Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
Defender, Defender II, and Robotron 2084. Nuff saidGenre: arcade - n/a
Publisher: Williams
Year: 1996
System: SNES
Gameplay Score: 3
Gameplay Notes:
Defender, Defender II, and Robotron 2084 are worth the price of admission in their own. Not a fan of Joust and its weird hitboxes and Sinistar is a baffling game. Games play fast feel great with a d-pad. This is hand down the better of the Arcade compilations.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
Even though they're classics is hard to say these games can hold up against the games they inspired. Gladius 3 and Super Smash TV greatly expanded on the formulas laid down by Defender and Robotron.
Theme Score: 4
Theme Notes:
This is a collection of fast action games. Each game has a few options but aside from a simple menu you can do right in and start gaming.
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
Obviously simple graphics but these games run smooth and have great use of color. The explosions are satisfying with particles flying and the screen flashing like in Defender. Good stuff.
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
Again, archaic sounds but these ports sound just like the originals. Or at least I think they do. Regardless, they sound great, for 40 year old games.
Overall Score: 61
Review ID: 689
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