Arcade Classics (CD-i video game)

{{for|the unrelated Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Game Gear game that includes three Atari games|Arcade Classics}}

{{Short description|1996 video game}}

{{Infobox VG

|title = Arcade Classics

|image = Arcade Classics CD-i.jpg

|caption =

|developer = Namco

|publisher = Philips Media

|composer = Chris Helmore

|released = 1996

|genre = Arcade game

|modes = Single-player

|platforms = Philips CD-i

}}

Arcade Classics is a video game compilation released on CD-i containing ports of three Namco arcade games. The compilation was released in Europe but not in North America.{{Cite journal |last=Gao |first=Yuexian |last2=Liu |first2=Chang |last3=Gao |first3=Naying |last4=Khalid |first4=Mohd Nor Akmal |last5=Iida |first5=Hiroyuki |date=2022-03-01 |title=Nature of arcade games |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875952121000665 |journal=Entertainment Computing |volume=41 |pages=100469 |doi=10.1016/j.entcom.2021.100469 |issn=1875-9521|url-access=subscription }}

It contains the games Galaxian (1979), Ms. Pac-Man (1981), and Galaga (1981). Galaxian resembles the Famicom port instead of it representing the original arcade game. Galaga is cropped into a "window" while the status (lives, score, etc.) is moved into the outer frame. Ms. Pac-Man resembles Tengen's ports of the game and even includes the extras from their ports (multiple sets of mazes, simultaneous multiplayer, etc.). The earliest game that can be viewed is Computer Space (1971).{{Cite web |title=Arcade Classics: Video Games from the Collection |url=https://movingimage.org/archived-events/arcade-classics-video-games-from-the-collection/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Museum of the Moving Image |language=en-US}}