Midway Arcade Treasures 3

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Midway Arcade Treasures 3

Developer(s)	Midway
Publisher(s)	Midway
Release date(s)	September 26, 2005
Genre(s)	Compilation of Racing Games
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 12+
Platform(s)	PS2, Xbox, GameCube

Midway Arcade Treasures 3 is an arcade racing compilation for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. It is the third installment following Midway Arcade Treasures and Midway Arcade Treasures 2.
In April 2006 the Midway Arcade: Trilogy Pack was released for the PlayStation 2 containing all three of the Arcade Treasures releases.

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Unlike in previous installments, Midway Arcade Treasures 3 only features arcade racing games. They include:

Badlands
Off Road Thunder: Mud, Sweat 'N Gears
Race Drivin'
San Francisco Rush: The Rock
S.T.U.N. Runner
Super Off Road (and its upgrade, Super Off Road Track Pack)
Hydro Thunder (console version)
San Francisco Rush 2049 (console version)

Furthermore, 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. As a result (and because this collection only features racing games), the name "Midway Arcade Treasures" in this instance can be considered misleading.

Super Off Road/Track Pack is the only game on this collection (and by extension, on this series) that was not developed by Williams, Midway, or Atari Games. It was developed and published by The Leland Corporation.

Also, 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"). "Ironman's" Speed Shop was re-named Off-Road Speed Shop, and Ivan himself (the gray, AI-controlled racer) was renamed "Lightning" Kevin Lydy. Ivan's name does, however, remain intact on the high score list ("IVN") and game credits.