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Vigilante 8 Arcade is totally done

by Justin McElroy on Aug 13th 2008 9:30AM

"V8 Arcade enters its final submission." That's the headline we read this morning over at sister site Xbox 360 Fanboy and were totally excited to pass it along to you guys. That was just moments before we realized that, by and large, a lot of you probably don't realize why that's so rad.

So, for the uninitiated: Vigilante 8 (besides having one of the best titles ever) is a lot like Twisted Metal, only add better physics and subtract the awful hair metal aesthetic. Even that description's a little lackluster, but no matter: It's just been submitted to Microsoft for final approval and you'll be able to play it soon. We hope.

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Tags: luxoflux, vigilante-8, vigilante-8-arcade, xbla, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (44)

You make it sound like vigilante 8 is better then Twisted Metal... which we all know isn't true. It's not bad but unless they fixed some of the glaring gameplay issues from back in the day Twisted Metal Black is still the best Car Combat game available.

Massively disagree, the Vigilante 8 games were far better than Twisted Metal, and this isn't simply a port, it's a completely new version.

Well, we're never going to see Twisted Metal on the Xbox 360, so let's be happy about this.

I enjoy Twisted Metal but Vigilante 8 was more fun to me. I really liked the level on the 64 version poking fun at all the cutesy 3D games on the system.

I liked V8, but Twisted Metal was definitely better. What I did like about V8 were those special moves you could do where you could basically drain all the ammo in one of your weapons in a single large blast. Good stuff.

Twisted Metal was always just that original which sucked, it always looked liked foot, and it just wasn't that fun.

Vigilante 8 was fun, humorous, and all around awesome. NOW GET TO THE BACK OF MY BUS, HA HA!

Looked like foot? What?

Anyway, it seems we have a lot of V8 fans around here. I'm a bit surprised. I like it too, but I always though TM was clearly better. I guess I just preferred the faster and more intense action of the TM series. Critical Depth was actually my favorite vehicular combat game. So under rated.

Vigilante 8 is far much better than twisted metal, I've played twisted metal for like one week and then a friend of mine showed me vigilante 8 and I stopped playing twisted metal since then and I started to go to my friends house almost every day just to play with him, then i got the game for myself and showed it to some of my friends all of them have my opinion, since, so i am sure that V8 is much better that twisted metal

If you have not played this game...get it, I enjoyed this game as much as TM1 & TM2. Some of the levels are really well done.

This game sound familiar... was it(or a previous game)on Dreamcast?

Vigilante 8: Second Offense was.

-eats typo-
"This game *sounds familiar... was it(or a previous game)on Dreamcast?"

...ah, okay. :] Thanks for the heads up, Dale.

Agreed, TMB is the king of Car combat games. V8 arcade looks good.

Reply to Magnus.

I just loooooooooove Joystiq's flawless reply system.

1st one came out on PSX.

What's wrong with hair metal? :(

It's not as cool as disco :P

I believe Viglante 8 is by far the best "car combat" game out there. Twisted Metal 1 & 2 were great, everything after that was crap, including Black. Viglante 8 added combos for your gun upgrades, actual good specials, not 6 different versions of a missle attack named differently....and the maps were interactive, including space shuddles, crocodiles, aliens, ski lifts.......man cant wait for this game.

Black was awesome. The only thing I didn't care for with Black was the final boss. I thought it was a bit stupid to be fighting a helicopter. Other than that, Black is awesome.

space shuddles?

*Shudders*

I remember V8 as being the best of the car combat games from that era. If this is an HD update, I might be tempted to bite.

Not an HD update. A new game.

Hey, even better!

It's mainly based on the first game, but it is a completely new game, and includes a lot of the levels, abilities and characters from the sequel.

No all we need is some SF Rush 2 & Rush 2049 and I will be happy!!!!!

And have the arena were you can use your car's retractable wings to fly in low gravity, doing stunts and trying to get those hidden ball thingys.

I was im love with V8 on the 64.

Rush kicked ass!

Then burnout came out

An SF:Rush release would be awesome.

This could be one of XBLAs best games ever. I only played Twisted Metal Head On and it was ok, but didn't have the same level of destructability as V8 or the cool level on the hoover damn.

I'm just about ready to get a 360 based on the arcade offerings alone. Sheesh.

Ooo, nice.
This can fill the void left by not wanting to buy FlatOut:UC, since I already own FO2.

Man, is there any plans of this coming out for PSN? I mean, the V8 games did get a start on the PS1, so its only fair.

All I remember was the slow ass tow truck that shot out a flaming spare tire with an awful voice over that said:
"Need a little helper?" You could do that move fairly fast and it sounded like really bad hip hop. Great stuff.

V8 arcade?
Do I have to fight tomatoes?

Be thankful you're getting your daily recommended vitamins and minerals.

Vigitante8 is Interstate'76 with all the awesomeness taken out so it could fit on a console.

I want a (real) sequel to i76!!

I still have my copy of Vigilante8--didn't really care for it all that much. IMO, TM2 has been the best game in this category so far. I thought that TM:Black played like V8 and I didn't care for it all that much either. maybe it's time for me to revisit my TM2 disc--but the online play is a pretty damn compelling to get V8:arcade....dammit. decisions, decisions.

I absolutely adored this on the PS.

Think about it Twisted Metal fans...There would be no Twisted Metal if it were not for Vigilante 8. Duh.

Both games are good tho...Vigilante was simply the pioneer of car combat.

Wait, BETTER physics? They both weren't that great. V8: 2nd Offense was too bouncy.

I don't get the people argueing over whether V8 is TM is better. Who cares, V8 Arcade is gonna be fun, and since it's on the arcade, cheap.

I loved the V8 games for my n64, I'm definately picking this up.

I could never enought of that attack that made a hole in the ground.

Wow you made me take out both my copies of Vigilante 8 and the Second Offense sequel. Man that game brings back memories from my old school PS1, now if only that game got a version for this gen of consoles.

No, Jim you are wrong. Twisted Metal 1 & 2 came out before Vigilante 8. I wouldn't have a problem with the author's view if he simply stated that it was HIS opinion. Because that is all it is. Vigilante 8's physics were too close to TM3's for me, meaning they were ok, and the music, particualarly TM2's just felt perfect to me. If voted on I am almost certain Twisted Metal would win.

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