XBLA Catch-Much: Farewell to XBLA

Contra is up, 400m$.
Hit the leaderboard #4 at 211,301 (MaxShrek.) That means by morning I'll have been shoved to about, oh, #1,004.

The Konami Code works in Contra on the XBLA! WHAT?!

How about IKARI WARRIORS?

That would rule.

It's the arcade version of the game, not the Nintendo version. I'm somewhat annoyed by this.

Certis wrote:

It's the arcade version of the game, not the Nintendo version. I'm somewhat annoyed by this.

I played Contra on the NES, but I'm not sure what the difference would be between the Arcade and NES versions. What are the differences?

It's the arcade version of the game, not the Nintendo version. I'm somewhat annoyed by this.

Elitest nerd!

I didn't even know there was an arcade version. I'd Wiki it up but I'm supposed to be working

Certis wrote:

It's the arcade version of the game, not the Nintendo version. I'm somewhat annoyed by this.

How different is it from the nes? I've never played the arcade version before.

The graphics were not quite as good on Nintendo, but it was actually easier to pick out your targets on it. The controls were better and I think the levels were longer too.

The levels were much longer, and instead of ending, the game would loop after the island explodes and the helicopter takes off, credits roll..

I'm really interested to see if Contra: Hard Corp comes out on the Virtual Console (Wii.)

This weeks release: nothing, again?

Great question. I haven't heard anything.

Epic and MS should have release GoW on 11/17...

Well they got all the first timers for Gears of War last weekend, and all the word-of-mouth players will be getting it this week(end). I'd say its well timed.

Major Nelson says:

Wednesday's Arcade Release

I just heard from Xbox Live Arcade's Silver Surfer (Greg Canessa, head of Xbox Live Arcade) and he let me know that his weeks Xbox Live Arcade title "˜Defender' is just finishing up in the certification department. Why am I telling you this? Because it means that we won't hit our traditional Wednesday 0800 am GMT release time, but the the team is working as hard as they can to get it into your hands as soon as possible on Wednesday. Thanks for your patience, and I'll post as soon as it is available for download.

Defender? *sigh*

Seems that the release for the week of Thanksgiving is either hidden, mysterious, or announced sometimes Tuesday night. But, I dunno, it seems that this week's game is "GO EAT f*ckING TURKEY YOU ASSHOLES!" or like the Wizard of Oz- "I have to give the matter a little thought, uhhhh, go away and come back tomorrow..."

Where the hell is Castle Crashers?

I'm boycotting Live Arcade games until they release that damn thing.

Mills wrote:

Seems that the release for the week of Thanksgiving is either hidden, mysterious, or announced sometimes Tuesday night.

Small Arms

Small Arms on Wednesday! So sayth IGN.

EDIT: Damn you Poly!

Neat. They have a "viral achievement" in Small Arms called "6 Degress of Small Arms". To get it, you have to play a game with someone else that has it. Initially, only the 4 developers will have it, and it will spread from there.

Thin_J wrote:

Where the hell is Castle Crashers?

I'm boycotting Live Arcade games until they release that damn thing.

Q1 2007.

*sigh*

polypusher wrote:
Mills wrote:

Seems that the release for the week of Thanksgiving is either hidden, mysterious, or announced sometimes Tuesday night.

Small Arms

:O

Man, just when I thought I had decided to haul the PS2 and Guitar Hero 2 to the parents' house over Thanksgiving.

Some footage of the game.

Bullet Train
Missile Silo
Cliffs

Wow cool, looks like a cross between Worms and Smash brothers

I'm excited for Small Arms. I'll definitely try to get my fiancee to give it a shot with me.

Don't know if I can get any of this going on Wednesday, but Thursday during the day look me up!

Yeah I'm stoked for this too. Too bad im 3000 miles away from my xbox for a week.

I've been looking forward to this game for quite some time.

Yeah! Finally a game I'm interested in...I've been looking forward to this game for quite awhile. Would love to see Castle Crashers soon...

Costs only M$800. Sounds good!

Mills wrote:

Costs only M$800. Sounds good!

What is that only $10? That is pretty reasonable for a new game. I would gladly pay that, then the $5 for some of the retro games they have been bringing out lately.

Got it. Only played for about 10 minutes, but very disappointed so far.

Visually, the characters do not stand out, from the background or from each other. Constantly I am losing track of my character amid the chaos.

Gameplay-wise, I might just not "get it" yet but I haven't identified much in the way of strategy beyond "spray and pray". I certainly don't have that crisp, in-control feeling of Super Smash Bros.