King of Fighters '98, Arkanoid, Space Invaders Extreme, Metal Slug 7, and more heading to XBL Arcade

by Kevin Kelly { Oct 8th 2008 at 11:38PM }

Hot from the Microsoft keynote at the Tokyo Game Show comes more retro arcade action. Been jonesing to play more Arkanoid ever since that thing came out back in 1986? It was Breakout on steroids, and ate quarters like Cookie Monster eats chocolate chip cookies. Super Arkanoid and Space Invaders Extreme will be out on XBLA this winter, and it'll be joined next year by Metal Slug 7 , R-Type and The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match.

The games will all be updated with new graphics, music, two-player and online modes, and will do a good job towards filling that vintage hole in your heart. Now Capcom, please give us some Darkstalkers, and we'll be happy.

Tags: Arkanoid, breakingnews, King-of-Fighters, King-of-Fighters-98, Metal-Slug, Metal-Slug-7, R-Type, Retro, Space-Invaders-Extreme, XBLA, Xbox-Live-Arcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kurt @ Oct 8th 2008 11:53PM

ah yes, good ol xxx. I believe 86 is when arkanoid came out

Kevin Kelly @ Oct 9th 2008 12:03AM

D'oh, nice work! And yes, 1986 was indeed the year of the Arkanoid. I remember it well. That's what I get for trying to fly through a post when news is dropping from Tokyo. Di-zamn!

Hafk @ Oct 9th 2008 12:02AM

How dare you leave R-Type in the "and more" section!

As a Shmuper, I am offended!

I demand no less that 10 articles posted about the new R-Type game. GO.

Hafk @ Oct 9th 2008 12:02AM

argh,

no less than*.

deft @ Oct 9th 2008 12:14AM

Space Invaders Extreme in HD!
KoF 98 UM!

DO WANT!!!
=O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

joeybeast @ Oct 9th 2008 12:24AM

KoF 98 is the shit....
Can't believe it's been 10 years.
I was in Junior High School.

Twist @ Oct 9th 2008 12:36AM

I can never remember which KoF I really liked but hopefully it was 98. Too bad it probably won't be getting a graphics update like SFIIHD. Now I just need a decent controller to play it with.

Jose @ Oct 9th 2008 12:43AM

Update a goddamned D-Pad Microsoft!

zero2dash @ Oct 9th 2008 2:11AM

Amen to that!
It's bad enough trying to do moves in Hyper Fighting; I can't imagine trying to pull off supers in KoF with the horrendous 360 dpad. I wouldn't even bother playing my favorite team in KoF98 (the boss team)...the utter lack of pulling off their supers (especially Geese's) would make me cry.

Xoviet chiK - Bungie Fangirl @ Oct 9th 2008 3:16AM

I can't imagine playing effectively as Goenitz on a 360 controller, it already completely killed my Genjuro game in SamSho II. I really hope we get a decent arcade stick sometime soon, and further, I really hope XBLA devs start allowing custom control schemes!