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Midway Arcade Origins

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Midway Arcade Origins
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Midway Arcade Origins is a 2012 video game compilation developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.[1] A successor to the Midway Arcade Treasures series, it compiles several arcade games that were owned or published by Midway Games from 1981 to 1992. The game was later for the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.[2] The compilation was published after Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment had acquired the rights to the games following Midway Games bankruptcy.

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Midway Arcade Origins compile 31 emulated games originally released for arcades by the now-defunct Midway Games. A majority of the titles, with the exception of Vindicators Part II, have appeared in the video game compilation series Midway Arcade Treasures.[3]

  1. Titled as Defender II; originally, title used for home console ports of the game.

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On Metacritic, a review aggregator, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews,[4] and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews.[5] In IGN's review, Samuel Claiborn wrote the collection features great games, but technical problems – including poor controls – makes the online leaderboards the only reason to play it.[6]

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