Wing Commander, Super Contra storm XBLA

that is the arcade version, there was a NES version called super c

Bah, never mind, I was thinking about Contra III

Hmm, is it me or is this a new Super Contra? I dont recall any of those pics, well, maybe the "Alien Lair" from the Super Contra I played on SNES... Is there anotehr Super Contra or did they just remake it for XBLA?

@Sonovius So you work for M

if you are european shouldnt the M$ netspeak be M[pound symbol] or something? if you are using dollar symbols like the rest of us you can take what table scraps we give you and be happy about it.

@StonyShred420 I think your comments are actually supposed to be aimed at a guy a little further down. How embarassing. Anyway, its great that XBL has some extra classics - just dont bum out Europe like you are so oddly fond of doing, M$... People buy your console over here too you know...

hhmmm, these dont sound that bad. gonna have to download a demo of each and see for myself.

SaBy_69, You know, thats pretty ungrateful sounding. You could own a PS3 or Wii and be getting games made for the system that are rated lower than the average 360 game. Oh and all 3 are releasing 8-bit, 16-bit, ect on thier systems as well. So be glad that your best option on a 360 is GoW, R6:3, ect, and not another FPS that is nothin special (Resistance: Fall of Man) or Game of Mini-Games (Wario Ware).

"screw these damn XBL games!! bring on some more actual 360 games! with 2 new release getting less than 6.0 editor scores on GamesSpot recently i think that Microsoft needs to be more stringent on what games they let get pushed out onto the 360. enough of the games we have all played a million times before. dont get me wrong...i love XBL, but i didnt buy a next-gen system to play 8-bit games. if i wanted that i would still have my freakin NES. c'mon Microsoft...youre gonna lose this race soon if you dont pick up the pace. im not a fanboy, but i do own a 360 and i want more 360 games. im gonna get a PS3 soon, and i would get a Wii now but i cant find one to save my life. just setting the facts straight on where im coming from." Have patience my friend.....have patience. All these games will be coming out very soon and this year. The only problem you will have is getting enough money to enjoy all these much hyped games. -Call of Duty 4 -Halo 3 -GTA IV -Bioshock -Mass Effect -Assassin's Creed

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"I find it kind of disgraceful to see a Super Nintendo game on the 360's XBLA... I guess now I know what Sony fans probably felt like when Symphony of the Night headed to the XBLA. Anyway, Wing Commander looks interesting, but probably not enough for me to be convinced into buying it."--REVOLUTIONfreak I think it's great. I never owned those consoles since Genesis or Super Nintendo in the late 80's & early 90's (& before that an Atari 2600). So having these games available from all platforms: PC, board games, other old consoles, is an excellent opportunity to try them at fairly cheap prices. I hope that eventually that entire back-game catalog will be filled for the XBL. Variety is the spice of life.

"If you can find any more decent Next-Gen games on PS3 or Wii can you let us all know about it please? Otherwise, quit whining. It's the annual Summer Games Drought - this has never been a good time of the year for games, each and every year since the begining of the industry." --lowenergycycle Actually what I do is go back & buy the games in the previous season, like Armored Core 4, Earth Defense Force 2017, & C&C: Tiberium Wars. The prices come down a lot. I'll get the summer games in late Fall after the price drop (used or like new).

good stuff.... but worth $10???

@FiddleStick If you can find any more decent Next-Gen games on PS3 or Wii can you let us all know about it please? Otherwise, quit whining. It's the annual Summer Games Drought - this has never been a good time of the year for games, each and every year since the begining of the industry. However, I wouldn't consider The Darkness (8.5) to be such a tragedy, and then you've got Forza 2 (9.2) which you could technically play forever, DiRT (8.1) if you get bored of that, Overlord (7.5) which isn't nearly as bad as people would have you think, The Bigs (8.0) I hear is very good if you like that sort of thing... I don't think I need to go on. Add that to BioShock, Blue Dragon, Dynasty Warriors, Stunman Ignition and Medal of Honour: Airborne all of which will be available by the end of August - ONE MONTH AWAY - and really your complaint is unfounded. Plus, some of these "damn XBL games" are actually really good, you ungrateful little boy.

cant wait 4 super contra :wink:

HERE I COME KILRATHI SCUM!!

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screw these damn XBL games!! bring on some more actual 360 games! with 2 new release getting less than 6.0 editor scores on GamesSpot recently i think that Microsoft needs to be more stringent on what games they let get pushed out onto the 360. enough of the games we have all played a million times before. dont get me wrong...i love XBL, but i didnt buy a next-gen system to play 8-bit games. if i wanted that i would still have my freakin NES. c'mon Microsoft...youre gonna lose this race soon if you dont pick up the pace. im not a fanboy, but i do own a 360 and i want more 360 games. im gonna get a PS3 soon, and i would get a Wii now but i cant find one to save my life. just setting the facts straight on where im coming from.

I'd prefer the Super C (NES Contra). I grew up with that game, but Wing Commander might be good. Might have to demo it.

CONTRA!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll need to get some points - still waiting on Alhambra MS!

Super Contra...hell yeah.

Dont know who wrote it. but nes games on 360??? again. sony fan boy/guy. Me!!! No one has ever agreed on a syntem nr 1! dont whine and enjoy. and again... Hope i see contra on my ps3!! enjoy 360 users!

Not a big Wing Commander guy, nor much on Super C, but I've got Bomberman Live so no complaints here.

It's great to see XBLA getting more and more titles. I love it! Has anyone heard anything about Doom II or Final Doom??? They would be great additions to XBLA. Doom is one of my favorite XBLA games, and I would feel cheated if the other two don't become available. I'm sure they'll probably release them at some point, but I haven't heard a word about it. Anyone?

Wow some of the games mentioned here are so cool ... they bring back memories ... !!! :D

i wish marathon would come out soon

I don't think I'll get Wing Commander Arena but will probably get Super Contra since I've never played it before and it's only $5

jcloverboy I'll skip this week, agree with previous poster that someone whould have gotten Simpsons Arcade game out this week. No doubt! I mean that's what's really hot right now!. It would've been amazing for them to do it but oh well.

I don't even remember playing Super Contra.

Shook6 "Wing Commander looks cool... To bad EA owns it. I refuse to purchase anything EA." They did a good job with Boom Boom Rocket so I dont have an issue with them on xbl. EA hasnt been blatantly trying to rip off consumers like a lot of other companies in my experience.

i think 'theokguy' is an okie. im from texas. i despise okies. that said, how freaking cool is XBLA? this year, 2007, alone, I have seen some of my fav classic games come to XLA: Contra, Double Dragon, SOTN, TMNT 1989; now Super contra and Wing commander....and the years not even over!!! Aside from all the great games coming this fall/holiday season for the Xbox 360 I bet there will also be some killer Arcade games in the pipeline. Xbox 360/Xbox LIve/Xbox Live Arcade kicks A$$

theokguy, i too "realy" miss the good "all" days of "claissic" gaming. but, unlike u, i think the 360 is doing a great job of bringing it back with arcade. somehow, tho, playing those old games just isn't the same as it was back then. 1.

A top-down Wing Commander game??? What a disgrace to the series that game will be.

REVOLUTIONfreak "I find it kind of disgraceful to see a Super Nintendo game on the 360's XBLA." Super Contra is an arcade game... you must be thinking of Contra III: The Alien Wars, which this is not. And who cares whose games are on what system? XBLA is home to some of the best casual and retro games in the world...the bigger the variety, the better. Most of the complaints I hear are "why did you buy that new system to play old games," and you could say that about ANY of the next-gen systems. But those of us that buy the retro games know why we do it.

I hope that Super Contra is better than the Contra they released on XBLA. I'm interested to see how WCA turns out.

I'll skip this week, agree with previous poster that someone whould have gotten Simpsons Arcade game out this week.

To all people that talk about wii vc and say xbox is better! u guys realy need a lesson in claissic gaming. I dont care if its online u can play on 360 as long for us some we like to relive the good all days of gaming.

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Wing Commander looks cool... To bad EA owns it. I refuse to purchase anything EA.

Am i like only who has really hoping for The Simpsons Arcade since the movie is coming out by this week. Like they did with TMNT 1989 Arcade game. It would've went really well for this week... but oh well like mick jagger always said in his song "You can't always get what you want".

@REVOLUTIONfreak half of the wii's content are turbographix16 games. there is no loyalty in business nor should they be. xbla games are always vastly superior to vc games in my opinion for the online factor. the wii games just arent as fun. two cents

I find it kind of disgraceful to see a Super Nintendo game on the 360's XBLA... I guess now I know what Sony fans probably felt like when Symphony of the Night headed to the XBLA. Anyway, Wing Commander looks interesting, but probably not enough for me to be convinced into buying it.

I definitely will be getting Super Contra. They are releasing these XBLA games at a rapid pace now.

I might pick up Wing Commander for the nostalgia. And who knows, maybe if it sells well enough, EA will revive the Wing Commander series. A Wing Commander online game in the style of Chromehounds would be pretty awesome.

I dont got any Micorsoft Points :(

Never played Wing Commander, but I've heard a lot about it. I'll check this one out. Super Contra looks like a buy.

Wing commander is gonna rock!!

10 dollars seems like a lot for Wing Commander. I hope there is enough content.

I'll wait for Super C on Wii's VC. The NES version had more content.