Atari Games and it is the first game in the Gauntlet series to be produced in 3D and is the last Gauntlet game released by Atari Games. 1999 Rush 2049 is released, the last arcade game to bear the Atari Games logo. Atari Games in Milpitas is renamed Midway Games West, and closes its coin-op product development division. Hydro Thunder is released by Midway Games. It is a 3D speedboat racing game and was one of the first to run on QuickSilver II hardware, a windows-based hardware setup that was less expensive to use. The game was one of Midway Games most successful arcade games to date. Derby Owners Club which was the first large-scale satellite arcade machine with smartcards, which have become a staple in Japanese game centers since. 2000 Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is released by Capcom and runs on Sega's NAOMI hardware. This game combines 2D character sprites, background arenas and special effects are 3D polygon based. 2001 Namco releases Tekken 4, the first talking game to feature almost all characters talking to one another. Sega releases Virtua Fighter 4, the first arcade game with online features in Japan. 2002 Arctic Thunder Special Edition is released and is the last arcade game by Midway Games and runs on a PC based Hardware Midway Graphite. Its arcade division was later shut down. Sega launched World Club Champion Football, which introduced trading cards, which have become a staple in Japanese game centers. 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 caused many Japanese arcades to close down See also Arcade game Golden age of arcade video games List of highest-grossing arcade video games Video arcade References External links Arcade Games history ! Arcade History History of video games