The best Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) games

[GrandAmChandler]

Lets make a running list of what the top Xbox Live Arcade games are to date. If you know the current price point, it may be a good idea to point that out. Nominate a game for the list with your reasons why.

I will start with the obvious. Pac-man CE - 800pts. This game is one of the best, if not the best game on Xbox Live Arcade.

Top XBLA Titles

• Bejeweled 2 - 800pts
• Bomberman Live! - 800pts
• Boom Boom Rocket - 800pts
• Carcassone - 800pts (Or free if you got in on the promotion)
• Castlevania: SOTN - 800pts
• Catan - 800pts
• Doom - 800pts
• Double Dragon - 400pts
• E4 - 800pts
• Gauntlet - 400pts
• Geometry Wars - 800pts
• Marble Blast Ultra - 400pts
• N+ - 800pts
• Omega Five - 800pts
• Outpost Kaloki X - 800pts
• Pac-Man: CE - 800pts
• Pinball FX - 800pts (200pts extra for a bonus table)
• Puzzle Quest 1200pts
• Poker Smash - 800pts
• Rez HD - 800pts
• Rootbeer Tapper - 400pts
• Scramble - 400pts
• Sonic 2 - 400pts
• Super Puzzle Fighter II HD Remix - 800pts
• Switchball - 800pts
• Time Pilot - 400pts
• TMNT - 400pts
• Triggerheart Excelica- 800pts
• Uno - 400pts
• Worms - 800pts

[boatofcar]

Pinball FX - 800 points
4 tables (and one more for an additional 200pts) and the best ball physics of any pinball game on a next gen console.

[robotriot]

For me it's

Bejeweled 2 800pt
Rez HD 800pt
UNO 400pt

[Slate]

Worms - 800 pts

[le geek]

Switchball - 800 Points
Marble Blast Ultra just seems okay to me, but Switchball is the modern take on Marble Madness that I've wanted for a long, long time...

[heybtbm]

Bomberman Live (the ultimate "definitive" version ever released)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (my personal nostalgic favorite)

[DaveD]

I like Pokersmash....kind of like Poker meets Tetris Attack...
800 pts.
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and though already mentioned, I find myself wasting an astonishing amount of time with Bejeweled 2

[jcalder8]

N+ 800 pts Addictive gameplay and sweet physics. Plus creating your own levels adds tons of replay to the already 250 levels. Promises of more levels to come in the next few months and hopefully the ability to share levels only adds to this game's appeal.

[consolecrusader]

Double Dragon - 400 PT
TMNT - 400 PT

Double Dragon was one of my personal favorites and I can not remember how many damn quarters I put into TMNT in the arcades in AC

[Cantaloup]

My favorites so far:

Carcassonne
Pinball FX
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Geometry Wars
Omega Five

There's also the excellent Puzzle Quest, which I don't have for XBLA but have played on the DS.

[diskoboy]

-Pac-Man CE
-Rez HD
-E4
-Triggerheart Exelica
-Geometry Wars
-Puzzle Quest
-Omega Five
-Castlevania: SotN

[GrandAmChandler]

I believe I am up to date at this point, please let me know if you see any errors or omissions. Also, just like the other thread, if you think a nomination sucks, you can un-nominate it to remove it from the list, a few votes that agree for taking it off will remove it from the list.

-GAC-

[Slate]

I also vote for TMNT 1989 Arcade and Uno. Gauntlet should also be listed.

[mailman187666]

my favorites are (in no order)

Puzzle Quest
Castlevania: SOTN
Geometry Wars
Marble Blast Ultra

there are a bunch I haven't played at all too so I'm a bit behind the times....I moved and now need to buy a OVERPRICED wireless adapter for my 360 to get back on live.

[Vectorman0]

Marble Blast Ultra is probably my most played XBLA game to date, so I think it should be on the list. Boom Boom Rocket is also one of my favorites, though I can see why some may not like it. Assault Heroes is also another great original title that I though was well worth the $10. I also loved the XBLA versions of Time Pilot and Scramble, though there is nothing special or notable about them except for maybe how well Time Pilot controls with the 360 Controller.

[boatofcar]

A couple of other votes from me:

SF 2 Puzzle Thing
Outpost Kaloki X
Catan (seriously, how can Carcasssone be on the list and not Catan?)

[Nesmaster]

Geometry Wars
N+
MBU
Pacman CE

have all been said

Street Fighter II HF 800
Doom (800, soon to be 400)
Assault Heroes (same as above)

Street Fighter may be broken online, but the offline is as great a port as ever, with some hard as nails achievements to keep you playing for a while.

Doom might just be the best console port out there, don't hold me to that but it's the best version I've played. I never did finish the game in the past - I did on my 360 though (on Ultra-Violence too.. guess the achievement helped that) It's a shame no one played online/lag.

Assault Heroes, when it came out, was very fun. I might be partial to things that offer full co-op though. Addicting game that reminded me of Jackal crossed with Commando... or something. Looking forward to the sequel.

[Leo_A]

Time Pilot, Root Beer Tapper, Worms, and Uno are the best XBLA games, in my opinion.

[Nebagram]

Space Giraffe & Rez HD are 1 & 2 in my eyes. Puzzle Fighter, SotN and Pac-Man CE are 3rd-5th.

Special mentions also to Boom Boom Rocket and Sonic 2.

[GrandAmChandler]

List updated to this point. See anything you don't think should be on there? Feel free to express your opinion and a few votes will remove it.

NESMaster, I do agree the single player port of SFII is good, the game as a whole lacks polish as well as it has a broken online mode. Plus this new version coming out is going to trump it.