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Classic 80s Games Coming to XBox Live

Submitted by WilWheaton

Edited by WilWheaton

Tags: Xbox, games

XBox Live subscribers, get ready to party like it's 1989!

Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of Pac-Man and Frogger.

Microsoft plans Wednesday to offer some additional updated versions of popular 1980s-era games through Xbox Live Arcade, an online service that lets people download free trial games and buy them for $5 to $15.

Microsoft will start with Frogger, and offer a new classic game each week for the next five weeks. There are currently 20 titles available to XBox Live subscribers, and Microsoft says they hope to have a total of 50 available by next year.

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Posh

Posh

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 12, 2006 02:00 PM

damn you, Wil, for beating me to this! wink

i'm disappointed. i totally thought street fighter 2 was coming out today.

zyryx

zyryx

Tyler, TX
April 2004

JUL 12, 2006 02:30 PM

Galaga?!?!

RuneLateralus

RuneLateralus

Chicago, IL
December 2002

JUL 12, 2006 03:18 PM

Posh said:
damn you, Wil, for beating me to this! wink

i'm disappointed. i totally thought street fighter 2 was coming out today.

I know. But soon it will. Oh yes it will. I challenge you!

Posh

Posh

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 12, 2006 03:24 PM

RuneLateralus said:

Posh said:
damn you, Wil, for beating me to this! wink

i'm disappointed. i totally thought street fighter 2 was coming out today.

I know. But soon it will. Oh yes it will. I challenge you!



bring it on, punk!!

i so can't wait to kick everyone's asses with my l33t spastic button pressing skillz.

fo sho.

decedent

decedent

Boston, MA
December 2003

JUL 12, 2006 03:53 PM

i bought frogger. the online modes are pretty interesting.

regardless of which game came out today, i was probably going to buy it since there's been such a terrible drought. now i'll probably buy the other four, too (even though i bet SFII is an unplayable mess online).

Markus001

Markus001

United Kingdom
November 2004

JUL 28, 2006 10:15 AM

All that technology and power on the X360, and Frogger is the next game that gets released. Wow.

zoton

zoton

Kuwait
November 2005

JUL 29, 2006 03:56 PM

wait tell the nintendo Wii comes out, that'll show you what classic gaming is about. TG 16, gensis and nintendo games all available for online consumption .... yum !

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