Xbox Live Arcade

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Xbox Live Arcade (usually abbreviated as XBLA ) is a service that Microsoft has integrated into the Xbox 360 and Xbox One . Users with broadband internet access can download and play unlimited games for a fee that is paid with so-called Microsoft Points . The games cost 400, 800, 1200 or 1600 Microsoft Points, which corresponds to a price of around 5, 10, 15 or 20 euros each.

An undecided user also has the option of downloading demos of the games for free. The Hexic HD puzzle game is preinstalled on the console's hard drive. The best-selling Xbox Live arcade game to date is the implementation of the classic sandbox game Minecraft, the Minecraft: Xbox360 Edition.

Gamerscore

In an arcade game, the player can earn 200 gamerscore points with a maximum of 12 successes; additional, chargeable expansions increase the maximum possible number of points for an arcade game to 250 gamerscore points. Since June 1, 2012, up to 400 points can be unlocked in Xbox Live Arcade games. The game may not contain more than a maximum of 30 successes.

In a "normal" Xbox 360 game, however, it is usually 1000 points and the number of successes varies. In the meantime, however, additional gamerscore points have been activated for individual titles through download content, so that in individual cases more than 1000 points can be collected in a game.

history

The Xbox Live Arcade service was announced by Bill Gates at E3 2004 and went online on the original Xbox on December 3, 2004. You had to order the Xbox Live Arcade Disc from Microsoft's website or purchase the Xbox Official Magazine.

The service went online with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005. Shortly afterwards it became apparent that the concept had enormous potential and so Arcade Wednesday was soon introduced. Since then, all games have been released on a Wednesday. Before that there was already an XboxLive Arcade DISC for the Xbox, but it was hardly noticed and did not find much support from developers and publishers.

Games

Below is a list of Xbox Live arcade games that have been released (excerpt):

category	title	developer	publication	price	Live features *
Action arcade
	Aces of the Galaxy	Sierra Online	June 4th, 2008	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Alien hominid	The Behemoth	February 28, 2007	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Arkadian Warrior	Sierra Online	December 12, 2007	800 points	LB, CO
	Assault Heroes	Sierra Online	December 13, 2006	400 points	LB, CO
	Assault Heroes 2	Sierra Online	May 14, 2008	800 points	LB, CO
	Band of Bugs	Ninja bee	June 20, 2007	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Battlestar Galactica	Sierra Online	October 24, 2007	800 points	LB, M
	Bionic Commando Rearmed	Capcom	August 13, 2008	800 points	LB
	Castle Crashers	The Behemoth	August 27, 2008	1200 points	LB, M, CO
	Cloning Clyde	NinjaBee	July 19, 2006	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Crystal Quest	Stainless Games	February 7, 2006	400 points	LB, DC
	Doom	id software	September 27, 2006	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Feeding frenzy	Sprout Games	March 15, 2006	400 points	LB
	Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved	Bizarre Creations	November 22, 2005	400 points	LB
	Marble Blast Ultra	GarageGames	January 25, 2006	800 points	LB, M
	Mutant Storm Reloaded	PomPom Games	November 22, 2005	800 points	LB, CO
	Wik and the Fable of Souls	Reflexive entertainment	December 15, 2005	800 points	LB, M
	Worms	Team 17	March 7, 2007	400 points	LB, M, C
Recreational sports
	3D Ultra Mini Golf Adventures	Sierra Online	April 18, 2007	400 points	LB, M
	Bankshot Billiards 2	PixelStorm	November 22, 2005	1200 points	LB, M, C
	Brain Challenge	Microsoft Game Studios	March 12, 2008	800 points	LB, M
Card and board games
	Hardwood backgammon	Silver Creek	December 8, 2005	400 points	LB, M, C
	Hardwood Hearts	Silver Creek	December 8, 2005	400 points	LB, M, CO, C
	Hardwood Spades	Silver Creek	December 8, 2005	400 points	LB, M, CO, C
	Texas Hold'em	TikGames	August 23, 2006	800 points	LB, M
	TotemBall	Strange flavor	October 4th, 2006	Free	CO, C, DC
	U.N.	Carbonated Games	May 9, 2006	400 points	LB, M, CO, C, DC
Arcade classics
	1942: Joint Strike	Capcom	July 23, 2008	800 points	LB, M, CO
	Battlezone	Atari	April 16, 2008	400 points	LB, M
	Contra	Konami	November 8, 2006	400 points	LB, CO
	Defender	Midway	November 15, 2006	400 points	LB, CO
	Dig Dug	Namco	October 11, 2006	400 points	LB
	Double dragon	Razerworks	May 9, 2007	400 points	M, CO
	Frogger	Konami	July 12, 2006	400 points	LB, M, CO
	Galaga	Namco	July 26, 2006	400 points	LB
	Gauntlet	Midway	November 22, 2005	400 points	LB, CO
	Joust	Midway	November 22, 2005	400 points	LB, CO
	Pac-Man	Namco	August 9, 2006	400 points	LB
	Robotron: 2084	Midway	January 6, 2006	400 points	LB, CO
	Scramble	Konami	September 13, 2006	400 points	LB
	Smash TV	Midway	November 22, 2005	400 points	LB, CO
	Street Fighter II	Capcom	August 2, 2006	800 points	LB, M
	Time pilot	Konami	August 30, 2006	400 points	LB, M
	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3	Midway	October 21, 2006	800 points	LB, M
	Castlevania Symphony of the Night	Konami	March 21, 2007	800 points	LB
	Streets of Rage II	Sega	August 29, 2007	400 points	LB, M, CO
Puzzle games
	AstroPop	PopCap Games	March 22, 2006	800 points	LB
	Bejeweled 2	PopCap Games	November 22, 2005	800 points	LB
	Hexic HD	Microsoft Game Studios	November 22, 2005	Free (on HDD)	LB
	Jewel Quest	iWin Games	March 8, 2006	800 points	LB
	Lumines Live!	Q entertainment	October 18, 2006	1200+ 800 points	LB, M, DC
	Zuma	PopCap Games	November 22, 2005	400 points	LB
strategy
	Outpost Kaloki X	NinjaBee	November 22, 2005	800 points	LB, DC

(*) Note: LB - Leaderboards, M - Multiplayer, CO - Cooperative game mode, DC - Downloadable content, C - Supports camera

See also

• Xbox 360

• Microsoft Points

Web links

• All arcade games with rating

Individual evidence

1. ↑ insidegames.ch: insidegames - Microsoft increases gamerscore
2. ↑ Luke Guttridge: E3 2004: EA joins the party live as MS dates Halo and more. May 11, 2004, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on September 3, 2016 .