Admittedly, most of the games use very few buttons by today's standards, but there are a handful of games that employ the dual analog sticks to good effect-like the insane Total Carnage, for example.įeatured games that we've not mentioned yet, by the way, include Arch Rivals, Cyberball 2072, Primal Rage, Timber, Wacko, Wizard of Wor, Xybots, Rampage World Tour, Xenophobe, and the four-player Gauntlet 2. All of the games are already playing pretty much as we'd expect them to, though, and the developer has done a good job of translating the various control schemes to modern-day controllers.
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Unsurprisingly, you can expect the PS2 and Xbox versions of all 20 treasures to be more or less "arcade perfect," but in our work-in-progress version, a few of the games suffered from inconsistent frame rates and occasional graphical glitches. There will be plenty of other titles that you can have fun with on your own, though, including Championship Sprint, NARC, Spy Hunter 2, Pit Fighter, Kozmik Kroozr' and, of course, the MK titles.īust dope dealers, and clean up the urban jungle in NARC. In fact, APB and Hard Drivin' will be the only two games included that have no multiplayer option. Unlike Midway's first Arcade Treasures compilation, the vast majority of the 20 games included this time around are designed primarily to be played with a friend or three.
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However, they're joined by plenty of other titles that are as playable today as they ever were, and they're made all the more enjoyable by the fact that you won't need deep pockets full of quarters to beat them. Arguably, the most significant titles included are Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3 (the original Mortal Kombat was originally going to appear alongside them but will instead ship with the special edition versions of Mortal Kombat: Deception later this year).
The collection comprises no fewer than 20 of Midway's aging arcade titles, some of which can definitely be considered treasures.
We've recently had the opportunity to get hands-on with unfinished PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Midway Arcade Treasures 2. Double-click the video window for a full-screen view. Ivan's name does, however, remain intact on the high score list ("IVN") and game credits.Midway Arcade Treasures 2 packs several classic fighting games. "Ironman's" Speed Shop was renamed Off-Road Speed Shop, and Ivan himself (the gray, AI-controlled racer) was renamed "Lightning" Kevin Lydy. For legal reasons, the image of "Ironman" Ivan Stewart has been altered in the two Super Off Road games he now has sunglasses and a mustache and both games are now known as simply Super Off Road (the original arcade versions were known fully as Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road). It was developed and published by The Leland Corporation. Super Off Road and its Track Pack is the only game on this collection, and in the entire trilogy, that was not developed by Williams, Midway, or Atari Games. However, this version runs at 60 frames per second, which is faster than the arcade.
Additionally, San Francisco Rush: The Rock was re-programmed from the ground up while the tracks and vehicles are the same as the arcade version, the physics engine is slightly different, and the music has been replaced, save for the "What's Your Name?" high score music. While most of the games in this collection are emulations or recreations of the arcade versions, Hydro Thunder and Rush 2049 are based on the console versions, specifically ports of the Dreamcast releases.
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