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 }
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.
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!
BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Oct 9th 2008 1:24AM
... Metal Slug 7?! They're porting a DS game to XBLA...
That's... kinda funny, I guess.
sad robot @ Oct 9th 2008 2:48AM
metal slug!!! i wonder...xbla or ds?
Kizzle @ Oct 9th 2008 8:52AM
Arkanoid won't be the same without the controller.
Minimalist360 @ Oct 9th 2008 10:07AM
Indeed. Paddle games in general suck with any kind of other scheme - just look at tempest on 360 XBLA. Wow, that sucks.
Boffo the $ock @ Oct 9th 2008 10:20AM
Not true. I've played Arkanoid clones on everything from the keyboard to the cell phone, and Arkanoid always kicks ass.