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Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Stern Man, Kozmik Krooz’r, Solar Fox, Omega
Collection. In an ideal world, this Race, and, if they were willing to shell
lovely selection of classic arcade emu- out the dough for the rights, Tron, Discs
lations would include Berzerk and of Tron, and Journey? It’d be total
Frenzy (complete with speech synthe- bliss…but I’m not holding my breath.
sis), Bagman (and maybe Super Bag-
man too), Turtles, Tutankham, Ami-
dar, and Strategy X. Since Berzerk is The Taito Treasury. Taito is responsi-
the cretaceous crustacean forebear of ble for so many incredibly memorable
such 3-D maze shooters as Doom and games that it hurts to think that they
Duke Nukem, it is long overdue that haven’t been re-released. Who among
recognition. us wouldn’t shell out a few dead presi-
dents for such classics as Qix, Phoenix,
Jungle Hunt, Elevator Action, Stratovox,
Nichibutsu Arcade Hits. This little- Front Line, Colony 7, Arkanoid, Zoo
known manufacturer turned out some Keeper, and – lest we forget where
great stuff! Everyone remembers Bally/Midway licensed it from – the origi-
Crazy Climber, Seicross, and Moon nal Space Invaders?
Cresta, don’t they? Or the obscure Amidar
sequel Crazy Climber II?
Excavating Exidy. A collection of
Exidy classics, including Mouse Trap,
Universal Arcade Hits. Universal Pepper II, Starfire, Venture, and Targ.
unleashed some of the funkiest and
most fun games to hit the arcades in
the early 1980’s. A Universal collec- Sega Classics. Probably limited only
tion would probably include Mr. Do, to the Dreamcast, this compilation
Mr. Do’s Castle and Do Run Run! would unearth long-lost favorites such
(and possibly Mr. Do’s Wild Ride as as Zaxxon, Pengo, Buck Rogers:
well), along with Ladybug, Snap Jack, Planet of Zoom, Congo Bongo, Carni-
and Cosmic Avenger. val, Turbo, Space Odyssey, Tac-
Scan, Space Fury, and more.

Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Mid-
way Collection II. Midway’s vaults Arcade’s Greatest Hits: The Atari
are lined with forgotten hits and cult Collection III. By jumping from the
classics. They came real close to era of Tempest and Missile Command
releasing one with Gorf and Wizard of straight into latter-day titles like Paper-
Wor, but backed out at the last min- boy and Gauntlet, Midway’s AGH se-
ute. Why not a compilation featuring ries skipped a huge number of very
those titles, along with Kickman, Domino Kick Man memorable Atari titles. This collection would
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