Xbox Live Game Room: First 30 Arcade games disclosed + Trailer + Live Gameplay Foot
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yeah they so went there.
FIRST 30 Games:
1. Centipede (arcade)
2. Asteroids Deluxe (arcade)
3. Tempest (arcade)
4. Crystal Castles (arcade)
5. Lunar Lander (arcade)
6. Jungler (arcade)
7. Road Fighter (arcade)
8. Scramble (arcade)
9. Finalizer (arcade)
10. Tutankham (arcade)
11. Shao-Lin's Road (arcade)
12. Super Cobra (arcade)
13. Red Baron (arcade)
14. Gravitar (arcade)
15. Battlantlis
16. Astrosmash (Intellivision)
17. Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing (Intellivision)
18. Armor Battle (Intellivision)
19. Space Hawk (Intellivision)
20. Sub Hunt (Intellivision)
21. Sea Battle (Intellivision)
22. Space Armada (Intellivision)
23. Astrosmash (Intellivision)
24. Star Raiders (Atari 2600)
25. Outlaw (Atari 2600)
26. Yar's Revenge (Atari 2600)
27. Millipede (Atari 2600)
28. Football (Atari 2600)
29. RealSports Tennis (Atari 2600)
30. Combat (Atari 2600)
Trailer:
http://themindchannel.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-trailer-of-game-room-for-xbox-360.html
Live Gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDDQRelISU
RandomguyatNeogaf wrote:I was browsing Channel 9 roughly 45 mins ago, and there was an interview with Robbie Bach from CES (now pulled). I watched the entire 15 minute interview, and at the end for about two minutes they briefly discussed a new "Xbox 360 Game Room" that is going to be announced tonight.
Robbie compared it to trying to bring back that generation bridging that used to happen in gaming. For example, he compared it to people now-a-days still having fun playing centipede even though it was made years ago. Another comparison was with music and he compared on how he listened to Journey when he was younger, but now his daughter thinks it's a cool band.
They didn't discuss specific details on what the service is offering or anything like that (details to come tonight I"m sure), but merely the reasoning behind the service.
I'm not sure if anyone was able to catch the interview in time or was able to download it (in hind sight, I should have!). If anyone else watched it and could remember anything else, please do tell!
At the least, expect this to be announced tonight!
*Edit* Additional discussion on Team Xbox forums: http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=636761
*Edit2* Video download link (Thanks Microsoft! ): http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/7/9/5/7/1/5/RobbieBCES2010_ch9.wmv
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http://www.gamervision.com/gamer/coop/news/article/game_room_pricing_revealed
Game Features
* Relive the glory days of the classic arcade. “Game Room” replicates the old-school look, sound and feel of a retro video game arcade. At launch, “Game Room” will bring you a library of 30 original arcade and console classics such as “Centipede®” and “Asteroids Deluxe®” from Atari Inc. and other favorites from Activision Inc., Intellivision, Konami Corp. and more, all shown in their original cabinets. Create a brand-new social environment* your avatar can explore, trick out your “game room” by arranging your cabinets, and decorate each room with themes and animated icons from your favorite games. With weekly new title releases, your arcade will soon be retrofitted to perfection.
* Prove you’re the arcade master. Think you have what it takes? Challenge friends to beat your high score by sending custom challenges and taunts across platforms, earn Achievements, unlock levels and climb your way to the top of universal leader boards. Compete in ranked mode, in which you play against other Xbox LIVE members on the world leader board, or challenge mode, in which you take turns playing a game.* “Game Room” also offers local Couch Play mode for up to two players — how will you duke it out for arcade supremacy? Enjoy a seamless experience across Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs as you share games, track your progress and jump back into the game, no matter which of the two platforms you’re on. You can even invite friends into your custom arcade to check out your collection or visit their “game room” to demo games and scope out additions to your collection.
* Buy “Game Room” titles once and play on both your Xbox 360 and Windows-based PC. Enjoy the freedom of buying games for “Game Room” once and playing on both Xbox 360 and a Windows-based PC for about the same price as a DVD rental. Those who prefer to play on a single platform can purchase individual games for either Xbox 360 or a Windows-based PC at a lower price point, or even pay to play a single game just like in the old arcades. See how long you can last on a single token!
Retro games are shown in their original cabinets, which you can place anywhere in your personal arcade. Invite your friends in to check out your collection.
How Do I Play?
An Xbox 360 console or Windows-based PC and an Internet connection are all you need* to access “Game Room.” “Game Room” and associated games can be found on your Xbox 360 in the Xbox LIVE Games Marketplace or in the Games for Windows — LIVE client on your Windows-based PC.
How Much Does It Cost?
It is free to download “Game Room,” which you can then populate with classic arcade games available for individual purchase. Buy games once and play on both an Xbox 360 system and a Windows-based PC for 400 Microsoft Points. Or, to purchase a game for only one platform, each individual Xbox 360 or Windows-based PC title is 240 Microsoft Points. You also have the option to pay to play a single game, just like dropping two quarters in the slot in the old arcades, for 40 Microsoft Points. Visit your friends’ “game rooms” and try their games free before you buy.
“Game Room” Specifications
* One or two players
* HDTV 1080p
* In-game Dolby Digital
* Voice chat
* Avatar support
* Online multiplayer (one or two players)*
* Cross-platform leader boards
* Cross-platform Achievements
OK all of this, the whole thing, looks awesome to me. The fact that you have the option of purchasing the games for either / both 360 and PC is great. I'll be a slave to my arcade personalisation though.
Wonder if there will be any support or implementation for the "retro arcade" XBLA games I've already bought, like Gauntlet / Robotron / Joust etc when the 360 launched? Doubt it, but that would be doubly awesome if so. Since the games have arcade cabs modelled for this game room, with cross-platform shenanigans like leaderboards and Achievements I'm thinking I'd have to re-purchase them all... again.
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There is also a reason we pay for it. We get a lot of stuff from it that makes it far more stable than PSN. Plus regular/frequent updates.
Oh gaming, why have you lost your way?
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I have this feeling that it won't be long until I'm looked down on by most gamers because I buy the systems using ancient button tech.
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Anyway this thread isn't about that.
What's the appeal of these 'home' style gimmicks? My mii can walk around a room and pick what to do with the console using an in-game-like interface?
Tooooo much.
I'm pretty sure we already call that Xbox Live Arcade.
Most retarded decision ever, I couldn't believe there were hundreds of people standing around Home waiting to bowl on the 8 lanes they have available in the bowling alley. ITS VIRTUAL YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY LANES AS YOU NEED, JUST LET PEOPLE PLAY!
Are you kidding?
You've got to be kidding, I cannot believe a company would do that.
Please tell me you're joking, and that's not how Home really works.
I wonder if we're expected to pay for access to this, beyond the traditional Xbox tithe.
It's not a problem as long as it doesn't inflate the cost of the base units, or are an optional thing to pay for.
Then again, it means some of the money we all pay for consoles goes toward the development of this bullshit. I certainly protest against that. I want my money spent on shit I care about.
But it really is too bad that developers are doing this. The consoles are leaning toward not standing out from one another.
It bothers me enough that I can't get rid of the Mii that I made. I should have left it as the default nothing.
No, I'm not kidding at all (unless they've changed it, I was last in Home like a year ago, the ONLY time).
There was like a pool hall with 4 pool tables. People milling around and playing pool. You couldn't just walk up with a buddy and play the pool game you had to wait until the people playing were done and hope to snag a spot. Same went for the chess boards, bowling alleys, arcade machines, etc. Anything you could interact with like a game or sport wasn't just available to play whenever you wanted you had to wait your turn while other people were playing.
It was laughable.
I think it's more that MS wants more awys for you to see your Avatar and such, so that you'll buy clothes and such for it.
Which is so terrible.
What kind of stuff exactly? Don't get me wrong, the 360 does have features the PS3 doesn't (like cross game chat) but what stuff makes it "far more stable"? Also, all the systems get updates (even the DSi) and the 360's are generally the least frequent.
Anyway, I'm really not surprised by this news. Despite Microsoft making fun of Home and stating that they're about games, not virtual spaces, this thing was always on the cards after they lept into the Mii pool. I think they may've even hinted at it at E3 last year (though it could've been another event).
My mind is blown, what a completly shitty fucking service. I wonder if they've changed it since release?
completely unneeded.
Y'know what'd be cool? Is if this arcade was accessible to the public at large, instead of a single avatar occupying an arcade machine (and preventing everyone from using it - what the fuck Sony), more people can access it. And to show how many people are accessing it, a view avatars crowd around the person who has been present the longest as if watching him play.
Just a little bone to throw to create atmosphere I guess, but it'd be neat.
What you are saying is that you want to watch a guy playing a game in a game without actually playing.
I'd rather it just a 8 person max party distraction, not a persistent place.
Really, this 'walk around to arcade machines' crap will be cool for how long exactly?
Not necessarily.
Until the rapture.
as long as it isn't as crashy as Live parties and 1v100
Now that I think about it I would be happier if I could walk around the lobby in 1v100
Home's first month earned Sony over a million dollars and they're still making quite a bit of money off of it. That's why.
Xzibit would be proud.
Like someone said, you just know this will be an incentive for people to buy avatar clothes and shit... which is a retarded thing to do.
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It's not that strange of thing to do... it seems that a LOT of people here have a HUGE hate-on for anything that is even close to resembling something casual or social-based, as if they are desperately afraid of havign to socialize with someone outside their tiny little circle of interests. Nothing wrong with making little digital mans look decent.
And they had that arcade Geometry Wars cab. That was some pretty decent implementation.
Heh. Remember when Marty went the future in Back to the Future part 2 and showed some confused kids how to play an oldschool arcade game and they declared "Playing with your hands is for babies!" Honestly out of the flying cars, hoverboards, functional holograms, and self drying clothing, did anyone thing that video games abandoning buttons would be the one thing that movie got right?