Midway Arcade Treasures
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| Midway Arcade Treasures | |
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 The first edition cover art for Midway Arcade Treasures.  The re-release cover art, designed to match that of the later volumes in the Midway Arcade Treasures series. |
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| Developer(s) | Digital Eclipse, Backbone Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Midway, ZOO Digital Publishing |
| Platform(s) | PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC |
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| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | |
| Media/distribution | DVD, Nintendo optical disc |
Midway Arcade Treasures is a collection of 24 arcade games developed by Digital Eclipse and released by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.
A second collection, Midway Arcade Treasures 2, was released for the same consoles in October 2004 and a third console compilation, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 was released in September 2005, except for the PC. Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play, a compilation of 21 select titles from the first and second volumes was released for the PSP. On February 17, 2006 Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition was released exclusively for the PC, containing all 28 games from Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3, plus the original Mortal Kombat.
The compilation plays similarly on all three consoles, however the Xbox version has the extra ability to upload scores to an on-line scoreboard. The special features on each version of the game are the same. These include game histories, developer interviews and other documents. This compilation is a combination of the games included in "Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits", "Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits", and "Arcade Party Pak" for the original PlayStation and PC and each contain exactly the same extras from those collections. Additionally, there are eleven more games included that are not found in those collections.
This game was later rereleased as "Midway Arcade Treasures 1", the title and packaging being changed slightly to match the second and third games in the series. Despite this, the games themselves remain the same.
In the UK, distribution of the compilation was handled by ZOO Digital Publishing (now Zushi Games).
This game is currently not Xbox 360 compatible.
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[edit] Games
The collection consists of the following 24 arcade games:
| TITLE | RELEASED | VERSION | COMMENT |
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| 720° | 1986 | ||
| Blaster | 1983 | ||
| Bubbles | 1983 | ||
| Defender | 1980 | ||
| Defender II aka StarGate | 1981 | ||
| Gauntlet | 1985 | ||
| Joust | 1982 | ||
| Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest | 1986 | ||
| Klax | 1989 | ||
| Marble Madness | 1984 | ||
| Paperboy | 1984 | ||
| Rampage | 1986 | ||
| Rampart | 1990 | ||
| RoadBlasters | 1987 | ||
| Robotron: 2084 | 1982 | ||
| Root Beer Tapper | 1984 | ||
| Satan's Hollow | 1982 | ||
| Sinistar | 1982 | ||
| Smash TV | 1990 | ||
| SPLAT! | 1982 | ||
| Spy Hunter | 1983 | ||
| Super Sprint | 1986 | ||
| Toobin' | 1988 | ||
| Vindicators | 1988 |
[edit] Reception
Midway Arcade Treasures received mixed, but generally positive reviews with a 75.31% for the GameCube version, 73.86% for the PlayStation 2 version, and 75.02% for the Xbox version. Criticisms are the poor menu layout, slowdown in Smash TV, for the documentaries and interviews having video quality that is grainy and unrestored, as well as the documentaries and interviews being rehashed from previous Midway collections.
