Arcade: Tron

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

I picked this up and am satisfied with the game...I don't mind the controls too much (it makes the game really hard at higher levels, though), but they should have included a setting for "sensitivity", as some people like to live on the edge! If anyone plays this with the Arcade stick (the one with the spinner), please post and tell us if it makes it any better!

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

I might consider getting this, but my license transfer has not yet gone through yet, even though I've been waiting since October. Fix the DRM!

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veegore127 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:32:27 GMT

I would like to try this game but can't stay logged in long enough to download the game.... status reads "up and runnig"

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Cutriss — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:39:13 GMT

Did Sony hire Microsoft to market the PS3 for them?

Because...you know...-damn-.

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XabisMission — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:36:46 GMT

@ ScuzzyJackalope. I have games that dont work even when connected. I have deleted and re-downloaded but still they dont work. And what if I were to lose my job and not be able to afford internet connection? I dont want no DRM, I want fair DRM, and I'm sure that everyone complaining wants fair DRM. Nobody has said get tid of DRM, just fix it.

It really sucks to be treated this way by M$ because I still have my old xbox with over 70 games, All my 360 games have been bought not rented, and until recently I was happy handing over my cash for arcade games and DLC. I consider myself to be a good customer that just wants to be able to use what he has paid for.

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Social Disease — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:31:58 GMT

I played the heck out of this game in the arcade back in the early 80's. This is a nostalgia purchase for me. However, the AIM controls in this are absolutly terrible! The arcade game had a spin dial for the aiming which worked great. They could have made it so that the direction of the right analog stick was aimed at was where the arm would go. The way it is now is really unusable.

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silentbob714 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:19:22 GMT

well after reading these horrible reviews.. I probably won't be buying this.. plus the fact that more than half of my arcade titles don't work offline due to the horrible DRM MS has in place.. Anyhow, Game on!

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drewjube — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:35:19 GMT

Well, that's just great...TWO XBOX Live Arcade titles released this week and neither of them available in Korea. Why can't you, the Gamerscore Blog people, or whoever Microsoft pays to release these titles do what is necessary to have titles released in Korea? It is not just one or two, it is several dozen now! If you won't do your job, at least tell us what is so unique about Korea. I am sick of reading about you guys gallivanting at In 'N Out or whatnot while ignoring your customers for months on end.

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DenmonX — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:32:29 GMT

Well I bought the game. Tron and Discs of Tron are two of my favorite arcade games, so I had to.

To the fine folks at Microsoft:

Do you guys have a Quality Control thing going on with XBLA at all? Because this game obviously skipped right past it if you do.

Sound Emulation is horrible. Controls are horrible, better with the alternative settings, but still not acceptable for a game of this type. The screen is crunched down. The Enhanced Mode isn't even the default in this game, you have to select it. When you do select it... my god. This is the worst 'Enhanced' Mode I've seen so far on XBLA. The rainbow colored cones are now just RED, the graphics don't look like they changed at all save for a few spot in the levels, and it actually makes the game less appealing.

You guys need to look at this game and think about the quality you want players to expect and see if this meets that standard. Considering MAME has had this game emulated perfectly for over 10 years, this is absolutely shameful.

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erikjb — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:27:55 GMT

StanleyPain, that's not right at all. Only some of the tracks in iTunes are DRM-free.

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erikjb — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:27:35 GMT

StanleyPain, that's not right at all. Only some of the tracks in iTunes are DRM-free.

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DonP97 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:15:50 GMT

ehSOME!

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StanleyPain — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:15:22 GMT

Actually, in reference to the comment about iTunes DRM, they actually DON'T have DRM anymore. Everything new and from a certain time-point onwards is now "iTunes Plus" which is higher bitrate, no DRM, and open format covertable.

So, yeah..iTunes DID get it right even though it took awhile.

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StanleyPain — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:13:09 GMT

Yeah, the controls are not only not very good, but the sound emulation is way off, as has been the case with many of the XBL conversions by Backbone. Digital Eclipse did a much better job when it was just them.

The sound is clearly not functioning properly as many of the effect, primitive though they may be, are being emulated at a slower chipset or something. Also, part of the sound comes from different speakers, which has to be a glitch as the original game was mono. For example, when in the tank arena, the tank engine noise comes from the left speaker and the shots come from the right...maybe a bug with Dolby Digital or something.

Kind of a disappointment.

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sircoynie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:33:35 GMT

Totally agree with Cutriss

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Cutriss — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:06:06 GMT

@ScuzzyJackalope -

We just want middle ground. iTunes doesn't have problems with piracy - it still has DRM.

We don't want the DRM to go away. We just want to be able to transfer our licenses. Theoretically, to do that, you'd have to have the console online to begin with, so there's no way you could start cloning licensed games - the games would lose licenses first, have the licenses returned to MS, and then you'd re-acquire them on the new console. If you sent in your console, then they'd update the DB when your console came in.

If you started trying to clone your HDD, people still wouldn't be able to play the games because the keys are still tied to your console.

We just want to be able to re-assign where those keys go.

iTunes got it right.