What is your favourite Williams arcade game??

[Arqueologia_Digital]

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

[Six Switch]

Bubbles
Robotron
Sinistar

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

[NE146]

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 :D 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]

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

[Charlie]

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

[Masco73]

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

[Metrackle]

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

[NoahsMyBro]

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]

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]

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]

@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]

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]

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.

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/H/xHit_The_Ice.png

[Mayhem]

Defender followed by Robotron and Smash TV.

And yes, Moon Patrol was by Irem...

[digitalpress]

Personally...

FIRST PLACE:
http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/robotron.png

SECOND PLACE:
http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/smashtv.png

THIRD PLACE:
http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/arcade/sinistar.png

[scooterb23]

1. Bubbles
2. Smash TV
3. Robotron

[Stark]

Joust was my favorite Williams arcade game. 8-)

[Captain Wrong]

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]

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

[NE146]

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]

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.

[IGotTheDot]

ROBOTRON!!!!!!

Joust!!

[Lady Jaye]

For me, it's Defender/Stargate all the way. For me, there aren't enough differences between both games to consider them as separate titles.

[kainemaxwell]

Probably:

Robotron
Joust and Joust 2
Sinistar
Defender

[Atar1G1rl]

Joust and Robotron are probably my favorites. My brother Mike used to kick some ass at Defender, but, alas, I never could do as well as he did.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

You guys that like Turkey Shoot... did you ever play the actual arcade cabinet? I think it threw up real feathers! :P
I don´t play Turkey shoot in arcade, only in MAME and it´s very difficult but funny LOL

[kevates]

Joust, with Robotron a close second. I like Sinistar, too... but I'm HORRIBLE at it!

[Arqueologia_Digital]

No problem man, i´m HORRIBLE too :D

[stayrunner]

Joust!!!

[Balloon Fight]

1. Robotron
2. Smash TV
3. Joust

All of those games are classics in every way.