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Fatal Fury, Cyberball, And Special Sales

Labor Day weekend is so close I can taste it, and it tastes like half-price Xbox Live Arcade games! From Saturday the 1st at 5PM PST to 4:59PM PST the next day, Small Arms and Zuma Deluxe will cost you only 400 MS points, while arcade classics Gauntlet and Dig Dug will go for a mere 200. The sale was announced alongside next week's Live Arcade Wednesday titles, Cyberball 2072 and Fatal Fury Special. While better Fatal Fury games have come and gone, I cannot begin to count how many quarters I've spent over the years on Cyberball's robotic football goodness, and the promise of multiplayer over Xbox Live just sweetens the deal. Both will be available starting Wednesday for 400 MS points. A fine price for excellent football without any of the dog cruelty guilt.

1:30 PM on Thu Aug 30 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,208 views, 30 comments

Latest by CheekyLee: Just to confirm for fellow Europeans, even though we don't have a Labor Day, or even know what 'Labor' is, more »

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Puzzle Fighting On The Streets of Rage

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix has landed on Xbox Live Arcade, and it is everything you'd expect it to be. The game looks highly polished and crisp, with the odd exception of the actual characters you play who look like blurred versions of the same old sprites from the original PlayStation release. Still, 800 Microsoft Points is a small price to pay for SPF goodness. Joining it on Arcade this week is Streets of Rage 2 for 400 points, which proves that you should never make friends with Blaze and Axel because it'll only get you kidnapped. I'd be amazed if anyone returns their calls anymore. Hit up Xbox Live for demos of the two titles, or just skip that bit and download Super Puzzle Fighter.

8:30 AM on Wed Aug 29 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,841 views, 63 comments

Latest by Gospel X: @Phantom_Photon: Maybe you just see the aura of all living things, like Superman in Birthright. This could lead to more »

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Space Giraffe and Street Trace: NYC

You won't find any rehashes of decades-old arcade games popping up this Wednesday on Xbox Live Arcade. This week sees two all new original games kicking your ass at 800 points a pop. Street Trace: NYC is a new entry in my what could be favorite genre of all time: the hoverboard racer. Something about traveling at high speeds on a stylized plank while leaving a glowing trail in your wake appeals to me. Street Trace features several game modes, different arena and street tracks, and online multiplayer for up to 8 players via Xbox Live. Then there's Space Giraffe, Jeff Mintner's tribute to Tempest, with 100 levels of colorful shooting goodness with special moves and power ups thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. A couple of really nice titles for sure. Me? I'm just glad I don't have to use the phrase 'enhanced graphics and sound' this week. More »

6:00 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,732 views, 32 comments

Latest by CopyPaste: I'm going to buy space giraffe. Just because someone said...lets call it space giraffe and they did. Also my new more »

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Track and Field Races To Live Arcade

Once again it is time to unleash the vibrating fingers of doom upon the unsuspecting public. This Wednesday's Xbox Live Arcade release is the game that had arcade managers bitching and moaning about replacing buttons every other week, Konami's Track & Field. The six button-punishing events from the original are spiced up with four player multiplayer via Xbox Live, voice support, enhanced audio, and enhanced graphics including special effects and hand-painted sprites and backgrounds - or you could just play the ugly older version. Your choice. 400 points is the price you pay to be completely humbled by my freakish tapping speeds this Wednesday.

This week on arcade: Track & Field [Major Nelson's Blog]

11:20 AM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,687 views, 19 comments

Latest by Scrapple: I remember playing the shit out of this at my local pizza hut..... we would stick a plastic knive between more »

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Missile Command Targets Xbox Live

Celebrate the Fourth of July holiday by taking a trip down memory lane with Missile Command, available on Live Arcade this Wednesday for the relatively low price of 400 Microsoft points. Mind you, this isn't just any Missile Command, but an revamped version updated with full 3D graphics, updated music and sounds, and two player co-op play locally or over Xbox Live. More »

1:20 PM on Mon Jul 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,836 views, 27 comments

Latest by deKay01: Oh, and it works just fine with the pad. Classic Mode is a bit wonky, but Enhanced has no more »