Midway Arcade Origins

Last updated
Midway Arcade Origins
Midway Arcade Origins (Cover).jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s) Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Release
  • NA/PAL: November 6, 2012
Genre(s) Various
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Midway Arcade Origins is a 2012 video game compilation developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. [1] A successor to the Midway Arcade Treasures series, it compiles several arcade games that were owned or published by Midway Games from 1981 to 1992. The game was later for the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program. [2] The compilation was published after Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment had acquired the rights to the games following Midway Games bankruptcy.

Contents

Games

Midway Arcade Origins compiles 31 emulated arcade games owned by the now-defunct Midway Games. A majority of the titles, with the exception of Vindicators Part II , have appeared in the compilation series Midway Arcade Treasures . [3]

Games included in Midway Arcade Origins
TitleGenreOriginal releaseDeveloper
Defender Shoot 'em up 1981 Williams Electronics
Stargate [i] Shoot 'em up 1981 Vid Kidz
Wizard of Wor Action 1981 Dave Nutting Associates
Joust Action 1982 Williams Electronics
Robotron: 2084 Shoot 'em up 1982 Vid Kidz
Satan's Hollow Shoot 'em up 1982 Midway Games
Sinistar Shoot 'em up 1983 Williams Electronics
Bubbles Action 1983 Williams Electronics
Spy Hunter Vehicular combat 1983 Midway Games
Marble Madness Platformer 1984 Atari Games
Root Beer Tapper Action 1984 Marvin Glass and Associates
Gauntlet Dungeon crawler 1985 Atari Games
720° Sports 1986 Atari Games
Championship Sprint Racing 1986 Atari Games
Gauntlet II Dungeon crawler 1986 Atari Games
Joust 2 Action 1986 Williams Electronics
Rampage Action 1986 Midway Games
Super Sprint Racing 1986 Atari Games
APB Action 1987 Atari Games
Spy Hunter II Vehicular combat 1987 Midway Games
Xenophobe Action 1987 Midway Games
Xybots Shooter 1987 Atari Games
Toobin' Action 1988 Atari Games, Midway Games
Vindicators Part II Shoot 'em up 1988 Atari Games
Arch Rivals Sports 1989 Midway Games
Super Off Road Racing 1989 Leland Corporation
Tournament Cyberball 2072 Sports 1989 Atari Games
Pit-Fighter Fighting 1990 Atari Games
Rampart Strategy 1990 Atari Games
Smash TV Shoot 'em up 1990 Williams Electronics
Total Carnage Shoot 'em up 1992 Midway Games
  1. ↑ Titled as Defender II for home console ports of the game.

Reception

On Metacritic, a review aggregator, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews, [4] and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews. [5] In IGN 's review, Samuel Claiborn wrote the collection features great games, but technical problems – including poor controls – makes the online leaderboards the only reason to play it. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Sarkar, Samit (2012-11-06). "Midway Arcade Origins available today on PS3 and 360". Polygon . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Lucas (2019-06-11). "Xbox One backwards compatible games list - every old game you can play today". GamesRadar . Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. ↑ Nunneley, Stephany (2012-09-19). "Midway Arcade Origins announced, contains over 30 classic titles". VG247 . Archived from the original on 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  4. ↑ "Midway Arcade Origins (Xbox 360)". Metacritic . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Midway Arcade Origins (Playstation 3)". Metacritic . Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  6. ↑ Claiborn, Samuel (2012-11-13). "Midway Arcade Origins Review". IGN . Archived from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.