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Midway Arcade Treasures
Developer(s)	Digital Eclipse, Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Midway
Platform(s)	PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC
Release date(s)	November 18, 2003 PlayStation 2 NA November 18, 2003 PAL February 6, 2004 Xbox NA November 24, 2003 PAL February 6, 2004 GameCube NA December 18, 2003 Windows NA August 27, 2004 PAL November 23, 2004
Genre(s)	Compilation
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen OFLC: General 8+ PEGI: 12+
Media	DVD, Nintendo optical disc
Input methods	Gamepad, Keyboard

Midway Arcade Treasures is a collection of 24 arcade games developed by Digital Eclipse and released by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.

A second collection, Midway Arcade Treasures 2, was released for the same consoles in October 2004 and a third console compilation, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 was released in September 2005, except for the PC. Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play, a compilation of 21 select titles from all three volumes was released for the PSP. On February 17, 2006 Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition was released exclusively for the PC, containing all 28 games from Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3, plus the original Mortal Kombat.

The compilation plays similarly on all three consoles, however the Xbox version has the extra ability to upload scores to an on-line scoreboard. The special features on each version of the game are the same. These include game histories, developer interviews and other documents. This compilation is a combination of the games included in "Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits", "Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits", and "Arcade Party Pak" for the original PlayStation and PC and each contain the exact same extras from those collections. Additionally, there are eleven more games included that are not found in those collections.

Games

The collection consists of the following 24 arcade games:

• 720 Degrees, released in 1986
• Blaster, released in 1983
• Bubbles, released in 1983
• Defender, released in 1980
• Defender II aka StarGate, released in 1981
• Gauntlet, released in 1985
• Joust, released in 1982
• Joust 2: Survival of the Fittest, released in 1986
• Klax, released in 1989
• Marble Madness, released in 1984
• Paperboy, released in 1984
• Rampage, released in 1986
• Rampart, released in 1990
• Road Blasters, released in 1987
• Robotron: 2084, released in 1982
• Root Beer Tapper, released in 1984
• Satan's Hollow, released in 1982
• Sinistar, released in 1982
• Smash TV, released in 1990
• SPLAT!, released in 1982
• Spy Hunter, released in 1983
• Super Sprint, released in 1986
• Toobin', released in 1988
• Vindicators, released in 1988

See also

Video games portal

• Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
• Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits
• Arcade Party Pak

External links

• Official Website
• Midway Arcade Treasures at MobyGames
• Midway Arcade Treasures at GameSpot
• Midway Arcade Treasures at IGN

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Midway Arcade Treasures
Developer(s)	Digital Eclipse/Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Midway
Release date(s)	November 18, 2003
Genre(s)	Compilation
System(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, Direct2Drive
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen PEGI: Ages 12+
Followed by	Midway Arcade Treasures 2
Series	Midway Arcade Treasures

This is the first game in the Midway Arcade Treasures series. For other games in the series see the Midway Arcade Treasures category.

Midway Arcade Treasures is a collection of 24 arcade games developed by Digital Eclipse and released by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Windows.

The compilation plays similar on all three consoles however the Xbox version has the exclusive ability to upload scores to an online scoreboard. The special features on each version of game are the same. These include game histories, developer interviews and other documents. This compilation is an amalgamation of the "Arcade's Greatest Hits" series (minus the pre-1984 Atari titles, as well as Burgertime and Moon Patrol), plus "Arcade Party Pak" for the original PlayStation and PC and each contain the exact same extras from those collections.

The collection contains 24 arcade games:

External links

• Official Website - Play 10 of the included games online