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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    11/15/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    Oh, man, Blinx ... hahaha ... I remember that game. Bought it and returned it (back when you could at EB) in less than an hour. Jesus, that game was awful.
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    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    Why does nobody who owns an Xbox get upset over the fact that they touted backwards compatibility, did it for a year, told us to wait, then came out w/ this...old xbox games that you need to buy from MS again, to play on your 360. WTF! IS EVERYONE RETARDED?
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/14/08

    @Sickofitall:


    Cause at least its not a PS3, with all backwards computability completely removed from every sku by now. 360 owners still have some backwards comp available for every system with a HD... the store just gives you an option to buy games you don't want to track down. Its better than nothing at all.


    But seriously... I wish they had pulled a Nintendo on this one when it came to backwards comp, and done it via the hardware instead of the software.

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/14/08

    @Komrade_Kayce:


    Er, sorry, I know the 80gb has some software emulation of bc...


    But Im fairly sure my PS3 allows me to download PS1 games off the store. So how is this any different?

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    Image of Len Bias Cocaine Surplus Len Bias Cocaine Surplus
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    At this rate the full Xbox catalog should be available by the year 3501
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    Image of Talleh Talleh
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    Are they just out of games that people want to play even after all of these years, so they move on to games that might be alright, but nobody has heard of? Where is KOTOR? Where is Halo 2? Prince of Persia? Morrowind? Panzer Dragoon? Mech Assault 1 is excusable because of the famous exploit, but the seocnd?


    All of the great games of the original Xbox that are no longer readily available. The games that built Xbox Live with their great online multiplayer are now only available through retail outlets, used, which gives the developers nothing with the chance that it will become scratched and worthless. Now I know that this is just one month, but really, how many developers don't want to sell their games again without the price of printing the games continuously? The selection of retail Xbox games available new is dwindling, for obvious reasons of new technology and systems, but that is what download services like this are for!

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    Image of Mr.Waffleton Mr.Waffleton
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    This further proves my theory that the people running the Xbox team (all of them, even those picking XBLA titles) likely never touched a video game before starting at Microsoft. Seriously, they released Ikaruga, Rez, and Duke Nukem 3d to little fanfare, but went absolutely bat-shit over Coffeetime Crosswords as if it were the greatest game ever made. Most of these people's only experience with games before working for MS was playing Solitaire or Bejeweled.


    I think when they chose zapper, they just had some secretary look through a box of old Xbox titles and go "aww, that's cute, it's got a cricket on it. Release that one!".


    As for Blinx, yeah I'd have rather had that. Sure it was hardly great (partially due to it being hard as hell) but let's face it, it's been copied enough times (new Prince of Persia games, Braid)

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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    11/14/08

    @Mr.Waffleton: Coffeetime Crosswords RULES.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/14/08

    @mind in rewind:


    Lol, seeing as how you're on my friends list and I've stalked your gamertag before, I was wondering if you were going to show up to chirp in on Coffeetime :P

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    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    Still can't beat Fuzion Frenzy as the absolute worst XBO release.
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    For a software heavy company, they really suck at making money through one of the easiest scams possible.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/14/08

    @Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:


    Scam? Nay nay.


    You try finding a copy of Sid Miers Pirates! on the Xbox for 15 bucks.


    Everything else? Yeah.

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    Image of akilshohen akilshohen
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    that's one wicked cricket, how can you beat that?
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    11/14/08

    @akilshohen: Raid.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    11/14/08

    In reply to And Your Next Xbox Original Is...
    How about you release some damn backwards compatibility patches Microsoft, so I can play my copy of Gladius again.
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