Poll Results: Poker best, Shrek worst of XBLA chopping block titles

by Ross Miller { Jun 6th 2008 at 5:45PM }

Over the last few days, we asked you to pick the best and worst of the Xbox Live Arcade titles that are potentially up for delisting. We've now tallied the votes and the results are in:

Best:

Texas Hold 'Em (12.77%)
Marathon: Durandal (12.48%)
Contra (9.18%)

Worst:

You can view our picks for best and worst here. We want to make a special note regarding the Yaris game, which was not included because it would pass the delist hurdle of over 6% conversion rate (hint: it had no demo and was free; the devil is in the details). We don't know if Microsoft will be that stringent regarding its guidelines, but there is poetic justice in noting that the developer, comprised of former Blizzard North staffers, suspended operations in April.

Tags: contra, delist, deslisting, marathon, marathon-durandal, screwjumper, shrek, shrek-n-roll, texas-hold-em, xbla, xbox-live, xbox-live-arcade, yie-ar-kung-fu

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

konajinx @ Jun 6th 2008 5:48PM

Christ, get rid of Marathon already. Terrible, terrible game.

PojoMofo @ Jun 6th 2008 5:55PM

Somewhere, a 35 year old Mac user in their mothers basement just told you to go f**k off.

The rest of us agree with you

ChooChooCharlie (MK 0430-8740-2222) @ Jun 6th 2008 6:35PM

Fuck Off!

Just kidding, I hate Apple.

Sean @ Jun 6th 2008 8:44PM

I think people are downloading marathon to see how long they can play without vomiting.

t_m @ Jun 7th 2008 8:52AM

I kinda liked it, back in the day. (not that i ever had a mac. sigh. )

Abhinav Kumar @ Jun 6th 2008 6:35PM

No love for spades eh? I love me some spades.

h0mi @ Jun 6th 2008 6:43PM

What, no frogger? (sigh).

Jhongerkong @ Jun 6th 2008 7:04PM

Yie Ar Kung-Fu as a worst title?

You people sicken me.

Kizzle @ Jun 6th 2008 10:43PM

Glad I'm not the only one with a clue around here. I have a feeling most people don't even know what it is, the sorry bastards.

t_m @ Jun 7th 2008 8:53AM

yeah. its an all time classic.
But I haven't played it recently... some classic games really DONT age well.

brunobelo @ Jun 6th 2008 9:13PM

Well, I bought Yie Ar Kung Fu on the first day, I love this game. It's a shame that nobody bought it. :-(

Wubbytoes @ Jun 6th 2008 10:18PM

Yie Ar Kung-Fu is pretty awful. That game has not aged well at all. If anyone ever wants to play the equally awful Screwjumper, you can always play it for free at instantaction.com

Kizzle @ Jun 6th 2008 10:42PM

Oh piss of, Yie Ar Kung-Fu rules. The precursor to all things Street Fighter. The Joystiq community is retarded.

t_m @ Jun 7th 2008 8:55AM

I've only played the Instant Action version of screwjumper, which is supposedly much improved, and it was indeed a totally horrendous game.

I get the idea there might be a reasonable game idea in there, but its like a game that Dilbert thought of, and was then developed entirely by the Pointy Haired Boss, who totally misunderstood the point.

kftgr @ Jun 9th 2008 3:57PM

Screwjumper => Screw the Jumper => Screw the Player. That's what you got if you bought it.

And yie Ar is great. Don't know why it got dissed so much.