Midway launches online arcade, digital storefront

As if we didn't already have enough ways to purchase Joust, Midway has launched the "Midway Arcade," which offers just as much quarter-pumping excitement as the name implies. The online store -- really, it's just a store -- features 14 ancients for purchase and download in preset bundles, along with, oddly enough, $5 PC versions of select games from Midway's TouchMaster compilation for DS. Midway's also selling some of its contemporary efforts -- in another location -- for direct download to PC, highlighted by titles like Unreal Tournament 3 and ... what's this? Midway Arcade Treasures! That's right, today alone, we've got two new ways to own Joust. You know, just in case.

The full list of releases is posted after the break.

Midway Arcade

Arcade games:

• APB

• Arch Rivals

• Cyberball

• Defender

• Gauntlet 2

• Rampage

• Rootbeer Tapper

• Spy Hunter

• Joust

• Primal Rage

• Super Offroad

• Total Carnage

• Wizard of Wor

• Robotron: 2084

(Titles from the Midway arcade catalog are available for purchase in bundles of 3 for $5, 5 for $8 and 7 for $10. All 14 Midway arcade titles can be purchased for $15.)

TouchMaster games:

• Peak Deluxe

• 5 Star Generals

• Crystal Balls

• Gem Slide

• Go Wild

• Mahjongg Pairs

• Mahki

• Powercell

• Solitaire

• Target 21

• Trivia

• Word Search

• Wordz

(Casual TouchMaster games are available for $5 each.)

Midway Online Store

• Unreal Tournament 3 - $29.95

• Midway Arcade Treasures - $19.99

• Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe - $19.99

• Area 51 - $14.99

• Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy - $14.99

• The Suffering - $9.99

• The Suffering: Ties That Bind - $14.99

• Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War - $19.99

• Stranglehold - $19.95

• Blacksite: Area 51 - $19.95