live arcade essentials

richyfingers · 2 Mar 2009 at 13:29

Just recently started getting into the live side of the 360, mostly racers I play but I was browsing through the arcade downloads section the other day with a couple of mates and got almost pee'd my pants at some of the games available such as R-Type, Speedball 2, Streets of Rage, Gauntlet...the list goes on. Since I’m pretty new to live what are the essential arcade downloads?

Looking for some good multi or co-op games. anything like micro machines around?

orderoftheflame · 2 Mar 2009 at 13:30

Braid
Castle Crashers

Get them. Complete them.

richyfingers · 2 Mar 2009 at 13:34

Sorry, should mention im not a huge fan of platformers.

chewyuk · 2 Mar 2009 at 13:56

I'll 2nd Castle Crashers and throw in Street Fighter 2 HD Remix to the list.

Shamikebab · 2 Mar 2009 at 14:12

Rez HD

HTMLHugo · 2 Mar 2009 at 14:35

Worms and UNO are must haves if you ask me. The others are best kept behind the rose tinted specs imo

Tunney · 2 Mar 2009 at 14:50

Bomberman Live! is awsome. It's the definitive version and contains every option you could ever want.

Worms is good fun in multiplayer too.

Griffyn · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:16

Geometry Wars 2 gets my vote.

I have penny arcade vol 1 on PS3 and that was a laugh (on XBL too)

dannyjo22 · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:18

Nhl 3v3 awesome against a friend.

Jamesdavid3 · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:20

All there Arcade stuff looks CRAP, they all seem like cheap games for Microsoft to make money, i never look twice at them

Shamikebab · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:22

Jamesdavid3 said:
All there Arcade stuff looks CRAP, they all seem like cheap games for Microsoft to make money, i never look twice at them

then you are a nut.

orderoftheflame · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:31

Shamikebab said:
then you are a nut.

Quoted for emphasis.

Braid and Castle Crashers were better than most the retail games last year.

Jamesdavid3 · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:32

All the games on there look cheap and rushed, Street Fighter HD remix is prob the best thing to come out of it for quality wise, the rest just looks pants.

Barno · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:32

Jamesdavid3 said:
All there Arcade stuff looks CRAP, they all seem like cheap games for Microsoft to make money, i never look twice at them

Then you're missing out. Braid, Geometry Wars 2 and SSF2THDR are all classics that I played as much of if not more than last year's best retail games. I would recommend them to anyone.

point decay · 2 Mar 2009 at 18:14

loving bomberman live..

Littlenose · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:11

i'm waiting for my live points card to arrive (hopefully tomorrow) so that I can get stuck into Bomberman Live

pmbuzz · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:27

For me, it's GW2, Bejeweled 2 and PacMan CE, Pinball FX too.

cokecan · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:29

Obligatory pimping of Geometry wars 1& 2, Marble Blast Ultra, Heavy Weapon, 3 on 3 NHL

Undertow was pretty cool and Aegis Wing is a free side scrolling space shooter (with 4 player coop) that was created by some Microsoft interns a couple of years ago but is only available from the US marketplace (create a new US tag to get that one)

point decay · 2 Mar 2009 at 19:43

Portal still alive is also very good, if you have yet to play through it.

Foghorn Leghorn · 2 Mar 2009 at 21:48

cokecan72 said:
Obligatory pimping of Geometry wars 1& 2, Marble Blast Ultra, Heavy Weapon, 3 on 3 NHL

Undertow was pretty cool and Aegis Wing is a free side scrolling space shooter (with 4 player coop) that was created by some Microsoft interns a couple of years ago but is only available from the US marketplace (create a new US tag to get that one)

Yup, I'll second marble blast, bought it for my kids at the weekend, can't get on my Xbox anymore

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Also, Doom and Bomberman live. Oh, and Zuma.

Fog