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Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits is an arcade game compilation released for the Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance.

Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
Nintendo 64 cover art of Volume 1
Developer(s)	Digital Eclipse
Publisher(s)	Midway
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance Nintendo 64 Dreamcast
Release	Dreamcast NA: June 27, 2000 EU: July 28, 2000 Nintendo 64 NA: November 14, 2000 [1] Game Boy Advance NA: November 22, 2001 EU: November 30, 2001
Genre(s)	Arcade
Mode(s)	Single player

Volumes and Games included

Two volumes were released.

Volume 1

The first volume was released for the Nintendo 64,[1] Dreamcast, and Game Boy Advance. All versions include the following games:

• Defender
• Sinistar
• Robotron: 2084
• Joust

The Nintendo 64 version included two exclusive games:[2]

• Spy Hunter
• Root Beer Tapper

The Dreamcast versions included two other exclusive games:[3]

• Defender II
• Bubbles

The Game Boy Advance version has none of these four exclusive titles.[4]

Volume 2

The second volume was only released on Dreamcast[5] and features the following titles:

• Moon Patrol
• Paperboy
• 720°
• Spy Hunter
• Rampage
• Gauntlet

A third volume was planned for release on Dreamcast, but was later cancelled.[6]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

All versions of the compilation received generally mixed to negative reviews, with a 64.00% of the first volume of the Dreamcast version,[7] a 70.00% of the second volume of the Dreamcast version,[8] a 63.43% of the Nintendo 64 version,[9] and a 54.50% of the Game Boy Advance version[9] from video game aggregator GameRankings. The first volume of the Dreamcast version,[10] the Game Boy Advance version, and the Nintendo 64[11] 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.[12]

References

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