HUGELY POPULAR REMAKE OF ARCADE CLASSIC SPYHUNTER ROARS ONTO THE GAME BOY ADVANCE

SpyHunter’s Relentless Mission-Based Action and Ultimate Counterintelligence Vehicle on Target to Score with Handheld Gamers for Game Boy Advance Debut

 

CHICAGO – May 13, 2002 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that SpyHunter, the all-new remake of Midway’s popular 1980’s action-racing game, will ship tomorrow for the Game Boy Advance.  SpyHunter is available now for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube.

“Now Game Boy Advance owners can experience the only game that features the G-6155 Interceptor and the addictive gameplay that made SpyHunter a favorite among console gamers,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway.

With a next-generation design, incredible high-tech weaponry and a sleek new vehicle (the G-6155 Interceptor), SpyHunter thrusts gamers through eight high-adrenaline missions around the globe in exotic locations in a quest to save the world.  The ultimate counterintelligence prototype vehicle with morphing abilities, the G-6155 Interceptor has offensive and defensive weapons including 25mm cannon machine-guns and heat-seeking missiles.  The G-6155 Interceptor morphs on-the-fly into a deadly high-velocity speedboat, a turbo jet watercraft or a supercharged motorcycle with a turbine engine (horsepower classified), which helps players escape and evade the relentless onslaught of enemy fire.

SpyHunter Game Boy Advance Key Features:

·         The G-6155 Interceptor, a new vehicle that contains offensive and defensive weapons and morphs on-the-fly into a deadly high-velocity speedboat, a turbo jet watercraft or a supercharged motorcycle

·         Explosive weaponry for both offensive and defensive attacks – including 25mm guns, unguided missiles and EMP weapons – and counterattack weapons such as oil slicks and smoke screens

·         Eight in-depth missions encompassing exotic worldwide locations

·         Game Link® cable ready: allows for intense two-player combat

Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software.  Midway videogames are available for play on all major videogame platforms including the PlayStation^®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy^® Advance.
 

For more information about Midway Games and SpyHunter visit www.spyhunter.midway.com.

SPY HUNTER is a trademark of Midway Amusement Games, LLC.  Xbox and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.  Nintendo GameCube, the Nintendo GameCube logo and Game Boy Advance are trademarks of Nintendo. Ó 2001 Nintendo. “PlayStation” and the “PS” Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the financial strength of the amusement games industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, technological changes, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described under "Item 1. Business - Risk Factors" in the Company's current Transition Report on Form 10-K and the other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 

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