Wednesday's Arcade Release

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XMastaCrackaX — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

hey major do u know anything about this Halo 3 info that will trickle out in 3 hrs? hmmm i bet u do.

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Joshua_aus — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Any news is good news. Thanks for the update

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Xeos Celeres — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:42:38 GMT

Yeah I want 2D Side Scrollers like;

1. Gunstar Heroes (Wii has this).

2. Golden Axe (Wii also).

3. Double Dragon

4. Bare Knuckle

5. Toe Jam & Earl (Wii)

Old games are nice, but c'mon! Enough Retro titles!

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Ed CHUPACABRAS — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:52:01 GMT

I don't like Defender that much, but as a whole the retro games are cool. I'd love to see arcade's Revenge of Shinobi for instance, or maybe DOuble Dragon, Final FIght, Two Crude Dudes... side scrolling beat'em'ups would kick @ss online at XBLA. Don't get me wrong, new IPs are important and all, but it's called LIVE ARCADE for a reason - arcade games.

How about a Super Off Road port? Or better yet, the spectacular Indy Heat?

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hevymetldude — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:37:33 GMT

oh come on...you use a €400 Console with 3 cores and all that bling bling on a €2000 HDTV for crappy old arcade games that every better scriptkid can code on two long weekends?

ebay exists...go buy an old atari2600 and a black/white tv and have your fun.

XBLA should have more titles like Outpost Kaloki or blabalaClyde.

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zredgemz — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:20:53 GMT

any news on this i just want to know if its still coming today or not so i dont get my hopes up

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Vlaktor — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:37:27 GMT

XBLA wensdays are getting pretty boring :( old arcade games are nice but i hope there will be some more original titles. Can't wait till worms hd, small arms and roboblitz. Seems that alot of them get stuck at MS testing/certification. Maybe they need to hire more people to speed things up?

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pseudotsuga — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:11:41 GMT

Cool, another retro title. i know it seems like XBLA has turned into a dumping ground for retro games (not a bad thing from my viewpoint,) but apparently these titles sell (and it is better to have something released than nothing, whether you would buy it or not).

i want to see more classic games. i still have fond memories of playing on the Atari 2600 Jr and the Colecovision Adam (i never had any Nintendo system) when games were not so complicated and you could just pick up and play.

As far as i am concerned, the three mega classics are:

Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong

i would love to see all of these come out of XBLA. Is there any chance the MSFT could get a deal with Nintendo to port the arcade version of Donkey Kong (i'm sure they wouldn't mind some Rare games for the virtual console)? Now the paragraph gets random. i consider the Genesis stuff semi-classic (Sonic, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star, Eternal Champions - Sega CD, etc). The classics are just easier to release (and most are better than i remember - that is if there were a better controller for arcade). i really like these games primarily bieng in 2D. It is called XBLA, shouldn't it have mostly arcade ports? The new stuff doesn't really excite me. Maybe i'll check out Roboblitz, Castle Crashers (next year- though only because it is a new version of a retro style) and Bugs of War when it comes out.

i wish Canessa and his team would set a schedule at least a month (2+ months would be awesome) in advance and make it public and reduce certification time by 10% (if economically feasible). i don't really have a problem with games missing release schedules (after a while it could be like a King County Metro schedule, where you pretty much expect busses to be late). i don't care if i don't want a game, because i know someone else does (and isn't it all about choice?). Classic or new (or new imitating classic) just release at least one game every week - please.

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BDazzler — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:57:36 GMT

Most of us don't mind a necessary delay, especially when we are told about it ahead of time.

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Buckskin — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:24:37 GMT

Mattyboy73, there are only four hours left this Wednesday. That's why I was posting. I can accept being slightly late but this is ridiculous. Not that I'm going to download it but Canessa is unable to deliver a quality product on time.

BTW re your previous comment there are many games that have shaped the face of gaming today. Like pong and Space War. But I sure as hell don't want them on my 360. Original titles please and take some risks - digital distribution was supposed to encourage that, no?

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Mattyboy73 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:05:57 GMT

Buckskin, if you read what the Major said in the heading you wouldn't be asking this question.

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dotRedcoat — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:52:31 GMT

has Defender appeared on XBLA yet ?

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Buckskin — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:41:17 GMT

Are they actually releasing this today or is it another broken promise? I just went in to turn auto-download off (what's the point?) and noticed it still isn't up.

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JRONI — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:18:54 GMT

awesome...for some people that are into the retro stuff...

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Whet Wurm — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:04:59 GMT

BoyDay, I think there is some confusion about which worms is coming. If it's Worms1, then yes, it's retro; but if it's Worms2 or Armageddon, then it's not retro. I'm seriously hoping and praying that it's the latter.

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snerkTOO — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:21:32 GMT

nope, still no defender on german-mp !