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Console Heroes: Retail Game Solutions to Expensive Arcade Games Part 1

Console Heroes writes: "You may have noticed the grumbling going around about the price of Xbox Live Arcade titles of late. We had an article about it a couple months ago, Flea and others have blogged about it, and there's even a social group here on Console Heroes now devoted to crusading against expensive games. Flea even started a petition to Microsoft pleading for a reevaluation of XBLA prices. As Flea and I have been discussing all the recent games priced at 1200 points – and a couple at 1600 – we came to a conclusion: why just complain about it? Why not come up with a better solution for our fellow heroes here on Console Heroes? I mean, if we're not paying $20 for arcade games, what should we spend that money on? And what kind of experience will we get instead?

With that in mind I'm going to examine a few of the pricier arcade titles on the marketplace today and compare them to some very similar retail games that you could pick up for the same price – or less. Today will feature part one of our short series of retail game alternatives to expensive XBLA titles..."

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil42d ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx42d ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro42d ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia42d ago (Edited 42d ago )

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B42d ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff218342d ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh42d ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia42d ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

MasterChief362441d ago

I thought it looked awful, but I actually fell in love with it. To this day one of my favorites on the Switch.

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jukins42d ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

MasterChief362441d ago

Yeah I'm kind of miffed about that headline. But the information in the article does give me a little hope. I really want to play these games on the PS5! I would assume if Activision actually is planning on relisting them on the Xbox Store, it would be relisting them on the PS Store as well?

Abnor_Mal42d ago

The first game was the best imo.

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The Best Four-Player Original Xbox Games

Remember the days of four-player couch co-op? The Wealth of Geeks team certainly does. This list brings us back to the golden years of the original Xbox with the best four-player games that were available.

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A Trek to the Past: 21 Best PlayStation 2 Co-Op Games

The console's library of games may be big, but it can all be played on the same couch. Here is a list of the best Co-Op games on the PS2.

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