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Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2

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Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 cover
Developers
Midway Games
Publishers
GT Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 21, 1997
Arcade's Greatest Hits
Williams Arcade Classics 1995
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Midway Collection 2 1997
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2 1998

Key points

This compilation contains the following games: Blaster, Burger Time, Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest, Moon Patrol, Root Beer Tapper, and Spy Hunter
No installation required. All the games run directly from the CD

General information

MobyGames entry

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Internet Archive streaming

Some of the games in this compilation are available for free and legal streaming via the Internet Archive. They are configured to run under MAME emulation.

To modify emulator settings, press Tab ↹. Controller support is available for compatible browsers (hold down a button on the controller while loading the page).

Game data

In-game general settings (for Joust 2).
In-game general settings (for Joust 2).
The game does not have any save files and the config files are all on the CD

Video settings

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Input settings

In-game key map settings (for Joust 2).
In-game key map settings (for Joust 2).
In-game general joystick settings (for Joust 2).
In-game general joystick settings (for Joust 2).
In-game advanced joystick settings (for Joust 2).
In-game advanced joystick settings (for Joust 2).

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Varies between games.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Selected game crashes on startup

Set up compatibility settings[citation needed]
  1. Right click on the [Game name here].EXE file (located on the CD) and select "Properties".
    • The individual EXE files are: BLASPLAT.EXE (Blaster), BURGER.EXE (BurgerTime), JOUST2.EXE (Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest), MOON.EXE (Moon Patrol), SPY.EXE (Spy Hunter), and TAPPER.EXE (Root Beer Tapper).
  2. Go to the "Compatibility" tab and enable Compatibility Mode (set it to "Windows 98/Windows ME").
  3. Launch the game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, NT 4.0 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) SVGA

References