Feature: Xbox Live Arcade Games

Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360 has proven to be a huge success with both retro arcade titles and indie developed games. Are they some of the best games on the system? We think so.

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• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Contra

  The real version you might not ever known existed.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Nov 12, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

  Blood, guts, a lot of K's in place of C's, and stiff fighting engine. It's definitely Mortal Kombat.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Oct 26, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Lumines Live!

  Oh Mizuguchi-san, what have you done?

  Review by Jason Westhaver — on Oct 18, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Dig Dug

  Another Wednesday, another XBLA retro title, another less then stellar release.

  Review by Jason Westhaver — on Oct 12, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: DOOM

  Finally Live gets the original deathmatch.

  Review by Jason Westhaver — on Sep 29, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Doom

  This is the port that will turn retro gaming fans into 360 owners.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Sep 28, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Scramble

  It’s the same game we’ve seen a thousand times before.

  Review by Jason Westhaver — on Sep 16, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Pac-Man

  Wakka Wakka Wakka, on Live

  Review by Jason Westhaver — on Aug 10, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Cloning Clyde

  Pig and elephant DNA just won't splice, but a barrel of explosives and a human? Not a problem.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting

  An occasionaly shaky translation, but it's online Street Fighter. That's all you need to know.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 03, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Galaga

  Logic says that a ship that can take out thousands of aliens wouldn't be stuck only moving left to right.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 27, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Frogger

  Typical drivers swerve to miss the animal in the middle of the road. These nutjobs aim for the little thing.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 16, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: UNO

  It's UNO with '80s porn music. That shows their proven support for the Xbox Live camera.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on May 11, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Astropop

  Matt was right: PopCap games will be the death of us all.

  Review by Ken Edwards — on May 09, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Marble Blast Ultra

  More fun than playing with your own marbles.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 05, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Wik - Fable of Souls

  "You use your tongue prettier than a $20 whore."

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 05, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Outpost Kaloki X

  A strategy game with no strategy required.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Apr 01, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Zuma

  PopCap games will be the death of us all.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 30, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Mutant Storm Reloaded

  This whole Live Arcade dual-analog shooter thing needs to stop.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 28, 2006

• Xbox Live Arcade Review: Feeding Frenzy

  Somewhere, an executive thought this was worth your $10.

  Review by Matt Paprocki — on Mar 27, 2006