''Midway Arcade Origins'' is an arcade compilation released on November 6, 2012, in North America and in Australia. It is the successor to the '' Midway Arcade Treasures'' series, and includes a selection of games that were included in those compilations, with the sole exception of Vindicators Part II which will be included in Midway Arcade Origins. On January 19, 2017, Midway Arcade Origins was added to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.

Games

Thirty-one games are included: *'' 720°'' *'' APB'' *'' Arch Rivals'' *''

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Defender II ''Stargate'' is a horizontally scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game in 1981 by Williams Electronics. Created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, it is a sequel to '' Defender'' which was released earlier in the year. It was th ...

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Gauntlet Gauntlet or the gauntlet may refer to: Common uses *Gauntlet (glove), protective gloves used as a form of armor *Running the gauntlet, a form of physical punishment Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Gauntlet (comics), a Marvel ...

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Gauntlet II ''Gauntlet II'' is a 1986 arcade game produced by Atari Games that serves as the immediate sequel to the original ''Gauntlet'', which was released the previous year. Like its predecessor, ''Gauntlet II'' is a fantasy-themed top down dungeon cr ...

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Joust Jousting is a martial game or hastilude between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying to strike the opponent ...

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Marble Madness ''Marble Madness'' is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny and published by Atari Games in 1984. It is a platform game in which the player must guide a marble through six courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time l ...

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Rampart Rampart may refer to: * Rampart (fortification), a defensive wall or bank around a castle, fort or settlement Rampart may also refer to: * "O'er the Ramparts We Watched" is a key line from "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the ...

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Robotron: 2084 ''Robotron: 2084'' (also referred to as ''Robotron'') is a multidirectional shooter developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released in arcades by Williams Electronics in 1982. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional wo ...

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Sinistar ''Sinistar'' is a 1983 multidirectional shooter arcade game developed and manufactured by Williams Electronics. It was created by Sam Dicker, Jack Haeger, Noah Falstein, RJ Mical, Python Anghelo, and Richard Witt. Players control a spacecraft p ...

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Smash TV ''Smash TV'' is a 1990 arcade video game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams Electronics Games. It is a dual-stick shooter (one for moving and the other for firing) in the same vein as 1982's ''Robotron: 2084'' (co-created b ...

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Spy Hunter II ''Spy Hunter II'' is an arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1987 as sequel to 1983's '' Spy Hunter''. Unlike its popular predecessor, ''Spy Hunter II'' was not ported to any contemporary systems and remained obscure. George Gomez, who design ...

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Super Off Road ''Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road'' is an Arcade game, arcade video game released in 1989 by Leland Corporation. The game was designed and managed by John Morgan who was also lead programmer, and endorsed by professional Off-road racing, ...

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Super Sprint Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...

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Toobin' ''Toobin is an Atari Games and Midway Games video game originally released as an arcade game in 1988 and is based on the recreational sport tubing. It was later ported to systems such as NES, Amiga, Commodore 64, MSX, and Game Boy Color. In ...

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Total Carnage ''Total Carnage'' is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Midway Games, Midway in North America in January 1992. Set in the fictional country of Kookistan during 1999, players assume the role of Capt ...

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Wizard of Wor ''Wizard of Wor'' is an arcade game released in 1980 by Midway. Up to two players fight together in a series of monster-infested mazes, clearing each maze by shooting the creatures. The game was ported to the Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, ...

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Xenophobe Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...

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Xybots ''Xybots'' is a 1987 third-person shooter arcade game by Atari Games. In ''Xybots'', up to two players control "Major Rock Hardy" and "Captain Ace Gunn", who must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots wh ...

Reception

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, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews, and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews. In ''

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''s review, Samuel Claiborn wrote the collection features great games, but technical problems – including poor controls – makes the online

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the only reason to play it.

References

{{Midway Arcade 2012 video games Midway video game compilations PlayStation 3 games Video games developed in the United States Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment games Xbox 360 games