Arcade Classics

For the unrelated CD-i compilation of three Namco games, see Arcade Classics (CD-i game).

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.

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[1] EU: 1996 Game Gear NA: 1996
Genre(s)	Action, shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly	3.875 out of 10 (GEN)[2]
Next Generation	(GEN)[3]
Fort Worth Star-Telegram	[4]

Reception

Arcade Classics was panned by critics. Reviews commented that Arcade Classics includes very few games compared to other retro compilations,^[5][3][6] that it fails to recreate the experience the games offered in the arcades,^[7][3] that the "enhanced" versions offer nothing but mild cosmetic changes,^[8][3][6] and that the overly "busy" backgrounds in the enhanced version of Centipede interfere with the gameplay.^[9][6]