Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition

Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures	2004
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition	2006

Warnings

StarForce DRM does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).

Key points

Compilation of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for PC, with some new games added.

No graphics settings whatsoever.

The version of San Francisco Rush 2049 included in this collection has numerous physics and gameplay issues compared to the 1998 version, along with a radically altered soundtrack.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Original 4 CD version. StarForce 3.6.10.07 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
Retail		DVD re-release.

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).

Essential improvements

Patches

The official patches update the game to the latest version. The DVD version is already pre-patched.

Skip intro and transition effects videos (Midway Arcade Treasures 2)

Move, rename, or delete intro and transition effects videos^[4]
Go to `<path-to-game>\videos`, then move, rename, or delete the `trans` folder. Go to `<path-to-game>\videos\other`, then rename, or delete the following video files: `desilogo.wmv`, `mid_logo.wmv`, `z_mk2.wmv`, `z_mk3.wmv`, `z_narc.wmv`, `z_prage.wmv`, `z_tcarn.wmv`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\*.cfg^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>\config\settings.dat^{[Note 2]}

Configuration files are encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config\scores.dat^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>\HydroData\hydro.sav^{[Note 2]}

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Hydro Thunder and San Francisco Rush 2049 feature a Camera View button to change between different camera perspectives.
Windowed		Only Hydro Thunder, Offroad Thunder, and San Francisco Rush 2049 from Midway Arcade Treasures 3 run in Windowed mode.^[4]
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Games are capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Template:Input settings

Audio

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op, Versus Modes and number of players vary by game.

Issues unresolved

Primal Rage: Miscolored blood effects

The blood effects in Primal Rage often appears yellow instead of red when an opponent bleeds.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	WMA	WMA audio files used in Midway Arcade Treasures 2.
Cutscenes	Bink Video, WMV	Bink video files used in Midway Arcade Treasures 3, WMV video files used in Midway Arcade Treasures 2.^[4]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ Version 3.6.10.7 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.^[1]^[2]^[3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-09-23

[4] Version 3.6.10.7 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows 7 or later.^[1]^[2]^[3] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[StarForce_Windows_7-1] Windows 7 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_8.1-2] Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support

[StarForce_Windows_10-3] Windows 10 support - StarForce Support

[AmethystViper-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-09-23

[Note 1]

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[Note 2]

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Developers

Original games	Midway Games
Original games	Atari Games
	Digital Eclipse Software
Publishers
	Midway Games
Release dates
Windows	February 17, 2006
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, First-person, Scrolling, Side view, Third-person, Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Arcade, Fighting, Driving, Hack and slash, Racing, Shooter, TPS, Vehicle combat
Sports	American football, Basketball, Water sports
Vehicles	Automobile, Naval/watercraft, Off-roading, Street racing, Track racing
Art styles	Cartoon, Digitized, Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Comedy, Fantasy, Medieval, North America, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	Midway Arcade Treasures