Post by: StrikerObi on August 03, 2004, 10:55:42 AM
Midway today announced the list of titles that will be included in Midway Arcade Treasures 2. The list has a total of twenty games. In addition to announcing the games that will be included in the compilation, Midway also unveiled a new box art style for the series. Here's the list of games:
- A.P.B.™
- Arch Rivals™
- Championship Sprint™
- Cyberball 2072™
- Gauntlet® 2
- Hard Drivin’®
- Kozmik Kroozr’™
- Mortal Kombat® 3
- Mortal Kombat® II
- NARC®
- Pit Fighter™
- Primal Rage®
- Rampage World Tour®
- Spy Hunter® 2
- Timber™
- Total Carnage™
- Wacko™
- Wizard of Wor™
- Xenophobe®
- Xybots™
Plus, here's the new box art.
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 will ship to retailers on October 11th, and carries a suggested retail price of $19.99.
Post by: Ian Sane on August 03, 2004, 11:23:12 AM
The cover looks cool but I don't like this bait and switch bullsh!t.
Post by: SgtShiversBen on August 03, 2004, 12:05:11 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on August 03, 2004, 12:35:17 PM
Because we've never gotten a perfect arcade-to-home version before. And it doesn't really matter what game it is anyway. They told us it was being included and now it's not. And they didn't give a reason either. That's unacceptable. And STUN Runner is supposed to be a really great game. I've never played it but I was looking forward to trying it out after the high praise I've heard from others.
This sucks because it's a situation where the publisher is doing something I don't approve of and I don't want to reward with my buying dollars BUT it's still a product I want it's just not what it SHOULD be. So I'm stuck because I still want to buy it but I want to have a way to tell the publisher in a way that will affect them negatively that I'm pissed at them.
It's like Mega Man Anniversary Collection. I did not want to reward the severe lazyness that was shown in developing that title but the resulting product was still good enough for me to buy even though I felt it should have been much better and it's flaws were completely inexcusible.
How does one legally show their disatisfaction for a product that's good but still fails to deliver?
Post by: Spak-Spang on August 03, 2004, 01:01:53 PM
If I remember correctly the Arcade Collection had many more classics than this. It seems to me they pulled some of the games they were going to include in on this collection. No doubt to have enough material for another collection.
What is missing?
I remember seeing a list with:
Super Smash TV
Toob'N
Mortal Kombat 1
Plox or whatever that puzzle game was called.
Basically just a whole slew of other games. Oh well. I guess Midway get give us all the classics at once.
Post by: Ian Sane on August 03, 2004, 01:29:26 PM
Toobin' and Smash TV were included with Arcade Treasures 1. Super Smash TV is just the name of Smash TV on the SNES. It is the same game with a slightly different name.
Post by: Bartman3010 on August 03, 2004, 01:30:32 PM
Post by: Djunknown on August 03, 2004, 01:56:03 PM
Link-Get!
And bitching ensues....
Post by: nickmitch on August 03, 2004, 01:57:40 PM
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How does one legally show their disatisfaction for a product that's good but still fails to deliver?
Angry letters.
Post by: Ian Sane on August 03, 2004, 02:04:59 PM
So as I suspected MK1 has been moved to MK: Deception. Well that was nice considering us Cube owners don't GET DECEPTION! There's no excuse to remove MK1 from the Cube version. This is like removing an episode of the Simpsons off of a DVD set because it's on another DVD that's only available in the US and then releasing the incomplete DVD set across the world.
I know what I'll do. I'll buy this game USED. Perfectly legal and no money for Midway.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on August 03, 2004, 04:32:09 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on August 03, 2004, 06:43:27 PM
Oh hey. They should of whacked Rampage Universal Tour on there, too. And just like the first, this won't get a PAL release on GameCube. "PS2 and Xbox only okay, we dislike money here at Midway".
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on August 03, 2004, 07:22:27 PM
Post by: Bill Aurion on August 03, 2004, 07:26:36 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on August 03, 2004, 07:37:16 PM
Post by: Windrunner on August 04, 2004, 02:57:40 AM
I doubt you have any idea how many kids got "nightmares" from playing Pokemon, so sayeth their parents. Obviously deeper, underlying issues exist, but the parents CAN'T BE WRONG. Seriouisly, I don't mind losing MKI that much... Midway just sucks some for getting rid of it. I'm lamenting the loss of STUN Runner, more. WTF are they thinking? Do they have a Midway Arcade Treasures III in the works, but only had crap games left? They have to put one or two good titles on it?
Post by: Spak-Spang on August 04, 2004, 03:53:58 AM
Hey does anybody know if the new Ninja Turtles game has both arcade games on it or just the first? Because we have never had arcade perfect translations of those games...and the additional content in the home versions was horrible compared to the arcade. It just didn't flow as well.
Post by: YenRug on August 04, 2004, 07:36:56 AM
From: "Adam Gurney"
To: <games@midway.com>
Subject: Midway Arcade Treasures 2
Date: 04 August 2004 11:59
Hi
it's been noted in recent announcements that the original Mortal Kombat has been removed (along with several other games which had much greater interest levels than those that they have been replaced with) from Midway Arcade Treasures 2. The assumption is that this has been done because it has been included as a bonus with Mortal Kombat: Deception, there is one problem with this, though. The Gamecube is not getting a version of Mortal Kombat: Deception. Are there plans to still include Mortal Kombat on the Gamecube version of Midway Arcade Treasures 2, or are fans of the series to be deprived of experiencing a decent conversion of the original arcade game?
Yours
Adam Gurney
If I get a useful reply back I'll let you know what they said.
