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This Wednesday: Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe come to XBLA [update]

by Justin McElroy on Nov 26th 2007 1:30PM

When the new releases were a bummer and the Virtual Console didn't offer much comfort, we were depressed. But now that we've seen what's coming to Xbox Live Arcade this week, we're just hurt. This Wednesday, you'll be able to download Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe at the bargain price of 400 points/$5/Unforgivably more than "Free." ~~Oh no, not for both. 400 points a piece. Ummm, no.~~ [Update: Major Nelson's now saying that it's 400 points for both.]

We'll be honest, friends: We're starting to smell a conspiracy. Somebody out there wants you to skip playing games this week so you can get out and buy some games. Luckily, if you're anything like us, you're too broke to fall for their clever trap. Thank you, comically slim wallet.

Asteroids Deluxe (XBLA)

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Tags: asteroids, atari, xbla, xblawednesday, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (21)

I will give the game a chance. It have good achivements?

It would take something as awesome as Castle Crashers (which kinda went Duke Nukem Forever on us...) to pull me away from the onslaught of awesome 360 games.

As it stands, why are you people online? You should be playing Rock Band and Mass Effect.

asteroids is what, 20 years old?

and where the fuck is my space invaders on xbla? and Parsec? and donkey kong? and caterpillar? and some chess, RISK, etc?

Hold on; Donkey Kong?

the old-ass arcade version

cmon, that would sell like hotcakes on xbla, if it was only like $5

No, it wouldn't because it is a Nintendo game.

so? they should port it to xbla and VC and see which sells better, as an experiment

money is money, they win either way

Yes. They should do that. Do you know what also would be great? If all the consoles were FREE. And gas was free. And that we no longer have to pay taxes. And tits rained from the sky.

But that would only happen in Fantasy Land.

Isn't it rare?

No. Rare made the Donkey Kong Country games by obtaining permission from Nintendo to use the Donkey Kong character. As a result, as the new characters introduced in the DKC series are the sole property of Nintendo.

They changed it. It's 400 points TOTAL for both.

XBLA??? I'm too busy with Mass Effect. Now, go away. Till 2008.

Heh, somebody get Jeff Minter a new box of kleenex.

seriously, these old ass simple games should be free with ads on the side. the real ones should be $5. unless u are a total achievement whore or dominate in these old remakes, they are a total waste of money.

Why can't we get something like the SCUMM games?

Day of the Tentacle and remake of Maniac Mansion please!

geometry wars is better

The two games are actually one download for 400 points and you get both games. If it were two games it would be more than one page on xbox.com.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/a/asteroidsxboxlivearcade/

You're right, Major Nelson was wrong. I'll update.

Sorry, not buying any more junk off of xbl due to how it is locked to one console. Had to use my BB in store return and now all my downloads don't work unless I'm connected to the net. I really don't feel like spending hours on the phone and groveling with the dude in the far east...

Has anyone heard anything about when RocketBowl is going to be released on Arcade? I've been waiting for this since they announced it months ago, and then it's just been nothing. No word on the sites for the developers or publishers or even xbox.com....

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