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Description

The first big commercially-available emulator collection (and a direct outgrowth of Digital Eclipse's early emulation work on the Macintosh.)

DOS version
  • Defender - side-scrolling shooter
  • Defender II - side-scrolling shooter
  • Joust - joust on flying ostriches
  • Robotron: 2084 - single-screen manic shoot 'em up
  • Sinistar - overhead free-range space shooter
  • Bubbles - play a scrubbing bubble in a game similar to the arcade Reactor
  • Also contains FMV supplements, including interviews with the original programmers.

    Windows version
  • Defender
  • Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate)
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • Sinistar
  • Bubbles
  • Also contains FMV supplements, including interviews with the original programmers.

    Dreamcast version
  • Defender
  • Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate)
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • Sinistar
  • Bubbles

    PlayStation
  • Defender
  • Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate)
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • Sinistar
  • Bubbles
  • Also contains FMV supplements, including interviews with the original programmers.

    SNES version
  • Defender
  • Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate)
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • Sinistar

    Genesis version
  • Defender
  • Defender II (a.k.a. Stargate)
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • Sinistar

    Game.Com version
  • Defender
  • Joust
  • Robotron
  • SiniStar
  • Defender II

    Alternate Titles

    • "Williams Digital Arcade" -- European title
    • "Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits" -- PSX/Genesis/Saturn/SNES title
    • "Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits 1" -- Dreamcast title

    Part of the Following Groups


    Merchant Title Platform Price  
    Amazon
    Arcade's Greatest Hits Genesis $0.74  
    ebay.com
    Williams Arcade Classics    
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    User Reviews

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    The Press Says

    Sega-16.com Jan 18, 2007 6 out of 10 60
    GamePro Feb, 1997 2.5 out of 5 50

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    Trivia

    Jeff Vavasour optimized as much as humanly possible with this emulator; the specs say that a 486 is the bare minimum, but you can play the Robotron emulator on a 386/33 and have very minimal slowdown.


    This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66169), codefrog (393) and Robert Morgan (882)
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