Overview and Gameplay
Five Williams arcade machines are gathered into one late-era SNES collection: Defender, Defender II, Joust, Robotron: 2084, and Sinistar. Williams Arcade’s Greatest Hits focuses on score-driven arcade survival rather than a single story campaign.
Each game keeps its own objective. Defender and Defender II mix side-scrolling shooting with humanoid rescue, Joust turns platform movement into aerial collisions, Robotron: 2084 is a frantic arena shooter, and Sinistar sends the player mining crystals and fighting a giant space enemy.
Controls And Mechanics
- The game select screen opens individual arcade games and their options.
- Options include settings such as lives and difficulty.
- Robotron uses directional firing, Defender uses thrust, reverse, hyperspace, and smart bombs, and Sinistar uses Sini-bombs.
- Joust supports two-player play with both controllers.
- Play is built around survival, waves, lives, and high scores.
Version Notes
- This is the European PAL SNES release.
- The package contains Williams arcade games and is separate from Atari arcade compilations with similar naming.
Release And Credits
- European SNES release year: 1997.
- Developer: Digital Eclipse Software.
- Publisher: Williams.
