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Press Release
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MIDWAY ARCADE TREASURES™ 3
RACES TO STORE SHELVES
Collection of Classic Arcade
Racers Ships Today for PlayStation®2 and Xbox® |
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Chicago – September 26, 2005
– Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive
entertainment industry publisher and developer, today
announced the release of Midway Arcade Treasures™ 3,
a compilation of eight classic Midway arcade racing games,
shipping to retailers nationwide. Midway Arcade
Treasures 3 is now available for the PlayStation®2
computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game
system from Microsoft. Both platforms will be available with
a suggested retail price of $19.99.
In October 2005,
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for the Nintendo GameCube™
and Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition for PC,
which includes 28 classic arcade games, are scheduled to
ship to retailers nationwide with a suggested retail price
of $19.99. Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition
features games found in both Midway Arcade Treasures 2
& Midway Arcade Treasures 3.
“Continuing the
Midway Arcade Treasures tradition of delivering
Midway’s great gaming classics into the home, Midway
Arcade Treasures 3 focuses on the company’s rich
history of ground-breaking and innovative arcade racing
titles – all for less than what most people pay for a full
tank of gas,” said Steve Allison, chief marketing officer,
Midway. “Launching in October, Midway Arcade Treasures:
Deluxe Edition for PC brings 28 arcade classics to the
home computer at a value price, and in November Midway
Arcade Treasures: Extended Play is scheduled to be
Midway’s first PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) system title.”
Midway
Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
includes 21 classic arcade games from the “best of”
Midway Arcade Treasures and Midway Arcade Treasures
2. This PSP system collection is scheduled to be
released in November 2005 to retailers nationwide with a
suggested retail price of $29.99.
About Midway
Arcade Treasures 3
Midway
Arcade Treasures 3 gives gamers a
chance to challenge the streets where drivers race, stunt or
battle in San Francisco Rush 2049™, or beat the
clock while finishing in one piece with S.T.U.N. Runner™.
If hitting the pavement isn’t their style, Hydro
Thunder® with its wicked watercourses and Off Road
Thunder: Mud, Sweat ‘N Gears™, are available for those
who steer clear of a smooth ride.
Midway
Arcade Treasures 3 has more than
70 tracks that take drivers from coast to coast and around
the world. Gravity defying jumps, bonus track packs and
one-on-one or split screen competitive modes are guaranteed
to give “joyride” a whole new meaning. The entire Midway
Arcade Treasures 3 collection is available on Xbox
Live™ for players to post their scores and determine who
gets the bragging rights.
Eight classic
arcade racing games including:
- Badlands™
- Hydro Thunder®
- Off Road
Thunder: Mud, Sweat ‘N Gears™
- Race Drivin®
- San Francisco
Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition ™
- San Francisco
Rush 2049™
- S.T.U.N.
Runner™
- Super Off
Road™ & Bonus Tracks Pack
About Midway
Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition
Midway
Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition
lives up to it’s title with a set of games that range from
fighting greats such as Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3
to the fast –paced action of racing favorites Championship
Sprint and Super Off Road all for the PC. Go head-to-head
with friends or enemies in two-player hits such as Arch
Rivals and Total Carnage. If gamers crave more multi-player
action, Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition provides
nourishment with three player games Rampage World Tour and
Xenophobe. Four-player Gauntlet II brings back feelings of
nostalgia while playing as one of the original Gauntlet
characters: Elf, Warrior, Wizard, and Valkyrie. |
28 classic arcade
games including:
- Mortal Kombat®
II %
- Mortal Kombat®
3
- Gauntlet® II
- Spy Hunter® II
- Xybots™
- NARC®
- APB™
- Cyberball
2072™
- Timber™
- Total Carnage™
- Pit Fighter™
- Wizard of Wor™
- Xenophobe®
- Primal Rage®
- Arch Rivals™
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- Rampage World
Tour®
- Kozmik Krooz’r™
- Championship
Sprint™
- Hard Drivin’™
- Wacko™
- Badlands™
- Hydro Thunder®
- Off Road
Thunder: Mud, Sweat ‘N Gears™
- Race Drivin’®
- San Francisco
Rush the Rock: Alcatraz Edition™
- San Francisco
Rush 2049™
- S.T.U.N.
Runner™
- Super Off
Road™ with bonus Track-Pak!
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About Midway
Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
Midway’s first PSP
system title, Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
will feature select games from both Midway Arcade
Treasures and Midway Arcade Treasures 2.
Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play is currently in
development for PSP system, with multi-player wireless
support available for 16 of the 21 games. Players can now go
on the move with the original games that kick-started
several franchises with Mortal Kombat, Rampage, Gauntlet,
and Spy Hunter. |
21 classic arcade
games including:
- Klax®
- Joust®
- Marble
Madness®
- Toobin’®
- Rampage®
- Gauntlet®
- Rampart®
- Wizard of Wor™
- Championship
Sprint™
- Arch Rivals™
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- Zybots
- Cyberball
2072™
- enophobe®
- Mortal Kombat®
- Mortal Kombat®
II
- Mortal Kombat®
3
- Spy Hunter®
- Sinistar®
- Defender®
- Paperboy®
- 720°®
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About Midway Games
Headquartered in
Chicago, IL with offices in San Diego, CA, Seattle, WA,
Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Munich, Germany, London, UK,
and Adelaide, AUS, Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) is a leading
developer and publisher of interactive entertainment
software for major video game systems and personal
computers. More information about Midway can be obtained at
www.midway.com. |
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