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Xbox Live Arcade- Relive the Classics
Navneet Prakash, Aug 01, 2007 1138 hrs ISTRemember our feature about the classic games? Now imagine playing some of them on your LCD, with graphical enhancements and Stereo sound.
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Number 3: Street Fighter
Not Alpha or Zero, but Street Fighter classic - the original characters, the same moves, the same music and the same passion. This one's a god of all fighting games, and has the best use of martial arts in a video-game. This is what started it all for most gamers; remember going to the arcade every evening after school and buying arcade coupons with your lunch money to starve yourself to the joys of 2D brutality? I may have lost a few pounds due to this game as kid, but I do retain some great memories of it. I admire XBLA for recreating the SF saga, a game that truly depicts passion in gaming. Everyone is back - Ryu, Ken, Guile, Honda, and so on.
Number 2: Contra
Everyone has to have played this game. My third cousin from Delhi, my old school friend from Punjab, a 33 year old social-worker living next door, even my imaginary childhood friend "Ajooba" (I was a fan of the movie). Contra is a game that represents 8-bit gaming; it overshadows all other games in terms of fan-followng. Calling it a cult-classic is an understatement, it's an experience that can be compared to no other. Driving down the Mumbai-Pune express-way at 150 Kmph is crazy, but it's just not the same as destroying an alien race using the "S" power-up. I bet most of you are wondering which game beat Contra to the number one position...
Number 1: Prince of Persia Classic
Prince of Persia (PoP) was the first PC game that I ever played, or was it Alley Cat? Either way, I consider PoP to be the best puzzle game on PC. The game was remade into a top-selling franchise by Ubisoft, and a new PoP was created with wall-running abilities and a time-dagger. But as most of you would agree, there is nothing like the classic. So imagine both of these brilliant games coming together, a hybrid PoP made up of the classic and the next-gen for the Xbox 360. On XBLA, the classic game has the new prince with his special abilities. The game starts off just like the original PC version - you jump down a jail cell, then you progress through the game opening gates using trick ground tiles. This game has me hooked on, and I play it more than my Xbox360 titles. A must play for everyone, look forward to its full review in a few days.
This was a small preview of the XBLA, a service that makes Xbox stand out in the crowd and shine. Now let's hope the XBLA service arrives here soon!
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