Arcade Classics

Sega exclusiveBundle / compilation

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.

Released: 1996
Platforms: Game Gear Sega Genesis
Genres: Arcade
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

Arcade Classics is a Genesis/Mega Drive compilation of three Atari, Inc. arcade video games: Pong (1972), Missile Command (1980), and Centipede (1981), plus a revised version of each one. It was published in 1996 by Sega. A version was also released for the Game Gear, with Ultrapong replacing Pong.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
maze
compilation
space battle
tank
floating blocks

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

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