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Arcade Classics

Arcade Classics is a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game compilation featuring three classic arcade games: Pong, Missile Command, and Centipede, plus a revised Sega version of each one. A version of the game was also…

31 December 1996

Arcade Classics is an arcade developed by Al Baker & Associates, released 31 December 1996 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Arcade Classics is

Arcade Classics is an arcade game developed by Al Baker & Associates and released in 1996. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Arcade Classics is a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game compilation featuring three classic arcade games: Pong, Missile Command, and Centipede, plus a revised Sega version of each one. A version of the game was also released for the Sega Game Gear, with Ultrapong replacing Pong.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pong series

Arcade Classics is the sixth of 13 entries we hold in the Pong series. It arrived 23 years after Quadrapong. The next entry was Pong in 1998.

See all 13 Pong games in release order →

What it launched against

Arcade Classics launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

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When did Arcade Classics come out?
Arcade Classics was released on 31 December 1996 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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