Midway Arcade Treasures 2
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| Developer(s) | Digital Eclipse Backbone Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Midway |
| Platform(s) | PS2 Xbox GameCube |
| Release date(s) | PlayStation 2 & Xbox GameCube
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| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is the second collection of classic arcade games published by Midway for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. This compilation includes 20 games that were not in the 2003 release of Midway Arcade Treasures or the 2005 release of Midway Arcade Treasures 3.
The game plays similar on all three consoles; however, the Xbox version has the exclusive ability to upload scores to an online scoreboard. The special features on each version of the game are the same. These include game histories, developer interviews, and other documents.
Games
The collection consists of the following 20 arcade games:
This collection was rated M by the ESRB largely because of Mortal Kombat II and 3, and NARC. With all the other games, the compilation would have received a rating of a T (for teen) or lower. The PlayStation 2 version is the only PlayStation 2 arcade compilation game to receive this rating; other M-rated compilations for the PlayStation 2 are mostly dual or triple packs of games that have been already released on the same console. Rampage World Tour is also featured as a bonus game in Rampage Total Destruction on GameCube and Wii, which is rated E10+ by the ESRB.
The compilation was planned to include all three Mortal Kombat titles, Steel Talons and S.T.U.N. Runner.[1] The first Mortal Kombat game was moved to the extras disc in the limited edition version of Mortal Kombat: Deception, while the other two games were omitted entirely because of developmental problems. Kozmik Krooz'r and Wacko were added instead.[1]
The first Mortal Kombat later appeared in other compilations from the Midway Arcade Treasures series: Extended Play for the PSP, and Deluxe Edition for the PC; while S.T.U.N. Runner appeared in Midway Arcade Treasures 3.
Reception
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Midway Arcade Treasures 2 was given average to favorable reviews from game critics. On the review aggregator Game Rankings, the compilation has an average score of 73%,[2] while the average score is 74 out of 100 on Metacritic.[3] Criticisms are the weaker selection of titles when compared to the previous volume, minor and major emulation glitches, the omission of the original Mortal Kombat and for some of the interviews and documentaries for being grainy and unrestored.[8] GameSpot also criticized the inclusion of the original Mortal Kombat 3, as opposed to the superior Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.[9]
Due to button mapping issues with the start button, in Mortal Kombat II random character select (Up+Start) cannot be used and Smoke (Down+Start at the Portal stage while getting a Dan Forden shouting out the: "Toasty!" message) cannot be fought.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 lineup shuffled". GameSpot. 2004-08-03. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Midway Arcade Treasures 2". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 game reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
- ↑ "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Review". 1UP.com. 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Review". GameSpot. 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "IGN: Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Review". IGN. 2004-10-06. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. 2004-10-11. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ Pseudo Nim (2004-12-09). "Game Over Online ~ Midway Arcade Treasures 2". Game-over.net. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ↑ October 11, 2004 4:52PM PDT (2004-10-11). "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Review". GameSpot.com. Retrieved 2013-01-09.