More Midway rememberance...

[ferrarimanf355]

This guy is the best thing to happen to YouTube.

[demi]

Remind me why I allow you to make threads.

[y2kev]

I was playing MK2 online before on PS3. Game is still so fun. Good old midway/williams.

[cool breeze]

I could never get into Mortal Kombat.  It was always punch x5 or something, uppercut, repeat.  Or if you're Liu Kang, forward forward kick or forward forward punch. 

[Rman]

What happened with Midway?  I haven't been keeping track of game news lately.  I thought they were bought by an independent investor recently.

[demi]

What happened with Midway?  I haven't been keeping track of game news lately.  I thought they were bought by an independent investor recently.

They'll announce their closure once Wheelman is released.

[ferrarimanf355]

What happened with Midway?  I haven't been keeping track of game news lately.  I thought they were bought by an independent investor recently.

They have a month to pay off some debt or they go into bankruptcy. Apparently, the sale triggered some bond repayments, and Midway got some deadline extensions... but right now, they're like Chrysler, a dead company walking.

[bork]

I'm kinda confused at the second video.  Why does it mention Space Invaders and Ms. Pac-Man when pimping Midway shit? 

[ferrarimanf355]

I'm kinda confused at the second video.  Why does it mention Space Invaders and Ms. Pac-Man when pimping Midway shit? 

Midway published those titles in the US back in the day. Actually, Midway took a Pac-Man bootleg, repurposed into Ms. Pac-Man, and then gave the rights to Namco for fear of pissing them off. Now you know. 

[bork]

I'm kinda confused at the second video.  Why does it mention Space Invaders and Ms. Pac-Man when pimping Midway shit? 

Midway published those titles in the US back in the day. Actually, Midway took a Pac-Man bootleg, repurposed into Ms. Pac-Man, and then gave the rights to Namco for fear of pissing them off. Now you know. 

Yeah I know that, but by the time that video was made, wasn't Namco publishing the games themselves?  Not sure who had the Space Invaders IP at that point...

[Phoenix Dark]

Goro scared me in the first MK. I'd always go upstairs before he appeared on screen during the logo intro 

I thought MK was awesome for the same reasons I thought nu metal was awesome. It was edgy and violent as I was a kid. But even then I preferred SFII. I can play SFII to this day and still be amused...can't say that for MK