Midway Arcade Treasures Released, Rated

Thanks to GamerFeed for their news that Midway Arcade Treasures for the PlayStation 2 has shipped, with the "next-generation console offering of more than 20 classic arcade games" also due on November 24th for Xbox and December 17th for GameCube. This budget-priced compilation, previously mentioned on Slashdot and including Gauntlet, Paperboy, Marble Madness and Robotron: 2084 among many others, is basically well-received by IGN PS2, who suggests that "many of the games on the disc retain their fun and addictiveness, even to today's standards", but GameSpot is somewhat less impressed, commenting: "Games that feature analog input feel very loose and are hard to control", although noting that "...almost every game... is completely and totally enjoyable once you get a handle on how they play."

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Blatant linkola

[jvmatthe]

Interview with Jeff Vavasour, one of the developers of Midway Arcade Treasures, in three parts:
Part 1 on technical questions about emulation
Part 2 on the business of emulation
Part 3 on personal questions and the future of emulation

Re:Competitor to MAME?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahhh, there's a company out there LEGALLY selling licensed ROMs for download. This was reported on /. last month. Where have you been?