Microsoft has released a list of both games and support for their Xbox Live Arcade service.

 

Microsoft has announced a list of games that will be appearing on their Xbox Live Arcade service throughout the Christmas 05 holiday period. Some of the games in the service include classics such as Smash TV, Gauntlet and Robotron 2084 from Midway, as well as Bizarre Creations' Geometry Wars 2.

 

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Full Xbox Live Arcade game list:

 

    * Astropop - Popcap Games

    * Bankshot Billiards 2 - pixelStorm, Inc

    * Bejeweled 2 - Popcap Games

    * Crystal Quest - Stainless Games

    * Feeding Frenzy - Popcap Games

    * Gauntlet - Midway Home Entertainment

    * Geometry Wars 2 - Bizarre Creations

    * Hardwood Backgammon - Silver Creek Entertainment

    * Hardwood Hearts - Silver Creek Entertainment

    * Hardwood Spades - Silver Creek Entertainment

    * Hexic HD - Microsoft Game Studios

    * Hoopworld - Streamline Studios

    * Jewel Quest - iWin.com

    * Joust - Midway Home Entertainment

    * Marble Blast Ultra - GarageGames

    * Mutant Storm Reloaded - PomPom Games

    * Outpost Kaloki - Wahoo Studios

    * Robotron 2084 - Midway Home Entertainment

    * SmashTV - Midway Home Entertainment

    * Wik: Fable of Souls - Reflexive Entertainment

    * Zuma - Popcap Games

 

"The next generation of Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 will enhance the gaming experience for casual and competitive gamers alike, across the globe, providing something for everyone with world-class games and captivating content," said Peter Moore.

 

The Xbox Liver Arcade service for the Xbox 360 will launch alongside the console's launch in North America on November 22nd, Europe on December 2nd and Japan on December 10th, and will be fully integrated into the Xbox Dashboard on all Xbox 360 systems. All those purchasing an Xbox 360 with a hard drive or a hard drive separately will find the full version of Hexic HD pre-installed on the hard drive free of charge.

 

More than 40 publishers are supporting the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360, with the likes of Atari, Capcom, EA and SEGA all onboard.

 

Full list of publisher support:

 

    * Atari

    * Bizarre Creations

    * Capcom

    * Codemasters

    * CTXM

    * Digital Eclipse

    * Electronic Arts

    * Empire Interactive

    * Gaia Studios

    * GameHouse Studios

    * Garage Games

    * Gastronaut Studios

    * Hamster

    * Harmonix

    * HipSoft

    * Hudson Soft

    * iWin

    * Konami

    * Llamasoft

    * Load, Inc

    * Mad Doc Software

    * Majesco

    * Microsoft Game Studios

    * Midway Home Entertainment

    * Mumbo Jumbo (United Developers)

    * Naked Sky Entertainment

    * Namco

    * Oberon Media

    * Pick Up And Play

    * pixelStorm, Inc

    * PlayFirst

    * PomPom Games

    * Popcap Games

    * Q Entertainment

    * RealNetworks, Inc

    * Reflexive Entertainment

    * Secret Lair Studios

    * SEGA

    * Silver Creek Entertainment

    * SNK Playmore

    * Stainless Games

    * Streamline Studios

    * Tik Games

    * Ubisoft

    * uWink

    * Vivendi Universal Games

    * Wahoo Studios

    * Wanako Games

    * Wild Tangent

 

New games are planned to be released regularly onto the Xbox Live Arcade service, with 35 titles expected by summer 2006.

 

"We're proud to be part of Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360, the world's first and only destination where gamers can find, download and buy smaller games directly to their console," said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. "Retro, casual and hardcore gamers will be pleased to have access to the selection of quality SEGA titles we plan to offer via the new Xbox Live Arcade."

 

Expect more coverage of the Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 when we get our hands on the console in December.

Wewt!

Fixed the title.

JEmu2 is an arcade emulator for many arcade games of the 80's and 90's which allows you to play those exact original games.

- A small but cool enhancement in today's release (v1.6.2): I added a 3D representation of the emulated arcade's monitor. People who know the emulator 'FBA' will recognize the effect as the 'fishbowl effect', and yes, it was inspired by that.

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This is a version of VBA 1.72 modified to have full re-recording support and be more convenient (and stable) to record with.

I fixed 2xSaI to not crash. (v14)

 

Also, I added some new filters that I think look better than hq2x.

Compare:

 

Pictures are all different!

 

hq2x vs. hq2xS:

hq3x vs. hq3xS:

Notice the differences in the ring and sonic's hair and the life display and red gate arrow and diagonal ground slants and background cloud in the "S" versions.

The only things that look a little worse are part of Sonic's hand (maybe a bug?), the back of his shoe (maybe a bug?), part of the ring display border (maybe a bug?), and part of the sky (by design - dithered gradient handling has been sacrificed for better edge detection).

Not that this helps anyone with re-recording, I know, but it looks nice...

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Looks like I missed this update by mistake.

For once when you think you got it all first, you screw up.

Emulator: SMSAdvance by FluBBa

- Optimized DMA control (sprite bit) a bit.

- Fixed SUBQ_READ in CD emulation (FinalZone II intro doesn't crash).

- Fixed AD_PLAY status in CD emulation (Valis II intro doesn't crash).

- Fixed Game Over screen in Rayxanber II.

- Separate version for EZ3.

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»» SMSAdvance 1.0 Update Release!

Thanks to Emulation64 for the heads up!