The Grid is a 2000 arcade game by Midway. It is a third person shooter which consists of a super-violent television game show hosted by a Smash TV-like host. The game centres around deathmatches. Players control their character using a joystick with a trigger for shooting, a top button for jumping and trackball for aiming. The object of each match is to accumulate the most points by eliminating other opponents. Local multiplayer with up to six players is possible by linking up multiple cabinets. Computer-controlled bots can also be used in place of human opponents. Players can also collect cash that can be used to upgrade player attributes. Individual player progress and statistics can be saved and retrieved through unique account numbers that are entered on a keypad. The game was created by the developers behind the Mortal Kombat series of games and has cameos from characters Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Noob Saibot. This was Midway's last arcade game.
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Some weapons are instagib, others do gradual damage. "LAN" style competitions, and only available in Arcade format. Tank-like controls (joystick does WASD movements, trackball tilts camera left/right), plus a jump button and a fire button. Absolutely fun experience, but $13,000 is a bit too steep for my blood. Best to freeplay at your local arcade, if it's lucky enough to have it.
The flight stick / trackball combo controls are so wild but this is peak Midway multiplayer madness. Chaotic arena shooter that takes the best of games like Power Stone and Smash TV and mashes it together into something really fun and addictive.