Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)

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Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn
Publisher:
Sega Mega Drive
Williams Entertainment (US), THQ (EU)
Sega Saturn
Midway
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Williams Electronics
Game total: 6
Genre: Compilation

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive) is a compilation of arcade games released in 1996/1997 for, among other systems, the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Saturn. The Mega Drive version was published by Williams Entertainment in North America, which, following restructuring and buyouts in the mid-1990s, became part of Midway Games, who published the European Mega Drive and Saturn versions as Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits.

Arcade's Greatest Hits contains a selection of arcade games originally released by Williams Electronics in the early 1980s. The ports were handled by Digital Eclipse, who would go on to produce numerous re-releases of this nature (such as Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1). Though the Saturn versions are nearly identical to their original arcade forms, on the Mega Drive slight alterations exist to accommodate the differing hardware. The Saturn version also has extras, such as videos and artwork.

The Sega Dreamcast game Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 is much the same as this release, although features higher quality emulations.

Gameplay

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Production 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

Promotional material

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    Mega Drive US print advert

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    Mega Drive US print advert 2

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    Mega Drive UK print advert

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №51, p76/77[1]
Sega Mega Drive
 90
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
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[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
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[3]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
48
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[4]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
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Sega Power (UK) PAL
64
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[5]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
60
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[6]
Sega Mega Drive
 64
Based on
6 reviews

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
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Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №69, p80
80 №23, p72/73[7]
Sega Saturn
 75
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Saturn
 N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)

Saturn, US
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Manual
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