''Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits'' is an arcade game compilation released for the

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Dreamcast The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, preceding Sony's PlayStation 2, N ...

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Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...

Volumes and Games included

Two volumes were released.

Volume 1

The first volume was released for the

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. All versions include the following games: * '' Defender'' * ''

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Robotron: 2084 ''Robotron: 2084'' (also referred to as ''Robotron'') is a multidirectional shooter developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released in arcades by Williams Electronics in 1982. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional wo ...

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Joust Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying to strike the opponent ...

'' The Nintendo 64 version included two exclusive games: * '' Spy Hunter'' * '' Root Beer Tapper'' The Dreamcast versions included two other exclusive games: * ''

Defender II ''Stargate'' is a horizontally scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game in 1981 by Williams Electronics. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to '' Defender'' which was released earlier in the year. It was th ...

'' * '' Bubbles'' The Game Boy Advance version has none of these four exclusive titles.

Volume 2

The second volume was only released on Dreamcast and features the following titles: * ''

Moon Patrol is a 1982 arcade video game developed and released by Irem. It was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. The player controls a moon buggy which can jump over and shoot obstacles on a horizontally scrolling landscape as well a ...

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Paperboy A paperboy is someoneoften an older child or adolescentwho distributes printed newspapers to homes or offices on a regular route, usually by bicycle or automobile. In Western nations during the heyday of print newspapers during the early 20th ...

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Gauntlet Gauntlet or the gauntlet may refer to: Common uses *Gauntlet (glove), protective gloves used as a form of armor *Running the gauntlet, a form of physical punishment Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Gauntlet (comics), a Marvel ...

'' A third volume was planned for release on Dreamcast, but was later cancelled.

Version differences

Sinistar

''Sinistar'' was altered from its original arcade form for the GBA version. The antagonist's eyes no longer glow and his mouth never moves during gameplay. He only says "I am Sinistar!" at the title screen. Occasionally during gameplay, he will say "Run! Run! Run!" Upon receiving a game over, he will say "Beware! I live!" Otherwise, he says nothing.

Reception

All versions of the compilation received generally mixed to negative reviews, with a 64.00% of the first volume of the Dreamcast version, a 70.00% of the second volume of the Dreamcast version, a 63.43% of the Nintendo 64 version, and a 54.50% of the Game Boy Advance version from video game aggregator

GameRankings GameRankings was a video gaming review aggregator that was founded in 1999 and owned by CBS Interactive. It indexed over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 video games. GameRankings was discontinued in December 2019, with its staff bei ...

. The first volume of the Dreamcast version, the Game Boy Advance version, and the Nintendo 64 was criticized for poor sound and visual emulation, especially the Game Boy Advance version, which has been developed by Pocket Games, rather than Digital Eclipse (the developer for the console titles), which has missing voice samples and "shrunk" visuals in ''Sinistar'', glitchy collision detection in ''Joust'' and intense slowdown in ''Defender''.

References

{{Midway Arcade 2000 video games Dreamcast games Game Boy Advance games Nintendo 64 games Midway video game compilations Video games developed in the United States Digital Eclipse games