Play Williams Arcade Greatest Hits Online

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits came out for the Super Nintendo in 1996, published by Williams Entertainment Inc. It was a solid collection of arcade ports that felt right at home on the SNES during a time when many players were rediscovering these older, simpler styles of games.

You control different ships and characters across the five included games: Defender, Defender II, Joust, Robotron: 2084, and Sinistar. Your main goal is always survival, pushing for a higher score in each distinct challenge. In Defender, you fly horizontally, rescuing humans and blasting aliens before they can abduct them. Joust has you riding a flying ostrich, flapping to gain height and lancing other knights off their mounts. Robotron traps you in single-screen arenas, forcing you to simultaneously move with one joystick and shoot in any direction with the other to save the last human family. The pacing is relentless, and the difficulty is unforgiving, demanding quick reflexes and memorization. Playing it feels like a direct, demanding conversation with the game, where every mistake is immediately punished.