What platforms is The Terminator on?

The Terminator was released on Sega CD.

When did The Terminator release?

The Terminator was first released on March 8, 1993.

The Terminator

Mar 8, 1993ShooterPlatformSega CD

The Terminator — frequently asked questions

What platforms is The Terminator on?: The Terminator was released on Sega CD.
When did The Terminator release?: The Terminator was first released on March 8, 1993.

About The Terminator

Similar to adaptations of The Terminator on other systems, the Sega CD game is a platformer where the player controls Kyle Reese, who travels back in time from the year 2029 to protect Sarah Connor from the unstoppable killing machine known as the Terminator. The game consists of 10 levels. Future locations include the post-apocalyptic wasteland of 2029 Los Angeles and the time displacement complex. In the present of 1984, Reese must traverse the streets and rooftops of L.A., as well as the Tech Noir club, the police station, and, for the finale, an automated factory.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Sega CD
Developer: Virgin Games
Publisher: Virgin Games
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction
Series: Terminator

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega CD · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-11-02

Loose

$88

Complete

$203

Sealed

$302

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release (The Terminator)	$156	$335	$700

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a month
Complete: about once a week
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-11-02.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $9.99 in Apr 2008, $150 five years ago, and $88 as of Nov 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2009	$4.49	—
Jan 2010	$21	—
Jan 2011	$16.25	—
Jan 2012	$21	—
Jan 2013	$16.20	—
Jan 2014	$16.95	$23
Jan 2015	$26	$30
Jan 2016	$37	$50
Jan 2017	$52	$61
Jan 2018	$71	$78
Jan 2019	$70	$82
Jan 2020	$97	$104
Jan 2021	$100	$144
Jan 2022	$115	$168
Jan 2023	$119	$157
Jan 2024	$80	$196
Jan 2025	$82	$158
Jan 2026	$80	$194
Nov 2026	$88	$203

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	December 1993	T-70015	052145860032
Europe / PAL	December 1993	T-70015-50	—

Source: Japanese product numbers, dates and prices: Sega Japan's Mega-CD software lists, each number checked against MAME's Mega-CD software list. North American and European numbers: the number printed on the disc as recorded by Redump, shown where MAME's list agrees or has no number

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases of these games are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Sega CD prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Virgin's run-and-gun Terminator on a disc, with film footage, QSound and a pitch of more than twice the Genesis game's levels.

This is the Sega CD version of The Terminator, developed and published by Virgin Games, and it came out in 1993 in North America and Europe. Sega Visions, Sega's own magazine, called it a single-player run-and-gun game with spectacular graphics, an amazing QSound soundtrack, digitized intermissions from the film and terrific game play. Its advertising listed nine stages, over 30 minutes of full motion animation and 360-degree scrolling, and promised more than twice as many levels as the Genesis version.

What the press said at the time

MegaTech Issue 27	March 1994	69%
AllGame		4/5
Consoles +		87%
Game Players		62%
Jeuxvideo.com		18/20
Joypad		86%
Player One		80%
Video Games		54%
Game Power		78/100
MegaForce		85%
Sega Power		58%
Sega Zone		65%
Supersonic		92%

“The cart-based game wasn1 really as good as everyone first thought, but it sure was a lot better than this effort. The FMV is taken from the film, but you can't tell because it looks so appalling. All you do is run around shooting robots and it gets quite tiresome.”
— MegaTech, March 1994

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Sega CD version.

Before you buy

The US disc is one of the pricier North American Sega CD releases, so ask for clear photos of the disc's printed side, its data side and the inner ring, and confirm that the title and catalogue number match the case. The European disc usually costs a good deal more than the US one, loose and complete, and suits a European Mega-CD, as the US disc suits a North American Sega CD.