Retro Gaming Australia

Who’d have thought and ostrich would be an useful form of transit?

Joust pits you, the ostrich riding knight against an army of buzzard riding knights. Apparently the preference of animal used for transit is a cause for war.

Who doesn’t love a compilation?

Arcade’s Greatest Hits was a mid 1990s compilation featuring several of Midway’s early 1980s successes like Defender, Joust and Sinistar. I have to admit to enjoying this particular version of Defender, since the Mega Drive pad makes it so much easier. This ad is for the UK 16-bit versions.

Big money! Big prizes! I love it!

Super Smash TV was the name given to the 16-bit ports of Midway’s arcade hit Smash TV. This ad is for the Probe-developed Mega Drive/Genesis version, but it’s worth nothing that the Super Nintendo version of the game was developed here in Australia by the late Beam Software. Both versions were published by Acclaim. Like the ad suggests, the game is pretty damn difficult, but it’s all in good fun.

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