Midway Arcade Treasures unearthed on PSP

Mortal Kombat 1-3, Joust, Rampage, Defender, and other classic arcade titles debut on Sony's portable.

Having already conquered all current-gen consoles and the PC, the Midway Arcade Treasures series has now arrived on the PSP. Today, Midway Games shipped Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play, the first version of the popular retro series for Sony's portable. It retails at the budget price of $29.99 and is rated M for Mature.

Why would an arcade compilation carry an M rating, you ask? Because Extended Play features ports of the original Mortal Kombat games, which ignited controversy in the early 1990s for their blood-spraying, spine-ripping combat. The first three MK games--Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Mortal Kombat 3--are featured in the compilation. All three games will support multiplayer action via the PSP's built-in wireless functionality.

If you can't bring yourself to "finish him!", Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play also sports 17 other more family-friendly classics from the golden era of brass tokens. Among them are the King Kong-esque urban destruction game Rampage and Spy Hunter, which is being adaptated into a film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Also in the comp are Joust and Gauntlet, which are also available as à la carte Xbox Live Arcade games for the Xbox 360.

The full list of games is as follows:

Mutiplayer Wireless:
• Klax
• Joust
• Marble Madness
• Toobin’
• Wizard of Wor
• Xybots
• Arch Rivals
• Championship Sprint
• Cyberball 2072
• Mortal Kombat
• Mortal Kombat II
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Rampage (3-player)
• Rampart (3-player)
• Xenophobe (3-player)
• Gauntlet (4-player)

Single Player Only
• Spy Hunter
• Sinistar
• Defender
• Paperboy

31 Comments

  • S_Pac_316

    Posted Dec 14, 2005 1:39 am PT

    I may not have a PSP,but games like this may get me to buy one soon.

  • tashpool

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 10:37 am PT

    Having multi with these games is awesome! Heading to gamestop during lunch to pick this up.

  • joe_fuu

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 10:15 am PT

    The MK games are worth the price of admission.. in my opnion. Its too bad MK1 is not as good as I remember...

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 9:46 am PT

    no thanks.... try again midway.

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 9:38 am PT

    Paperboy! Sweet!

  • SLAYERPSP

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 9:38 am PT

    umm i already have all these games on the gen emu for the psp i hope these versions are better ill give it a look today not bad for 29.99

  • MK24ever

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 2:38 am PT

    Look at my nick name, is it necessary to say something more?! That's what I dreamed for my Precious..... PSP! Excellent work Midway!!

  • gmrgirl68

    Posted Dec 13, 2005 12:02 am PT

    Paperboy....drool

  • fynne

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 11:45 pm PT

    Cool....looks like another goodie for Xmas.

  • LiveDeviL

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 6:33 pm PT

    Nice.

  • Samanoske15

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 5:40 pm PT

    this sounds really good. at them moment though i am waiting for gradius then i will get this one if i have enough cash. and yes i kno gradius is a different company.

  • darkheart73

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 4:15 pm PT

    Sweetness, can't wait to play MK wireless!

  • BlindWizeGuy

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 3:23 pm PT

    Oh i will finish him.

  • fugiot

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 3:16 pm PT

    Ppftt, I've had all 4 MK games for SNES on PSP for 3 months now running perfectly on emulators.

  • LordOfMidnight

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 3:10 pm PT

    Now THOSE games rock!

  • sniper_99

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 3:04 pm PT

    I gettin this game today "Sniper_99 wins!.....Flawless Victory......FRIENDSHIP!? FRIENDSHIP!?"

  • bulletproofcow

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:47 pm PT

    FINISH HIM!!!! A must own in my opinion.

  • darthonly

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:31 pm PT

    They could have just released a MK 1,2,and 3 disc and it would have sold like mad.

  • Redstorm

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:29 pm PT

    Not bad for $30. There are a couple of great classics on there, PaperBoy, Marble Maddness, MK Series, SpyHunter. Might actually have to pick this one up.

  • MajinD1979

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:16 pm PT

    You just gotta love it....can't wait to rip off haeds with sub-zero again.

  • MadGamer132

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:12 pm PT

    The MK games is a nice addition. if you don't give a damn about Washington

  • Gamecubefan2000

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:06 pm PT

    Excellent. I will own every character in Mortal Kombat 1, 2, and 3.

  • MrBurns

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 2:04 pm PT

    This will be mine. No one can handle my Sub-Zero skills.

  • megaunit

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 1:36 pm PT

    I might have to pick this up, this game adds pretty good to the PSP library

  • snarple_basic

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 1:34 pm PT

    hope they come with this on DS, i want to play rampage on it. and get more then 2 games like the GBA version the have

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 1:31 pm PT

    Rampart was the greatest strategy game! Now my defenses are weakening. . . I may cave and procure this title yet.

  • MvSkMh

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 1:29 pm PT

    Rampage!

  • mikekare79

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 1:28 pm PT

    I love my PSP. This thing is awesome! They just have to get Gran Turismo done for it now.

  • deleteuser

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 12:56 pm PT

    People... don't throw your PSPs into the wall while playing the Mortal Kombat games ok? The Arcade versions are HARD.

  • niko44

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 12:54 pm PT

    that's awesome!

  • kubebot

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 12:54 pm PT

    finally a reason to play my psp again instead of pr0n

  • _sean_05

    Posted Dec 12, 2005 12:53 pm PT

    sweet lineup

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