<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
classic	O
arcade	O
game	O
compilations	O
released	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
between	O
1993	O
and	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
games	O
included	O
in	O
these	O
compilations	O
were	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
games	O
in	O
both	O
appearance	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
newly	O
written	O
versions	O
,	O
not	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
code	O
;	O
these	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
programmed	O
specifically	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
with	O
each	O
game	O
running	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
window	O
(	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
window	O
with	O
a	O
border	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
compilation	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
1.44MB	O
floppy	O
for	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
3.1	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
was	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
to	O
celebrate	O
Pac-Mans	O
20th	O
anniversary	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
re-released	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
and	O
added	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
(	O
as	O
presented	O
in	O
Revenge	O
of	O
Arcade	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
roster	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
updated	O
package	O
was	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
:	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
these	O
follow-ups	O
required	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
or	O
later	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
demo	O
for	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
is	O
a	O
16-bit	O
program	O
that	O
requires	O
only	O
WinG	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
one	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
Mrs.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
)	O
all	O
these	O
games	O
are	O
sort	O
of	O
past	O
their	O
sell-by	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
you	O
have	O
an	O
unmitigated	O
disaster	O
,	O
callously	O
cashing	O
in	O
on	O
people	O
's	O
misremembered	O
childhood	O
memories.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
stated	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Arcades	I-Application
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
games	O
was	O
"	O
nearly	O
flawless	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
liked	O
Battlezone	B-Application
the	O
most	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
games	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
been	O
done	O
better	O
since	O
"	O
by	O
games	O
like	O
Spectre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
computer	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
1993	O
by	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
debuted	O
in	O
position	O
16	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
rankings	O
for	O
April	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
PC	O
Data	O
,	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
was	O
the	O
eighth-best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
for	O
1996	O
overall	O
,	O
after	O
claiming	O
16th	O
in	O
the	O
rankings	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
