Skynet (known in Europe as The Terminator: Skynet − stylized as SkyNET) is a computer game based on the Terminator media franchise. It was intended as an expansion pack for the predecessor The Terminator: Future Shock, but was adapted into a standalone product. The game was published by Bethesda Softworks in 1996. It received mostly positive reviews, praising its advanced high-resolution graphics for the time, as well as the fact that Bethesda included a multiplayer mode in contrast of its predecessor.