From exploding lightbulbs to the Knights Templar – via Ron Howard and the Daleks

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SINCE THE DEBUT OF THE 1984 MOVIE, TERMINATOR VIDEOGAMES HAVE APPEARED WITH EVERY SUBSEQUENT INSTALMENT. MUCH LIKE THE FILMS THEMSELVES, IT’S BEEN AN ERRATIC AND SOMETIMES BIZARRE JOURNEY. RETRO GAMER STEPS BACK (OR IS IT FORWARD?) IN TIME TO INVESTIGATE

Developer/ publisher Square Enix Format PC, PS5, Switch, ...

REMEMBER THE BACK OF THE ARCADE, WHERE THE NOT-SO-FLASHY COIN-OPS LURKED IN THE DARKNESS, WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED? BACK IN 1987, THIS IS WHERE YOU’D LIKELY HEAR A BLOOD-CURDLING FEMALE SCREAM THAT COULD BELONG TO ONLY ONE GAME… SEGA’S COIN-OP CREATURE FEATURE ALIEN SYNDROME

The story begins in a bamboo forest. It’s ...