Joystiq Poll: Best of the XBLA chopping block

is this poll broken?? I voted for Contra but all of the games listed have 1 vote (2.3% for each).

You know what else deserves to be put on the chopping block? Hummingbird commercial! And no I can't use firefox.

I voted Contra even though I regret buying the game. That's the only one on the list I own though, so I'm an uninformed voter. I bet there's a gem or two in there.

I will always love you, Yie-Ar Kung-Fu, but I can't say you're the best of that bunch with a straight face.

Texas Hold 'Em is a perfectly acceptable card game, with camera support to boot. Maybe I'm biased because I got it when it was free at launch, but there are still enough people that play it to make it worthwhile.

I have no opinion, I just like clicking buttons.

Double Dragon is pretty fun and in my opinion worth the 400 points. The rest of the list looks pretty ready for chopping though. When do we get our XBLA DRM fixing "tool"? We aren't getting a dashboard update, are we ever going to get the DRM rool?

I think Arkadian Warriors is highly underrated. Much like a title such as Shiren, it's aiming for a very niche audience... and if you're not that audience, you'll probably hate it.

Can't say I'm surprised by the current top 5 (in nor particular order).

Arkadian Warriors
Contra
Super Contra
Marathon
Texas Hold'em

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I'm thinking if it had been any of the REAL BOUT FATAL FURY SPECIAL series, that game might've missed the block...

I don't see them taking down some of the classics like Contra, Frogger, Pac-Man, etc. But I could see them taking down things like the hardwood games and the spyglass game.

Sad to see Space Giraffe and Yaris wasn't listed. They are utter trash.

Arkadian Warriors doesn't deserve to be on this list.

Every Microsoft platform has to have at least ONE solitaire game, that's why Soltrio gets my vote!

I actually bought Soltrio Solitaire. I don't know why, I think I must've had a concussion or something.. I saw it in my list recently and wondered, "don't I own a 99 cent deck of cards?"

Marathon's loss makes me sad. I guess people just don't get games that involve reading anymore.

Tetris Splash... because its the only one on the list I've paid for. I mean, its Tetris... you gotta have a Tetris game on XBLA.

Why don't they put all these on sale for a $1.00 before they take them all away?

Mad tracks is really fun. and texas holdem is decent.

I voted for Contra. It wasn't the best port of the game, and online could be laggy at times, but when it worked it was still pretty fun.

Sorry I have to say all of em are pretty rotten IMO.

Went with Geon. Love the game, though I can never play the online portion, and I got it day one!

Don't understand why Marathon is being considered. I thought they were planning on expanding it with DLC?

I'm surprised Marathon is on this list. I would have thought that the Bungie name alone would have given it enough sales.

I voted for Arkadian Warriors. It has its problems but it is a pretty decent hack 'n slash for the price.

Of those games, I only have one of them. I bought Novadrome when it came out because the previous weeks prior had consisted of several solid releases (the triple threat of Small Arms, Roboblitz and Assault Heroes in December of '06), and I more or less expected this game to fall in that category. It didn't. It was very shallow, and just not good. I won way to many races (that didn't focus on deathmatch type things) bu going off the course and finding weapons and killing the A.I. It's probably one of the few XBLA purchases that I'd really rather forget.

As for the rest of the titles, they more or less deserve getting cut. I thinks it's worth observing that a vast majority of these titles are the really really old arcade titles from way back, and in many cases suffer from being over-priced for what's included.

I bought TMNT because it's not the kind of game that gets repackaged every generation in some kind of classic arcade collection, so $5 was worth it, IMO. I also bought Dig Dug and Gauntlet because one weekend they released those two games at a reduced price of 200 MSP ($2.50) I can justify pay $5 for those two combined, but not individually. I refused to by Pac-Man under any circumstance ESPECIALLY after the Championship Edition was released (which revamped the entire game, for a game worthy of $10)

I think MS should just cut down the price of the really old arcade games down to 200 MSP, since I'd gladly buy a few more if that was the case. Although I'd be happier if they altogether replaced them with C.E. style versions of the game. I also wouldn't mind doing some collection type deals.

I don't think we'll be seeing many of the newer titles going, mostly because it makes for some nice exclusives to compare it to the other systems' downloadable games.

I wonder if MS will even publish an 'official' list once the games get delisted.

Arkadian warriors was a lot of fun while it lasted. it was my first 200/200 in cheesemints as well.

My choices for underserving of delisting:

Arkadian Warriors
Fatal Fury Special
Mad Tracks
Texas Hold'em
Track & Field
Yie Ar Kung Fu

I voted for Scramble, one of the few games on this list that I bought and still enjoy playing.

It really is actually a very good shmup. It just looks like an old piece of crap. It's a shame that it gets no love.

Quick Opinion:
Marathon Shouldnt even bre up there and texas holdem cmon its the game for people who dont want to see somebody waving their junk in the camera unlike some other games...(*Cough*Uno*Cough*)

Oh and anyone that plays marathon hit me up on xbl
GT = Tycho Bob

Where the hell is Marble Blast Ultra?

for a cool unscientific thing based on these polls see:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phZdLD4qgIK7UYZ9NgY6BXg&hl=en

i took and compared the percentages of the polls to see what people overall thought were the best and worst.
worst: novadrome
best: fatal fury spacial