What is your favourite Williams arcade game??

**Arqueologia_Digital** · 02-01-2003, 07:21 PM

Williams...a great company in my opinion, these are my favorite games:
Bubbles
Robotron
Turkey shoot
Moon patrol

**Six Switch** · 02-01-2003, 07:36 PM

Bubbles
Robotron
Sinistar

All great games.Too bad I lost my Saturn Williams collection,it had all my favs on it! :-(

**NE146** · 02-01-2003, 07:40 PM

I really wouldn't call Moon Patrol a true Williams game.. they just licensed it. It was by some Japanese company where I grew up at.. but I forget who (Irem?)

My favorite Williams game is still definitely ROBOTRON

My top 3 are the obvious and most well known Williams games.. but there's a reason for it and it's not hype. They're just that good

1. Robotron: you just can't beat it. You can play it year after year.. and if you get tired of it, just lay off for a few months, because you'll be right back and it will still be as fresh and challenging as ever

2. Defender: Still can bring the best players to their knees.. yet it's still very "masterable"

3. Joust: 'Nuff said.

**Arqueologia_Digital** · 02-01-2003, 07:48 PM

Oh!, i forgot Joust!!!, thank you NE146, well, in my top 3 i replace Moon patrol for Joust

**Charlie** · 02-01-2003, 07:50 PM

Oh god, Robotron wins. Not even close. The first arcade game I paid over a thousand dollars for.

**Masco73** · 02-01-2003, 08:50 PM

Although I have not played them all, my favorite so far would be Joust.

**Metrackle** · 02-01-2003, 10:09 PM

Without a doubt, Robotron: Cool sound effects and addictive as hell.

**NoahsMyBro** · 02-01-2003, 11:46 PM

I can't believe Defender hasn't been anybody's favorite yet! When I saw this topic header, the ONLY Williams game I even thought of was Defender.

For Me, Defender is definitely THE #1 Williams game. Having read through the others, Joust would be up there too. I remember liking Sinistar, but barely remember the game now. Was Satan's Hollow Williams? It was pretty good too.

But Defender (or Stargate) is definitely head & shoulders above any others. No contest.

**Charlie** · 02-02-2003, 12:26 AM

I think there is a reason why. I've really never been able to get into Defender because... well... I don't find it all that fun. I bought it, but only because I got a good deal on it and because it fits the scheme of my arcade (classics from the 80s).

Seriously though, it's just not all that fun a game, and it hasn't even aged paticularly well. As with a game like... say... Joust, you can still have a blast playing Cutthroat Joust. And Robotron is still every bit as frantic, fastpaced, and insane as it was when I was a really little kid. Defender is just... sort of there.

**Griking** · 02-02-2003, 12:39 AM

My Top three has to be;

Stargate - Without any Doubt Whatsoever!

Joust

Smash TV

Not that I don't love Robotron, Sinistar and other classics, but they can't all be in my top 3

**NoahsMyBro** · 02-02-2003, 12:40 AM

@Charlie -

I haven't managed to get myself any arcade games yet, although I've wanted one since I was a kid. And, tops on my list has always been either Defender or Stargate. Unfortunately I can't afford eBay prices for one, and haven't taken the time to hunt for one with any sort of determination.

If you decide to unload yours (& if you're reasonably near me geographically - I'm in New Jersey, USA), I'd definitely like to discuss buying yours from you.

**Charlie** · 02-02-2003, 01:42 AM

1. It's not for sale.
2. If it was for sale, you wouldn't be able to afford it (or you would think I'm charging to much)
3. I live nowhere near you.

Besides, Defender isn't really that hard to find as far as arcade games go. I had a way tougher time tracking down Robotron. I just stumbled across Defender and was like "Are you looking to sell it? You are? Well hot dog." But I put in WAY to much work to unload this thing.

**Ascending Wordsmith** · 02-02-2003, 05:12 AM

My favorite Williams coin-op is Hit the Ice. Four players, twelve chemically imbalanced characters with hockey sticks, a blind referee, and plenty of fights.

**Mayhem** · 02-02-2003, 05:44 AM

Defender followed by Robotron and Smash TV.

And yes, Moon Patrol was by Irem...

**digitalpress** · 02-02-2003, 06:36 AM

Personally...

FIRST PLACE:

SECOND PLACE:

THIRD PLACE:

**scooterb23** · 02-02-2003, 07:50 AM

1. Bubbles
2. Smash TV
3. Robotron

**Stark** · 02-02-2003, 09:23 AM

Joust was my favorite Williams arcade game.

**Captain Wrong** · 02-02-2003, 02:30 PM

top 8:

Robotron
Smash TV (close between these two)
Defender
Joust
NARC
Sinistar
Blaster (maybe I'm the only one who likes this game)
Bubbles

Satan's Hollow was Midway, BTW.

**Arqueologia_Digital** · 02-02-2003, 05:40 PM

No, i also like blaster and...Turkey shoot

**NE146** · 02-02-2003, 06:26 PM

You guys that like Turkey Shoot... did you ever play the actual arcade cabinet? I think it threw up real feathers! :P

BTW, I like Blaster too. But although Sinistar is cool.. that's one Williams game I can't get into. It's just TOO difficult. And you can play it all you want, but I have yet to see anyone really master it (although I'm sure there are people who are good at the game). I just haven't seen anyone near me over the past 20 years who could do anything relevant past the 3rd or 4th stage. :P RUN COWARD!!!!!!!!1

**Charlie** · 02-02-2003, 06:35 PM

I didn't list Sinistar but only because I think I played it only once when I was a little kid (the cockpit version). I was like five, and I ran screaming to my mother the very second it said "I LIVE". I haven't seen it in an arcade sense.