[OFFICIAL] Xbox Live Arcade Thread

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

the old string trick? that deli guy wasn't too sharp if you got away with it for a year.

ok, let's talk again once we're both re-acquainted with the controls and stuff. any good achieves?

He was a real old greek man, I feel sorry looking back on things. But hey, I was a 8 year old juvie.

Is is VERY difficult.

But some of the achievements are a little easy. I got 4 of them within 30 minutes :s

Same here with the achievements. Some of them are a joke they are so easy. I did get the "Fast Rider" one or however they word it though... Deliver to 5 customers in less than 60 seconds without dying, which sounds way easier than it actually is, it took me about a half an hour to finally get that.

[Guest]

He was a real old greek man, I feel sorry looking back on things. But hey, I was a 8 year old juvie.

Same here with the achievements. Some of them are a joke they are so easy. I did get the "Fast Rider" one or however they word it though... Deliver to 5 customers in less than 60 seconds without dying, which sounds way easier than it actually is, it took me about a half an hour to finally get that.

Dude, have you tried the 'break 30 windows in one day during Live co-op game'?

It's so frustrating.

[neoadorable]

well Larry so long as the lesson was learned heh heh.

as for paperboy, it'll take some learning but yes, got three achieves in the first ten minutes. i suspect the others will be somewhat harder to obtain..

it doesn't look like the arcade version, but it could be just me expecting a 360 shown on a modern LCD to look like a PCB on a 19 inch CRT screen. however, i'd say it looks like a PC version of the arcade, you know like an early VGA title.

[Guest]

I have 7 or 8 out of 12 achievements after 1 day of purchase. There is only 1/2 of the ones left that I think I'd have some difficulty achieving.

The game is really fun, but I'm disapointed with the achievement targets.

However, I did win a Paperboy gamer pic! :D

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Dude, have you tried the 'break 30 windows in one day during Live co-op game'?

It's so frustrating.

Did you ever figure out how to do this? Does it have to be between the both of you or 30 on your own?

Me and my friend last night were playing, had this great idea to only Deliver to one house on Monday so we lost most of them, so Tuesday would be the day to do it, and although we swore between the both of us we got 30 windows more than once, we never got the achievement. It also turns out if you just get one house on Monday, the game will give you some more on Tuesday, however it will not for Weds, so weds seems to be the day to do it (although then all of the windows you broke from Monday and Tuesday are boarded up!!)

well Larry so long as the lesson was learned heh heh.

as for paperboy, it'll take some learning but yes, got three achieves in the first ten minutes. i suspect the others will be somewhat harder to obtain..

it doesn't look like the arcade version, but it could be just me expecting a 360 shown on a modern LCD to look like a PCB on a 19 inch CRT screen. however, i'd say it looks like a PC version of the arcade, you know like an early VGA title.

I learned the lesson like 12 years later, I was a juvie for a good amount of time. :laugh:

You know you might be right about the graphics. It is hard to say because it has been so long since I have seen the actual Arcade cabinet, so I may very well be comparing it to the later versions that came out as they became standard to me.

I have 7 or 8 out of 12 achievements after 1 day of purchase. There is only 1/2 of the ones left that I think I'd have some difficulty achieving.

The game is really fun, but I'm disapointed with the achievement targets.

However, I did win a Paperboy gamer pic! :D

I want the gamer Pic!!

[Guest]

Did you ever figure out how to do this? Does it have to be between the both of you or 30 on your own?

Me and my friend last night were playing, had this great idea to only Deliver to one house on Monday so we lost most of them, so Tuesday would be the day to do it, and although we swore between the both of us we got 30 windows more than once, we never got the achievement. It also turns out if you just get one house on Monday, the game will give you some more on Tuesday, however it will not for Weds, so weds seems to be the day to do it (although then all of the windows you broke from Monday and Tuesday are boarded up!!)

You need to smash 30 windows by yourself in a single day. The guy I was playing with managed to pull it off, but I just got annoyed as I kept riding into mailboxes and shrubs due to the fact that I was going so slow.

Yeah I found that too. If your house count drops below a certain number, then some re-subscribe. You also get re-subscribers should you do a perfect delivery after losing missing some houses.

I forgot which achievement I unlocked to get the pic, but it's nice.

[jerzdawg]

You need to smash 30 windows by yourself in a single day. The guy I was playing with managed to pull it off, but I just got annoyed as I kept riding into mailboxes and shrubs due to the fact that I was going so slow.

Yeah I found that too. If your house count drops below a certain number, then some re-subscribe. You also get re-subscribers should you do a perfect delivery after losing missing some houses.

I forgot which achievement I unlocked to get the pic, but it's nice.

damn... i am never going to be able to break 30 windows on my own..... DL for the gamer pic.. it must be the achievement that i got and you dont have yet because i know i got the message about the gamerpic.... which in this case its the Perfect Aim ....

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

damn... i am never going to be able to break 30 windows on my own..... DL for the gamer pic.. it must be the achievement that i got and you dont have yet because i know i got the message about the gamerpic.... which in this case its the Perfect Aim ....

I can confirm it is the perfect aim for the gamer pic, as I got it earlier today.

And no way in hell can I break 30 windows on my own, just no way I see it is possible.

[neoadorable]

doesn't everybody get the gamerpic after the first three achieves?

[Defiantly]

So, any word on what we're getting this Wednesday? (02/21/07)

[Mr_Edwardo]

According to MajorNelson:

Xbox Live Arcade for the week of 2/19

What?s up with Arcade this week? Well I am glad you ask (or about to) so I?ll give you the straight

deal-eo:

There will be no Xbox Live Arcade release this Wednesday, as the scheduled title was delayed. We have a very high bar that each title must pass over in order to be released on Xbox Live Arcade and unfortunately, no titles were ready in time.

There is not much more to say (or is there?) As soon as I have news about next week, I?ll fire up the video camera post about it.t.

So it looks like nothing this week:(hen :(

I hope we see some more demos soon...

[Guyro]

it makes me think that something wormish is coming next week hopefully

[Defiantly]

One could only hope. I NEED WORMS!

[kylejn]

Castle Crashers! Symphony of the Night! Alien Hominid! Worms! Anything good, please!

[stanley porkchop]

According to MajorNelson:

There will be no Xbox Live Arcade release this Wednesday, as the scheduled title was delayed. We have a very high bar that each title must pass over in order to be released on Xbox Live Arcade and unfortunately, no titles were ready in time.

High bar? I'd like to see Major Nelson explain TotemBall, then :p

[neoadorable]

dude don't take corporate speak so seriously!

high bar is code for "finished" heh heh.

[MadFerIt]

Did anyone else see the announcement of Wing Commander: Arena for Live Arcade? I was extremely excited about it.. But then I saw a video..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/gasp-wha...wing-commander/

It's a bloody 3d version of Asteroids.. What the heck does that have to do with Wing Commander?!?!?

[Vykranth]

Did anyone else see the announcement of Wing Commander: Arena for Live Arcade? I was extremely excited about it.. But then I saw a video..

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/gasp-wha...wing-commander/

It's a bloody 3d version of Asteroids.. What the heck does that have to do with Wing Commander?!?!?

I saw that and I almost cried. EA desacrated another of the franchise of Origin.

[bontakun]

Alien Hominid next week, should be pretty good, same guys that are doing Castle Crashers

[dnast]

^ Sounds good. Source?

[El-Diablo]

skip alien hominid, give us castle crashers :p

[neoadorable]

wasn't wing commander arena out like ten years ago already? i think it predates the EA era.

OMG pickle pepper castle crashers AGAIN?

[Vykranth]

wasn't wing commander arena out like ten years ago already? i think it predates the EA era.

Nope, you had Wing Commander Academy which was a space flight combat simulator construction set: namely, select your ship, select the oposition and try to win the odds.

You had Wing Commander Armada after which was sort of half combat simulator/ half resource management game.

Wing Commander Arena does not like anything that was a Wing Commander released.

Damn, I miss these games ... :cry:

[neoadorable]

ahh yes, Academy and Armada! good call Vyk. those were the days.

[cjb1118]

Looks like Worms has been certified at long last :). I hope we'll see it in the next few weeks.