Greg Siegele is an Australian businessman. He co-founded Ratbag Games Pty Ltd, an

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of such games as '' Powerslide'', '' The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee'' and '' World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002''. Greg developed his love for computers, and particularly programming and playing computer games, while attending

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n private school

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. Although he left school with visions of becoming a top lawyer, after spending a couple of years practicing as a lawyer he decided he liked video games better. Ratbag Games was founded in 1993 in

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by friends Greg Siegele and Richard Harrison. Initially known as Emergent Games, the company took 3 years to finish a prototype for their first title '' Powerslide''. Following its acquisition by

Midway Games Midway Games Inc. (formerly Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, and commonly known simply as Midway) was an American video game company that existed from 1958 to 2010. Midway's franchises included ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Rampage (franchise), Ra ...

on 4 August 2005 the company was known as Midway Studios Australia. Employees at the studio were told on 13 December 2005 that it was going to be closed by its parent company, and subsequently was two days later on the 15th, leaving the staff employed there without a job.

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