Asteroids Deluxe on Xbox Live Arcade this Week

[bapenguin]

This week's XBLA release is another retro title with a fresh make over that also includes the original retro title.

Asteroids Deluxe (http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/a/asteroidsxboxlivearcade) will hit the arcade this Wednesday for 400 MS Points and will include the original Asteroids as well as the updated version.

[Mortis]

....Omega Five. :mad::mad::mad:

[UnderHero5]

That link doesn't seem to work.

Edit: Also, are you sure it comes with the original Asteroids? Because on Major Nelson, he says they are separate on the marketplace, and go for 400 points each.

This week on Arcade: Asteroids (x2)
It’s an double shot of Asteroids this week on Arcade. “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” will be available this Wednesday for 400 points each.

[Sandman]

How do you update asteroids?

[Telefrog]

Hopefully Jeff Mintner can get all pissy about this one as well.

[Gorvi]

How do you update asteroids?
Super Stardust HD. ;)

[menage]

Great time to release arcadegames I don't give a shit about. I don't have time for something new until Januari.

[mkelehan]

If they did indeed split them into 400 points each, that's shenanigans, and I'll be happy not to buy. The original Asteroids has about as much gameplay as the original Jetpac, and that was free with the awesome Refueled... and that was also $5.

Edit: Looks like it's both after all. Okay, for an Asteroids fan, that's totally worth it.

[Norse]

Super Stardust HD. ;)

SS HD was awesome. My favorite PS3 game by far.

I haven't played it for a while, but I'll probably go back to it once I've caught up on all the new releases.

[bapenguin]

That link doesn't seem to work.

Edit: Also, are you sure it comes with the original Asteroids? Because on Major Nelson, he says they are separate on the marketplace, and go for 400 points each.

Here's the info I got:
Get ready for classic space shooting action with the release of “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” which will be available jointly for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, November 28 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PST).

Save the earth from a deadly deluge of asteroids and re-experience the beloved arcade classics “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Players control a spaceship in an asteroid field and shoot to destroy asteroids and saucers, all while trying to avoid a costly collision. Complete with re-mastered HD visuals and the whiplash inducing high-speed “throttle monkey” mode, players will be hooked for hours! “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” will be available worldwide as a joint download for 400 Microsoft Points and are rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

Bolding Mine.

[UnderHero5]

Here's the info I got:


Bolding Mine.

That would make more sense. I thought it seemed kind of... stupid to release the original, along side a new one, for the same price.

[LarsenNET]

Loved this game as a kid so a must buy for me as long as both of them are together. Now bring on Warlords!

[LarsenNET]

Major just updated his site. It is together as Bap said.

[Bingley Joe]

Am I missing something?

I really don't see what this has to do with Castle Crashers..

[Norse]

Am I missing something?

I really don't see what this has to do with Castle Crashers..

You mean Sensible Soccer right?

[Bydo_Empire]

Awesome - I've only played Asteroids Deluxe on a Mame cabinet, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Definitely giving it a shot on XBLA.

[Sandman]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/11/asteroids10.jpg

I hate the updated look. Asteroids jumped the shark.

[Pluvious]

Good to see they got the price right for once. 400 points is fair, and I'll be sure to get it.

[Vandenh]

Just get my Asteroids clone for free :)

http://users.pandora.be/teamc3/driftzone/download/dzsetup.exe
http://users.pandora.be/teamc3/driftzone/manual/readme.html

[Aggort]

This fits perfectly with my Jeff Minter post. Unfortunately he is right about the remakes. And Asteroids, Really? Why not just release every remake, bundled, in a collection?

They've done that too huh? Well Shit.

[GrinR]

Anyone else notice the screenshots on that link aren't... uh... Asteroids?

[PsychoticVile]

Yep it looks like someone at Microsoft can't tell the difference between Asteriods and a WWII FPS.

[Bydo_Empire]

Just get my Asteroids clone for free :)

http://users.pandora.be/teamc3/driftzone/download/dzsetup.exe
http://users.pandora.be/teamc3/driftzone/manual/readme.html1: it's not real Asteroids. 2: no achievements. ;-)

[Digital Outlaw]

Yay, another shitty game released on the marketplace.

[Johan]

Atari Anthology. (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/atarianthology/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review) It's BC with the 360, has 80 Atari titles on it, and includes Asteroids. All for the whopping price of a bargain-dust-bin title!!!!

I said the same thing about Sonic (http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/sonicmegacollectionplus/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;review) on XBLA as well.

Please spend your money as you see fit, but spending it on an XBLA download when a disk is available for the same or less and the disk has more content on it, is...

well, it rhymes with roopid. :D

[Vandenh]

1: it's not real Asteroids. 2: no achievements. ;-)

Yea I should update that game for XBLA.

Busy on dungeons now... :)

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Loved this game as a kid so a must buy for me as long as both of them are together. Now bring on Warlords!


It would be really great to get Warlords up on Live!

Both of them actually - the old Atari classic and the great Mac TBS from SSG.

[KingGorilla]

How do you update asteroids?

You have been playing them on the Live Arcade since it launched.

[Harv]

Geometry Wars pretty much satisfies my shooter needs in this regard.

[Johan]

I demoed this (didn't intend to buy it...see my previous post) just to check it out. The updated Asteroids (see Sandman's pic above) is really bad, in my opinion. The explosions conceal the asteroids to some extent themselves. I also didn't like the controls. I would have preferred movement and firing based upon both analog sticks, which seems much more intuitive and less cramp-inducing to me.

I played a little bit, disliked it, and deleted it.