''Arcade Smash Hits'' is a video game compilation published by

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and released in 1992 for the Master System. The game is a compilation of three games in one cartridge. In 1996, Sega released a similar title for the Sega Genesis and

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called '' Arcade Classics'', but with versions of ''

Pong ''Pong'' is a table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released in 1972. It was one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Al ...

'' instead of ''Breakout''.

Gameplay

The compilation contains three classic arcade games to play: '' Centipede'', '' Breakout'' and ''

Missile Command ''Missile Command'' is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for Japanese and European releases. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game '' Temp ...

''. They are ported from the

Atari 2600 The Atari 2600, initially branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) from its release until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocesso ...

games made in 1982, 1978 and 1981 respectively. However the games were updated to allow one or two players (alternating) and make use of digitized voices.

Reception

The compilation was negatively reviewed by

Mean Machines ''Mean Machines'' was a multi-format video game journalism, video game magazine published between 1990 and 1992 in the United Kingdom. Origins In the late 1980s ''Computer and Video Games'' (''CVG'') was largely covering the outgoing generatio ...

magazine mainly for the slow responsiveness of the games and the lack of new features.

References

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* * 1992 video games Sega video games Master System games Master System-only games Atari video game compilations Video games developed in the United Kingdom Video games scored by Matthew Simmonds {{sega-stub