Midway Arcade Origins (Street 11/13)

I was very thrilled to get Midway's Arcade Origins for the Playstation and overall I was very impressed with it.I'm hoping the Midway,Namco,or even Data-East collections make their way to the PS3 consoles...I felt burned when I found out my copies of the PS2 couldn't be played on the PS3.On that note it was very refreshing for this Midway collection at a reasonable price.Our current 'most helped reviewer' has a pretty negative outlook and strays from logic such as the following....Controller Functions:Yes the trackball from Marble Madness had interesting reaction to the slightest touch,but the smooth action on the joystick knobs has pretty smooth response too.Same can be said for Defender or Super Off Road which used a steering wheel,as a substitute the playstation's controller and button assignments are well laid out.The reviewer isn't thinking like an adult 'I want a trackball blah,blah,blah' like a whining child.Technology has progressed (and will continue to) allowing these games to be comfortably played on a flexible controller.If you expect the controller styles to be 100% accurate then buy the original arcade game,actually a product like what the reviewer mentioned probably wouldn't be as heavy-duty or would be very limited to range of use.The Games:As far as the games some of these I had from the previous Midway Arcade Treasures collections and I felt the library was perfectly consolidated.Root Beer Tapper?it's a very straight forward game but requires speed and serious hand/eye coordination to keep up.Xybots isn't really in league with Wolfenstein 3D or Doom but it's a decent third person person shooter.Smash TV and Total Carnage were decent shooters of the early 1990's but they ate quarters since you got killed so quick by enemies in mass quantities...but the bosses were awesome!Rampage was alot of fun-who wouldn't want to be a ruthless monster destroying buildings and eating while destroying cars,tanks,and anything that can hurt you.I've never been much of a sports game fan but I liked the basketball game Arch-Rivals which allowed you punch another player to get your ball back...playing by street rules.Gauntlet/Gauntlet II was a quarter burner just like Smash TV and though it doesn't hold a candle to the souped up action games today Gauntlet was a tasty delight just as well as Wizards of Wor.Pit Fighter may not have gained as much popularity as Mortal Kombat due to advanced moves and fatalities.But you could move around more and pick up weapons(shurikens,pool cues,knives,and even a motorcycle) and at certain times there are two opponents at once to fight.Watch out for the occassional character who pops out from the crowd and tries to knife you...you can attack them back.Pit-Fighter came out several years before MK and despite the lack of eye candy gave I really liked Pit-Fighter.Galaga was created by Namco and I believe Space Invaders was as well,or maybe Atari...either way Midway/WB doesn't own the rights to these titles so that explains why they aren't included.Every game on this collection has varying fun factors depending on the player and I like this approach of these vintage collections,it really brings something special to the table.Presentation:It was pretty cool to see the old original cabinets of these classic games on the game selection screen,it really takes you back seeing them after all these years and the unique character behind these games.For thirty dollars rather than the typical fifty to sixty dollar price for a PS3 game just released?pretty good value.The ability to choose free play settings such as difficulty,number of lives,score bonus does lend flexibility to the settings.Final Thoughts:Not that I'm against the video games of today(as a matter of fact my modern game collection consists of first person shooters),but alot are missing something special behind all that high resolution...to be honest I think the newer/hi-tech games have gotten easy to beat.These retro games were more streamlined back then-some were just fun in general to play and some were flat out challenging.Although this isn't an included game PAC-MAN was a great example of a basic retro game..it required very quick hand and eye coordination to survive.The beauty of these arcade collections is they get re-released in higher resolution without sacrificing the natural low-res graphics and even better...no more quarters to burn through!As I mentioned earlier I had the Gottlieb and Williams Pinball Hall of Fame Collections,Midway Arcade Treasures Vol.1-3,Namco Museum Collection and the Intellivision Collection(it was okay but accurately captured).Altogether I spent alot more time playing these collections than the newer games because they prove to have a focused level of enjoyment.Just like the Sonic's Ultimate Sega Genesis Collection-It doesn't quite shine me on like the arcade collections do,but I do miss those my old Sega Genesis at times.Anyways,the Midway Arcade Origins is great and I highly recommend it...5-stars!

This game delivered just what I had hoped: a fun re-visitation of those great arcade games from the 80's. These games are exactly as I remember them from my misspent youth. Lots of fun! There are 31 classic games spanning from the early 80's to early 90's. I remembered most of these, but a couple I wasn't as familiar with. As always with classic games, some are incredibly fun and amazing for their time, others are a bit lacking. This is a great collection, however, and I'd highly recommend it for anyone looking to relive that 80's arcade magic (without having to shell out all those quarters!). As a bonus, PS3 trophies and XBO360 achievements as well as online leaderboards are included. Met my expectations and was a good purchase, especially for the cheap price.

This collection gives you a good handful of amusing games mostly from the 80's. I remember a lot of these games from when I first started going to the arcades in the late 80's/ early 90's. While they are still fun to play and the nostalgia factor is strong, this collection doesn't really offer anything more than what you got on Midway's previous PS2 releases or Mame.Similar to their arcade collections released on PS2, Midway offers the games themselves with difficulty and controller setting wrapped up with a short, entertaining opening title animation and menu art displaying the arcade cabinets. You can change the controls and map the buttons to your liking. But two games were not very playable no matter what control scheme I set up; 720 and Marble Madness. It's difficult to steer in 720 and the marble goes way too fast in Marble Madness. I was much better at the arcade versions of these games (track ball and twisting directional joystick make a huge different), and even on Mame they are easier to control.Otherwise, there are some very unique classic games to be enjoyed here; Defender I & II could be described as 2-D open world side-scrolling spaceship shooters where you attempt to eliminate alien invaders who try to abduct humans and use them to supercharge their fighters. Gets to be very challenging. The Joust games are where you mount an ostrich to do battle with other knights flying around on their own ostriches above a lava pit. Games like Robotron, SmashTV, and Total Carnage make great use of the PS3 controller's dual sticks and are chaotic, violent indulgences. Root Beer Tapper is another classic game where you rapid-serve thirsty patrons in order to keep them at bay while trying to catch their empty glasses they slide back to you.All-in-all, it's a good collection, but only worth it if you don't already have it on PS2 or Mame. If you want to specifically play 720 and Marble Madness, look elsewhere as the controls for these two games on this collection are very poor.

The item I received on the same day it wasn’t working at alol after trying it very defective ..!!!! So disappointed .!!!!!!!!!

I love to play pinball but the machines take up so much space! Well, this is the best way to get your fix without filling your home with huge games. Great mix of some great classic machines. I like the fact too that we have a throwback arcade in our town and a lot of these physical pinball machines are there. Its super cool to play the video game AND be able to go and play the actual table.If you do want to ever put a machine or two in your game room at home, this is an excellent way to screen which tables would be your favorites.

Graphics are almost exactly how I remembered some of these games, although playing on a ps3 pad is a ton harder than I thought, the old machines were definitely better for that with fixed joystick and buttons, with practise I'm sure I'll get better but if your debating re-living the co op days dont spend too much on this disk it could end up collecting dust

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ditto

Always a pleasure. Thanks Amazon.

PS2版Midway Arcadeはプレミアム価格化しているので輸入版:北米版ですがPS3版が発売されて嬉しい！在庫薄になりゆくゆくはこの商品もプレミアム化してしまうのではないかな？