Midway Games

Midway Home Entertainment ( formerly Bally Midway ) is an American game development company based in Chicago, Illinois.

History

Midway was founded in 1976 as a division of Bally, a company in the field of games and casinos. Early successes are recorded in the U.S. by selling the now become classics games Space Invaders and Pac -Man.

The pinball manufacturer Williams bought Midway in 1988.

Gained fame by Midway games like Defender, Joust, Robotron: 2084, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam. In the meantime, however, recorded Midway losses and had to show a few successful games.

In 2003, the publisher brought the Games legend and id Software co-founder John Romero and his colleagues Tom Hall as a project manager on board. In addition, until 2007 was Alexander Brandon Audio Director at Midway Games, where he worked on a variety of game soundtracks. In December 2008, investor Sumner Redstone sold his 87 - percent share in the private investor Mark Thomas for $ 100,000. At the same time were taken over liabilities in the amount of 70 million U.S. dollars from the new investor Thomas.

On 12 February 2009 Midway declared its insolvency and filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Prior to this, no new lender will be found who could settle the outstanding debts of about 150 million U.S. dollars.

On 22 May 2009 it was announced that Warner Bros. wants to buy the game brand and some development studios.

List of games that have been developed / published by Midway ( selection)

  • A.P.B
  • Arch Rivals
  • BlackSite Area 51
  • Championship Sprint
  • Clowns
  • Cruis'n USA
  • Gauntlet Dark Legacy
  • Gauntlet Legends
  • Gun Fight ( Bally / Midway, 1975)
  • Hour of Victory
  • Joust
  • Killer Instinct
  • L.A. Rush
  • Mortal Kombat Series
  • Ms. Pac -Man
  • NBA Jam
  • NBA Hang Time
  • Rampage
  • Rampage World Tour
  • Revolution X (1994 )
  • San Francisco Rush
  • Shadow Hearts: Covenant
  • Spy Hunter
  • Strikeforce
  • Super Sprint
  • Tapper
  • The Suffering
  • The Suffering - Ties that bind
  • TNA Impact
  • Tron
  • Unreal Tournament 3
  • Wacko
  • Wizard of Wor
  • World Driver Championship (1999) Nintendo 64
  • Xenophobe
  • Xybots
  • John Woo presents Stranglehold
  • This is Vegas
  • Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
  • Mortal Kombat Deception
Types of business entity Chief Executive Officer Bally Technologies Pac-Man Defender (video game) Joust (video game) Tron (video game) Mortal Kombat (1992 video game) Gauntlet (1985 video game) Rampage (video game) Strike Force (video game) The Suffering (video game) Stranglehold (video game) MobyGames
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