JAKKS Licenses Midway Classics For TV Game

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting a press release revealing JAKKS Pacific has signed a deal with Midway to produce a standalone 'TV game' based on classic Midway titles. We've recently covered other newly announced titles in the JAKKS TV Games series, including Namco, Activision, and Atari models, and this title "...will feature top-selling Midway games, including Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter, Rampage, Joust, Defender I & II, Robotron:2084, Marble Madness, Smash TV, Super Sprint and Paperboy", although it's unclear how exactly faithful the conversions will be.

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Re:What's the controller?

[mopslik]

Are all these going to be in one controller, or will there be compromises made?

For simplicity, the controller will be a single button. Commands can be executed using a series of taps, similar to morse code. For example, to make your Rampage character leap onto a building and punch the roof, use the following:

tap-tap tap tap-tap-tap tap tap tap-tap-tap

Oddly enough, this is not that different from playing Mortal Kombat to begin with.