Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition Goes Gold

<a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/matdeluxeedition"><img src="http://www.trmk.org/images/matde/matde_boxshot_t.jpg" align="right" class="newslink" width="122" height="173"></a><a href="http://www.midway.com">Midway</a> today announced that <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/matdeluxeedition/">Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition</a> has gone gold and will ship to stores for the PC on <b>February 6th</b>. <strong>Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition</strong> consists of 29 arcade games including all of the games from <b>Midway Arcade Treasures 2</b> and <b>Midway Arcade Treasures 3</b> as well as a late addition of the original <b>Mortal Kombat</b>. This 4-disc compilation set will be available for the suggested budget price of <b>$19.99</b>.

This collection includes a wide-array of arcade games that range from fighting to racing. For the first time ever on PC, gamers will have the chance to play the games that started a world-renowned franchise - the first three <b>Mortal Kombat</b> games. Friends will be left behind in a cloud of dust in <b>Super Off Road</b>. Racing skills from <b>San Francisco Rush 2049</b> and <b>Off Road Thunder: Mud, Sweat n' Gears</b> can be used to out-wit and out-drive the bad guys in <i>APB</i>. Arcade-perfect PC versions of such classics as <b>Wizard of Wor, Gauntlet II, Pit Fighter, Arch Rivals, Rampage World Tour, San Francisco Rush the Rock: Alcatraz Edition, Hydro Thunder</b> and more are included in <strong>Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition</strong>.

For more information, including a full list of games and screenshots on <strong>Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition</strong>, visit our <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/matdeluxeedition/">GameRealm</a>.

Jeff Greeson said:

This 4-disc compilation set will be available for the suggested budget price of $19.99.

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I really wish they (the gaming industry) would stop producing games on multiple cd-roms and use DVD's instead. I hate swapping 4 discs during an install and I can't imagine I am alone in this. The more annoying thing to me is the industry putting a premium price on games printed on DVD that contain crap I'll never use. To be honest, I don't care about the following:
1) what the programmers look like
2) what the programmers look like making funny faces at the camera
3) sketch art for a spoon found on a non-descript table in the back of a level
4) sketch art period
5) demo for a game you know will suck which is why they include it on a big title DVD
6) anything that is on the DVD that is not part of the game itself or directly related to the game (ie: DirectX install, Adobe Reader for the PDF manual are all exceptable)

This is a good rant about DVD vs CD over at Shacknews.

Don't have a DVD-ROM? They are cheap and getting cheaper by the day...
PriceGrabber
NewEgg

I understand there are people/customers who will enjoy those various little treats on the DVD I mentioned above. That is perfectly fine and understandable, to each their own correct? I'm just sick of seeing DVD priced games with (what I consider) crap for $10 - $15 more than their 4+ CD-ROM counterpart on the gaming shelf.

Wow, pretty early for a rant.... I need some coffee or a Dew.
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