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Originally posted by wolf

In the meantime ... does anyone know if williams brothers arcade hits is available for playstation (1 or 2)? I have this irrational need to have joust on every game system I own. Sometimes it's just too much hassle to unplug one to plug the other one in, you know ...

Yes, it is, for PS1. The disc is titled "Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits," and it contains the same six games (Joust, Sinistar, Defender, Defender II/Stargate, Robotron:2084 and Bubbles) found in the original PC Williams Arcade Classics release.

(That was the software release that sent a lightning bolt screaming through the Internet community, inspiring many to start on homebrew emulators of their own. The first was Dave Spicer's "Sparcade," which I still have an alpha release of on my old HD -- the second public demo with six playable games. The first version of MAME (as "Multi-Pac," covering several flavors of Pac-games) followed a bit later; its open-source nature led to it eventually assimilating every other major emulator's games as well. TECHNICALLY, the Mac version of Williams Arcade Classics (with three games) came first, but...)

Anyway, the front is pictured <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1945750762">here</a> for as long as the relevant eBay auction holds up. Good luck haunting your local EB.