Williams Arcades Greatest Hits

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Product Features

• Robotron: 2004
• Bubbles
• Defender & Defender II
• Joust
• Sinistar

Product Details

• ASIN: B000021Y5F
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 5 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,994 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Some of the greatest arcade games from the 1980s come to the PlayStation in Arcade’s Greatest Hits. Get rid of the dirt in Bubble. Navigate through enemy territory and try to save the humans in Defender and Defender II. Turn your opponents into eggs in Joust. In Robotron 2004, you will have to fight hordes of mutant robots to protect the last human family. Get ready for outrageous space battles in Sinistar. All of the games have their classic graphics and sound. Remember what great games are really about with Arcade’s Greatest Hits.

Product Description

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is a Compilation game, developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Williams, which was released in 1996.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A cool 80's artifact, November 10, 1999

By	Chris Adamson "invalidname" (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Williams made games for hard-core arcade gamers and this collection proves it. Setting aside "Bubbles", a misguided effort to be cute, the collection is 2-D, testosterone-driven mayhem, with titles that gamers of that era still revere: Defender, Stargate, Robotron, Sinistar, and Joust. The emulation is perfect -- you can even view the operator statistics and set the arcade's welcome message. Only regret: this disc pre-dates the Sony dual-shock analog controller, whose two joysticks would have been *perfect* for Robotron.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HOURS OF GREAT, RETRO, 1980'S FUN!, August 12, 2000

By	Chris Pinto (Mahopac, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Oh boy, this has got to be the one of the coolest cd's I've ever bought for my playstation console! All the awesome games I used to love playing at the local arcades right here in my living room, without dropping 300 quarters a week. :) I forgot just how much fun I used to have playing these games.

This cd features ROBOTRON, JOUST, DEFENDER 1, DEFENDER 2, SINISTAR, AND BUBBLE BOBBLE, all perfectly emulated! Even the original "bugs", original sounds, etc...they're all there! "Arcades Greatest Hits" is surely an appropriate title! You should also check out "Arcades Greatest Hits 2" which features MORE incredible retro 80's games we all still love.

Conclusion: If you loved these games in the 80's, you'll love them even more today! Especially, when you don't have to keep inserting quarters all the time into the machine. :) Don't delay, buy this cd today! You won't be dissapointed.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robotron 2084 - The king of video games, June 21, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

I purcahesed Sony Playstation for the sole reason of buying this CD. Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is the only CD I own and 2084 is the only game I play. I started playing 2084 back in 1982 and it is still the most challenging game ever created ! Warning... You may end up breaking things in frustration. I have destroyed several controllers so far.