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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-_______) and the related
Prospectus of Midway Games Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of
our reports dated August 17, 1998, with respect to the financial statements of
Midway Games Inc. and subsidiaries incorporated by reference in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 1998 and the related financial
statement schedule included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Chicago, Illinois
March 2, 1999