# Terminator Time Travels to Save '90s Garbage Games

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Podcast: [The Besties](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210)
Published: 2026-01-16T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://besties.fan/
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## Resource

At first, we thought Terminator 2D: No Fate looked and felt like a flawless recreation of the movie tie-ins for the SNES. Then we watched gameplay of the actual Terminator 2 SNES game. Time does not favor the cash grabs. In hindsight, developers Bitmap Bureau performed a modest miracle, perfectly recreating how we remember trashy retro games — without actually becoming one of them. This is the game that Terminator fans should remember We talk about this side-scrolling confection, our fading memories of movie-to-game adaptations, and more!

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