Midway Sports Asylum Unleashes the `Fury' On Next-Generation Racing Games

Business Wire, May 30, 2001

Entertainment Editors/High-Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 30, 2001

CART Fury(TM) Combines Over-the-Top Driving Action and

Cutting-Edge Graphics in CART Open-Wheel Racing Debut

Midway Sports Asylum(TM), the sports brand of leading software industry publisher and developer Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), announced today that CART Fury(TM), the only open-wheel racing game officially licensed by Championship Auto Racing Teams, shipped for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system.

CART Fury features 15 world-champion CART drivers -- including Michael Andretti, Christian Fittipaldi and Jimmy Vasser -- going head-to-head on real CART tracks from around the world, as well as fantasy tracks.

For even more over-the-top racing action, CART Fury revved up bombastic beats with the inclusion of music from Disturbed's "Stupify" and Outkast's "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)." Dramatic sound effects and high-powered race commentary also add to the "Fury" experience.

"CART Fury is the first videogame to showcase an action-packed, open-wheel racing experience on next-generation home consoles," said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. "Gamers and racing fans will feel the burn as they strap in for an over-the-top driving experience featuring the exciting aspects of CART racing."

Spectacular, high-adrenaline racing action, photo-realistic scenery and ultra-precision handling place CART Fury in the pole position for open-wheel racing games on PlayStation(R)2. Like real CART racing, CART Fury positions a 28-car field with selectable driving styles and five unique gaming options (Simulation, Arcade, Season, Driving 101(TM) and Sub-games), followed-up by seven authentic CART tracks and 11 fantasy tracks. Each track is packed with high-speed jumps and mind-blowing obstacles.

PlayStation(R)2 Computer Entertainment System Features

-- Features total of 15 drivers with ten of CART's elite drivers

from around the world plus five hidden drivers:

CART Drivers: Michael Andretti (USA), Christian Fittipaldi

(Brazil), Gil de Ferran (Brazil), Adrian Fernandez (Mexico),

Mark Blundell (Britain), Juan Montoya (1999 Season Champion)

(Columbia), Jimmy Vasser (USA), Max Papis (Italy), Bryan Herta

(USA), Tony Kanaan (Brazil)

Secret Drivers: Danny Sullivan, Willy T. Ribbs, Bill Lester,

Jenny Sheehy, Juliana Chiovitti

-- Features 18 different tracks, seven official tracks and 11

fantasy tracks:

CART Tracks: Chicago Motor Speedway (oval), Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil (road oval), Houston, Texas (street course), Long

Beach, California (street course), Toronto, Canada (street

course), Road America (road course), Surfers Paradise,

Australia (street course)

Fantasy Tracks: California Speedway (road course), Airport

Raceway (racing around airport terminals), Frankfurt, Germany

(downtown Frankfurt at night), Chicago, Illinois (downtown

Chicago and the lakefront), The Skyway (a highway construction

zone), Miami, New York, Alpine Raceway, Boston's Big Dig, The

Moon (stunt track), Driving School Track

-- 12 secret cars

-- Five different game modes: simulation, arcade, season, Driving 101 and
Sub-games

-- Sub-games: Last Man Standing, Duel, Block Your Opponent, Time Trial/
Practice Mode, Follow the Line, Lock On

-- Licensed music by Disturbed, "Stupify" and Outkast, "B.O.B. (Bombs Over
Baghdad)"

-- Loads of crashes and car wrecks

-- "On Fire" superboost feature

-- Theater: "Opening Cinema," "Racing Action," "CART Fury Girls," "Day at the
Races," "Driver Interviews," "CART Fury Arcade Team"

-- Multiple driving views: cockpit, behind car and "chase-cam"

Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. (NYSE:MPH) owns, operates and markets the FedEx Championship Series. Champions Gil de Ferran, Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti and Jimmy Vasser are among the drivers who battle for the FedEx Championship Series title on oval circuits as well as temporary and permanent road courses in seven countries throughout the world. CART also owns and operates its top two development series, the Dayton Indy Lights Championship and the Toyota Atlantic Championship. Learn more about CART's open-wheel racing series at www.cart.com.

Midway Games Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and marketer of interactive software. Midway games are available for play on all major home game platforms, including the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and PlayStation(R) game console, Nintendo(R) 64 and Game Boy(R) Color, and Sega Dreamcast(TM).

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

This press release contains certain 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 certain 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 "Business - Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.