GameSetQ: Xbox Live Arcade Retro Picks?
So, we thought it was time we resurrected the GameSetQ feature ("a daily question to be answered by GameSetWatch readers in the comments of this lovable weblog, and in some way related to the day's gaming issues"), because we were thinking about Xbox Live Arcade, and retro game remakes, and, well...
One of the things we like the best about XBLA for Xbox 360 are the retro remakes that you can pick up for $5 or so, from Smash TV to Gauntlet and beyond - the Wikipedia Xbox Live Arcade page has a full list of the upcoming ones, as announced at E3, though God knows when they're actually arriving. They include, from Midway, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Paperboy, Defender, Cyberball, Root Beer Tapper; and from Namco, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Rally-X, Dig Dug, Galaga; from Sega, Sonic The Hedgehog; from Konami, Contra, Super Contra, Frogger, Time Pilot, Scramble, Track & Field. Phew, that's a lot! But.. it's not enough for us! The question is:
"If you could pick any arcade game to appear on Xbox Live Arcade for the $5 download price, what would it be? It needs to be an original (non-licensed) title, because otherwise everyone will pick Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara, and that's never going to happen."
Answers below - and if we get enough people voting for the same games, we can set up an online petition and then Microsoft are SURE to take notice, because all online petitions ever made are guaranteed to be successful! We know it!
Comments
It should definately be Nintendo's Picross! An addicting good old puzzler :)
Posted by: Roland Fauster | June 27, 2006 2:42 AM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!
Seriously, any older Konami 4-Player beat'em-up would be brilliant on Live. My vote would definitely be for the first TMNT game.
Posted by: jimmycanuck | June 27, 2006 4:50 AM
No licensed games! This means no TMNT, no Xmen, no old school Superman (would probably get old quickly). Double Dragon! NARC! Rolling Thunder is probably my top pick though.
Posted by: no licenses! | June 27, 2006 5:59 AM
My issue with SmashTV and Gauntlet, is they don't allow an xbox live mode where I can just keep putting in quarters. They add strange arbitrary restrictions like "don't both of you die at once." for smashTV. I just want to play smashTV all the way through with a friend online, and they try to force me into a challenge. Why not give me the experience I can do when playing with two on a console?
Posted by: J | June 27, 2006 6:10 AM
Radiant Silvergun, of course, but as it's unlikely to happen, I'd settle for Toki or Super Dodge Ball (Neo-Geo version).
Super Stardust '96 also fits the profile nicely, but it's not really an arcade game.
Posted by: insane_cobra | June 27, 2006 6:29 AM
Rainbow Islands.
Posted by: Graham | June 27, 2006 6:42 AM
Not necessarily arcade, but I'm dying for some old-school SEGA titles, specifically Shadowrun, Phantasy Star, and Alex Kidd.
My personal favorite would be an XBL update of Powerball, the classic Genesis futuristic sport title combining "football and soccer with wrestling and karate". Best f**ing game ever.
Spot
Posted by: SpotAnime | June 27, 2006 6:43 AM
Not really XBLA related so I apologize, but while we're on SEGA and RPGs, isn't a proper Shining Force compilation in order? With all three scenarios of Shining Force 3 fully translated and without that Shining Force Neo nonsense, thank you very much.
Posted by: insane_cobra | June 27, 2006 7:04 AM
The game I'd most like to see on XBLA is: Settlers of Catan.
Some contemporary board games would be awesome.
Posted by: Measure | June 27, 2006 8:26 AM