Midway Arcade Origins
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. 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.
Midway Arcade Origins
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- 2012
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- Warner Bros. Games
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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. 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.
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The compilation was published after Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment had acquired the rights to the games following Midway's bankruptcy. The game was later for the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.
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• Title — Midway Arcade Origins • Developer — Backbone Entertainment • Publisher — Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment • Platforms — PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 • Released — November 6, 2012 • Genre — Various • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
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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. Games included in Midway Arcade Origins • Title — Genre — Original release — Developer • Defender — Shoot 'em up — 1981 — Williams Electronics • Stargate — 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
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On Metacritic, a review aggregator, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews, and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews. In IGNs 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.
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- 1.Sarkar, Samit. Midway Arcade Origins available today on PS3 and 360. Polygon. 2012-11-06.
- 2.Sullivan, Lucas. Xbox One backwards compatible games list - every old game you can play today. GamesRadar. 2019-06-11.
- 3.Nunneley, Stephany. Midway Arcade Origins announced, contains over 30 classic titles. VG247. 2012-09-19.
- 4.Midway Arcade Origins (Xbox 360). Metacritic.
- 5.Midway Arcade Origins (Playstation 3). Metacritic.
- 6.Claiborn, Samuel. Midway Arcade Origins Review. IGN. 2012-11-13.
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