Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits is a video game compilation of Williams Entertainment's early arcade games from the golden age of arcade games. The title was created by Digital Eclipse, who developed a compiler to emulate the arcade games' source codes in order to recreate all aspects of the originals. Initially released for home computers in 1995 as Williams Arcade Classics, the compilation was ported to numerous console systems soon after. While most ports were published as Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits, the title was changed for several releases. The Sega Saturn version was released as Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits, the handheld Game.com system was published under the original Williams Arcade Classics name, and the Dreamcast port was titled Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 1.

The compilation consists of Defender, the publisher's seminal horizontal shooter; Defender II, the former title's updated sequel; Joust, a cooperative action game featuring knights on large flying birds; Robotron: 2084, a multidirectional shooter set in a fictional future world where robots have revolted against humans; Sinistar, another multidirectional shooter in which the player battles a giant anthropomorphic spacecraft; and Bubbles, an action game where the player uses a bubble to clean a kitchen sink. Historical information and developer interviews were also included. A few ports omitted Bubbles from the collection as well as the additional historical content.

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits received a mixed reception by gaming publications, with the earlier releases praised more and the later Dreamcast version receiving considerably less favorable reviews. The selection of the titles—except for Bubbles, which received a wide range of responses—were frequently praised, as was the quality of the emulation. Defender, Joust, and Robotron were frequently lauded as the stand-out games in the collection. While the anthology's nostalgia was a frequent point of praise, the original arcade audiovisuals were often described as dated and critics recommended Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits predominantly for fans that grew up with the originals in arcades. The compilation was followed by the Midway Arcade Treasures product line, of which the first volume includes much of the same content among additional retro arcade games.