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Flabio wrote:Did anyone stay up for the CES keynote? Kinda glad I didn't, although the news that the first iptv partner for the 360 is BT is amusing.
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I'm looking forward to Alan Wake although by the time it comes out I'll probably have upgraded my PC enough to play it on there :)
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benedictw wrote:Unannounced titles?
There's some good stuff on the way...
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On XBLA this week.

Omega 5 - 800 pts
Tron - 400 pts
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Ooh. Tron. Nice one.
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Gotta love it when marketing types write things.
Marketing Type wrote:Tron is a perfect recreation of the classic arcade game based on the pioneering computer animated Disney film.
but...
Same Marketing Type wrote:Authentic graphics, gameplay and audio have all been upgraded.
So they started with the authentic stuff and then stuffed around with it. Yep, the perfect recreation...

I think it'll be fun to have Tron, but the spin they put on these things amuses me.
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darkladywolf wrote:Gotta love it when marketing types write things.
Marketing Type wrote:Tron is a perfect recreation of the classic arcade game based on the pioneering computer animated Disney film.
but...
Same Marketing Type wrote:Authentic graphics, gameplay and audio have all been upgraded.
So they started with the authentic stuff and then stuffed around with it. Yep, the perfect recreation...

I think it'll be fun to have Tron, but the spin they put on these things amuses me.
It'll probably just mean the usual - "we've had a pop at tarting up the graphics and sound, but you'll probably take one look at them and head straight for the options to switch it back to the originals."
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benedictw wrote:On XBLA this week.

Omega 5 - 800 pts
Tron - 400 pts
Tron? Done as a twin-stick affair, I suppose, as opposed to the arcade spinner?

Might work, If it does, I'll probably have it.
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PaulEMoz wrote:
benedictw wrote:On XBLA this week.

Omega 5 - 800 pts
Tron - 400 pts
Tron? Done as a twin-stick affair, I suppose, as opposed to the arcade spinner?

Might work, If it does, I'll probably have it.
Is that Tron or Discs of Tron? Different games, different controls, innit.
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RageMatrix wrote:
PaulEMoz wrote:
benedictw wrote:On XBLA this week.

Omega 5 - 800 pts
Tron - 400 pts
Tron? Done as a twin-stick affair, I suppose, as opposed to the arcade spinner?

Might work, If it does, I'll probably have it.
Is that Tron or Discs of Tron? Different games, different controls, innit.
Tron. From what I remember, it had the trigger/stick, and also a spinner, so you could direct your arm to shoot at the spiders/MCP cone.
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Tron had an grip-stick with trigger on it plus the spinner, as did Discs of Tron. They played completely differently but had identical controls. Of course, only Discs came in a cool cabinet that you could half-sit in. :)

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Used to love Tron especially the music and the lightcycles and the multiplying spiders and the.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXErtjer ... re=related
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Eh - its Tron, so I'm buying it. Would love Discs of Tron also, please MS.
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RageMatrix wrote:Eh - its Tron, so I'm buying it. Would love Discs of Tron also, please MS.
Discs of Tron is coming too. It's already on PartnerNet.
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Mark wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:Eh - its Tron, so I'm buying it. Would love Discs of Tron also, please MS.
Discs of Tron is coming too. It's already on PartnerNet.
Yay! :D
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