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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)	Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear
Release	Genesis NA: July 1996 EU: 1996 Game Gear NA: 1996
Genre(s)	Action, shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

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.

Reception

Review scores
Publication	Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly	3.875 out of 10 (GEN)
Next Generation	(GEN)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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.

References

"Next Wave: Arcade Classics". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 84. Sendai Publishing Group. July 1996. p. 86.
^ "Review Crew: Arcade Classics". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 84. Ziff Davis. July 1996. p. 22.
^ "Arcade Classics". Next Generation (21). Imagine Media: 160. September 1996.
Mayhew, Malcom (October 12, 1996). "Resorting to retro". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 123. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "16-Bit ProReviews: Arcade Classics". GamePro. No. 95. IDG. August 1996. p. 68.

v t e Atari video game compilations
Collections	Arcade Smash Hits Microsoft Arcade Arcade Classic Arcade Classics Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 Atari Anniversary Edition Atari Anthology Retro Atari Classics Atari Greatest Hits Atari Vault Atari 50
Series	Defender 2000 Missile Command 3D Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker

v t e Centipede series
Games	Centipede (1981) Millipede Centipede (1998) Centipede: Infestation
Compilations	Arcade Smash Hits Microsoft Arcade Arcade Classic Arcade Classics Arcade's Greatest Hits Atari Anniversary Edition Atari Anthology Retro Atari Classics Atari Greatest Hits Atari Vault Atari 50
Related	Dona Bailey Ed Logg Atari Flashback series Pixels

v t e Pong
Games	Pong Doctor Pong Pong: The Next Level
Compilations	Arcade Classics Atari Anniversary Edition Atari Anthology Retro Atari Classics Atari Greatest Hits Atari Vault Atari 50
Related	Allan Alcorn Video Olympics Atari Flashback series

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