Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play

Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
European Boxart of the game.
Developer(s)	Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Midway Warner Bros.
Platform(s)	PSP
Release date(s)	NA December 13, 2005 EU February 24, 2006
Genre(s)	Compilation
Mode(s)	1-4 players (depending on the game)
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature) PEGI: 16+
Media/distribution	1 UMD

Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play is a video game compilation of 21 classic Midway, Atari and Williams arcade games released in 2005 for the PlayStation Portable. Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play was re-released for the PlayStation Store on June 28, 2010 by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment due to Midway's bankruptcy, also meaning that Warner Bros. owns rights to most of the Midway, Atari and Williams arcade library after the purchase of some assets of Midway Games.

Games included

• 720° - single player
• Arch Rivals - one or two players
• Championship Sprint - one or two players
• Cyberball 2072 - one or two players
• Defender - single player
• Gauntlet - one to four players
• Joust - one or two players
• Klax - one or two players
• Marble Madness - one or two players
• Mortal Kombat - one or two players
• Mortal Kombat 2 - one or two players
• Mortal Kombat 3 - one or two players
• Paperboy - single player
• Rampage - one to three players
• Rampart - one to three players
• Sinistar - single player
• Spy Hunter - single player
• Toobin' - one or two players
• Wizard of Wor - one or two players
• Xenophobe - one to three players
• Xybots - one or two players

Multiplayer games support wireless connection between players.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	62%[1]
Metacritic	63%[2]
Review scores
Publication	Score
Computer and Video Games	7/10[3]
GameSpot	5.2/10[4]
GameZone	6.9/10[5]
IGN	6/10[6]

Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play was given mixed reviews from game critics. On the review aggregator Game Rankings, the game has an average score of 62%, based on 35 reviews.^[1] On Metacritic, the game has an average score of 63 out of 100, based on 24 reviews.^[2] The collection has been criticized for lacking bonus content, for its "bare-bones" presentation, lengthy load times, and for making some games look "stretched", (like Paperboy), or "shrunk", (like Sinistar).^[7] Reviewers noted the omission of Robotron: 2084 and GameSpot criticized the choice of the original Mortal Kombat 3 instead of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, as well as some major visual and sound emulation glitches.^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play - PSP Reviews". GameRankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928287.asp. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play (psp: 2005): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/midwayarcadetreasures2. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
3. ^ "PSP Review: Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play". Computer and Video Games. 2005-12-05. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=130699&site=psw. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
4. ^ "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review". GameSpot. 2005-12-15. http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/midwayarcadetreasures/review.html. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
5. ^ "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review - PSP". GameZone. 2006-03-01. http://psp.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r27581.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
6. ^ "IGN: Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play Review". IGN. 2006-02-06. http://psp.ign.com/articles/688/688396p1.html. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
7. ^ http://psp.ign.com/articles/688/688396p1.html
8. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/midwayarcadetreasures/review.html

External links

• Midway Arcade Treasures 2: Extended Play media and information archive at Total Mortal Kombat
• Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play at IGN