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Xbox Live Indie Games Roundup Archive
njsykora | 12:01 PM on 11.30.2009 0 comments


I've been doing the Indie Game Recaps for over 7 months, most of that time on Negative Gamer. So if you're after an opinion on an XNA game check this list, every recap I've ever done conveniently linked to along with a list of the games covered in each one. There's also some trivia about the development of the recaps and notes on style changes etc. Think of it as developer commentary.

Negative Gamer Recaps

26th April 2009
Strikeforce-Psi, Blueprint Racer 4D, Retro One Part 2, The Great Easter Egg Hunt, Jigdoku, Wordzy, Bomb Disposal Expert, Time Flows But Does Not Return
Notes: Woo! First recap!

4th May 2009
Tank Strike, Go 3D, Let's Draw A Picture Together, Carrum

10th May 2009
Cocktail Paradise, Clover, Ezmuze: Hamst3r Edition, Fridgy, Halfbrick Echoes, Karnn Age, Math Sniper 3D, Orbyx: Mystic Orbs of Chaos, Quadtrix, Ring of Fire, Ye Olde Dice Game, A Robot's Conundrum
Notes: Halfbrick are the guys behind Raskulls, Echoes was the first game I played from them. I didn't like it. It's also available on PSP Minis.

17th May 2009
Trino, Chalked, Pellmell, Jonny Crush, Iris, Jammer, Reflex Turbo 3, The Mystic Orb, Ultra Dual X Racer

24th May 2009
Find Teddy, Minesweeper Mayhem, Cubix Classic, A Bomb's Way, Squog, Golden Royal Blackjack, Endless Swarm, Speedmath, Streamline, What The?, Gravsheep, Scrambled Egzz, Dock 'Em, Planet Crashmania 9000000, Grid Chasers
Notes: This week and the week after I was on holiday in Canada, so the recaps were done by Wardrox.

May 31st
Incursion, A Perfect Massage, Cold War Commander, Pocket Jongg 2009, myFishtank, Pendoku, Angry Barry
Notes: Me still on holiday, recaps still in Wardrox's hands.

7th June 2009
The Towers of Cedrick, Radial Gun, Illusions 360, Jungle Blocks, Cube Stacker, Spy Chameleon, Heli Good Spelunker, TicTacToe, Hangman's Revenge, Constructor360, Fittest, Bobbin's Quest, Project Alpha, Defenders of Zorgaba, 2060 Cyber Racer

14th June 2009
Whack 'Em in a Hole, A Moron's Challenge, Eyecandy Chromadose, Plasma TV Break In, Golden Royal Hold 'Em, Jigsaw World, Revenge of the Evil Aliens, The Galactic Aquarium, Mind's Eye of Jupiter Episode 1, Starfighter, unRevolutionary, Battle Ball, Puzzwords

21st June 2009
Bobby Says Dance With Me, Sushi Bumper, Math Acrobat, Light's End, Chinese Checkers Deluxe, Penguin Slip Slide

28th June 2009
Plows in Hell, Bop 'n' Pop, Shield Defense, Gravity Bounce, Super Xblox 360, System Override, Sky Defender

13th July 2009
Rotormania, Game Training: Dexterity, Bennu, Eyeball, Roid Riot, Gamerbots, Lotus: Stellar Conflict, Get the Ball, Button Memory
Notes: A communication breakdown among NG staff forced this to be a double recap.

19th July 2009
Chick Chick Chicky, Nebulon, Pop Quiz

26th July 2009
Ice9, Math Gardener, Cyborg Mice Arena, The Amazing Rumbling Hypnodisc, Super Xblox 360, Choc-a-rific, LED Display, Tabe-ball, Rock Paper Scissors Extreme, Max Fun Times, The Review Channel, Maladras, Xtreme Polygon, Physics Sandbox

3rd August 2009
Gum Drop Celestial Frontier, Crescendo Symphony, Shopping Crazy, Then My Love, Skwug, XNcAve, Space Math, Game Training: Flight, The Periodic Table, Drop Zone, Lord Ownage and the Thoroughly UnBritish Invasion, Who Did I Date Last Night, Horn Swaggle Islands, Heavy Payload, Ghastly Ghouls, Spaceman, Digital Art Gallery: Callad
Notes: First recap with the service officially known as Indie Games. Also the first recap with the 400x100 picture format to fit a formatting change on NG. ALSO the first recap to feature the rating images. Horn Swaggle Islands has the distinction of being the first game I got a review copy of, it got a -5.

10th August 2009
Extreme RPS Online, Reef Rave, The Oracle, Spectral Music Massage, Mayan Countdown, Ultimate Sacrifice, Card Arcade, Steel Transfer Tiyou Oshi, GLITNIR, Division Omega, Veks and Silence, Headshot

17th August 2009
Zen Sound, Jump!, X-Over, Bitstream, ULTRA POWERED MASSAGER, Zombie Mania, Beer Screensaver, AMMO, Pebble Dash, Music Roll, Destruction Tank, 360 Mega App Pack HD, Advanced Rock Paper Scissors, Superspace, SBDM-1, The Last Cannonball, Contagion, Megalopolis, Pentominion, Wacky Water Fun, Golden Tangram
Notes: First recap to contain the 'Being Reviewed' image, used to indicate that a full review of the game was incoming.

24th August 2009
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1, Gogs, Power Hour, The Drinking Game, Zens 360, Johnny's Minefield, Livelayer Prototype, Game Finder, Goldens, Shardscape Assault, 1337 Ship Deathmatch, Wacky Karts, Atomhex, Arbor Vitae, Ninja Train, A Frog Game, Crescendo Symphony 2, Zombies 2.0, Dodge These Balls, Penguin Slip Slide Lite
Notes: I maintain that Zombies 2.0 had the worst timing ever to come out in this week.

31st August 2009
Pastels Square, Bed Time Nursery Rhymes, Shellblast HD, Puzzle?, Deddora GO!, Nasty, Streets of Fury, Octagon, Storage Inc, Downtown Smash Dodgeball, Hotel Danger, Balls and Blocks, Track Architect, Arrow Run, 15 Puzzle, Hot Potato Online, Ninja Guardian, Colotristar
Notes: All the profits from Hot Potato Online's sales are donated to Child's Play

7th September 2009
Dark Skies: Constellations, Crystal Spear Remake, Shining Blood, Sky Arena, Fireworks Spectacular, Mini-Golf 360, Halfbrick Rocket Racing, Wizard's Tower Screensaver, Avatar Golf, The Answer to Life, Avatar Drop, Magical Melody, Flash Cards for Kids, Stereo 3D Gallery
Notes: Another game from Raskulls devs Halfbrick, I didn't like this one either.

14th September 2009
Color Break, Kuchibi, Pebble Dash Lite, I <3 Shift, Duologue, Gitigiti, Bust a Wall, Warfare Soundboard, Electron Defense, Bailout!, Pulsar, Green Island, Enemy at the Gate, Filler

21st September 2009
Charlie Cat's Hot Air Balloon, Words Search, The Headsman, Crazy Coins, Graviton AI, Hollow Ball, Rachel Star Stunt Show, Hypnotizing, Sol Survivor, Fire, Dead Meat, Azubi's Pool of Bethesda, Johnny's Skydiving Lessons, War: The Card Game Advanced, Origin, Pyromaniac, Fishing Girl, Chillax HD, Pixel Man, Velocity
Notes: At the time of writing, Sol Survivor is the only Dream Build Play 2009 finallist to be released on Indie Games.

6th October 2009
On a Roll, Astero Defender, War Ships, Tartaros, Vector Force, Astro Taxi, Fireworks Screensaver, Mole Game, Jake's Room, Cassie's Corner, Criminals Under Arrest, Junkyard Battle, Lander Mania, Picture Slider, The Adhara War, The Fart Machine 2, Push Crates, Rad River Run, Alien Encounters, Summer Vacation, Rail Gun Charlie, XCross, Spider Evader, D-Cypher, Alien Pyramid Challenge, Tarot, Paint Boll, Galactic Escape, Pumpkin Carver, Arkedo Series: JUMP, Slingstar, The Visualiser, Fields Reloaded
Notes: The beginning of the end of NG recaps, the failure of my 360's wireless adapter would make this a double recap and cause misery for a few weeks.

12th October 2009
Whipcrack, Kaiten Patissier, Slam: Indie Edition, Elfland Reloaded Vol. 1, Dark Skies: Messier, Aimeroids, Dark, Trippin' Alien
Notes: I tried making the header image look nice with the same dark mask overlay NG review headers have. It didn't stick.

2nd November 2009
Equitunes, Ganbare Natsuki-san, Drinkards, Primary Attack, Pass the Pad, OMG Cats Game, Guns Loaded, Link Attack, Frequency, Beat Hazard, T-KARA, Mr Beatloop, SFG Soccer, Tiger Storm, They Came From The Ground
Notes: Due to complete wireless adapter failure the recaps vanished for a few weeks between this and the October 12th recaps. The games missed were never caught up with.

9th November 2009
Squid Yes! Not So Octopus, Scare Me, Lodestar 1000, Space Milkman, Antigrav Racing Championship, Mirror, Snaker Ace, Tanktastic, The Flashlight, Headshot 2, Experiment 12

16th November 2009
Lemonade Ltd, Avatar Rockets, Armor Valley, Flytrap, Starfield Battle, y0m_fury, Kissy Poo, Alderman, Ultimate Arcade Chat Rooms

23rd November 2009
Jumper Robot, Crisis Nuclear Holocaust, Xmas Taxi, Aesop's Garden, College Lacrosse 2010, Wool, The Earth Move With The Moon, Marvelous Galaxy, Aardvark, Neo Terra, A Killer's Dream, Catch22

Destructoid Recaps

30th November 2009
Platypus, Life, The Impossible Game, Txingurri, Balloon Blocks, Gravity, City Rain, Avatar Casino Slots, Jump Duck, Button Holding Extravaganza Party, Musicus, Words in a Word, Relic Raider, Buttons, Matrix 2, Starbase Epsilon, ARC Ninja Edition
Notes: First Dtoid recap, images made larger, rating images changed, new consistent header, 3 Strikes/Blacklist system implemented.



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