DIFFERENT GAME. DIFFERENT RULES: REDCARD 20-03 

RedCard 20-03 Caters to Soccer Fans and Action-Sports Gamers with Adrenaline-Style Action and Aggressive Gameplay

CHICAGO – April 15, 2002 – Midway Sports, the sports brand of leading software industry publisher and developer Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), announced today that RedCard^TM 20-03, an all-new adrenaline-style 11-on-11 (including goalies) soccer videogame, will ship tomorrow for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system.  RedCard 20-03 is scheduled to ship for the Xbox^TM video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube later this spring.

RedCard 20-03 features 50 international teams, stadiums and fanatical soccer fans from around the world.  Mixing graphically-detailed authentic soccer action with aggressive gameplay, RedCard 20-03 offers exaggerated, spectacular over-the-top animated moves including slide tackles, bicycles, flips and scissor kicks, along with jukes and shimmies.

“RedCard 20-03 continually delivers the adrenaline rush of the most intense moments in soccer,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway.  “An authentic soccer videogame with aggressive over-the-top action has never been done before.”

On the road to victory, players can choose to compete in a single game with as many as two players in Friendly Mode, challenge their friends to a quick, single-elimination tournament in Party Mode, or set their sights on the championship by choosing World Conquest, where they compete against the remaining 49 teams.  To capture the final glory and win the Cup in Finals Mode, players are pitted  against skilled international teams where they compete for the Cup Championship. 

An aggressive player artificial intelligence (AI) offers various scoring and penalty opportunities in which players can gain the upper hand on their opponents by raising their team’s momentum and increasing their team’s abilities and attributes.  Players can also create their own custom super-team by using the Create-a-Team feature.  Each player possesses ratings and attributes matching their actual physical abilities.  Adding further to the intense soccer action, RedCard 20-03’s exclusive Time-Warp camera effects feature delivers realistic 360-degree replay animations and allows for increased shooting velocity when gamers approach the scoring range.  Additionally, ten highly detailed, rule-breaking fantasy teams -- such as Dolphins, Martians, Ninjas, Matadors, Apes and more -- offer RedCard 20-03 players an added dimension of fun to the over-the-top gameplay.

RedCard 20-03 Key Features

·         Adrenaline-Style Gameplay – RedCard 20-03 combines authentic soccer action with over-the-top gameplay

·         11-on-11 – Each team has ten players plus a goalie.  All players can be controlled individually during the game

·         50 international teams compete for the ultimate championship while wild soccer fans cheer them on

·         Time-Warp Camera Effects – Delivers realistic replay animations and allows for increased shooting velocity when gamers approach the scoring range

·         Ten Fantasy Teams – Outrageous fantasy teams such as Martians, Ninjas, Matadors, Apes and more

·         Intuitive – A context-sensitive control system that allows players to utilize more controller buttons once they become more comfortable with the game’s controls

·         Rewards/Power-ups – Skilled players can unlock modes, teams and stadiums and uncover the hidden power-ups to enhance the game and add replay value

·         Extreme Animations – Different types of exaggerated kicks including bike, flip and scissor kicks as well as jukes, dekes and quick passing from feet to head

·         Stadiums – Visually-stunning environments with realistic texturing

·         Player Boosts and Turbo – Players have the ability to raise a player’s momentum for limited amounts of time by using turbo.  Players also have the ability to perform superhuman moves by accumulating boost points

·         Player Attributes – Players possess ratings and attributes matching their actual physical size and abilities

·         Four Gameplay Modes – Friendly Mode, Tournament/Party Mode, World Conquest Mode and Finals Mode

·         Create-a-Team – Players create their own custom super-team by collecting attribute points awarded by beating teams in single player mode

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

For more information about Midway Games visit www.midway.com.

 MIDWAY and REDCARD are trademarks of Midway Amusement Games, LLC.

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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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