[360] Xbox LIVE Arcade

Are you addicted to playing mindless ancient games on your expensive brand new console? Then this is the thread for you!

Xbox LIVE Arcade Games:

• Bankshot Billiards 2 (1200 points / $15)
• Bejeweled 2 Deluxe (800 points / $10)
• Crystal Quest (800 points / $10)
• Feeding Frenzy (800 points / $10)
• Gauntlet (400 points / $5)
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (400 points / $5)
• Hardwood Backgammon (400 points / $5)
• Hardwood Hearts (400 points / $5)
• Hardwood Spades (400 points / $5)
• Hexic HD (Comes free with Premium Xbox 360, non-downloadable)
• Jewel Quest (800 points / $10)
• Joust (400 points / $5)
• Marble Blast Ultra (800 points / $10)
• Mutant Storm Reloaded (800 points / $10)
• Outpost Kaloki X (800 points / $10)
• Robotron 2084 (400 points / $5)
• Smash T.V. (400 points / $5)
• Wik: Fable of Souls (800 points / $10)
• Zuma Deluxe (800 points / $10)

Coming March 2006:

-Astropop
-Street Fighter Fucking 2!

Oh, and for those new to the whole arcade thing, the best games for your dollar are:

1) Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved ($5)
2) Marble Blast Ultra ($10)

Honorable Mentions are:

1) Smash T.V. ($5)
2) Mutant Storm Reloaded ($10)

Games to avoid which are a waste of money:

1) Hardwood Backgammon ($5)
2) Hardwood Hearts ($5)
3) Hardwood Spades ($5)


Microsoft Points:

You need to purchase Microsoft Points and use those to 'buy' the arcade games. Each point costs US$0.0125, no matter which points package you buy, so really you shouldn't need to ever buy more than 500 or 1000 at a time. Here are the points packages you can buy over XBL Marketplace:

500 points: $6.25
1000 points: $12.50
2000 points: $25.00
5000 points: $62.50

If you don't want to use a credit card over XBL to buy these, you can also buy cards in certain retail stores which give you a code to redeem the same amount of points over XBL. You probably have to pay tax using this method though, so I just get them through XBL Marketplace.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Updated that bitch with a complete list and prices. Let me know if there are any errors.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I heard Crystal Quest is now only $5 but I swear it was $10 when I bought it. Can anyone confirm if certain games' prices change every so often? Oh, and Jewel Quest is out. A $5 game for the great price of $10.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Astropop just got released. Why are all the new ones always $10. This one is totally a $5 game. Got the demo, but I probably won't buy it any time soon. Seemed to get boring pretty fast, although I liked the pretty colors.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Somehow I'm having doubts Street Fighter 2 will be released that soon. I think Hoopworld or whatever that game was called will be out first, but I don't know if either of the two are ready for release since they haven't been advertised as much as Jewel Quest/Feeding Frenzy/Astropop. I'm guessing next month.

I was speaking idiomatically.