Wow, the Xbox Live Arcade press release came early this week and it is loaded with goodies. First and foremost, let's discuss next week's games. There are two games arriving next Wednesday, Fatal Fury Special and Cyberball 2072. If you're a longtime gamer, both titles are likely to bring back heady arcade memories. We're talking about real arcades of course. Fatal Fury Special is old school 2D fighting at its finest, whereas Cyberball 2072 brings us robotic football with a ball that explodes if you don't make those touchdowns quickly. It is, put simply, football for nerds, and it always managed to draw in the same two guys at the arcade. You know, the guys who put their drinks on the machine and played nothing else for five hours. Good times. Both Fatal Fury and Cyberball will be available for 400 points.
In other Arcade news, a select group of XBLA games will be available for half price this weekend in celebration of Labor Day. The four titles are Zuma, Small Arms, Dig Dug, and Gauntlet. Zuma and Small Arms will be available for 400 points, while Dig Dug and Gauntlet will be a mere 200 points each. The Labor Day special runs from 5:00PM PT September 1st though 4:59PM PT September 3rd. Hachi machi, it's so much Arcade goodness we can barely stand it.
Read -- Cyberball 2072 XBLA site
Read -- Fatal Fury Special XBLA site
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-30-2007 @ 1:38PM
Quinion said...
u listed small arms twice
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8-30-2007 @ 1:39PM
Quinion said...
lol nvm i cant read :) I'll be buying dig dug at the new price hope they continue this trend
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8-30-2007 @ 1:59PM
drspank said...
I was excited for a second, until I saw it was Fatal Fury, not Final Fight. Whatever...
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8-30-2007 @ 2:17PM
ccc said...
Thats Fatal Fury Special right? Not the first Fatal Fury, correct?
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8-30-2007 @ 2:19PM
Mauricio said...
Dig Dug for 200. sold.
Hey Sensei, tell the XBLA people to bring on Samurai Showdown 2 and . Now that was a great 2D game.
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8-30-2007 @ 2:19PM
xXFenixKnight13Xx said...
Yeah I wish it was Final Fight too =(, but Fatal Fury Special does kick a$$!!! Ill be getting it. Is there anyplace to request certain games to be put on Live Arcade? I like all the Neo Geo games so they can keep on bringing these on =)
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8-30-2007 @ 2:25PM
derek said...
am i the only one who is tired of these retro crap games? if i wanted to play a game from 20 years ago i'll get an emulator. why not create and release some newly created content on a regular basis? XBL games are terrible on the whole. also, if i want old school how about a game like baseball stars or rbi baseball?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Stars
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8-30-2007 @ 2:30PM
Alex said...
i'll fork out the cash for dig dug. Old games shouldn't cost more than 200pts anyway.
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8-30-2007 @ 2:46PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Zuma for $5? Sold.
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8-30-2007 @ 3:45PM
SABCA said...
Fatal Fury Special 4tehWIN! (Sorry, had to.)
XBLA needed a new 2d Fighter. And now finally SNK joins the fray! Midawy, CAPCOM, and now SNK, all with some form of their big fighters on the XBLA.
A Capcom release this week, and SNK one next week... so wonderful.
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8-30-2007 @ 4:54PM
ccc said...
Just Imagine........ Capcom Vs Snk 2 in the Arcade.
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8-30-2007 @ 8:05PM
Gemini Ace said...
Yea, this needs to be more than a special price. The prices should drop and stay there. I do commend MS for finally doing this. I'll be buying Dig Dug, but 200 points is still too much for Gauntlet.
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9-02-2007 @ 1:16PM
Joe said...
I hope we get more price drops for different holidays.
Columbus Day, Thanksgiving (imagine a fire-sale of 100 MS Points for the first ten-thousand to buy a game)...
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