Here's a quick n' dirty breakdown of the 18 Xbox Live Arcade games that were playable at Microsoft's after (media breifing) party:
* Cloning Clyde - indie platformer
* Contra - arcade port; Konami code works; diagonal shooting was spotty
* Defender - arcade port
* Frogger - arcade port
* Galaga - arcade port
* Heavy Weapon - indie side-scrolling tank shooter
* Lumines Live - like PSP version, but with downloadable videos
* Mutant Storm Empire - indie sequel with upgraded visuals; continuous levels; room-to-room (a la Smash TV)
* Pac-Man - arcade port
* RoboBlitz - indie title using Unreal Engine 3; build was unplayable unbearable
* Scramble - arcade port
* Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting - arcade port; controls (on gamepad) were inconsistent
* Small Arms - indie Smash Bros. ripoff
* Texas Hold 'Em - poker (without real money)
* Time Pilot - arcade port
* Totemball - indie camera-controlled musical platform adventure
* Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - arcade port
* Uno - card game
A Microsoft representative told us that these titles should be available by the holiday season, with some seeing summer/fall releases. Street Fighter, Texas Hold 'Em, and Uno will represent the next available batch of XBL Arcade games and should be released in the coming weeks.
Source: Joystiq
May-15-2006 20:55
RJT
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Originally posted by Yan
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Source: Joystiq
Thanks, and yeah I saw that over the weekend, but damn does that seem like a paltry showing...
And SF has been rumored to be showing up "in a few weeks" since the end of January...
This is exactly why I didn't drop nearly a grand on this thing to get fucked over.
May-15-2006 23:40
WM2
Double Majoring ownz me
Registered: Sep 2004
Location: Indianapolis
I was going to say you would have really gotten fucked over if you paid a grand, but I saw that you're from Canada. We're they really that much up there?
May-16-2006 04:41
Moongoose
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Celje, Slovenia
I love it how they pointed out that the code in Contra still works
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May-16-2006 08:50
RJT
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Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by r5a
This is exactly why I didn't drop nearly a grand on this thing to get fucked over.
Wow, so up in Canada PS3 is going to cost like, what? A Million dollars?