Vigilante 8: Arcade coming to XBLA

GET TO THE BACK OF MUH BUS!

HAHA!

I wonder if they'll put the N64 version on the VC. Hell, I wonder if ANY 3rd party N64 game will ever show up on the VC.


(Sin & Punishment published by Nintendo)

In the original there are 8 cars, but 5 were unlockable. Maybe they dont want noobs to know that, or do I smell gimped downloadble content?

Ahh Dreamland 64, how your music is so catchy. I miss you...

What?

I agree...sir Fidlious

Same here, man that's a game I wish they would update. Wasn't Vigilante 8 the console spinoff of Interstate 76? (a quick trip to wikipedia confirms it was)

I76 was a freaking awesome game for its time. It was one of those games that showed off the whole GLide thing when 3dfx was still the shit. If anything, Twisted Metal copied I76 (the Vigilante 8 precursor).

Sorry, but David Jaffe is a talentless hack with a big mouth. His idea of a great game involves more explosions and boobies. Jaffe is the Michael Bay of game developers. Some people like 'em both, but they aren't great by any stretch of the imagination.

Methinks you buy into the Jaffe-hate much too quickly. Jaffe is not an A level designer by any means. In fact, he's stated multiple times he's a B level designer. So there goes that ego knock. Second, how can a man responsible for Mickey Mania be a "big tits and explosions" guy? Especially since, of his career, the only game which even fit that description was God of War. I mean, even when Twisted Metal gave us a bigger idea of the personalities in the cars, they were all suprisingly well dressed and about average in the cleavage department.

The part which is abrasive for most about Jaffe is he really doesn't have a mouthpiece. He's unfiltered. Essentially he's that guy who got a job as a game tester, had a ton of great ideas, got promoted to game design, but never really outgrew his "that's fucking awesome" stage. Which is good because as I've stated several times, he's one of the few prominent designers who would readily get drunk with you playing pool and talking about game design philosophy.

Now if we were talking about Itagaki... that's a whole other matter. I mean, really... what other designer drives his motorcycle through Akihabara anytime his game launches?

i stopped reading EGM when it became Electronic Jaffe Monthly. Every bloody issue had at least one interview with him or story about him. Jaffe and CliffyB became two names i could stand to never hear for the rest of my life.

you may not like him because of his big mouth, but if you think he's talentless, you are retarded.

Twisted Metal 1, 2, Black and God of War are some of the finest games. Metacritic them. Im not the only one who believes this.

^^^ amen to that

Vigilante 8 and Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense were excellent...I liked the former better though..for some reason.

rougue trip. It was sort of a calling all cars without the birds eye view.

There was also a game called critial depth ( i think) that was a sub fighting game. Had to much difficulty getting into that one though.

Critical Depth and Rogue Trip were developed by Singletrac, the Utah studio that developed Twisted Metal 1 and 2. I owned all of those games, PLUS Vigilante 8 and V8/Second Offense on PS1.

Hmm, since it seems like vehicular combat is my favorite genre, and I don't own a PS3 or PSP, that must explain why I'm freakin' STOKED over this announcement!