Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)
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Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is a game compilation that was released in 1996 by Williams Entertainment for the Sega Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn. It contains a selection of games originally produced by Williams Electronics in the early 1990s (which became WMS Industries, the parent company of Williams Entertainment). Between the original North American Mega Drive release and European/Saturn release, Williams Entertainment was merged into Midway Games, and the compilation became known as Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits.
The games included in the compilation are: Defender, Defender II, Joust, Robotron: 2084, and Sinistar. The PlayStation and Saturn version also include an extra game, Bubbles. All games include a comprehensive list of game options which can be tweaked to make games easier. The Saturn version has extras, such as videos and artwork.
Contents
Gameplay
Gameplay varies from game to game. Defender and Defender II are side scrolling shooters. Joust is an action game where the objective is to joust with enemies by lining up your jousting stick above theirs. Robotron is a overhead shooter. Sinistar is also an overhead shooter where the player must acquire SiniBombs to destroy the creature called Sinistar.
Game Options
Each game has an options screen with the following options:
Defender: Ships to Start, Bonus At, Difficulty Increase, Maximum Difficulty, Waves Per Planet.
Defender II: Ships to Start, Bonus At, Difficulty, Inviso Time Per Ship, Men to Warp, Last Wave For Warp.
Joust: Lives to Start, Bonus At, Difficulty.
Robotron 2004: Lives to Start, Bonus At, Difficulty, Controller Angle.
Sinistar: Ships to Start, First Bonus At, Extra To Next Bonus, Difficulty, Rapid Fire.
Game Screenshots
Defender
Defender II
Joust
Robotron 2024
Sinistar
Credits
Mega Drive Version
Lead Programmer and Game Translations (except Joust): Dan Filner
Joust Translation: George Phillips
Sound Translation: Terry Coatta, Peter Phillips
Producer: Andrew Ayre
Special Thanks: Wes Gale
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
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- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 263
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 96
- ↑ GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 89
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 76
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 37
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 222