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Midway Masters the Nintendo DS with Release of TouchMaster(R)2 and Mechanic Master(TM)

Tue. October 21, 2008; Posted: 08:00 AM
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CHICAGO, Oct 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MWY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment software publisher and developer, today announced that is has shipped TouchMaster(R)2 and Mechanic Master(TM) to retail stores nationwide. The two new Nintendo DS(TM) titles are expected to be available on store shelves this week for an U.S. MSRP of $29.99.

"Midway has a rich heritage of creating fun games that are simple for gamers to pick-up, play and jump right in," said Miguel Iribarren, senior vice president - publishing, Midway. "With TouchMaster 2 and Mechanic Master, we're delivering more easy-to-play and hard-to-put-down games that are accessible to any member of the family."

TouchMaster 2, the sequel to Midway's 2007 smash hit TouchMaster, offers a collection of 20 new addictively fun and exciting card, action, strategy, puzzle and picture games. These favorites are sure to please travelers and TouchMaster fans alike with hours of handheld fun on the road or at home. New games include Bowling, Billiards, View Finder, Scavenger, Picture Slide, Rampage Empire and many more!

Undeniably entrancing, Mechanic Master offers 100 levels of puzzling genius that challenges players to build wacky contraptions to perform simple tasks, like turning on a light bulb or releasing a balloon, in seemingly indirect and convoluted ways using the DS stylus. This game calls for problem-solving ingenuity that flies in the face of logic itself!

More information about TouchMaster 2 and Mechanic Master can be found online at www.midway.com.

About TouchMaster 2

The wide variety of highly interactive mini-games that made Midway's TouchMaster a favorite in bars and arcades across the country returns again with TouchMaster 2 for the Nintendo DS. With 20 new games, including exciting twists on some familiar classics with new spins on Mahki(R), Poker and Solitaire, TouchMaster 2 offers addictive fun for gamers of all ages. TouchMaster 2 offers a collection of 20 new addictively fun and exciting card, action, strategy, puzzle and picture games. Play a quick round to beat your high-score or find some real competition playing head-to-head against other players.TouchMaster 2 - the personal arcade that fits snug in the palm of your hands!

About Mechanic Master

Mechanic Master for the Nintendo DS is a fun problem-solving game for creative minds. Mechanic Master uses the stylus as a weapon to rid the Earth of alien invaders that have scattered across the planet. Become the ultimate Master of Mechanics by creating crazy contraptions to free humans, keep the mechanisms in motion and defeat those pesky foes. Test your skills with more than 100 levels! Creative-thinking is the key to clearing each level.

About Midway

Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with offices throughout the world, is a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for major videogame systems and personal computers. More information about Midway and its products can be found at www.midway.com.

MIDWAY, TOUCHMASTER, MAHKI and RAMPAGE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC. MECHANIC MASTER is a trademark of Midway Games Limited. Game (C) 2008 Most Wanted Entertainment Ltd. All rights reserved. Distributed under license. Nintendo DS is a trademark of Nintendo. (C)2001 Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning future business conditions and the outlook for Midway Games Inc. (the "Company") based on currently available information that involves 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 interactive entertainment industry, dependence on new product introductions and the ability to maintain the scheduling of such introductions, dependence on major platform manufacturers and other risks more fully described under "Item 1. Business - Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and in more recent filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each forward-looking statement, including, without limitation, financial guidance, speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and Midway undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances, except as required by law.

SOURCE: Midway Games Inc.

Midway - Media Relations Reid Druck 858-790-3768 rdruck@midway.com or Midway - Investor Relations Geoffrey Mogilner 773-961-2222 gmogilner@midwaygames.com

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