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."

Comments

Problem w/ marble madness?

[nobodyman]

I wonder how Marble Madness translates given the fact that interfaces are so different-- the arcade version had a single trackball for movement as opposed to the control pads of today. Part of the difficulty of the arcade game was overcoming the intracacies of the control mechanism. To a lesser extent the same goes for paperboy.

About the Gamespot review.

[Mogomra]

1. From the article: Stargate (called Defender II in this and most other classic game packages for some mysterious reason). There's no mystery about it. Stargate's name was changed to Defender II for home versions because of legal issues. The KLOV entry is here, but I believe this was even in the notes of previous compilations.
2. The reviewer gripes about the quality of the interview videos that were carried over from previous releases. I wonder if he would complain more or less if the videos weren't included.
3. Overall, I think the whole review is a little too harsh, considering you're getting more than twenty cames for $20! Come on...