Pac-Man wakka wakka wakkas XBLA

by Christopher Grant on Aug 9th 2006 11:15AM

The good news: it's Wednesday and there's another Xbox Live Arcade game to blow some MS bucks on. This time it's Pac-Man, part two of Namco's arcade offerings following Galaga, and he's also fetching 400 MS Points ($5 in Earth money).

The bad news: Pac-Man is the last game confirmed on Microsoft's initial Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays list. We know Microsoft wants to keep up the weekly cycle, but with no announcement of future games, it makes us feel uneasy. Official Xbox Magazine listed the following titles and dates ...

Aug. 16: Texas Hold 'em
Aug. 23: Time Pilot
Aug. 30: Scramble
Sept 6: Lumines Live!

... but Microsoft naturally shot 'em down. We're thinking OXM is right on the money (they are official), and Microsoft's just being cautious.

See also:
The growing list of Xbox Live Arcade titles

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Tags: Namco, Namco Bandai, NamcoBandai, Pac-Man, XBLA, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox-360, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (53)

5 bucks is nothing! You get a original arcade game for god sake.
And this comes from a PS3 fanboy:P

have fun^^

Why all the anger? What started out as a post about Pac-man turned into a fanboy war. I have an XBOX360 and will probably get a PS3 and a Wii when they come out. Yes $500 is a high price for a console system, but considering it has a blue-ray player built in that's a plus for me. Now I'm not a fanboy of any one system (I own all 3 current gen systems) because they all bring different things to the table. It's just a matter of taste. I like the XBLA on the 360 and the PS3 blue-ray player will be nice. I also like the idea of playing old school games on the Wii. Just because some body has a different opinion than yours doesn't make them an idiot (well in most cases it doesn't). Just let people enjoy the games and system of choice without the hate. After all just as you are passionate about your favorite console so is the other guy (or gal) and there is room for all in the great gaming world.

I don't understand fanboys, they use some kind of weird logic to try and bend the truth and somehow make it so that they're right. But in fact they're delusional psychopaths. Actually having 3 different next-gen consoles is a good thing; I don't understand all the hate. Competition spurs growth and ingenuity, if there really was only one console it would be for the worst, as everyone would be forced to buy that system or none at all. Even then, since there would be no competition they'd have no reason to add new features or upgrade at all. In the end it is the consumer who's the winner in the console wars. So again, why all the hate? Of course, I don’t expect fanboys to understand this logic.

Getting back to the discussion at hand, I'm glad pac-man came to the 360. I'm not personally going to buy it because I suck at pac-man. But the more arcade games the better. Now we just need some shmups!

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