"Heavy Weapon" to be shown at E3 for Xbox Live Arcade

Tally · 05-03-2006, 12:52 PM

Interesting choice for a game to bring back, hopefully it will be good.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10853/...o-Debut-at-E3/

**Shane R. Monroe** · 05-03-2006, 12:55 PM

Oh jesus ...

So, Xbox Live is now the dumping ground of mostly-lame ass PC shareware games that have been "enhanced" to have lots of particle effects and run in 1080i? I ain't trying to start a fight, but I see a formula here ...

**Flare** · 05-03-2006, 01:06 PM

Hmmm... I wonder if they're going to give MAME titles the same 1080i treatment...

Widescreen Robotron... sacrilege!

**Shane R. Monroe** · 05-03-2006, 01:38 PM

There is already a Robotron in hires now. As I mentioned before, resolution kills classic games IMHO, unless the graphics are enlarged to produce the same screen distance ratios to ensure accuracy in shot velocities and travel, etc. Buy hey, I appear to be in the minority.

**Flare** · 05-03-2006, 01:45 PM

If they do that... then they should name them something else.

If I see Time Pilot in XBox Live, I want to play the original one; not some ultra leet version with 3D rendered planes and multicolor volumetric clouds that is also called just "Time Pilot".

But we all know that won't happen.

**Zaphod** · 05-03-2006, 01:55 PM

I heard they are going to try to get MAME on Xbox Live legally.

**Chewchilla** · 05-03-2006, 02:33 PM

Out of all the hi-def classic arcade games available in the Xbox Live Arcade for the 360, Joust has the most noticeable "enhancement" - a background. The other games (Gauntlet, Robotron, Smash TV) pretty much look like the originals. Are the sharpened graphics and the ability to play these games in hi-def REALLY a bad thing? You be the judge. I'm not playing these games on a hi-def TV, but I find them to be just as fun as the originals - sharpened graphics and all.

**Shane R. Monroe** · 05-03-2006, 02:37 PM

Its a problem with proportions ... how long it takes for a shot to get across the screen .. how much "space" are between major game elements. It makes the games "not feel right". In this picture, the playfield is HUGE - making "time end to end of the screen" a LONG longer. For those of us that REALLY LOVE these games, this change ruins the experience.

Like I said ... I must be the minority - Xbox people call this sh*t the second coming of christ ... Me, I'd rather play the originals as they were.

**Flare** · 05-03-2006, 02:45 PM

From the screenshot it looks like the distance of the playfield is the same isn't it? Seems like just the background was added.

**Chewchilla** · 05-03-2006, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Shane R. Monroe

Its a problem with proportions ... how long it takes for a shot to get across the screen .. how much "space" are between major game elements. It makes the games "not feel right". In this picture, the playfield is HUGE - making "time end to end of the screen" a LONG longer. For those of us that REALLY LOVE these games, this change ruins the experience.

It would be interesting for me to play these games in hi-def since I have been playing them on a "normal" TV for a while now - just to see how big of a gameplay difference there might be.

Originally Posted by Shane R. Monroe

For those of us that REALLY LOVE these games, this change ruins the experience.

Hey, I love my classic arcade games - I just don't "REALLY L-O-V-E" the games.

Originally Posted by Shane R. Monroe

Like I said ... I must be the minority - Xbox people call this sh*t the second coming of christ ... Me, I'd rather play the originals as they were.

The things I like the most about playing these games on Xbox Live is the ability for me to play against or with a person online and the online high score list - it's nice to see where you are ranked compared to other players around the world.