Jan 2023	$55	$72
Jan 2024	$54	$136
Jan 2025	$40	$86
Jan 2026	$34	$134
Oct 2026	$34	$159

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Europe / PAL	November 1993	MK-27052-50

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Master System software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published only where both agree on the same cartridge dump; Japanese numbers also checked against Sega Japan's software list. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: EU
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages and Virtual Console, are not tracked hereLow look-alike risk

Sega Master System prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A film tie-in from Flying Edge that costs a lot complete in Europe.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is an action game based on the 1991 film. Arc Developments made the Sega versions, and Flying Edge published the Master System version in the UK in November 1993, a month before the Game Gear version reached the US.

How it was made

Arc Developments developed the Sega versions, and Flying Edge published them.

How the Sega Master System version differs

The Sega versions omit the NES game's motorcycle level.

Critics faulted the gameplay in the Sega versions for a lack of originality.

Also on other platforms

NES · Game Gear

NES	Software Creations

NES. The NES version has five levels based on the film and was praised for its graphics and sound.

Before you buy

This is a European cartridge only. Loose it sits well above the middle of the European-only games, and a complete copy costs much more than a loose one. The look-alike risk is low. Check that the manual is there, since it is the part most often missing from a complete copy.