Journey to Silius

Journey to Silius is an NES game with the most rockin' title theme ever.

The Terminator


Journey to Silius began life as The Terminator, but unfortunately the original copyright text and some unknown graphics are all that remain from that development period. Note the copyright date of 1989, compared to the final's 1990; the NES Batman was released in 1989, so it's possible that Sunsoft couldn't afford two movie licenses within the same year and chose the more popular of the two.



Nintendo Power briefly looked at The Terminator, showing off the title screen and two in-game shots.

Stage Select
Game Genie code (ROM address ) activates the game's stage select. A or B changes the starting level, and Start starts the game. Combined with the code, you can jump straight to the final boss by selecting "ENDING[]".

Sound Test
Pressing B 33 times on the title screen will bring up a sound test, as well as the ability to adjust your number of continues.

Regional Differences
Due to the renaming of the game, the title screen was completely changed in the International versions. This change extended to the sound test. Jay McCray's sprites were changed from a space soldier in the Japanese and Europe versions to a guy wearing a white spacesuit in the American version. The design of his gun was changed, too.