Over the years, Midway has released its Arcade's Greatest Hits games for numerous consoles, reintroducing gamers to classics that came well before NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat. Most recently, they thrilled us with the enjoyable but slightly lacking Midway Arcade Treasures. Now, the company has gone back to the drawing board, and with Midway Arcade Treasures 2, they've managed to give us a more enjoyable package, even though the collection still has some games that don't belong.

You might have heard about this title in our coverage over the past few months, but, if not, here's a list of all the games included this time around.

APB- Overhead driving/shooting game
Arch Rivals- Side scrolling basketball game, with punching
Championship Sprint- Overhead racing game that lets you see the whole track
Cyberball 2072- Robotic football game, complete with exploding ball
Gauntlet II- Overhead RPG-ish action game with multiple enemies
Hard Drivin- Polygon-based driving game
Kosmik Krooz'r- An alien shooter game
Mortal Kombat II- Popular beat-em-up
Mortal Kombat 3- Popular beat-em-up
NARC- Side-scrolling shooting affair with digitized graphics
Pit Fighter- Fighting game with digitized graphics
Primal Rage- Fighting game with modeled dinosaurs
Rampage World Tour- Demolishing game with different monsters to play
Spy Hunter II- Driving game with dual driving capacity
Timber- Game based on lumberjack sporting events
Total Carnage- Follow-up to Smash TV, with overhead shooting action
Wacko- Shooting game with slight puzzle elements
Wizard of Wor- Old-school shooting/maze game
Xenophobe- Alien blasting game for multiple players
Xybots- Robotic action game with rotation ability

This is a pretty huge offering, but not all of the games are winners. For starters, Midway left some classics out. The first version of Treasures 2 included Mortal Kombat and the insane racing/shooting game STUN Runner, but they got lost in the shuffle, and replaced by Wacko and Kosmik Krooz'r. Now Wacko's alright, a game that mixes shooting with puzzle elements, but Kosmik Krooz'r is horrible, a game that had been released in the arcades initially with a real toy UFO illuminated in the background for "fun effect". Here, it looks dry and empty.

Also, Moon Patrol and Burgertime, two prime choices from previous collections, are still nowhere to be found. Instead, we get long-lost games like Spy Hunter II, a game that can't even hold a candle to the original, Timber, a quirky game based on lumberjack events, Pit Fighter, a basic and slightly boring digitized beat-em-up, and Championship Sprint, a condensed version of Super Sprint with slightly more offerings.

Even with the crud, there are still plenty of excellent titles here. Mortal Kombat II in itself is an absolute delight, offering near arcade perfect thrills, complete with "Toasty!" and challenges aplenty. MK3 also made the cut, and while it's not my favorite, it still has tons to offer. Primal Rage is goofy fun if you don't mind holding buttons to pull off some outrageous moves. Arch Rivals is a beautiful effort, a pre-NBA Jam arcade basketball affair that's a riot. APB: All Points Bulletin is a hilarious and entertaining romp through city streets as you play a cop who must bust suspects, eat donuts, and avoid termination. There's plenty more, too, with Xybots and Wizard of Wor also deserving mention.

Emulation, for the most part, is very nicely done, thanks to the wizards over at Digital Eclipse. These guys have handled all of Midway's retro affairs, and they continue to be at the top of their game. Granted, not all of the games have aged well, especially the gimmicky Hard Drivin', but even though some of them are bad, at least the translation to the next-gen console wasn't botched. Some of them even have cool multiplayer options, like Rampage World Tour, Arch Rivals, and Gauntlet II. Get a few friends together and you'll have a good time.

Midway and Digital Eclipse, despite their efforts, still come up somewhat lacking in the extras department. There's a great gallery of retro gaming art that's worth a look, but there are also some of the most horrid video clips ever made. Some of the MK3 stuff is high quality, but when you delve into the older stuff, you can tell that the effort just wasn't there. The clips are loaded with high-frequency sound problems and poor video quality. There are some great stories to be told, but the lack of polish will probably send you back to the game section in a hurry.

Midway Arcade Treasures 2 is bound to find its niche and appeal to gamers of all ages. It's $20 MSRP is very attractive, and I fully recommend it, if only to have a few multiplayer rounds of Arch Rivals and to own the defining version of Mortal Kombat II.