Midway Arcade Treasures Announced 57
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to The Magic Box's item indicating that Midway are publishing a PS2/Xbox/GameCube title called Midway Arcade Treasures this fall. According to the site, "..the compilation will contain the following classic arcade games: Spy Hunter, Defender II, Gauntlet, Joust, Paperboy, Rampage, Marble Madness, Robotron 2084, Smash TV, Joust 2, Bubbles, Road Blasters, Rampart, Sinistar, Super Sprint, 720, Toobin', Klax, Splat!, Satan's Hollow and Vindicators. In addition, the compilation will include interviews with the creators and developers of these games."
Controller problems (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Controller problems (Score:2)
1) the resolution change caused most games to be unplayable (I could not see the lines well enough). I was playing through a TV card on a monitor, so that could have been some of it.
2) The technology was just too old. Only a few of the games were playable at all.
Of course I am a youngun so I had no nastalga for these games.
That said, I have Midway volumes 1 and 2 for the Dreamcast, and they are great. I still play them often, and
Re:Controller problems (Score:1)
Re:Controller problems (Score:1)
Re:Controller problems (Score:1)
Some of these games do not translate well to the Ps style controllers but some, Robotron 2084 in particular will translate especially well I think, using each of the analog controllers to simulate the 2 joysticks from the machine version.
Other like SpyHunter and RoadBlaster will probably translate well, provided they are set up for them, to steering control
Re:Controller problems (Score:2)
Re:Controller problems (Score:2, Informative)
The enhancement this brings to playing the likes of Gauntlet are pretty immense, obviously.
Great! (Score:1)
Lord, no I don't want a stack of oldies CDs (Score:3, Insightful)
Since when is the game industry as stupid as the recording industry?
Re:Lord, no I don't want a stack of oldies CDs (Score:2)
"Midway announced a new compilation disc for
Please read the article. At least before accusing people of being stupid.
Re:Lord, no I don't want a stack of oldies CDs (Score:2)
There's nothing at the link.
Re:Lord, no I don't want a stack of oldies CDs (Score:2)
This page mentions: "- Midway announced a new compilation disc for PS2, GameCube and Xbox called Midway Arcade Treasures
Re:Lord, no I don't want a stack of oldies CDs (Score:1, Troll)
I didn't think so. Which was the core of all my complaints.
You see it's like the carnival, always the same games same rides. I don't want the next compilation disc to have some cliche'd game on it, yet again just because it's supposedly popular. Tell me how many web sites have you seen that all have a tetris clone? I'm afraid they'll do this with thegames also.
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Rampart! (Score:2)
Re:Rampart! (Score:1)
I have played *EVERY* home version of Rampart ever produced. They are:
* NES (surprisingly good, though the sound could be better)
* Famicom (second NES-hardware version, by Konami, Japan only!, strange version without ships. In one whole difficulty level your "castle" is freakin' Little Red Riding Hood!)
* Gameboy (Also strange in that Japanese way. No ships. You choose a character at the start and fire your cannons at knights and "siege towers.")
* Gameboy Color (different version) (Reasonably
It's about time... (Score:5, Interesting)
I'll just go back to my 3000+ MAME collection now...
Now that I think about it. Maybe classic game publishers should try setting up a central game portal where old ROMs cam be downloaded for $1 each or some-such. They would probably make a bit more profit, and they woulnd't have to screw people over continuously with these repeated re-releases of 10-20 year old games.
It worked somewhat for the music biz... Somewhat.
Uhmm.. (Score:1)
You don't want it, don't buy it.
You want it, well hey, they certainly should be allowed to profit off of that by providing it.
Personally, I won't be purchasing this but only because I don't have a console system. Now if they released it for PC, I'd be dropping my money on this collection in a heartbeat.
Yeah, I can get all the MAME's, but that's not the point. The point is using your dollar to encourage quality.
Thank Activision Anthology (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Thank Activision Anthology (Score:1)
Where's Pac Man? (Score:2)
Re:Where's Pac Man? (Score:2)
Re:Where's Pac Man? (Score:1)
Best comp. ever. (Score:3, Interesting)
Hell, I'd buy it for those games alone.
Now, 20 games in one package. I'm glad that someone got serious about re-relesing their games. With any luck, this will bring on a storm of quality packages of older games, rather than the 4 game stupidness.
Re:Best comp. ever. (Score:2)
Re:Best comp. ever. (Score:1)
That's what these reissues are really for, so you can finally beat all the games you would've needed a US Mint's worth of quarters to beat when you were a kid...
smash tv mod (Score:2)
i hate it when companies ruin classic games by changing the fundamentals of what made them work, this is especially evident in 2d - 3d 'transitions'. certain games were just better suited to 2d, like platformers. a big part of mario died when it went to 3d. but zelda on the otherhand was enhanced (since it was really a 2.5
Mod parent up! (Score:2)
Warrior needs food -- BADLY! (Score:1)
Re:Warrior needs food -- BADLY! (Score:3, Insightful)
Drool.... (Score:1)
By the way, if you're looking for more great retro gaming on your PS2, get the Activision Anthology [activision.com] (go to that site and you'll have "The Safety Dance" stuck in your head all day). Plus, I think it's dirt cheap now. Over 45 games, classic commercials. Tons o' fun.
On second thought... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:On second thought... (Score:1)
I'm not saying that their emulation needs to be ripped out of MAME, but it would seem appropriate to discontinue distributing these ROMs. As long as the copyright holder is distributing them, it is improper for others to do so.
I can think of no reasonable justification for continuing to infringe on the copyrights of thes
Beautiful!! (Score:2)
This does so much better, with so many more games, and the Gamecube control should work wonders with most of these. Even Marble Madness should be decent, since we've already seen what can be done in that vein with Super Monkey Ball.
Absolutely lovely - I look forward to an evening of Robotron on a 27 inch TV with the ste
Re:Beautiful!! (Score:2)
Robotron had no voices.
However, Sinistar did, and they could be downright eerie at first, especially since the game always makes you feel like you're fighting an unwinnable battle. (Yes, you are, like most games of that era, but still...)
Marble madness 2? (Score:1)
Why don't they release *that* ROM on the disc?
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=861
GBA? (Score:2)
Discs of Tron (Score:1)
How can they forget 1942? (Score:1)
Re:How can they forget 1942? (Score:1)
What you are confused with is the subtitle was "1942: The Battle of Midway"
Must Haves! (Score:1)