Who wouldn't want to play a few classic arcade games or puzzle games that are quickly downloadable on your XBOX? Unfortunately this great idea is quite uncoooked in its present state. You get Ms Pacman for "free" with the Arcade disk. The graphics are incredibly basic with rough edges everywhere. No attempt was to increase the resolution of the game. The other Namco games look similarly poor. You can download a demo of the dozen games that are available to buy to try them out. The better games are generally 20 bucks each. This is a steep price to pay for arcade games. Some games are 10 bucks, but those are the least interesting games not-surprisingly. Some of these more modern arcade games sport high resolutions and nice "2D" style graphics. Microsoft needs to bring the prices down on ALL of these games to 5 to 10 bucks. Even then, the individual games you can buy are very hit or miss quality.
Xbox Live Arcade for the original Xbox really didn't get going because it launched too late in the console's lifecycle to make an impact. It's a very good idea that is sure to do well on the Xbox 360, but it's not quite ... Read Full Review
Although this collection of demos is intended to get you to download and pay for the full versions for original xbox live, there's enough games with several playable levels to make this worth picking up. Ok, so the "tim... Read Full Review
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