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- Platform: Xbox 360
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Games include:
- Geometry Wars
- Texas Hold'em
- Outpost Kaloki
- Wik: Fable of Souls
- Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
- Hardwood Backgammon
- Plus a FREE one-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Xbox 360 Live Arcade - Unplugged is the first retail collection of Xbox Live Arcade games. Now you can play all the great games available through Xbox Live -- without an Xbox Live connection! Games include: Geometry Wars, Texas Hold'em, Outpost Kaloki, Wik: Fable of Souls, Bejeweled 2: Deluxe and Hardwood Backgammon. Plus a FREE one-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold.
Xbox Live Arcade is fully integrated into the Xbox 360 console. You can jump straight into Xbox Live Arcade from the Xbox 360 Dashboard, where you can download new games, access their game collection, check out new releases and experience cool around-the-game features. With Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360, casual gamers will find a wide variety of game genres available for download, including action arcade titles, coin-operated and retro classics, puzzle games, casual sports games, light strategy titles, and card and board games.
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LIVE ARACDE UNPLUGGED
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
It has 6 Xbox Live Arcade games plus 3 trails on disc, plus a one month XBL Gold card (which can be used to add an extra month to an existing sub)
Anyway, you put the disc in your 360 like normal, but it doesnt auto load like a normal 360 game. Instead, you have to nip over to the arcade section, where it adds them to your list but with a DVD icon next to there names. When you select one it loads just like normal, with no changes from the download version.
If you select play game on the main screen it just dumps you into the arcade area.
Oh and yes, it doubles them up - so i have two versions of Geometry Wars listed, one with a disc icon one without, lol.
When you take the disc out, they arent listed any more, but they are still llisted under games/achievements etc
Loading times are petty much non-existent, apart from a brief load at the start (before the game your playings title).
It saves your game fine, but for some reason it doesnt show up in the Memory section of the dash. Me thinks MS need to fix that (like they did with the Xbox content download not showing glitch)
My verdict? Worth it if you have none of the games, or say max 2 and you want the others.
Heck MS should give it away with new 360s, imo.
Anyway, you put the disc in your 360 like normal, but it doesnt auto load like a normal 360 game. Instead, you have to nip over to the arcade section, where it adds them to your list but with a DVD icon next to there names. When you select one it loads just like normal, with no changes from the download version.
If you select play game on the main screen it just dumps you into the arcade area.
Oh and yes, it doubles them up - so i have two versions of Geometry Wars listed, one with a disc icon one without, lol.
When you take the disc out, they arent listed any more, but they are still llisted under games/achievements etc
Loading times are petty much non-existent, apart from a brief load at the start (before the game your playings title).
It saves your game fine, but for some reason it doesnt show up in the Memory section of the dash. Me thinks MS need to fix that (like they did with the Xbox content download not showing glitch)
My verdict? Worth it if you have none of the games, or say max 2 and you want the others.
Heck MS should give it away with new 360s, imo.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This title offers a solid preview of the other side of XBOX 360: the Live Arcade. It is evidently aimed at those who aren't part of the XBOX Live Arcade (XBLA) online community, and provides those gamers with a taster for the kind of title offered.
The pick of the bunch has to be Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Loosely based on the gameplay of classic Robotron: 2084 (incidentally also available on XBLA), it is a fast, engrossing and sharp game that has a real appeal to the serious gamer. Elsewhere, Texas Hold 'Em and Hardwood Backgammon are as expected, but are reasonable nontheless; Wik: Fable of Souls is an odd one with a limited lifespan; Outpost Kaloki challenges you to build an intergalactic business in a unique way; and Bewjeweled 2 offers a similar style to Hexic (which you should all be familiar with if you've acquanted yourself with the Dashboard). Three demos are thrown in for even more tasters.
It has to be said that almost a year on from its original release, the games featured certainly aren't the pick of the bunch, and only Geometry Wars and Texas Hold 'Em have stood the test of time with the online community. However, with a months free trial subscription to XBOX Live Gold (worth £4.99), and the games valued at around £30 if bought over the Marketplace (an online shopping site exclusive to the Dashboard), it does represent value for money. Certainly, at the moment you can buy this for as little as £10 new, which is grand, although it is worth noting that the redeemable codes for the trial subscription will run out by the end of June 2007, so make sure you have yours by then.
So, if you're wondering what it's like on the XBLA, then look no further then this. Just don't be put off by the quality of games. Even though they are reasonable, the six game spectrum no longer represents what is on offer. This could be resolved by Microsoft with the anticipated Unplugged: Volume 2, which is hopefully just around the corner. With a range of new and retro titles including Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Boom Boom Rocket, Alien Hominid, Worms, Pac-Man, Centipede/Millipede, Double Dragon and Lumines Live available online now (to name but a few), to really know what there is to offer you will have to just take that leap of faith. For those who don't wish to, Microsoft needs to put out a second installment as soon as possible before this game strays too far away from its original objective: to advertise the cream of the titles on offer on XBLA.
The pick of the bunch has to be Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Loosely based on the gameplay of classic Robotron: 2084 (incidentally also available on XBLA), it is a fast, engrossing and sharp game that has a real appeal to the serious gamer. Elsewhere, Texas Hold 'Em and Hardwood Backgammon are as expected, but are reasonable nontheless; Wik: Fable of Souls is an odd one with a limited lifespan; Outpost Kaloki challenges you to build an intergalactic business in a unique way; and Bewjeweled 2 offers a similar style to Hexic (which you should all be familiar with if you've acquanted yourself with the Dashboard). Three demos are thrown in for even more tasters.
It has to be said that almost a year on from its original release, the games featured certainly aren't the pick of the bunch, and only Geometry Wars and Texas Hold 'Em have stood the test of time with the online community. However, with a months free trial subscription to XBOX Live Gold (worth £4.99), and the games valued at around £30 if bought over the Marketplace (an online shopping site exclusive to the Dashboard), it does represent value for money. Certainly, at the moment you can buy this for as little as £10 new, which is grand, although it is worth noting that the redeemable codes for the trial subscription will run out by the end of June 2007, so make sure you have yours by then.
So, if you're wondering what it's like on the XBLA, then look no further then this. Just don't be put off by the quality of games. Even though they are reasonable, the six game spectrum no longer represents what is on offer. This could be resolved by Microsoft with the anticipated Unplugged: Volume 2, which is hopefully just around the corner. With a range of new and retro titles including Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Boom Boom Rocket, Alien Hominid, Worms, Pac-Man, Centipede/Millipede, Double Dragon and Lumines Live available online now (to name but a few), to really know what there is to offer you will have to just take that leap of faith. For those who don't wish to, Microsoft needs to put out a second installment as soon as possible before this game strays too far away from its original objective: to advertise the cream of the titles on offer on XBLA.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Xbox360 have updated a few times since the last comments were put on here, you no longer get two sets of the same games
The games are pure arcade style and feel
All levels are good easy is quite easy normal is difficult and hard is pro
I only bought this for backgammon (brilliant) the rest were a result
loads of extra's in this little bundle
At this price, you cant go wrong (specially if it's just one of the games you want as the others are just bonus)
very addictive fun
The games are pure arcade style and feel
All levels are good easy is quite easy normal is difficult and hard is pro
I only bought this for backgammon (brilliant) the rest were a result
loads of extra's in this little bundle
At this price, you cant go wrong (specially if it's just one of the games you want as the others are just bonus)
very addictive fun
Most Recent Customer Reviews
A good collection of games for a low price.
A great collection of games, at a heavily discounted price. Only downside, for me personally, is that I had already had one of the games on my gamertag. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Mr. M. D. Newman
Worth it for the months free XBL, but nothing new.
The games are nothing new, just the full versions of some of the demo arcade games you get on the console to begin with. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2009 by M Cochran
Addictive
I havent bought this game, i have downloaded two(texas hold em poker and bejeweled 2), both are very addictive. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2006 by slim
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