Midway Games
| Midway Games | |
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| Founded | 1958 |
| Closed | 2009 |
| Headquarters | USA |
| Other Names | Bally Midway, Bally Sente |
Midway Games was an American video game company. They are known for the large amounts of games they have developed, spanning over a wide variety of consoles. The company started in 1958 developing amusement equipment. In 1973, the company began focusing on creating video games, mainly arcade and pinball video games. In 2009, Midway filed for bankruptcy and Warner Bros. purchased most of its properties and assets.
The company was known for producing games such as NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, and the Cruis'n series.
Contents
Games
Music Development
Arcade
There were several ways music was created for Midway's video games:
For Spy Hunter, Bally's sound team wrote the music in assembly language on a HP64000. The sound driver was by Bob Libbe.
For their games using FM Synthesis, the composers wrote in 6809 assembly in a sound driver by an unknown programmer.
Their post-1993 games uses DCS Sound System soundboard by Williams Electronics, which supports streamed audio. It was created by Williams sound engineers Matt Booty and Ed Keenan, and further developed by Andrew Eloff.
For the game Cruis'n USA, Vince Pontarelli wrote his music in Performer for the Macintosh, using various sampled instruments, including guitar parts that he recorded live.
For their games, Sente Technologies uses CEM3394 analog synthesizer chips with unique sound. The similar sound chips was also used in post-1985 pinballs by Zaccaria.
GBA
Richard Carle appears to be the only composer for the three GBA games Midway developed. He used Nintendo's MP2K sound engine.
N64
Composers at Midway used Williams Entertainment Sound System, which programmed by Scott Patterson.
On their ports of NFL Blitz, audio designers and editors used Software Creations' Nintendo 64 Audio Tools.
Audio Personnel
Bally Sente/Bally Midway
- Bob Libbe
- Gary Levenberg
- Jeff Gusman
- Jesse Osborne
- Michael Bartlow
- Neil Falconer
- Rehman Merchant
- Richard Green
- Suzanne Ciani
Midway Games
- Alexander Brandon
- Aubrey Hodges
- Chris Granner
- Cris Velasco
- Dan Forden
- Dave Zabriskie
- David Logan
- Dynamedion
- Ed Boon
- Jason Graves
- Jamie Christopherson
- Jim Bonney
- Jonathan Hey
- Keith Arem
- Kevin Quinn
- Matt Booty
- Orpheus Hanley
- Paul Heitsch
- Richard Carle
- Rob Berry
- Robin Seaver
- Rod Abernethy
- Rob Atesalp
- Sascha Dikiciyan
- Shane Kneip
- Steve Ritchie
- Tim Kitzrow
- Vince Pontarelli
Image Gallery
Bally logo.
Midway Games logo.
Circa summer or autumn 1984.
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Games - Wikipedia.
