Product Description

Midway Arcade Treasures features hundreds of hours of classic gameplay action from all-time arcade favorites including the fast-paced action of SpyHunter, the multiplayer collaboration of Gauntlet, the space-age adventure of Defender and the dueling combat of Joust, just to name a few.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3203 in Video Games
• Brand: Midway
• Released on: 2003-11-17
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.25" w x 7.25" l, .20 pounds

Features

• Over 20 classic video games that defined the arcades of the 70s and 80s are collected in one pack
• Fast-paced action with Spy Hunter, Joust, Paperboy, Marble Madness, RoadBlasters
• Multi-player fun with Gauntlet, Rampage, Smash TV, 720,
• Space-age and fantasy adventure with Defender, Joust, Robotron 2084, Stargate
• Also contains fun bonus DVD content - game histories, creator interviews and top gaming secrets

Customer Reviews

Perfect translations, culutre shock and no quarters
My youth has returned!

Many of the games I had to stand in line at the arcade to play and then was slaughtered by in 60 seconds flat are contained on this 20+ game compilation of old arcade hits (and misses): Robotorn 2084, Rampage, Joust (1 & 2), Defender (1 & 2), Smash TV...just great stuff abounds. Of course, there are some clunkers, but hey: it was the 80s.

The translations here are frighteningly faithful: the graphics, sound and general play of the controls is dead-on (except for maybe "Marble Madness", but if you have a ball controller instead of buttons and joysticks, you're back in action). There was some element of culture shock once I got started playing these on the PS2 (it boggles the mind how few buttons you need to play any of these games as opposed to the thumb-wracking madness of today's offerings), and the game overall feels like a big cheat code since you don't have to stop playing just because you ran out of quarters. Just hit the start button and you're back where you were, fighting the big bosses...indefinitely.

A classic made up of classics. And at the price, you really can't go wrong, period.

Best Anthology available for PS2
What many people don't take into consideration is that this anthology blows the other anthologies and compilations away. The sheer number of games (20), the number of good games (at least half of them were favorites), and the level of faithfulness these ports are to the original games (very good as well), makes this collection absolutely incredible. Games like Vindicators, Road Blasters, Rampage, and Gauntlet look exactly like they did in the arcades. The sounds were straight out of the games. Additionally, the difficulty level was able to be changed, just like an owner can in the arcades. Finally, one feature that really helped was that most of the games allowed you to continue, some of them indefinitely, so for some of those games that you chugged a lot of quarters in, not just because you wanted to play those games, but because you wanted to FINISH those games, you now can!

The only imperfection to this gameset is that it doesn't allow you to use a steering wheel. Man, being able to use one for Road Blasters and Spy Hunter would have been excellent.

All this leads to Midway Arcade Classics II, which comes out in late fall of 2004, which sounds just as good as this one! Same low price, too!

Good fun for us old arcade geeks
I'm a big fan of the old games. Give me Pac Man, Asteroids, or Pole Position anyday. These games are like a time machine into my youth. This compilation includes some classics, which ate many of my quarters when I was young. I highly recommend it for those who spent too much money at the arcade playing these games.

A note to those reading the game description on Amazon.com: there's a couple inaccuracies. First the compilation doesn't include Moon Patrol. Not a big deal, but for some (like me) that was a favorite game which I was looking forward to playing. Second, this compilation doesn't include any 80's music. Again, not a big deal, but if you were expecting some 80's tunes while playing these classics, you'll have to put on your own cd.