quoted 6 lines I just installed the Williams Digital Arcade and realized that the
>> I just installed the Williams Digital Arcade and realized that the
>> sounds on these machines had quite a strong impact on me as a kid.
>> Defender! Joust! Robotron!
>
> Is this a PC compilation CD-Rom or something? How much? Is it available
> for *bleugh* Macintosh?
It's a PC CD-ROM called Williams Arcade Classics with six games: Defender,
Stargate (renamed "Defender II" for copyright reasons), Joust, Robotron,
Sinistar, and Bubbles. List price is probably $29.95; I picked it up for
a few bucks less. Some of these games are also available on the Mac but I
don't know which ones or how much they cost.
quoted 3 lines Man, I loved Robotron _sooooooooo_ much that I've been trying to program
> Man, I loved Robotron _sooooooooo_ much that I've been trying to program
> it myself because I can't seem to get an original arcade coin-op (got
> 1st gen Space Invaders though...) or any decent copies on _any_ platform.
The best part is that the Williams Arcade Classics games aren't copies --
they're the original machine code from the arcade games running under a
software emulation of the old Williams board set. They *are* the original
games in every sense. Sinistar can even be played in full portrait mode
if you're willing to turn your monitor on its side.
The *bad* part is that I now have to find some way to get an authentic
twin-joystick setup for Robotron -- a Gravis gamepad doesn't cut it.
And yes, the sound design on these games, especially Robotron, is *excellent*.
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