Is anyone else sad about the end of Midway Games???
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I think it's tragic and the end of an era.
http://www.trmk.org/
I think it's tragic and the end of an era.
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I'm crying on the inside. All of the great Chicagoland companies are gone.
Not really sad about it, they've pretty much not done anything i've been interested in a looooong time.
This has been a long time coming. The economy gloom was the death knell for Midway, however. I've been down on Midway (Midway Games West) ever since they offloaded all the Atari property back in 2003. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to have picked up as much as I could to save it from the dumpster, but that was the end of Midway right then and there (for me, anyway).
I think the day Atari bit the dust was much more sad. Midway....ehh... buh-bye! At least it's been put out of it's misery. Ok, so who's going to snap up the name and repro parts for Midway? Let's get down to business.
Dave
I've always felt that if Atari held out and didnt sell to Miday/WMS at the time they might still be around. Area 51 and Rush were just coming out and those two games were HUGE hits for Atari. But, it was too late.
Matt
Too bad the arcade industry as a whole is where it's at now. I don't even recognize it anymore.
The problem is, they haven't found a way to stay relevant. Why go out somewhere to play games when better versions are available at home? Arcades were cool when the technology was superior to the home version....that was the reason to go - to get an experience you couldn't have at home.
Stern Pinball's still there!
But seriously - what has Midway done that's been even remotely interesting since MK2? I'm amazed they lasted this long!
Their "next gen" games always had an ugly, blurry, choppy look and feel to them...they never had the visual excellence that their rivals (Sega, Namco, Capcom, Konami) had in the mid/late 90's and onward.