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Midway Arcade Origins is an arcade compilation released on November 6, 2012,[1] in North America and in Australia. It is the successor to the Midway Arcade Treasures series, and includes a selection of games that were included in those compilations, with the sole exception of Vindicators Part II which will be included in Midway Arcade Origins. On January 19, 2017,^{[citation needed]} Midway Arcade Origins was added to the Xbox One via the backwards compatibility program.[2]

Midway Arcade Origins
Developer(s)	Backbone Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Release	NA: November 6, 2012 PAL: November 6, 2012
Genre(s)	Various
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Games

Thirty-one games are included:[3]

• 720°
• APB
• Arch Rivals
• Bubbles
• Championship Sprint
• Defender
• Defender II
• Gauntlet
• Gauntlet II
• Joust
• Joust 2
• Marble Madness
• Pit-Fighter
• Rampage
• Rampart
• Robotron: 2084
• Root Beer Tapper
• Satan's Hollow
• Sinistar
• Smash TV
• Spy Hunter
• Spy Hunter II
• Super Off Road
• Super Sprint
• Toobin'
• Total Carnage
• Tournament Cyberball 2072
• Vindicators Part II
• Wizard of Wor
• Xenophobe
• Xybots

Reception

On Metacritic, a review aggregator, the Xbox 360 version has a score of 61/100 from eleven reviews,[4] and the PS3 version has a score of 58/100 from four reviews.[5] In IGN's review, Samuel Claiborn wrote the collection features great games, but technical problems – including poor controls – makes the online leaderboards the only reason to play it.[6]

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