When Nacon's Terminator Game Takes Place on the Timeline
The 1980s was a decade filled with some of the most influential pop-culture franchises of all time. The original Star Wars trilogy wrapped up in the early 80s, Indiana Jones got his debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tom Cruise took to the skies in Top Gun, and The Breakfast Club was formed. However, there was one director who was pretty prolific during this decade: James Cameron. In 1984, James Cameron directed a one-of-a-kind Sci-Fi action movie starring one of the biggest stars of the decade. It may not have grossed as much as modern blockbusters do, but The Terminator is certainly one of the most influential movies of all time.
Following a surprisingly complex plot, The Terminator sees Arnold Schwarzenegger's titular T-800 travel back in time to kill Sarah Connor, who will one day birth a son that will go on to be the savor of mankind, stopping the Skynet AI uprising. The Terminator and its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, are still believed to be some of the best action movies ever made, and over the years, the franchise has spawned quite a few video games. Just announced a few days ago, Nacon is developing its own Terminator game, taking players to a setting they haven't seen too much of in the movies.
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Put delicately, The Terminator timeline is a bit all over the place. Things begin pretty simple, as the first Terminator movie happens in the early 80s and both the T-800 and Kyle Reese travel back from the post-apocalyptic 2029 future, where the Skynet AI rebellion has lead to mass genocide. Terminator 2: Judgment Day takes place just over a decade later, in 1995, with a T-1000 being sent back in 2029 soon after the machines realize that Arnie's T-800 wasn't
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