Midway Arcade Treasures

[Jeremy]

Rampage is still fun, although only in really short bursts. Rampart has aged well. Marble Madness is a blast. Road Blasters is still one of my favorite games ever. Paperboy and Klax are fantastic as well. I loved 720 back in the day, not so much now though.

[gameoverDude]

The PS2 version of MAT is good for the most part. Roadblasters seems about perfect (though I'd hope it supports a steering wheel, since the Dual Shock is a tad touchy) and holds up decent. While I'm not so much into Rampage anymore, it's good to know they fixed the framerate there. Unfortunately, Smash TV's choppiness is jarring. If as I remember the PS1 ran it smooth on Party Pack, what's the deal?

I'm tempted to buy it once more for the GCN.

[Cowdisease]

Bought the Gamecube version over the weekend. Pretty good compilation, despite the horrid menu screen. Dual analog Smash TV and Robotron rock the house.

I find Rampage to be one of the most obviously dated games on the collection. It doesn't seem fun to me anymore. I don't have much nostalgia for it, though -- mainly just played the NES game at my friend's house.

Same here. I can't believe how boring the game is. I remember when I was playing it on the NES and exclaimed, "Man, I wish there was a three-player mode!" Now, almost ten years later, I'm left with a three-player disappointment. Damn you, crushed dreams!

Also, I really want to hurt the guy who thought it was a good idea to only give unlimited credits in Gauntlet. It totally negates the need for food thanks to a dumb press of the X button. Idiots!

I'm a bit shocked that with a collection that touts Rampage, Gauntlet, Smash TV, Spy Hunter, and Marble Madness, I'm having the most fun with Paperboy, Root Beer Tapper, and Robotron. Haven't had the chance to try everything in the disc yet, but I'm really glad I spent the $20 on it.

[GohanX]

How is Spy Hunter on the collection? I have the DC collection, and although Spy Hunter was good, it had control issues. I have the same problem running it in Mame on my Xbox, the controls are too sensitive for the pad and it makes it hard to play. I'd drop the cash for a good Spy Hunter port.

[dog$]

Spy Hunter is mostly OK except for the fact that the default position for the Oil Slick is on the stoopid Z Button of all places, and the gas is the R trigger.

Oh, and I cannot hold the GC controller normally and utilize the analog and C sticks without the thing falling out of my hands after thirty seconds. The only way I can play Smash TV and Robotron is by wedging the controller onto one of my legs and pinching the C Stick like a teeny joystick.

[GohanX]

My main thing with playing console spy hunter is that in the arcades, the way I play is I keep it in high gear ALL the time, but only tap the gas barely, keeping it at the speed you would be in if you were in low speed with it floored, so that if I need a quick boost of speed, I can push the pedal a bit for as much speed as I need.

I can't do this properly in any home version

I think I'm gonna pick up the Xbox version when I get some more cash. Damn car needing a clutch.

[DOVESKI]

EB's website has the price at $30. They only list the Xbox version and it says it's coming November 3rd.

$15 at Target.

[jyoung]

My main thing with playing console spy hunter is that in the arcades, the way I play is I keep it in high gear ALL the time, but only tap the gas barely, keeping it at the speed you would be in if you were in low speed with it floored, so that if I need a quick boost of speed, I can push the pedal a bit for as much speed as I need.

I can't do this properly in any home version

Since the Gamecube version has a pressure sensitive R trigger for the gas, you can use this technique with ease.

Is anyone else bothered that there's no way to set credit limits on some of the games? If they had just provided a default ammount of credits or given us the option to set the ammount of credits, I wouldn't have to worry about tainting my high scores in games like Smash TV and Gauntlet.

[dog$]

*shrugs* Just exit the game before you put your intials in.

Speaking of which, I'm curious; would there be enough interest here to make a TNL Score Attack thread for this game? Yes I do mean the entire game, too

[Melf]

$30 at my local Gamestop.......new.


Ugh.