Xbox 360 Marketplace and Arcade thread

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:27 am

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jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:59 pm

Any news on when will they launch more Arcade games?

Can't wait for Lumines.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:03 pm

How is the prey demo for those that have played it?

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:35 pm

pigpen81 wrote:How is the prey demo for those that have played it?

I loved it! Turned a game that wasn't even on my rader into a day one purchase for me. Multiplayer wasn't all that good, but the single player game looks to be fantastic.

Try the demo, it will hook you immediately. You start in a bar and everything is totally interactive. There is a jukebox with some kicking tunes that you can change and also some arcade games that you can play. If you have a HDTV, the game looks pretty darn good too.

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:02 pm

pigpen81 wrote:How is the prey demo for those that have played it?

I thought the demo sucked. It has that feel of, yeah, this game has been done numerous times. Not even a rental for me.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:05 pm

SoMisss2000 wrote:
pigpen81 wrote:How is the prey demo for those that have played it?
I thought the demo sucked. It has that feel of, yeah, this game has been done numerous times. Not even a rental for me.

Same here.

GTHobbes · Post by **GTHobbes** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:32 pm

I haven't turned on my 360 in a month. Hopefully something good comes out soon.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:53 am

SoMisss2000 wrote:
pigpen81 wrote:How is the prey demo for those that have played it?
I thought the demo sucked. It has that feel of, yeah, this game has been done numerous times. Not even a rental for me.

I didn't get that feeling at all after the game really opened up. The level design was pretty damn cool. I really liked how things turned upside down and the teleport holes were very cool. I was more impressed with it than I thought I would be but it's a game I'll hold off of until a price drop.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:59 pm

Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:12 pm

Not really Marketplace related but:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/new ... inabox.htm

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:37 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.

They must be proud of what they came up with...if it sucked there is no way they would put out the demo a week before it's release. If it was TERRIBLE they would be holding on to the demo till after the first day madness is over.

TheTruth · Post by **TheTruth** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:57 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.

It is now being reported that the demo has been approved by MS and will be on the Marketplace in the next few hours.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:30 pm

TheTruth wrote:
ScoopBrady wrote:Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.
It is now being reported that the demo has been approved by MS and will be on the Marketplace in the next few hours.

Thanks for the info guys! Can't wait. It's going to take forever to download I bet.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:22 pm

Downloaded Frogger. That sure takes me back. I just wish it was played in widescreen. Oh well. It was only 400 points.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:28 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Downloaded Frogger. That sure takes me back. I just wish it was played in widescreen. Oh well. It was only 400 points.

Dan saw this at Abner's blog, don't know if it helps you.

UPDATE: Just found this from the Xbox forum. Sad you have to go to a forum to find out stupid stuff: Go to options,WHEN PLAYING.Adjust screen.Hope this helps.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:37 pm

TheTruth wrote:
ScoopBrady wrote:Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.
It is now being reported that the demo has been approved by MS and will be on the Marketplace in the next few hours.

I just saw this. I'm excited to see the game in motion.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:42 pm

Danimal, Scoop, XXXIV, & RobVarak you have a pm

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:44 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:Madden Nation is reporting that a NCAA demo will be available this week. Anywhere from tonight to Friday at the latest.

http://www.maddennation.com/forums/prin ... p?&t=60674
Would be awesome if true.

there was an update that the demo passed certification and it's supposed to go up tonite.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:47 pm

Danimal wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Downloaded Frogger. That sure takes me back. I just wish it was played in widescreen. Oh well. It was only 400 points.
Dan saw this at Abner's blog, don't know if it helps you.

UPDATE: Just found this from the Xbox forum. Sad you have to go to a forum to find out stupid stuff: Go to options,WHEN PLAYING.Adjust screen.Hope this helps.

Thanks. Gonna try it out now.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:05 pm

Thanks. Gonna try it out now.

Doesn't help, so don't bother. All it does is stretch it out a bit...never does fill up the whole screen.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:38 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Thanks. Gonna try it out now.
Doesn't help, so don't bother. All it does is stretch it out a bit...never does fill up the whole screen.

You can stretch it horizontally and vertically, that is after you start a game and pause it. Yes, it doesn't fill up the whole screen but it's a heck of a lot easier on the eyes than it is at default.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:21 pm

Shhhh...NCAA Football 2007 demo is up. Don't tell a soul!

Just over 1 gig.

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:51 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Shhhh...NCAA Football 2007 demo is up. Don't tell a soul!

Just over 1 gig.

Downloading now, thanks for the tip. Just between us...(Mac users only).

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:13 pm

I like how the flying of the stadium stutters like crazy.

The game is Madden...at least from the 1 min. quarter game I just played. Still no gang tackling or anything. A few more animations, but nothing really sticks out. LOL. Not a bad thing, but not really a good thing either. Hard to really get a feel for the game with good old 1 min. quarters. I'll still buy it though...the stadium looks amazing too.

SoMisss2000 · Post by **SoMisss2000** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:14 pm

i'm going to take it for what it is, a demo. no telling how old it is.