Rise and Fall of Midway!

Lets take a look at an arcade giant, how they came about, what made them so successful and ultimately what caused them to fail over time!

[@LeadSteadyDesigns]

That Was Cool... Your Editing And Background Choice Of The Slot Machines And The Mrs Pacman Machine As The Hub Of The Video Part Was Nice.. "Till Next Time".

[@geekstorian]

Thank you , really glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for coming by and supporting!

[@ihaveallthecoins2785]

Great video. I remember playing NARC and Smash TV with my dad in the arcade.

[@geekstorian]

Smash was amazing i never messed with NARC much but it looked like a blast!

[@nickgerula]

Awesome video! Really wish they were still around. Would of loved to see what they did if they were still around.

[@geekstorian]

Yeah i would have liked to see what they could have done had they adapted better to the changes happening around them. They had such a unique sound and feel to their games it really is a shame they are gone

[@intellivisiongamer]

Looking forward to watching this from my watch later list… I’m sure it’s great like all your videos sir.

[@geekstorian]

hope you enjoyed it man or do when you get to it!

[@intellivisiongamer]

@@geekstorian I’m working OT and about to watch it 😎

[@Kourumeme]

Midway arcades had the best sound. Like Namco, it specializes in originality

[@geekstorian]

Yeah Midway had that arcade sound appeal down pat. You knew one when you heard it!

[@RedWizard0]

I've known a good bit about Midway's downfall from watching other stuff (specifically Wha Happun), but I'm always interested in learning more. Midway Arcade Treasures volumes 1 & 2 were two of my favorite OG Xbox games.

[@geekstorian]

glad you enjoyed it , I deliberately avoided his video because I didn't want it to influence this one in a direction that it would seem like the same thing all over again. I hope you got something new out of mine you didn't get from his :).

[@EatingCtrlV]

Really cool new series, I can't wait for the Sunsoft EP! I feel like even though Konami isn't dead, it's dead to me and deserves an EP too LOL.

[@geekstorian]

Yeah Sunsoft is one that was early on my list to do I love their earlier games and I'm just like....where in the heck did you guys go?

[@OmegaAceGaming]

I loved a lot of the games Midway published back in the day. Gauntlet Legends immediately comes to mind. It was the 3d games they were cranking out in the late 90's-early 2000's that I really dug. They had one that was sort of a 3rd-person arcade~ish shooter. I can't remember the name, but it had playable Mortal Kombat characters lol. Ofcourse their involvement in so many fighting games meant a lot to me, too 👌 It was cool to hear you delve into their past in the form of a timeline of sorts. Yeah, I liked this series, although I'm not too sure what I think you should tackle next 🙏

[@geekstorian]

Thanks man glad you liked this one and yeah I spent an insane amount of money on Gauntlet legends in the arcadeI think I had a few chars at 99 by the end of it lol. Not sure about the shooter you mentoned though I'm drawing a blank on that one.

[@BrainSlushTV]

I didn't realize how much a gaming influence Midway had on my childhood. It wasn't until I got older that realized that they had their hands in all of my arcade favorites. Rampage may be my number one of their catalog. I love hearing about these older gaming companies. This is gonna be a great series. Thanks Geeks 👌🏼

[@geekstorian]

Yeah Rampage is a great game and a hugely fun coop style game as well. They had tons of other games they did in the 80s that I didn't even mention that they either made in house or distributed. They really were massively influantial in the industry for a long LONG time!

[@Jkoziol72577]

Midway who was also known for revolution x . The game that featured Aerosmith and it worked on the same game engine is Terminator 2 arcade

[@geekstorian]

Yep absolutely! I just didn't feature Revolution X on here, thanks for coming by and watching!

[@Evercade_Effect]

Some how I missed this. Great video man I really enjoyed it!

[@geekstorian]

Thanks man glad you liked it! Always happy to see you swing by!

[@Wallyworld30]

Mortal Kombat was a very exciting time to play games in the arcade. Maybe play some music from the games and commercials to give a sense of how hyped it was? Any zoomer watching this video isn't going to appreciate how wild it was when those games hit the Arcade. NBA Jam was massive as well in the arcade. I'd jump from Mortal Kombat to Killer Instinct to NBA Jam. The fact you could recognize the NBA players faces and body size for the first time along with amazing game play made that game a smash hit.

[@geekstorian]

Yeah it does miss a little something without the music I agree thats kind of on me I've done that kind of work on videos before I think I was in the headspace of this flow feels fine lets leave it like this. Good to see you btw Marty I haven't seen you comment in a while!

[@intellivisiongamer]

Great job and I love the new series

[@geekstorian]

thanks man!

[@shawn6306]

i know that atari acquire some small companies like accolade, nightdive studios and digital eclipse i want to let you know that i did let my favorite company atari know on twitter x i want to also see them also acquire mindway and acclaim enterinment next as well because i would also love to see mindway and acclaim games also come to my favorite unpopular unerrated new atari vcs 800 that's my wishlist

[@geekstorian]

I dont think they will get those from time warner microsoft or sony might i know they were thinking of selling to one of them at some point. Not sure arari has the pockets for their asking price though. Good to see you shawn!

[@paradoxerror3969]

Say.... what happened to Bullfrog Studios? I loved Dungeon Keeper back then, the recent mobile version is such trash though

[@geekstorian]

I dunno I need to put it on my list to find out honestly.

[@125scratch2]

Sunsoft only developed the NES version of Xenophobe

[@geekstorian]

Dammit your right it was Blue Sky Software, thats what I get for reading the wrong line, thank you for the correction and sorry for the mistake. Thank you for coming by as well

[@125scratch2]

@@geekstorian Thought the arcade version was in-house by Midway

[@geekstorian]

what I found said Bally midway and just below it blue sky software so I'm assuming bally as the publusher blue sky as the developer its not ultra clear.@@125scratch2

[@125scratch2]

@@geekstorian .......Blue Sky was only behind the Atari 7800 port, and the unreleased Atari 8-bit port. The arcade original is solely a Bally Midway creation.