XBLM adding new Xbox Originals on Dec. 15

by Randy Nelson { Dec 10th 2008 at 1:50PM }

Ah, Xbox Originals. Striving to bring you the finest specimens of the original Xbox's back catalog as full downloads for 360. Or, as it turns out, a seemingly random assortment of games that aren't exactly classics.

Next Monday, December 15, this league of extraordinarily inconsistent games welcomes two new members: Sega Soccer Slam and Raze's Hell. The arcade-style soccer game by Visual Concepts (now 2K Sports) and Artech Studios' darkly humorous action game can be yours for 1200

($15) each. They're both solid games, actually, but with the wealth of superb new releases bombarding us from every direction, they're more "rainy day" material than anything.

Gallery: Sega Soccer Slam

Gallery: Raze's Hell

Tags: razes-hell, sega-soccer-slam, xblm, xbox-live-marketplace, xbox-originals

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

deaftly @ Dec 10th 2008 1:54PM

Yup, that pic gave me my WTF of the day.

josh @ Dec 10th 2008 1:58PM

i loved sega soccer slam. i had it on the gamecube though.

Haon @ Dec 10th 2008 4:51PM

So is it actually worth keeping? I got it in a gc bundle from some mom for like 50 (bundle was: tales, skies, crystal chronicles, wave race and fire emblem...sucker). Haven't tried it but ill keep it if its a good party game.

josh @ Dec 11th 2008 7:40AM

i would keep it. i still have my copy of it.

j.howlett @ Dec 10th 2008 2:06PM

i got raze's hell a couple moths or more back. i like the idea behind it.

RiccochetJ @ Dec 10th 2008 2:09PM

Where's my BG&E dammit!

Dirty @ Dec 10th 2008 2:12PM

seems like a no brainer.

Iwa @ Dec 10th 2008 3:09PM

Still playable only on your Xbox. Until Microsoft releases another backwards compatibility update that includes BG&E, your 360 will keep popping up the screen laughing at you.

Obie @ Dec 10th 2008 4:07PM

That and the original Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

Gimme!

shannon @ Dec 10th 2008 2:24PM

oh c'mon... add voodoo vince. panzer dragoon orta. oddworld: munch's odyssey and stranger's wrath. please?

foo mo jive @ Dec 11th 2008 9:20AM

panzer dragoon orta is backwards compatible.

mindshed @ Dec 10th 2008 2:24PM

more like "stuck-in-a-vault-with-food-and-energy-to-last-you-the-next-20-years-but-with-no-way-out-until-that-time-day" games

Jon2309 @ Dec 10th 2008 3:54PM

Does it come with a Pip-boy?

Ranus Studios @ Dec 10th 2008 2:27PM

Where the damn is Jet Set Radio Future, dammit.

OD @ Dec 10th 2008 2:34PM

Seriously...

Dadidito @ Dec 10th 2008 2:35PM

Second the Seriously

rockintom @ Dec 10th 2008 5:36PM

Just hit up a gamestop. It *is* at least compatible, and horribly common nowadays.

I'm just wondering who I'd have to kill to get Street Fighter Anniversary on there...

Tiptup300 @ Dec 10th 2008 2:32PM

I can't believe they don't have....erm....they don't have....uh.....wow, the xbox 1 didn't have that wide of an array of great games.....Don't get me wrong, I loved my xbox 1, but it mostly was for Halo, Halo 2, Fable, GTA, & Burnout...Psychonauts was also sweet.

I've never played Beyond Good & Evil, so I guess that's what should be released instead of this.

globones @ Dec 10th 2008 2:57PM

Unless these aren't BC, these games are like $5 at any used game store and probably come with a "case", whatever that is.

SidearmS @ Dec 10th 2008 2:54PM

Raze's Hell is a underrated third person action game. The humor in it is very dark but funny, and there is nothing wrong with laying waste to an army of cute fuzzy creatures.

Imagine if the Rayman Rabbids were an imperialistic army and you have a good idea of the humor this game has.

XBox 360 - It sits on my shelf, a well spent $10.

Farseer (GDI) @ Dec 10th 2008 3:14PM

WHAT?!?! The Rabbids are not an imperialistic army?

You just totally fucked up my worldview...

Kia @ Dec 10th 2008 2:55PM

I'm still waiting to buy any Xbox Originals once MS realizes you can get the ACTUAL PHYSICAL PRODUCT for like, five effing dollars. If even.

All of you, you people too lazy to buy a game in a store or too impatient to buy used on ebay or amazon, you're the ones making these prices stick! Shame on all of you!

shannon @ Dec 10th 2008 3:50PM

voodoo vince lacks any reverse motion capability with the xbox 360 (not sure about them others; haven't sorted through the list to see). i bought voodoo vince several weeks ago hoping for backward compatibility, but to my dismay there is naught. i no longer have my original xbox and buying another one for this one game isn't something i'd really like to do, so it would be pretty sweet if this was available over marketplace, but i hear ya: 1200 MS points is definitely more than what i paid for the disc version. big business likes to cash-rape it's consumer base however. i just want to play this sweet game again.

RiccochetJ @ Dec 10th 2008 4:22PM

I tried buying the actual physical product of Psychonauts. There was a certain section where the disc was unreadable. So I took it back and got another. Couldn't even get it going. Took that one back back, and they didn't have any more.

So instead of spending time and gas searching all these stores or going through the hassle of online if it doesn't work, I bought the digital download and it worked perfectly (well as well as can be expected with emulation).

Sometimes (at least for me) it's worth the extra bucks to not have to deal with the hassle and the gamble of used games.