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Game Overview

Terminal Terror is that weird, ambitious MS-DOS sequel to Lethal Tender that tried stealth mechanics way before they were cool. You play as Nick Hunter—again—sneaking through a hijacked air force base to rescue hostages (including your fiancée, because of course) from some terrorist named Bruno Riggs. The level design’s claustrophobic, with tight corridors and guards you actually have to avoid instead of just blasting through.

What’s wild is how much it experiments for a ‘90s game: NPCs react differently if you shoot them in the leg vs. the head, and there are even moments where you team up with hostages. It’s janky, but you can see the DNA of later stuff like Thief or System Shock in here. Abandonia wasn’t wrong—this game was weirdly ahead of its time, even if the controls feel like wrestling a fax machine now.

Just don’t expect polish. Half the fun is laughing at the digitized voice lines and how Bruno’s goons sometimes clip through walls. Still, there’s something charming about its ambition.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".