T2: The Arcade Game (Actual SNES Capture) - Super Scope Playthrough

This is a capture of me playing through Terminator 2: The Arcade Game for the SNES. This is not an emulator. This footage was recorded directly from my Super Nintendo using an actual T2: The Arcade Game cartridge. I'm playing using the Super Scope light gun.

I played the original Terminator 2 arcade game at least once back in the early '90s and liked it quite a bit, so I rented the Super Nintendo version some time after it was released.

While the SNES version was pretty good overall, I couldn't get past the Cyberdyne stage as a kid due to how slow and cumbersome D-pad controls were. They just couldn't replicate the arcade machine's positional gun. Although the SNES version supported the Super Scope, I didn't manage to use a Super Scope until around 1997 or so when I borrowed it from a friend, and even then, I only got to play Super Scope 6.

In 2011 I finally picked up my own complete Super Scope bundle off eBay. Since I already owned a copy of T2: The Arcade Game, I was finally able to play through this game with a proper control scheme: a light gun. The results were incredible. I was able to beat the game on nearly every attempt with plenty of lives to spare.

The Super Scope acts like a Wii Remote in this game by giving you a continuous cursor on screen as long as you're firing the machine gun (i.e., pressing the Cursor button on the front handle). The Fire button on top of the Super Scope simply shoots missiles.

I've played this game with all three available control schemes (Super Scope, Mouse and standard controller), and the Super Scope is by far the best. It's the fastest and most responsive of all three controls, but it changes the game's color palette from a black tone to a blue one because the Super Scope needs to work with certain color schemes for proper tracking. I don't find the altered color palette to be an issue though. If you're looking for a good Super Scope game, T2: The Arcade Game is highly recommended.

In this playthrough I managed to beat the truck and SWAT van missions on the first attempt, despite how notoriously difficult they are. It just goes to show that proper controls are everything in a game.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official SNES S-video cable at 60 frames per second. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to upconvert the SNES's native 240p signal to 480i so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

The Super Scope requires a CRT TV to function, and since the Hauppauge only outputs to the TV using component video (a format not supported on my old CRT TV), I used my distribution amplifier to split the SNES's audio/video signal and send one set of cables to the CRT TV while sending the other set of cables to the DVD Recorder/Hauppauge HD PVR combo.