Topic: Midway Prepares Arcade Treasures 2

[WindyMan]

If you're too old to remember the games from the first compilation, then maybe a few of these newer ones will ring a bell.

Midway Set to Deliver Another Feast of Old School Delicacies with Midway Arcade Treasures 2

Midway® Arcade Treasures 2™ Brings Back More Than 20 Arcade Classics Including All-Time Favorites Such As the Original Mortal Kombat®, NARC®, Cyberball 2072™ and Arch Rivals™

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2004--Midway Games Inc., a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced Midway Arcade Treasures 2, a compilation of classic Midway arcade games together on one disk. The sequel to the successful 2003 launch of Midway Arcade Treasures, Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is currently in development and scheduled to ship Fall 2004 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and the Nintendo GameCube™ with a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Midway Arcade Treasures 2 features hundreds of hours of classic gameplay action from all-time arcade favorites including the blood-spurting intensity of Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat® II and Mortal Kombat® 3, the multiplayer collaboration of Gauntlet® 2, the drug-busting adventure of NARC and the no-holds-barred street fighting action of Pit Fighter™, just to name a few.

"Midway Arcade Treasures has been so well-received that it was an easy decision to give gamers more of what they want while, at the same time, help to evolve Midway's classic arcade titles to today's next generation gaming consoles," said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer, Midway. "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 features many of the arcade era's biggest hits such as, Mortal Kombat, Primal Rage® and Cyberball 2072 that once ruled arcades across the nation."

With Midway Arcade Treasures 2, gamers will have the option of enjoying their favorite games in one-to-four-player game formats, depending on the title, and will experience a collection of classic titles that represent a fresh, new era in gaming relative to other "classic" game compilations. The bonus DVD content in the game will also feature several classic video montages of original commercials, launch trailers and making of the game videos for several of the classic arcade titles included on the disk.

Midway Arcade Treasures 2 includes more than 20 classic arcade games including:

-- A.P.B.™
-- Arch Rivals
-- Championship Sprint™
-- Cyberball 2072
-- Gauntlet 2
-- Hard Drivin'®
-- Mortal Kombat
-- Mortal Kombat II
-- Mortal Kombat III
-- NARC
-- Pit Fighter
-- Primal Rage
-- Rampage World Tour
-- Spy Hunter® 2
-- Steel Talons™
-- STUN Runner™
-- Timber™
-- Total Carnage
-- Wizard of Wor™
-- Xenophobe®
-- Xybots™

[NintendoTrekker18]

Cool stuff. If I remember correctly, Hard Drivin was one of the first Polygon racers, back there with Virtua Racing (a classic, IMO). Arch Rivals was a prototypical NBA Jam. And, I think that Championship Sprint was another one of those enjoyable top-down racer. I haven't played any of the others, including any of the Mortal Kombat series. So, most of these will be new to me. Too bad Paperboy 2 isn't on here though.  

[Bartman3010]

I think I just peed my pants. Cant wait for #3

[JurassicParkFan]

WoW!!!!  Primal Rage on the GCN!!!!!!   This is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!  Just one question...  Did midway always own Primal Rage? I do not remember.
I hope we can get a new PR game in 3D!

[Ian Sane]

"Did midway always own Primal Rage? I do not remember."

No Primal Rage is made by Atari Games.  However Midway later purchased Atari Games and now owns all of their properties.  Oh and just to be really confusing Atari Games is different from the Atari home console game division which has since sold it's name to Infrogames.

[KDR_11k]

(Infogrames. I thought their name and logo was a lot better than Atari, especially since they have a history reaching back into the "retro" days.)

Now, someone smack Midway a good one for not releasing this in Europe.

[Kulock]

Stun Runner... I've wanted a port of that for so long. It was just a neat, stylish racing game. Sure, it's not going to win any visual awards compared to Gran Turismo 4 (if I remember correctly, the look was closest to that of Starfox for the SNES), but it was really impressive for the time, and should be good for some nostalgia indeed.