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Midway Games files Chapter 11
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What? "FATALITY" Seriously, Chapter 11 is just a re-org. It's not like a 7 where it's a full liquidation worthy of a response such as "FATALITY".
It sucks, the end is probably near but I wouldn't jump to saying it's a "FATALITY" just yet.
I mean it says it in the first sentence ...
It sucks, the end is probably near but I wouldn't jump to saying it's a "FATALITY" just yet.
I mean it says it in the first sentence ...
It was a joke referring to the fact that Midway makes Mortal Kombat - the game that made 'Fatality' a popular term.
And yes, the joke was awesome.
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Mortal Kombat isn't the only big game Midway made. Their's is a huge list of old school video and pinball games. They were the US distributor of Space Invaders, Pac Man, and Ms. Pac Man. They own the Defender series, Galaxian, Galaga, Gauntlet, the Joust series, the Spy Hunter series and others that I remember as a kid. They also own the software division from Atari as well as some of their own games for the Atari 2600.
I don't know what they've done lately (I don't even remember any new pinball machines with the Williams name in a long time), other than release different Greatest Hits compilations for Xbox and Playstation. Maybe this means someone else will get the rights to produce more of said Greatest Hits games, since it doesn't look like they are making anything new.
But those are the games places still charge only $0.25 for. To make it today, you need to make games that can bring in $1 per play.
For me the biggest failing in the Mortal Combat series was when they switched from using actors to CGI. That was what drew me to the game, people getting a Fatality. Once it was CGI it did not stand out from Tekken, Soul Calibur, or the many other 2D animated and 3D fighter games.
I had Mortal Combat 1-3 but was irritated at the loss of the actors, I never tried the others.
I had Mortal Combat 1-3 but was irritated at the loss of the actors, I never tried the others.
But those are the games places still charge only $0.25 for. To make it today, you need to make games that can bring in $1 per play.
I've seen some places try to push it to 50¢ or more for some of these... of course, the machines sat lonely because of it
100% agreed. But it's not the real actors-to-CGI that killed the series, it's going from 2D to 3D that did it. Mortal Kombat didn't make the 3D jump well.
Ha-ha.
It sure was awesome. I remember this game totally taking me by surprise and playing it hours on end.