Rare goes XBLA

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:10 pm

Microsoft has relied heavily on third parties to deliver content for the Xbox Live Arcade. This year, that is going to change thanks to Rare. Rare has a massive backlog of hit games and characters that are dying to make their way to a new generation of fans. Look for games like Battletoads, R.C. Pro-Am, Perfect Dark and Blast Corps to get the XBLA classic games treatment. We'll also see the announcement of an all new side-scroller and/or adventure game from Rare exclusively for the Xbox Live Arcade.

Oh, and Goldeneye is never going to come to the XBLA. There are too many licensing issues to get around on this one.

Source http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/759/759057p2.html

Take this with a grain of salt though as Rare hasent announced anything themselves. I don't expect to see any of this any time soon. Sucks about Goldeneye, but I would still LOVE to see Perfect Dark in all its glory online.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:19 pm

Goldeneye is never coming to *anything*, except your N64. It's quite sad, really, as that was one of the few FPS I really enjoyed.

However, my favorite Rare game by a landslide is Donkey Kong Country. I very seriously doubt I'll be seeing that on XBLA

Post by **melancholy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:21 pm

Damn, Blast Corps on Live might just force me to plug my 360 into my router.

Ceeg · Post by **Ceeg** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:33 pm

original PD on XBLA with online would be the greatest thing ever.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:57 pm

Id like to see some old arcade beat'em up games. Arcade versions of the following would be great:

All the Turtle games
All the Double Dragon games
Simpsons game
X-men
Tuff Turf
Any other side scroller multiplayer beat'em up basically.

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:35 am

xbla has gone a bit downhill for a bit. I like everyone else am Dieing for worms HD which has been pushed a lot. I want more games that are kinda a spin on an old idea. Orinigal games that are based on an old idea like Marble Blast Ultra and Heavy weapon. I just dont care for paperboy and rootbear tapper thrown my way. They have a lot of great games, but games I can play on my NES are not one I care to have. I loved how Xbox live arcade was on the orinigal xbox as they were all "new" games with an arcade feel.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:56 am

Ceeg wrote:original PD on XBLA with online would be the greatest thing ever.

Providing they can fix the slow down, it would be awesome!

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:15 pm

Battletoads online FTW

Veggita2099 wrote:All the Double Dragon games

At least the first one is coming.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:06 pm

Personally I hardly think that PD has aged as well as some of you are thinking.

Just because it has great nostalgic value and it *was* the best console shooter (back when there was nearly no competition) does not mean that it is now.

atf487 · Post by **atf487** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:54 pm

MulletMan13 wrote:Personally I hardly think that PD has aged as well as some of you are thinking.

Just because it has great nostalgic value and it *was* the best console shooter (back when there was nearly no competition) does not mean that it is now.

Exactly.

Has anyone played Goldeneye lately? It hasn't aged well at all.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:30 pm

atf487 wrote:
MulletMan13 wrote:Personally I hardly think that PD has aged as well as some of you are thinking.

Just because it has great nostalgic value and it *was* the best console shooter (back when there was nearly no competition) does not mean that it is now.
Exactly.

Has anyone played Goldeneye lately? It hasn't aged well at all.

Hate to say it but last time I played Goldeneye it just didn't as amazing as I remembered it. I thought maybe it was just me.

Post by **|darc|** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:34 pm

atf487 wrote:
MulletMan13 wrote:Personally I hardly think that PD has aged as well as some of you are thinking.

Just because it has great nostalgic value and it *was* the best console shooter (back when there was nearly no competition) does not mean that it is now.
Exactly.

Has anyone played Goldeneye lately? It hasn't aged well at all.

Yes, and after I configured the controls in PJ64 to operate more closely to a modern game's control, it was a lot of fun.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:15 pm

Perfect Dark had 'dual analogue' controls using two N64 controllers didn't it? GoldenEye too.

Would be pretty easy to set that as the 'default' control scheme given controllers nowadays have dual analogues built into them as standard I'd have thought.

EDIT: Although if it was an XBLA title, I'd expect - at the very least - redone textures and models to a standard appropriate to this century in HD.
Also stupidly hard achievements for tiny reward.

Ceeg · Post by **Ceeg** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:20 pm

I have PD for N64 and i still love it so just aslong as it has Online play i would buy it.

mrandyk · Post by **mrandyk** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:39 pm

i didnt get goldeneye or perfect dark until 2005 and i had a lot of fun playing them for the first time. so if i can have fun playing it for the first time in 2005 i think it has aged pretty good.

pretty much all old 3d games like for your n64 dont seem as good as they used to though.

DuffMan · Post by **DuffMan** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:24 pm

I think the only company who stands a chance on getting Goldeneye is Nintendo. Slim at that too.