Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
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European Boxart of the game. | |
Developer(s) | Backbone Entertainment |
Publisher(s) |
Midway Warner Bros. |
Platform(s) | PSP |
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Genre(s) | Compilation |
Mode(s) | Single-Player and Multiplayer (depending on the game) |
Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play is a video game compilation of 21 classic Midway, Atari and Williams arcade games released in 2005 for the PlayStation Portable. Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play was re-released for the PlayStation Store on June 28, 2010 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment due to Midway's bankruptcy, also meaning that Warner Bros. owns rights to most of the Midway, Atari and Williams arcade library after the purchase of some assets of Midway Games.
Games included
- 720°
- Arch Rivals
- Championship Sprint
- Cyberball 2072
- Defender
- Gauntlet
- Joust
- Klax
- Marble Madness
- Mortal Kombat
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Mortal Kombat 3
- Paperboy
- Rampage
- Rampart
- Sinistar
- Spy Hunter
- Toobin'
- Wizard of Wor
- Xenophobe
- Xybots
Reception
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Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play was given mixed reviews from game critics. On the review aggregator Game Rankings, the game has an average score of 62%, based on 35 reviews.[1] On Metacritic, the game has an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 24 reviews.[2] The collection has been criticized for lacking bonus content, for its "bare-bones" presentation, lengthy load times, and for making some games look "stretched", (like Paperboy), or "shrunk", (like Sinistar).[7] Reviewers noted the omission of multiplayer and GameSpot criticized some major visual and sound emulation glitches.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play - PSP Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- 1 2 "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play (psp: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "PSP Review: Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play". Computer and Video Games. 2005-12-05. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review". GameSpot. 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review - PSP". GameZone. 2006-03-01. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "IGN: Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review". IGN. 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ http://psp.ign.com/articles/688/688396p1.html
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/midwayarcadetreasures/review.html
External links
- Midway Arcade Treasures 2: Extended Play media and information archive at Total Mortal Kombat
- Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play at IGN