bobcaticus

Uh, not really, considering that Rez just came out and they were likely voting on these for 2007 only.

Pac-Man C.E. was easily the best original game on XBLA of last year, and TMNT Arcade was easily the best classic arcade game ported over of last year, and Castlevania SOTN was easily the best console game ported over last year. Bomberman isn't my thing, but I have no problem with it. For once, I agree with an awards ceremony!

KaneRobot

Shimmergeek

ParadiseEve

Regarding the awards - no Rez HD??! That's SHAMEFUL.

Khab

tonythekitty

Yeah no kidding, emphasis underscore on the fact you cant change the settings or achievements dont get earned, even on the easiest the game is a pain in the ass. if you have it id love to coop with you sometime.

D3Anon

gique

CyberSkull

At first, I thought Minter was a bit out-of-bounds with his blog posts, but now I see he was absolutely right - crap ROMs sell over genuinely innovative games. Maybe Space Giraffe would've done better as a cheap retail game? Who's to know, and this probably isn't the forum for these thoughts, but nevertheless, there they are.

acrnym

On the other hand, it would be atrocious to own an xbox and NOT have some remade classics as well as brand new IP.

If your a pacman fan, your doing yourself a serious disservice by not getting Pacman CE.

Its not as mindblowing as some people might make it out to be, but its definitely one of the winnahs! in my book.

Fyren

i would love to get pacman CE on my ps3 as im a huge pacman fan (my ring tone is even the waka waka heheh)

personally i hate the virtual console because there is nothing new, im just paying for roms. but im very interested to see what comes out of the wiiware projects. I'd rather buy new games or at the very least classic games with updated visuals and maybe new game modes. the only classic game i've bought so far on psn is Qbert because Qbert is scientifically speaking awesomesauce. but Ive also got some really great original games like calling all cars, superstardust HD, and everyday shooter. (though the title superstardust hd makes it sound like it may be a remake with hd grapihcs and such, i dont know for sure, if it is an old game though i've never heard of it before this version lol). i downloaded the pixeljunk monsters demo last night too and its pretty interesting. i like how you're a little guy instead of just a mouse pointer lol. it makes for a different and interesting dynamic to it instead of it just being desktop tower defense force (you dont even make mazes of towers like you do in DTDF (or whatever the game is called i dont remember for sure honestly >.>) so in the end the game doesn't even play that similar other than the fact that there are towers and they defend stuff.

demonknightinuyasha

Fyren

I'd push my family in front of a bus if they'd release a (NEW?) version of Powerstone. I thought about picking up a PSP for it, but I couldn't do it...

Xeronius

Peronthious

TrevWolf

romulusmaximus

photoboy

Struct09

While Chu Chu Rocket would be brilliant, (I've yet to find a local multiplayer game that can bring out so much aggression and hostility in people...Fucking cats...) Crazy Taxi hasn't held up so well...
I'd love to play Power Stone again, and Shenmue, obviously. I'd buy extra 360's just to buy it more in the vain hope of getting Shenmue III released.

Northernsky

darthmole12

randomizer9

Killtacular

Killtacular

The line about Dreamcast games? So true. I would download a ton of those DC games without a seconds hesitation. In particular I'd love to see like Crazy Taxi, the DC version of Worms, Chu-Chu Rocket, and just about every fighting game. I'm sure I'm not alone in that desire.

chinasky

RPGZero

If that ain't an endorsement, I don't know what is.

Now let's see that "Geometry Wars" sequel this year, okay?

jollydwarf

Sauce

dexterr

Catan is great very underrated.

Dishwasher

@The Wreckard: Now that's just bullshit.

Madeira

Islandkiwi

xot

Tramz

Most of it is browser-game level shovelware.

I'm not sure why they haven't negotiated with Sega to put up all their classic games on there from the Dreamcast, Saturn, and Genesis. That's where the good stuff is.

Of course they'd have to get rid of that arbitrary download limit for that.

The Wreckard

josh924

trachten

Who knows, we might even see the 6-player X-Men game in the future. Then I'd be happy.

OneLetter

With all this attention to classic games in the Arcade, you'd think microsoft would release a joystick controller with a 4-way limiter. I picked up an 8-way, but it's still not great - Arcade in a Box has one, but $200 for a controller is a bit more than I can justify to play Dig Dug, but the standard 360 controller, both the d-pad and the analog, are terrible for old games. Pac-Man CE is a world better with the analog than Ms. Pac-Man, but it's still a poor substitute for a joystick.

LongDarkBlues

sc00t420

aaa

Tramz

Tepoz

you'd never actually play it if it didn't resemble some old game you used to love, which is why I can never regard most portable/arcade/cheap games as being worth anyone's time...

it's just milking nostalgia, not creating something worthwhile.

magic_envelope

RPGZero

Madeira

user.error: like jesus christ on acid

Sniper_Zegai

Toasticus

But TMNT, really? And best-selling game? Nostalgia's got a lot to answer for there.

cheeba

acez2087