Bye Midway....

misterPK · 13 Feb 2009 at 10:00

One of the original arcade game makers, they've been around forever. Was only talking with my boss the other day about galaxian and gorf...

PK!

HTMLHugo · 13 Feb 2009 at 13:38

ill give them NBA jam and mortal kombat as good games the rest are mostly pap.

EasyG · 13 Feb 2009 at 13:49

mortal kombat vs DC universe is a class game, only superhero game that beats it is marvel vs capcom 2 on dreamcast and that was years ago, therefore midway rock the superhero beat em up scene.

Everyone that says they've never played a midway game isn't a real gamer or is abour 4 years old so you couldn't play some of their classic games.

IF you haven't played the following you've been deprived.

Galaga
Defender
Mortal Kombat >
NBA Jam
Smash TV
Stranglehold (not a classic but awesome fun)

the big game there is NBA Jam, you may not like sports games but it is an amazing game!!

vincent1989 · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:26

and the only one on that list i liked remotely was team buddies, i will miss you greatly

neil3k · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:45

FirebarUK said:
Battlestations Pacific, hope it's still released

Eidos

Noel Gallagher · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:52

HTMLHugo said:
mediocre company. ah well good bye.

yup..

nevermind

tonyyeb · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:56

HTMLHugo said:
ill give them NBA jam and mortal kombat as good games the rest are mostly pap.

Agree with this.... maybe spy hunter too.

Frapple · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:48

Area 51 wasn't bad.

Rest is meh.

knowledge123 · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:59

It's only the US side that is going under.

Midway stressed in its announcement that the bankruptcy filing only affects its U.S. operations, that its international business will go on as before. International sales accounted for about 44 percent of Midway’s sales in the first nine months of last year.

Red and White · 13 Feb 2009 at 17:24

carlazai said:
Smash TV was an awesome game but that was 1991 or something

available on xbox live. brilliant game. needs bringng up to date in a fps format. would be the best game ever

Tunney · 13 Feb 2009 at 17:34

From downtown!
He's on fire!

Why hasn't NBA Jam been released on XBLA?

DanTheMan · 13 Feb 2009 at 21:47

I loved San Francisco rush back in the day. Can't remember which console it was on though

, I think it was the N64.

thevet · 13 Feb 2009 at 22:10

Ind3h! said:
One cut and paste later:

coin op version of spyhunter

only game that springs to mind

adam cool dude · 13 Feb 2009 at 23:58

san fran rush, mk1 + 2, nba jam. that was over ten years ago though. i also loved playing cruisn the usa in butlins arcade as a kid.

sc(+)pe · 14 Feb 2009 at 00:40

Some games I really enjoyed coin-op wise. Farewell my friends

Mr-White · 14 Feb 2009 at 00:53

mortal Kombat was awesome in its day

MW

MikeHunt79 · 14 Feb 2009 at 02:15

Mr-White said:
mortal Kombat was awesome in its day

MW

Toasty!

FirebarUK · 14 Feb 2009 at 13:20

Eidos

Looks like I got confused by Midway. Thanks

Panic over!

skullman · 14 Feb 2009 at 13:57

cheets64 said:
Meh, cant think of the a single game I bought from Midway in....ever.

Probably because they were known more for their coin-op related stuff rather than anything they've published for home video gaming.

I spent a fortune on coin-op Smash TV back in the day!

carlazai · 14 Feb 2009 at 14:01

Red and White said:
available on xbox live. brilliant game. needs bringng up to date in a fps format. would be the best game ever

Thats an amazing idea! The boss fights were amazing, my friend and i loved the coop mode on the Atari ST. The coinup was so difficult i cant think of a game that had me so frustrated. Its almost worth buying a 360 to relive the memories