Arcade Classics

Arcade Classics is a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game compilation featuring three classic arcade games: Pong, Missile Command, and Centipede, plus a revised Sega version of each one. A version of the game was also released for the Sega Game Gear, with Ultrapong replacing Pong.

For the unrelated CD-i compilation of three Namco games, see Arcade Classics (CD-i game).
Arcade Classics
Mega Drive box art
Developer(s)Al Baker & Associates
Publisher(s)Sega
Programmer(s)Al Baker
Nathan Baker
Composer(s)Matt Scott
Platform(s)Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Gear
ReleaseSega Genesis
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Reception

Arcade Classics was panned by critics. Reviews commented that Arcade Classics includes very few games compared to other retro compilations,[1][2][4] that it fails to recreate the experience the games offered in the arcades,[1][2] that the "enhanced" versions offer nothing but mild cosmetic changes,[1][2][4] and that the overly "busy" backgrounds in the enhanced version of Centipede interfere with the gameplay.[1][4]

References
  1. "Review Crew: Arcade Classics". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (84): 22. July 1996.
  2. "Arcade Classics". Next Generation. Imagine Media (21): 160. September 1996.
  3. Mayhew, Malcom (October 12, 1996). "Resorting to retro". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 123. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "16-Bit ProReviews: Arcade Classics". GamePro. IDG (95): 68. August 1996.


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