Xbox Live Arcade... This was kind of like a revelation to me. Xbox Live Arcade started off as a bunch of smaller non-retail downloadable games. The games were either $5 or $10. As the generation went on, file sizes and prices increased and the games seemed to change their focus to more of a games on demand focus (instead of quick pick up and play games).
This also introduced the awesome Microsoft Points system (yes, I really liked it). It did take a few hours/purchases to get the hang of the system. There could be one price across all regions (in so called Allard bucks). It was awesome not having to pay sales tax on these cards (or the games, I don't think it is the same with the Xbox One) and there were many sales/promotions (like Bing).
My first purchases on XBLA were probably around December or January 2005 (or 2006). I can't remember exactly what they are, but Bejeweled 2 and Outpost Kaloki X were probably some of them. RoboBlitz was my first $15 (1200 pts) game. I still resent the $15 game (even though that and the $20 game will be much more common in this next generation). Luckily for me, there were a bunch of sales throughout this generation on downloadable games.
XBLA Games:
- 'Splosion Man
- A Kingdom for Keflings
- A World of Keflings
- Aegis Wing
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare
- Ancients of Ooga
- Arkadian Warriors
- Ascend: Hand of Kul (Free to play)
- Assault Heroes
- Asteroids/Asteroids Deluxe
- AstroPop
- Band of Bugs
- Banjo- Kazooie
- Banjo-Tooie
- Bastion
- Bejeweled 2
- Blade Kitten (would like the sequels)
- Braid (not a fan)
- Buku Soduku
- Capcom Arcade Cabinet (with all games)
- Carcassonne
- Castle Crashers
- The Cave (haven't played yet)
- Centipede/Millipede
- Cloning Clyde
- Comic Jumper (like the humor, not so much the gameplay)
- Contra
- Costume Quest
- Dash of Destruction
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
- DeathSpank
- DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
- Dig Dug
- Doritos Crash Course (don't really like)
- Doritos Crash Course 2
- Double Dragon
- Dragon's Lair
- Dust: An Elysian Tale
- Eets: Chowdown
- Exit
- Fable 2: Pub Games
- Fable Heroes
- Faery: Legends of Avalon
- Feeding Frenzy (popcap collection)
- Feeding Frenzy 2 (popcap collection)
- Fez
- Final Fight Double Impact
- Frogger
- Galaga
- Galaga Legions
- Gauntlet
- Geometry Wars: Retro/Evolved (didn't really like, one of my 0 GS games)
- Golden Axe
- Guardian Heroes
- Gunstar Heroes
- Happy Wars (free to play)
- Harm's Way
- Heavy Weapon
- Hexic HD
- ilomilo
- Jetpac Refueled
- Joe Danger 2: The Movie (not good at this game)
- Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers
- Marble Blast Ultra
- The Maw
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (barely played once)
- Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Orcs Must Die (not good at)
- Outpost Kaloki X
- Pac-Man
- Pac-Man Championship Edition
- Peggle (and Nights)
- Phantasy Star II
- The Pinball Arcade (and one or so packs)
- Pinball FX 2
- Plants vs Zombies
- Puzzle Quest
- Puzzle Quest 2
- Realms of Ancient War (R.A.W. haven't played yet)
- RoboBlitz
- Sam & Max Save the World
- Sam 7 Max: Beyond Time and Space
- Shadow Complex
- Soltrio Solitaire
- Sonic the Hedgehog (I suck at those games)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic Adventure DX
- South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play
- South Park: Tenorman's Revenge
- Space Invaders Extreme
- Spartacus Legends (Free to play)
- The Splatters
- Stacking (don't know if I've ever played it)
- Streets of Rage 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Terraria (not sure what i'm supposed to do)
- Tetris Splash
- Texas Hold 'em
- Time Pilot
- Totem Ball (ok I deleted it, awful game - but first camera game I ever played)
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
- Undertow
- Uno
- The Walking Dead
- Wik and the Fable of Souls
- Xevious
- X-men
- Yaris
- Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition (not sure how it works)
- Zuma
Game Room wasn't listed (that was an expensive game).
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