Midway Arcade Origins

Midway Arcade Origins
Developer(s)	Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Release	NA: November 6, 2012 PAL: November 6, 2012
Genre(s)	Various
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Midway Arcade Origins is an arcade compilation video game released on November 6, 2012,[1] in North America and in Australia. It is the successor to the Midway Arcade Treasures series, and includes a selection of games that were included in those compilations, with the sole exception of Vindicators Part II. Midway Arcade Origins was added to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.[2] The compilation was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which had acquired the old arcade games following Midway Games's bankruptcy.

Games

Thirty-one games are included:[3]

• 720°
• APB
• Arch Rivals
• Bubbles
• Championship Sprint
• Defender
• Defender II
• Gauntlet
• Gauntlet II
• Joust
• Joust 2
• Marble Madness
• Pit-Fighter
• Rampage
• Rampart
• Robotron: 2084
• Root Beer Tapper
• Satan's Hollow
• Sinistar
• Smash TV
• Spy Hunter
• Spy Hunter II
• Super Off Road
• Super Sprint
• Toobin'
• Total Carnage
• Tournament Cyberball 2072
• Vindicators Part II
• Wizard of Wor
• Xenophobe
• Xybots

Reception

On Metacritic, a review aggregator, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews,[4] and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews.[5] In IGN's 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.[6]

References

1. Sarkar, Samit (2012-11-06). "Midway Arcade Origins available today on PS3 and 360". Polygon. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. Sullivan, Lucas (2019-06-11). "Xbox One backwards compatible games list - every old game you can play today". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. Nunneley, Stephany (2012-09-19). "Midway Arcade Origins announced, contains over 30 classic titles". VG247. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
4. "Midway Arcade Origins (Xbox 360)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
5. "Midway Arcade Origins (Playstation 3)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
6. Claiborn, Samuel (2012-11-13). "Midway Arcade Origins Review". IGN. Retrieved 2019-06-14.