Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1 is a collection of Atari

Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...

 arcade games for the Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...

, Sony PlayStation, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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. Most of these games fall into the action game category. It was released for an older audience of gamers who preferred the classic 1980s games over the then-current 32-bit and 64-bit graphics of the mid to late 1990s.

The Saturn and PlayStation versions of the game include an FMV documentary on the "Golden Age of Atari", featuring video interviews with the programmers behind the six games in the compilation.

Games

• Asteroids
• Battlezone
• Centipede
• Missile Command
• Super Breakout
• Tempest

All six of the games were later included in the Atari Anthology

Atari Anthology

Atari Anthology is a collection of 85 Atari, Inc. games released in 2003 as Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! for Microsoft Windows, and in 2004 for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. It reproduces both Atari arcade games and titles from the Atari 2600 game console. The Windows version features a slightly...

compilation for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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, Xbox

Xbox

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, and PC

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