Offical Xbox Live Marketplace Update List [Archive] - Page 7

diskoboy

03-06-2007, 02:28 PM

TMNT arcade game confirmed for XBLA.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/770/770555p1.html

Yeah - I was wrong. And I could still care less. I'd rather play The Simpsons.

And BTW - grab your free HD episode of South Park. It's the "Good Times With Weapons" episode.

diskoboy

03-07-2007, 10:04 AM

Worms is up, as if everyone didn't know already. :)

agbulls

03-12-2007, 12:49 PM

heybtbm

03-12-2007, 01:32 PM

Via Joystiq.com

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will leap onto Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, March 14 at 0900 GMT, arriving one week earlier than predicted. For 400 points ($5) you can cop an unadulterated version of the classic seven-level beat-'em-up, complete with 4-player co-op via Xbox Live. For once we're not gonna gripe about another arcade oldie shuffling onto XBLA. Mutant turtles with ninja powers or a soda fountain jockey? There's just no comparison.

The most amazing aspect (to me) of TMNT coming to XBLA is how two companies were able to work together and settle the whole "rights issue" so fast. You've got to hand it to Konami and Ubisoft for working it out.

Now if Capcom and Marvel Entertainment could just get their act together like these guys.

segagamer4life

03-12-2007, 01:40 PM

MegaDrive20XX

03-12-2007, 01:54 PM

Cowabunga...Let's KICK SHELL! Can't wait to to play the co-op mode!

diskoboy

03-12-2007, 02:31 PM

agbulls

03-12-2007, 03:03 PM

Never did like TMNT. I'll bet they rushed to get this out in time for the movie release...

I'll bet when The Simpsons movie comes out this summer, the arcade game will be released shortly thereafter on XBLA.

I sure hope you're wrong. We really don't have any idea how long they've been working on this port. Just because we found out about a few weeks ago and its coming out quick doesn't mean it hasn't been in development for months. My only hope is that this has the original music, sound effects and voice overs. Considering how bad the unlocked version of TMNT arcade was on TMNT Battle Nexus, we could be in for a rude awakening. However, all things considered, that sounds really unlikely. I would imagine we would probably have heard about that by now...crosing fingers...

E Nice

03-12-2007, 07:12 PM

True about the unlockable TMNT arcade game but that was Konami's fault and doing. They supposedly didn't want to cut a deal with the company who held the rights to the tv show music and voice sound bites. Going by the video out there of the XBLA TMNT arcade game it seems like Ubisoft decided to not be cheapskates, like Konami, and actually pay the royalty fees to have the full arcade game.

diskoboy

03-12-2007, 07:48 PM

I sure hope you're wrong. We really don't have any idea how long they've been working on this port. Just because we found out about a few weeks ago and its coming out quick doesn't mean it hasn't been in development for months. My only hope is that this has the original music, sound effects and voice overs. Considering how bad the unlocked version of TMNT arcade was on TMNT Battle Nexus, we could be in for a rude awakening. However, all things considered, that sounds really unlikely. I would imagine we would probably have heard about that by now...crosing fingers...

I wasn't bad mouthing the game, itself. I've just never been a fan of the Turtles, in general - toys, comics, etc.. The Simpsons is essentially the same game, and i love it.

The only reason I said that, was that I find it ironic that there had been no real mention of this game until 2 weeks ago. Then the movie trailers start showing up everywhere... Now it's coming out Wednesday, with the movie following shortly.

But hey - people want it. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna get in anyones way. :)

Especially since everyone has been claiming the past few XBLA releases have been 'lackluster', to say the least (With the exception of Heavy Weapon, and Alien Homonid).

diskoboy

03-13-2007, 11:28 PM

Viva Pinata demo finally up, for those of us who haven't played it yet.

Oobgarm

03-16-2007, 01:31 PM

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/16/543013.aspx

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

Only 800 Points.

Awesomeness.

diskoboy

03-16-2007, 01:39 PM

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/16/543013.aspx

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

Only 800 Points.

Awesomeness.

HELLS YEAH!!

I'm wondering what the achievements are gonna be... I can't find a list of achievements, yet.

segagamer4life

03-16-2007, 01:48 PM

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/16/543013.aspx

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

Only 800 Points.

Awesomeness.

FUCK YEAH... I can't wait for this!!!!!!!!!

heybtbm

03-16-2007, 01:50 PM

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/16/543013.aspx

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

Only 800 Points.

Awesomeness.

Finally.

diskoboy

03-16-2007, 06:02 PM

Oh - Tennis fans...

Virtua Tennis 3 demo is up.

Kid Ice

03-16-2007, 07:42 PM

http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/16/543013.aspx

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

Only 800 Points.

Awesomeness.

I have a PS2 on the shelf right above my 360 and a copy of SOTN within arms reach. And yet I still want this.

s1lence

03-16-2007, 09:38 PM

360 Achievements for SOTN are here
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/home/showachievements.php?type=Arcade&gameID=192

PallarAndersVisa

03-17-2007, 12:01 AM

I have a PS2 on the shelf right above my 360 and a copy of SOTN within arms reach. And yet I still want this.

Same! haha, I have 3 different copies of SotN and I'm still buying this the second it comes out!

TurboGenesis

03-17-2007, 12:07 AM

Symphony of the Night on Wednesday, 3/21.

I will be getting this. Been wait for long while now. I hold off playing PS version so I can play XBLA Castlevania Symphony of the Night.

Good news.

MegaDrive20XX

03-17-2007, 12:34 AM

About damn time...phew...it's so good to hear this news...

Lothars

03-17-2007, 03:42 AM

I've never played Symphony but I am looking forward to playing it

I also really hope Settlers of Catan is next after Symphony

diskoboy

03-21-2007, 10:26 AM

The 360 just got it's new XBLA killer app, today.

Castlevania: SotN is finally up!! (as if you didn't know ;) )

segagamer4life

03-21-2007, 10:57 AM

The 360 just got it's new XBLA killer app, today.

Castlevania: SotN is finally up!! (as if you didn't know ;) )

DOWNLOADED IT... WOOO HOOOO

diskoboy

03-21-2007, 11:36 AM

How do you view the castle map? I can't figure it out?
EDIT - nevermind - got it! :)

64Bits

03-21-2007, 12:21 PM

Just curious, will SoTN always be available for download on XBLA from now on, or will it be taken down after a while? Just wondering, because I still don't have a 360, and want this.

MegaDrive20XX

03-21-2007, 12:24 PM

I honestly don't know what to think of it...it looks great... but it froze on me once (black screen of death)..had to go back into the dashboard and reboot the game....took me a while to get used to the back button as the pause..and L to view map....the GC Intro before the Bloodlines scene..is missing...which makes me wonder if all the CG has been removed to help this...

It's hard to pull off Alucard's spells with that D-pad for me.

Only question I have is, is there a big difference between Enhanced and Original graphics? Since to me, it looks pretty much the same thing, unless you count it smoothing out the pixels.

kaedesdisciple

03-21-2007, 03:21 PM

Holy crap, just when I thought I was going to start getting some sleep again. Most of those achievements don't seem too difficult...

youruglyclone

03-21-2007, 03:37 PM

Just curious, will SoTN always be available for download on XBLA from now on, or will it be taken down after a while? Just wondering, because I still don't have a 360, and want this.

It'll always be available.

and yeah the achievements are how do you say...underwhelming

PallarAndersVisa

03-21-2007, 04:10 PM

the achievements are pretty lackluster, but oh well. The game looks great! I can really tell the difference with the smoother graphics, particularly on Alucard. The sound effects for a lot of things has been compressed obviously, and some of it changed completely. The little skulls that chomp their teeth in the stage leading to the clock tower, their sound is nothign like the original.

Great game though, I couldnt be happier.

Alucard79

03-21-2007, 09:28 PM

mmmmm...... tasty

GM80

03-23-2007, 05:47 PM

By my count, the next XBLA release will be #50 (assuming that the 49 I have showing up on my drive is all of them). That's a milestone; I wonder if they'll do anything special?

ubersaurus

03-23-2007, 07:52 PM

1up says Jetpac Refueled.

I'm looking forward to this one, so kickass.

Kid Ice

03-24-2007, 12:28 AM

Original SOTN voice acting intact. Repeat...the voice acting is intact.

DIE MONSTER! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!

Lothars

03-24-2007, 02:26 AM

1up says Jetpac Refueled.

I'm looking forward to this one, so kickass.

meh it looks alright but I would have definitely prefered Settlers of Catan instead, I mean I will get Jetpac Refueled but it's not my top choice.

gepeto

03-24-2007, 11:49 AM

I am not a big Castlevania fan but when I played the psx version of sotn I thought that that was one of the best 2d styled games that I had ever seen.
The soundtrack was top notch. The magazines were giving it a 9.5 I believe and I was like yeah right until I actually played it. A winner even to this day.

I think this was the pinnacle of castlevania games and I wish they would make more 2d ones.

diskoboy

04-11-2007, 02:58 PM

Wow - no updates in several weeks....

-Jetpac Refuled
-Luxor 2

Today: Boom Boom Rocket
and some GH2 track packs.

segagamer4life

04-11-2007, 03:06 PM

anyone check out BOOM BOOM ROCKEYT?!?!

diskoboy

04-11-2007, 04:10 PM

anyone check out BOOM BOOM ROCKEYT?!?!

I got it. I love it.

But there seems to be a problem with the controller on the menu screens... There is on mine. But it doesn't affect the gameplay at all. It's DDR with not-so-cheesy music. Endurance mode will eat you up, and spit you out!

I wonder if you can use the DDR pad with this game?

diskoboy

04-16-2007, 03:29 PM

Shock! MS is releasing both Gyruss and Minigolf Adventures on Wednesday.

http://www.xbox.joystiq.com/2007/04/16/this-wednesday-xbla-brings-gyruss-minigolf-adventures-end-of/

norkusa

04-16-2007, 03:41 PM

Has anyone played that mini-golf game before? Looks like it was originally a Gametap release. 800 points is kinda steep but it looks like it could be real fun.

Kid Ice

04-16-2007, 04:48 PM

Gyruss now, my goodness. I'm starting to feel like someone sent MS a list of my personal favorite arcade games.

jcalder8

04-16-2007, 04:56 PM

I'm still waiting for Catan.

Nebagram

04-16-2007, 05:16 PM

I'm still waiting for Space Giraffe. I'd happily wait ages, but dammit, I want it now!

Gabriel

04-16-2007, 05:36 PM

Hopefully MS will start releasing more than one game a week as a regular thing.

diskoboy

04-18-2007, 01:09 PM

Of course - Gyruss and 3D minigolf are up.

But they have also just posted a Bioshock gameplay video. It's f'ing amazing! But it's about 350 megs. If you were on the shelf about wanting to get Bioshock - this video will make you froth at the mouth for it.

Kid Ice

04-19-2007, 06:09 PM

Sadly both games stink. How do you mess up Gyruss? Easy...change the music and sound effects. And the "enhanced" graphics include a rotating background. Hello barfbag.

ubersaurus

04-19-2007, 07:15 PM

Sadly both games stink. How do you mess up Gyruss? Easy...change the music and sound effects. And the "enhanced" graphics include a rotating background. Hello barfbag.

I heard you could set it to use the original sound and graphics. Time Pilot and Scramble let you, I know that much, so it seems like a fair bet.

Kid Ice

04-19-2007, 07:37 PM

I heard you could set it to use the original sound and graphics. Time Pilot and Scramble let you, I know that much, so it seems like a fair bet.

Original graphics yes, but you could not change the sound/music in the demo.

Gamereviewgod

04-19-2007, 09:35 PM

Original graphics yes, but you could not change the sound/music in the demo.

In the full game the sound option shows up.

Mini-Golf is great, though it's going to take a few rounds to get the power down. Once you find the shortcuts, it really opens up. Great game online with four players.

Kid Ice

04-19-2007, 09:52 PM

In the full game the sound option shows up.

I'll go ahead and remove this egg from my face now.

diskoboy

04-19-2007, 10:27 PM

OMG - the original sound/music on Gyruss is horrible! It's way off key, and the drum samples are missing.

Stick to the enhanced.

scooterb23

04-19-2007, 10:35 PM

I love the minigolf game. Although I find it fairly easy (I won the single player full 36 hole tournament by 71 shots). I'll be spending a lot of time mastering this one (and trying to get all the medals) :D

kaedesdisciple

04-20-2007, 12:10 AM

OMG - the original sound/music on Gyruss is horrible! It's way off key, and the drum samples are missing.

Stick to the enhanced.

Is it me, or is this one harder than the arcade original? I seem to remember getting to the other planets a LOT easier back in the day. Right now I can barely make Saturn, and it's pissing me off.

Kid Ice

04-20-2007, 07:34 AM

OMG - the original sound/music on Gyruss is horrible! It's way off key, and the drum samples are missing.

Or maybe I'll just leave the egg on my face. Uhh. Yeah.

diskoboy

04-20-2007, 01:06 PM

Is it me, or is this one harder than the arcade original? I seem to remember getting to the other planets a LOT easier back in the day. Right now I can barely make Saturn, and it's pissing me off.

Yes - I think it is. I can't even get perfect on any of the challenging stages. I can barely make it to Saturn, myslef. I almost made it to Jupiter, yesterday, but got hit by a meteor before I could shoot the last ship. And the collision detection really needs to be fixed. Plus I realized, in this version, your ship only fires 3 shots in succession. I haven't played the arcade version in almost a decade. I seem to remember you ship could shoot 4 shots in succession, in the arcade version.

kaedesdisciple

04-20-2007, 01:32 PM

Yes - I think it is. I can't even get perfect on any of the challenging stages. I can barely make it to Saturn, myslef. I almost made it to Jupiter, yesterday, but got hit by a meteor before I could shoot the last ship. And the collision detection really needs to be fixed. Plus I realized, in this version, your ship only fires 3 shots in succession. I haven't played the arcade version in almost a decade. I seem to remember you ship could shoot 4 shots in succession, in the arcade version.

I noticed all of the above, especially the collision detection. There are no near misses here, if it gets close to your ship, you're getting hit. But it doesn't work the other way, you need pinpoint accuracy to hit anything, even with the upgraded gun.

kaedesdisciple

04-22-2007, 11:31 AM

Yes - I think it is. I can't even get perfect on any of the challenging stages. I can barely make it to Saturn, myslef. I almost made it to Jupiter, yesterday, but got hit by a meteor before I could shoot the last ship. And the collision detection really needs to be fixed. Plus I realized, in this version, your ship only fires 3 shots in succession. I haven't played the arcade version in almost a decade. I seem to remember you ship could shoot 4 shots in succession, in the arcade version.

I just did a shot by shot comparison of the first stage with the arcade. The XBLA game is right in that you can only fire 3 in succession. However, sitting in the same spots in the first stage hitting the fire button at the same rate I could not kill the same number of ships as I could in the arcade. They made it a lot harder in the XBLA version to kill all of the ships before they hit bottom.

MegaDrive20XX

04-23-2007, 01:43 PM

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3158915

More shocking, TWO more games on Wednesday the 25th! Pinball FX and Eets: Chowdown

Kid Ice

04-23-2007, 05:07 PM

I just hope they keep up the quality. Obviously I wasn't keen on Gyruss and Mini-Golf and I wasn't crazy about Boom Boom Rocket either. When I see the offerings for Wii it looks like a lot of shovelware...IMO most of the XBLA stuff is at least download worthy.

DigitalSpace

04-23-2007, 06:38 PM

Damn, Pinball FX looks fun. I'll have to check that out whenever I get a 360.

diskoboy

04-23-2007, 08:14 PM

Thanks to whoever updated the topic.

Is the pinball game a made up table or a collection of arrcade pins? Regardless, I'm buying. I love me some pinball.

diskoboy

04-25-2007, 02:26 PM

Pinball FX and Eets are up.

Pinball FX is pretty damn fun, but the physics are a little on the 'light' side. It just doesn't feel like a full sized pinball machine.
I'm on the fence about Eets.

GM80

04-25-2007, 03:21 PM

The earliest version of Eets that was released this morning failed to launch on most people's systems. The download disappeared quickly, and came back up later. Pretty bad that these XBLA games seem to get held up so long in quality control then launch with a crippling bug. Looks like they got it fixed pretty quickly, though.

diskoboy

04-30-2007, 12:51 PM

This week (5/02/07) we get Catan, Centipede, and Millipede.

blissfulnoise

04-30-2007, 01:12 PM

This week (5/02/07) we get Catan, Centipede, and Millipede.

Catan is pure quality. We should get a game together that night. If it's paced like the board game though, plan on about a 2 hour game with 5 people.

Nebagram

04-30-2007, 01:26 PM

Catan looks good to me, Centipede/Millipede on the same day does seem a little... cheap, somehow. It's still not the animal I'm really waiting for. :|

GM80

04-30-2007, 02:15 PM

I wait long time for Catan.

Centipede and Millipede, meanwhile, are apparently bundled together as a single 400 point download. A+ for this week.

diskoboy

04-30-2007, 02:54 PM

Millipede blows away Centipede. But both are gonna be awkward without a trackball.

I haven't played Catan since I was a pre-teen.

scooterb23

04-30-2007, 11:04 PM

Finally Catan...sweet.

I also hear Carcassonne in June...awesome.

I really want Alhambra though, it's my favorite of the three games that have been announced.

gepeto

04-30-2007, 11:12 PM

I love gyruss. I have so many versions of the game it is nice to see a remake in 3d. I was playing tonight and I noticed the space background rotating slowly. For me the controls are spot on no complaints here. I loved the objective of trying to get to earth. This version definately throws more at you early ramping the difficulty up. It is amazing how these games stand the test of time and are still going strong 20 plus years after there release.

The funny thing with these retro releases is that I feel that I deserve a freebee every now and then for the 300 earlier versions I own but the 400 prices point is sooooo sweet.