Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)

For the Sega Saturn game, see Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits (Saturn).

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Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Williams Entertainment (US), THQ (EU)

Developer: Digital Eclipse

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Williams Electronics

Game total: 5

Genre: Compilation

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-04-10		T-97126
EU	1996		T-97126-50
UK	1996-11^[1]	£39.9939.99^[2]
BR	1997-07		042790

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

ESRB

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Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is a compilation of arcade games released in 1996 for the Sega Mega Drive. 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 game in Europe as Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits.

Gameplay

	Defender (1980)
	Defender is a 2D side-scrolling shoot-'em-up, in which the objective is to shoot aliens, avoid projectiles and obstacles and protect humans from being captured. It was unique for its day for allowing the player to move both left and right, the maps "looping" to create a "circular" playfield. It is also the primary influence for the Sega classic, Fantasy Zone. Configurable options: ships to start, bonus at, difficulty increase, maximum difficulty, waves per planet.
	Defender II (Stargate) (1981)
	Defender II is the sequel to Defender, though curiously was never known as Defender II in the arcades, instead opting for the title of Stargate on grounds of legal issues (Defender II being reserved for the NES and older Atari 2600 ports). Defender II is much the same as the first game, but introduces new enemies, a cloaking device and similar minor gameplay additions. Configurable options: ships to start, bonus at, difficulty, inviso time per ship, men to warp, last wave for warp.
	Joust (1982)
	Joust is a single-screen 2D "platform game", in which players control a man riding a "buzzard", who needs to hit the heads of enemies, similar to traditional jousting. Configurable options: lives to start, bonus at, difficulty.
	Robotron 2084 (1982)
	Robotron 2084 is a dual-joystick top-down shoot-'em-up, in which you attempt to save the last surviving human family from robots. This game traditionally causes problems on systems with less than four face buttons (like the Mega Drive), as without a means to emulate the dual joysticks, eight directional firing is hindered, making the game significantly harder. Configurable options: lives to start, bonus at, difficulty, controller angle.
	Sinistar (1982)
	Sinistar is a top-down shooter similar to Atari's Asteroids, however as well as shooting enemies, players need to locate sinibombs to prevent the creation of the extremely powerful Sinistar. Configurable options: ships to start, first bonus at, extra to next bonus, difficulty, rapid fire.

Production credits

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #183: "February 1997" (1997-01-10)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

48

^[7]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[2]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

64

^[8]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

60

^[9]

	64
Based on 6 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	d68e9c00
MD5	0e1cbc28671b781b174693d234a5a446
SHA-1	8c648318fdd54e2c75c44429a72c1c1a846e67cb

512kB

1996-09

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	c0dce0e5
MD5	c8f4f5adc64fb344ca091982b60334af
SHA-1	97e35e8fbe1546b9cf075ab75c8f790edcd9db93

512kB

1996-11

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ GamesMaster, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 11
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 76
↑ EGM², "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 107
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 76/77 (76)
↑ 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
↑ Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 37
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 222

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (Mega Drive)
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Midway, Williams and Atari compilations for Sega systems
	Arcade Smash Hits (1992)
	Arcade Classics (1996) \| Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits (1996)
	Arcade Classics (1996)
	Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits (1996) \| Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 (1997)
	Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (2000) \| Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 2 (2000) \| Atari Anniversary Edition (2001) \| Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 3 (unreleased)

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_047.pdf_p11-1] GamesMaster, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 11

[:File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf_p76-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 76

[:File:EGM2_US_29.pdf_p107-3] EGM², "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf_p76_.2876.2F77.29-4] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 76/77 (76)

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 263

[:File:EGM_US_089.pdf_p96-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 96

[:File:GamePro_US_101.pdf_p89-7] GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 89

[:File:SegaPower_UK_88.pdf_p37-8] Sega Power, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-19), page 37

[9] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 222

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