Midway still released a few decent PC games in the 90s but from then on, it went down pretty quickly.
Midway really held on to its older glories it seems and didn't really try anything new. Looking at the releases of the past few years, most were older re-releases of Unreal or Mortal Kombat, or they were pretty crappy games/cheap cash ins. Gauntlet Seven Sorrows, LA Rush, Robotron 2084, etc.
Ah well, it's still sad to see them move out of the market. There's too many companies going under right now. The whole gaming industry seems to complain about piracy yet none seem to understand the reason for it. It's like a chauvenist jerk complaining that girls keep slapping him in the face.
Once publishers start to treat gamers like gamers and not as dollar signs, maybe people will start having a bit of respect again and maybe companies like these wouldn't go under if they weren't so cynically treating their customers.
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