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Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. Midway videogames are available for play on all major videogame platforms including PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance.
On July 19th 2009 the UK arm of Midway was spun out into a new entity dubbed Tradewest Games Ltd.
Software Highlights from Credited Titles
Midway's first work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1994 title, "NBA Jam" (Game Gear).
The company has been involved titles released on the PC, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, DS/DSi, PS2, Power Mac, PSP, Xbox, GameCube, GBA, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Arcade, Dreamcast, N64, Game Boy, Saturn, Sega Megadrive, SNES, Game Gear and NES. Of these, "Touchmaster" (DS/DSi), "Touchmaster 3" (DS/DSi), "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play" (PSP), "Mortal Kombat: Deception" (Xbox), "Mortal Kombat: Deception" (PS2) has been a best selling title.
The company's most recent involvement was on the 2011 release "Gauntlet Adventures" (PC).
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| Duncan Chambers | Programmer | 3 Jan 06 | - | ... |
Timeline
04 Oct 2005
07 Feb 2003
28 Dec 2001
28 Dec 1998
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