Hell, Bastion does nearly everything right. It provides a strong narrative, excellent art direction, innovative sound design, and plain-old fun gameplay. If you enjoy arcade mechanics or even just RPGs, this is not something to miss.
If there was a game that could be physically modest, this would be it. Check the XBLA marketplace for sales and other discounts. At the most basic level, Pac-Man CE is a remake. Yet somehow, impossibly, critics have taken to calling it a masterpiece. If you thought playing in an arcade was fun, wait til you get on Xbox Live. Let me reassure you: this is a title that will one day be heralded as a landmark of contemporary art. From the innovation of the mechanics to the passionate depth of the narrative, Braid stands as a collection of some of the best design the medium has to offer.
Blow has imbued with the game with a voice and personality. At times the game is challenging, in other moments, deviously simple.
The sound design is affectingly symphonic. The story, while left artfully open to personal interpretation, speaks boldly to the themes of timing and memory. Five years later, almost nothing has changed. Everyone loves to hate Phil Fish. It turns average gamers into zealous conspiracy theorists, usually overnight.
Ultimately, though, Phil Fish worked tirelessly to make it more than that. Every small setting and collectable is a piece of a larger, overarching puzzle that only the most feverishly dedicated will solve. No one does horror well anymore. All of the biggest franchises Dead Space, Resident Evil , etc.
Survival horror, like its cinematic counterpart, requires a detachment from the formulaic design of modern blockbusters. The puzzles, narrative, sound design, and art direction found here are some of the absolute best this generation has to offer.
Limbo is chilling, atmospheric, and almost masochistically enjoyable. Sonic The Hedgehog 2. Defy gravity in hair-raising loop-de-loops, bounce like a pinball and race like lightning. Experience the thrill of the fastest hedgehog in the universe. Enhanced graphics and sound: The game stays true to the original, but takes full advantage of high-definition graphics, with enhanced sound effects.
Achievements and leaderboards: Take on the challenge of new achievements to conquer, and use the leaderboards to compare scores among friends and the rest of the Xbox LIVE world. Multiplayer: Play with a friend at home, or go online and play Sonic and Tails with the world at large. The arcade classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is true to the original arcade classic. Play through the original seven levels alone, or with up to three others cooperatively via Xbox LIVE.
Classic gameplay: Re-live the nostalgia of the original arcade classic on Xbox Galaga was released in the arcades in and became an instant classic. This exciting title soon became known for its innovative fighter combination system and the varied enemy attack patterns.
Head for deep space as you recreate the arcade experience with one of the games that defined the genre. Space pilot: Take control of a fighter space craft and shoot down the invading aliens. Watch out for the swooping motherships, which will try to steal your fighter!
Extra firepower: Rescue captured fighters to double your firepower. Earn Perfect Bonuses as you battle your way through wave after wave in different challenging stages.
Achievements: Boost your Gamerscore as you unlock achievements. Can you deliver? Keep your subscribers happy by tossing newspapers on their doorsteps with perfect accuracy. Pedal fast and avoid obstacles to make the headlines and bring home the bacon. Earn 12 different achievements to add to your gamerscore, as well. Feeding Frenzy. The more you eat, the bigger you get, and the bigger you get, the closer you come to taking on the fearsome Shark King.
Oysters offer up bonus points in the form of pearls, but be quick or the shell could snap shut with you inside! Did you know that tuna can swim up to 50 miles per hour? Or that a parrot fish can change its gender?
A living world: Stunning underwater environments and rich sound effects. Extras galore: In-game tips and fascinating oceanic trivia. Multiple characters, modes, and levels: Gain exciting power-ups as you progress through 40 underwater levels in either of the two amazing game modes. In-depth experience: Intuitive interface and addictive, unlimited gameplay, with unlockable secret skills and more!
The sequel to the incredibly popular Pac-Man , his girlfriend Ms. Pac-Man takes a turn through the maze. Pac-Man attempts to clear various challenging mazes filled with Pac-Dots and moving fruits while avoiding the ghosts.
One collision from any of the ghosts means a loss of life. Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and be treated to humorous intermissions showing the growing romantic relationship between Pac-Man and Ms. Classic gaming: Guide Ms. Arcade authenticity: The game remains true to the arcade version, including ghosts, dot chomping action, and Ms. Play all mazes from the original coin-op version. Ghosts and pellets: The game is full of hilarious antics as you eat moving fruits and avoid smart ghosts through the fun-filled mazes.
Munch a Power Pellet to momentarily turn the ghost blue! When they are blue, you can eat them for bonus points. Free demo: The free trial demo lets you play through the first two levels of the game. Arcade features: Track your high scores on the Ms. Pac-Man leaderboards and strive to garner all 12 achievements. Streets of Rage 2. Classic arcade fighting action: Each character has special abilities.
Learn to use their moves to defeat the enemies and the bosses. Unique weapons: Katanas, shuriken, knives, and more are available for the player. Weapons can even be thrown for ranged damage. Stellar soundtrack: The music for the arcade version of Streets of Rage 2 by Yuzo Koshiro is widely considered as some of the finest music ever made for an arcade game. Achievements: All new achievements to master and improve your Gamerscore. Control the Streets of Rage!
The original role-playing arcade game lets four adventurers explore together as a warrior, valkyrie, wizard, and elf. Traverse the darkest of mazes, destroying vile beasts and claiming gold. Consume food to regain your strength, collect keys to journey deeper, and seek out potions to defeat your most powerful foes. Arcade classic: Just like the original coin-op game.
Recognition: Post scores to the Xbox Live leaderboards with an experience-based ranking system. Geometry Wars Evolved. Return to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, where hordes of evil, neon shapes await!
The circles, squares, and diamonds are out to get you in Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Green squares evade your fire; purple ones divide into smaller clones. Snake-like lines leave behind a venomous trail, and red circles morph into black holes. This exclusive Xbox Live Arcade sequel gives you both the original Retro version and a new Evolved mode, which combines modern graphics with old-school fun. Geometry Wars: Evolved : This is an upgrade of the original Geometry Wars featuring ten times more particles, high-definition graphics, high-quality digital sound, new bad guys, new special effects, and a new scrolling play area.
Marble Blast Ultra is the latest in the classic Marble Blast series. Get ready for an arcade action masterpiece with stay-up-all-night gameplay and an insane level of visual polish. Compete against each other by navigating your marbles through moving platforms and dangerous hazards, while collecting rare gems and power-up enhancements, in an effort to complete each course in record time. Online multiplayer: Get in action via Xbox Live.
Power-ups: Mega Marble and Ultra Blast let you roll over the competition. Expansive gameplay: Sixty single player levels and ten multiplayer levels. Worms is a cleverly balanced turn-based strategy game in which teams of worms battle across bizarre randomly generated landscapes for supremacy. Each team takes its turn to pick off the opposing teams using crazy weapons, tools, and other utilities, as well as whatever foul strategies they can devise.
Worms die when they lose all of their energy or plunge into the water. The winning team is the one that manages to survive the mayhem and have worms left standing when the dust settles. Sound simple? Undertow is a fast-paced action-shooter that sends you underwater as you battle up to 16 players for control of the oceans! Combat control: Undertow features relentless high-speed combat with simple and intuitive controls. Visual style: The incredible next-gen graphics resonate with a vibrant underwater visual style.
Multiplayer matches: Undertow features player multiplayer battles and two-player co-op modes. Races and upgrades: The game includes three different playable races, each with four unique upgradeable units. Single-player campaign: The level single player campaign has a compelling story told through cutscenes. Compete against three other players to match colors and symbols, go Wild with special command cards such as Skip and Reverse, and be the first to play all your cards.
Add-on theme decks offer new art and new card effects, keeping the game fresh and challenging. Single player: Go up against three computer players. Downloads: Get add-on theme decks to customize the visual appearance and game rules.
Take the deathmatch online via Xbox Live and battle your friends for dominance of the leaderboards. Play the entire single-player game solo or in co-op mode via split screen or over Xbox Live. Multiplayer: Play up to four-player deathmatch, either in split-screen or on Xbox Live. Earn achievements and check the leaderboards for the high scores. Next-generation features: With i HD support, 5. Prepare for the fight of your life! Welcome to Hardwood Spades … the game where a trick IS a treat!
Bid on how many tricks you can take, then work with your partner to make it happen. Game variants: Great version of Classic Spades with rule variants like Cutthroat, four-player partners, Suicide, and Mirrors. Customizable items: Select different backgrounds, card faces, card backs, and tables. You can send Fooms like a Kiss, a Fireball, or Lightning at friends or opponents to clue them in on how you feel.
Lance and Bill, two veteran Special Ops soldiers, must fight their way through jungles, steel fortresses, and frozen tundra to rid the world of Red Falcon and all its minions. Enhanced for Xbox Live Arcade, the new version of Contra includes online multiplayer to play with your friends, leaderboards to go for your best score, achievements, updated graphics, and new sound effects.
One or two players jump into action in Double Dragon. Fight, leap, and climb your way through large scrolling levels. Fight your way past members of the Black Warriors using a range of fighting moves and special attacks such as Flying Kicks, Elbows, and Head Butts. Pick up weapons or grab them from enemies including baseball bats, whips, knives, barrels, and dynamite. Each level has a boss to defeat. After defeating the ultimate boss, Jimmy and Billy fight it out to see who walks away with the girl.
Combat moves: Use powerful attacks such as punches, elbow smashes, kicks, flying kicks, spinning backward kicks, and head butts. Weapons: Wield lethal weapons like whips, baseball bats, throwing knives, dynamite, rocks, barrels, and crates.
In Assault Heroes , take on the role of the only surviving member of an elite special forces unit searching for a secret underground lab. Play the mission alone or fight side-by-side with a friend in the two-player cooperative mode. Arsenal of weapons: Equip characters with miniguns, flak cannons, flamethrowers, grenades, and nukes to destroy everything in your path. Realistic special effects: Destructible terrain and advanced physics engine provide a truly engaging Arcade experience.
Highly detailed graphics: Vehicles leave tracks in the sand, send parts flying when they explode, and leave smoke trails when taking damage. Action-packed experience: Challenging and graphically compelling levels including bonus sublevels for fast-paced and addictive play. This new version of the original arcade game features online multiplayer co-op and versus modes. Listen to the audience cheer as you risk life and limb in room after carnage-filled room.
Can you make it to the legendary Pleasure Dome? And with the likes of Mr. Coin-op classic: Play the original arcade game. Community recognition: The experience-based ranking system has the ability to post scores to the Xbox Live leaderboards. Each game has custom pieces to choose from, such as a rook made of stone, or a furry checkers piece with cute gleaming eyes.
Make each game your very own! Full featured games: Four classic board games to choose from. Play Chess, Checkers, Mancala, or Reversi. Use the video effects to personalize your game. Customizable pieces: Choose custom game pieces that range from traditional marble, to metallic silver, to fuzzy and wiggling gel.
Twelve achievements: Twelve achievements are offered ranging from easy, such as playing all four games, to more challenging, such as taking all four corners in Reversi. Minesweeper has come a long way since the days of the 9-by-9 grid! Minesweeper Flags also delivers exciting multiplayer action for up to four players, deep stats to track your rankings, ratings and true skill score, fun new achievements, and an all-new action packed single-player campaign mode. Supercharged Flags Mode: Play against the computer or compete with up to three other players locally or online in a race to find and flag the bombs first.
Engaging Campaign Mode: Travel the seven continents and strategically use extra lives to sweep up mines on a variety of field sizes and shapes, unlocking lush new environments to enhance Classic or Flags mode. Versus speed mode: Race a friend in split screen or Xbox Live action with this exciting new mode. Take as many frogs as you need to be the first to get five across the street for a new, intense competition. Co-op play: With a friend in the room, or on the other side of the world via Xbox Live, put your competitive nature aside and work together to push your frogs to the limit.
On your mark! Get set! The world title is on the line and you have to compete in six events to cement your legacy as a World Champion. Global leaderboards will compare your skills to see where you truly rank in the world. Go head-to-head in the running events. Host your own World Champion party. Enhanced graphics: Choose either the authentic original graphics or the enhanced graphics including new special effects and hand-painted game sprites and backgrounds.
Enhanced audio: All music and sound effects have been digitally enhanced to sound richer and deeper. Enjoy challenging variations of the classic card game Gin Rummy. Strategically select the right cards to complete sets of combinations, minimizing the risk of getting caught with a poor hand.
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