''Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition'' is an

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compilation released exclusively for

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on February 15, 2006 in North America, and on March 17, 2006 in PAL regions. It is a compilation of ''

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'' and ''

Midway Arcade Treasures 3 ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' is the third and final compilation of classic arcade games published by Midway Games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. This compilation includes 8 racing games that were not in the 2003 and 2004 releases '' ...

'', which had both been previously released on consoles only. Unlike the previous two volumes, it includes the original ''

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''. In the two months after its release, two official patches were released for the collection, one to fix missing music for half of the games that was accidentally left out of the shipped version, and a second one to correct a button function oversight that prevented Random Select and Smoke battle easter eggs in ''

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'' (these were bugs that plagued the console versions of ''

''). A few pieces of additional artwork for ''

Wizard of Wor ''Wizard of Wor'' is an arcade game released in 1980 by Midway. Up to two players fight together in a series of monster-infested mazes, clearing each maze by shooting the creatures. The game was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, ...

'' and ''

Primal Rage ''Primal Rage'' is a fighting game developed and released by Atari Games to arcades in August 1994. The game takes place on a post-apocalyptic version of Earth called "Urth". Players control one of seven large beasts that battle each other to det ...

'' were made available as supplements on the Midway website. Like the previous release, the ''Deluxe Edition'''s ''Primal Rage'' content suffered from emulation issues.

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Arch Rivals ''Arch Rivals'' is a basketball sports video game released by Midway for arcades in 1989. Billed by Midway as "A Basket Brawl", the game features two-on-two full court basketball games in which players are encouraged to punch opposing players ...

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Hard Drivin' ''Hard Drivin'' is a driving simulation video game developed by Atari Games in 1989. It invites players to test drive a sports car on courses that emphasize stunts and speed. The game features one of the first 3D polygon driving environments v ...

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Kozmik Krooz'r ''Kozmik Krooz'r'' is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Bally Midway and released in arcades in 1982. The spaceship, a core element of the gameplay, is not an in-game graphic, but a physical plastic model. A series of mirrors projects the ...

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Hydro Thunder ''Hydro Thunder'' is an inshore powerboat racing video game, originally an arcade game in February 1999 and later released for the Sega Dreamcast as a launch title later that year. It was also released for PlayStation and Nintendo 64 in early 200 ...

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Race Drivin' ''Race Drivin'' is a driving arcade game that invites players to test drive several high-powered sports cars on stunt and speed courses. The game is the sequel to 1989's ''Hard Drivin and was part of a new generation of games that featured 3D ...

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Rampage World Tour ''Rampage World Tour'' is a video game released in 1997 and is the second game in the '' Rampage'' series. The game was developed as an arcade game for Midway Games by Game Refuge Inc. designers Brian Colin and Jeff Nauman, who conceived and desi ...

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San Francisco Rush 2049 ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' is a racing video game developed and manufactured by Atari Games for arcades. It was ported to the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast by Midway Games. The arcade machine was released in 1999; home versions fol ...

'' *'' San Francisco Rush the Rock: Alcatraz Edition'' *''

Spy Hunter II ''Spy Hunter II'' is an arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1987 as sequel to 1983's ''Spy Hunter''. Unlike its popular predecessor, ''Spy Hunter II'' was not ported to any contemporary systems and remained obscure. George Gomez, who desig ...

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S.T.U.N. Runner ''S.T.U.N. Runner'' (Spread Tunnel Underground Network Runner) is 3D racing/shooter game released in arcades by Atari Games in 1989. The player pilots a futuristic vehicle which can exceed 900 mph, through various tunnels and courses with ...

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Super Off Road ''Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road'' is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. The game was designed and managed by John Morgan who was also lead programmer, and endorsed by professional off-road racer Ivan Stewart. ...

'' (with ''Track-Pak'') *''

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Total Carnage ''Total Carnage'' is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Midway in North America in January 1992. Set in the fictional country of Kookistan during 1999, players assume the role of Captain Carnage a ...

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Wacko ''Wacko'' is a 1983 arcade game by Bally Midway. It featured a unique angled cabinet design and a combination of trackball and joystick controls. The player assumes the role of Kapt'n Krooz'r, a small, green alien within a bubble-topped spaces ...

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Xybots ''Xybots'' is a 1987 third-person shooter arcade game by Atari Games. In ''Xybots'', up to two players control "Major Rock Hardy" and "Captain Ace Gunn", who must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots ...

Reception

''Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition'' received mixed to slightly positive reviews with an average score 70.71% on

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. Major criticisms include the installation procedure as not user-friendly (mostly due to the inclusion of the mandatory additional installation of a third party

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software package for the purpose of copy protection), misleading information about the set being a "''Deluxe''" set, when in actuality, the ''Deluxe Edition'' set is really a repackaged bundle that consists of volumes '' 2'' and '' 3'' of ''Midway Arcade Treasures'' in one set, missing audio on most games, for the control setup being a "hassle", "blurry" graphics and emulation issues with ''Primal Rage''.

References

External links

Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition media and information archive at Total Mortal Kombat
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