Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (Nintendo 64)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 2.5 stars OK
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 5.2 (2.5 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Jeff Gerstmann
• Reviewed on: 11/28/2000
• Updated on: 05/17/2006
• Released on: 11/14/2000
• Originally published on GameSpot: Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (Nintendo 64) Review

Everyone had figured that Midway was finished delivering its collection of '80s arcade classics to modern-day consoles. But we had forgotten about the N64. Midway, however, didn't forget, and now you can play emulated versions of games like Joust or Spy Hunter. While the gameplay is on par with the original versions of the games, the original versions managed to look and sound a bit better than Midway's N64 renditions.

The collection contains some real classics. Defender is here, complete with its overly difficult (well, when you were 8 or 9 years old, anyway) thrust and reverse controls, though you can cheat and use the D-pad to travel left or right at will. Robotron 2084 uses the N64's C buttons as the right control stick, which works incredibly well. Joust seems a little more difficult than the arcade original, mostly because it's harder to pound the N64's A button to stay aloft than it is to jam on the arcade's nice, large flap button. Tapper appears in its kid-friendly Root Beer variant. In Spy Hunter, a small informative display has been added to the left side of the screen, replacing the original version's dashboard-style lights. Sinistar rounds out the package and makes great use of the N64's analog stick to emulate the arcade original's 49-way joystick.

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