Atari ST Arcade Conversions : WILLIAMS (#7)
376 arcade games from Williams Electronics were ported to the Atari ST between 1985 & 1990 : Defender, Joust, NARC, Robotron 2084, Smash T.V., Stargate.
00:00 Introduction
00:30 "NARC" (Arcade - 1988)
01:30 "NARC" (Atari ST conversion by Ocean Software - 1989)
03:00 "Joust" (Arcade - 1982)
04:00 "Joust" (Atari ST conversion by Rugby Circle, Inc. - 1985)
05:25 "Defender" (Arcade - 1981)
06:30 "Defender" (Atari ST conversion by Llamasoft - 1990)
08:15 "Robotron 2084" (Arcade - 1982)
09:15 "Robotron 2084" (Atari ST conversion by Andromeda Software - 1987)
10:20 "Smash T.V." (Arcade - 1990)
11:38 "Smash T.V." (Atari ST conversion by Probe - 1990)
13:10 "Stargate" (Arcade - 1981)
14:25 "Stargate" (Atari ST conversion by Llamasoft - 1990)
Williams initially was a manufacturer of pinball machines. In 1964, Williams was acquired by jukebox manufacturer Seeburg Corp. and reorganized as Williams Electronics Manufacturing Division. In 1973, the company branched out into the coin-operated arcade video game market with its Pong clone Paddle Ball, eventually creating a number of video game classics, including Defender and Robotron: 2084. In 1974, Williams Electronics, Inc. was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Seeburg. Williams Electronics was sold as an independent company during the bankruptcy of Seeburg in 1980.
Following a 1991 reorganization, the video game division of Williams was absorbed into Midway Manufacturing Company (which was purchased and reincorporated by WMS in 1988) and the Williams brand would be exclusively used for pinball machines.
WMS formed Williams Entertainment, Inc. in 1994 following their purchase of Tradewest, Inc. to publish titles for the home consumer market.
In 1996, WMS transferred the copyrights of Williams' video game properties to Midway Games, Inc. while inversely, Midway transferred its copyrights of their Bally pinball tables to Williams Electronics Games. That same year, Williams Entertainment was renamed Midway Home Entertainment, Inc. Midway spun off from WMS on April 1998.
Due to increasing losses, WMS shuttered their pinball division on October 25, 1999 and has since put gambling machines as its focus.
Williams Electronics Games, Inc. currently exists as a legal entity within Scientific Games Corporation (who acquired WMS Industries in 2013) to hold copyrights to its pinball tables and license them out to other companies for re-releases and virtual recreations.
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