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Xbox Live Arcade Review
DYNAGOD:
i personally do not want to see an explosion of demand for old school arcade titles being redistributed to the console gaming public...
this would null and void the mantra of emulating only games that are no longer "profitable" .this would essentially put many of us back on the wrong side of the legal fence..
hulkster:
good point. **immediately runs and backs up roms on disk** 8)
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on November 16, 2004, 01:38:07 pm ---i personally do not want to see an explosion of demand for old school arcade titles being redistributed to the console gaming public...
this would null and void the mantra of emulating only games that are no longer "profitable" .this would essentially put many of us back on the wrong side of the legal fence..
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Well, as long as you are condoling yourself remember that you already bought most of those games in one form or another at one time anyway. I know I did.
Anyway, I still have my marquee bracket from a Midway cabinet, and that is my license for the Ms. Pac-Man. It is the only part of the cabinet left after the fire, but LUCKILY I had my rom data backed up. That is my story and I am sticking too it until a court of law proves me wrong.
My newest mame cabinet brilliantly incorporates an original Pac-Man back door, which is also all that is left of that one after the fire. ;D
But the games WE emulate still are not available from Namco, we are emulating the OLD versions, while they keep rereleasing modified versions. Those modified X-Box versions are not the same software, neither is the reunion machine. Matter of fact there never was a Namco Ms. Pac-Man. It was a Midway game and Namco sued it off midway, but there never was a Namco version.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: hulkster on November 16, 2004, 01:33:56 pm ---nice review howard. however, my opinions toward this (like everyone else here) is "who wants to download NEAR authentic ports of the games when i have the exact replica of them with working arcade controls!?" but i guess this is for the people who dont have the knowledge that this board has.
MOST (not all) people who own an xbox tend to be more on the technical side anyway (hence the loyalty to microsoft...not that its a bad thing, so sit back down fanboys) so im sure most of them already know of at least the existence of roms/emu's to know that you can get them for free on the net. so im not quite sure if this was the best console to put this on. i think ps2 could make a lot of money off this, as they have more casual gamers that arent of the technical nature (MOST...not all).
anyway, my 2c.
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responding to your comments..... well yeah... the classic games do suck, that's why i did the review, so you wouldn't buy them silly. :P A person would buy the games because then they have them legally. I've always said that I'd rather buy liscenses to roms and have that extra piece of mind. Xbox's site claims the games are direct arcade ports, but they aren't. If they were, they would be well worth it. Again, thus the need for a review.
You got it half right, ps2 players generally are casual gamers (or as I call them lamers ;) ), but xbox players aren't necessarily technically oriented. They are hardcore players, thus the need to purchase the most superior console out there. The package won't sell well on the ps2 at all. Why? Because sony's online service sucks and they don't have the server power that microsoft has. These games all depend on huge servers and good online access, making it a bad match for sony atm.
hulkster:
hmmm, interesting points....however you were incorrect on one issue. im not turning this into the system wars or anything, but calling the xbox the "superior" console is just crazy. superior in power? yes. superior in games? no. superior in controller? hell no. but anyway, maybe calling the xbox the most "graphically capable" console would be a better statement. there isnt really a superior console, each has their own good stuff. xbox - best graphics/potential, ps2 - game library, gamecube - best first party titles.....it just kinda depends on what you want.
but the xbox live is by far the best online situation, although it isnt free like the ps2 and therefore you pay for the better online service. and im assuming you can player multiplayer (well 2 player alt.) over xbox live on the classics?