Sega's bringing Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram to Xbox LIVE Arcade, in case you weren't aware, and it's sounding pretty damn good. The port, which will be up on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on Wednesday, April 29 for 1200 Microsoft Points, is going to have improved (HD) visuals.
Beyond that, VOOT for XBLA has one other major selling point, namely online multiplayer. It's going to be interesting to see how the port plays on an Xbox 360 controller, but I'm leaning towards feeling cautiously optimistic for now. At the very least, we could always force ourselves to adapt, I guess.
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10:00 AM on 04.24.2009 | 
...seriously though, sega really needs to at least bring out a peripheral for this game, it looks like it would give my hand cramps trying to use the analog.
I don't want to play it with the 360 controller, but I will if I have to
Man, I wish this was 800 points. I don't know if I'm THAT into it for $15, when I have the Dreamcast version that I haven't even looked at in years.
Well, its not so much a hardcore purity thing, for me anyway.
In the arcades, the sticks were setup right next to each other, and the controls played up that fact. Strafe right was both sticks directly right, jump was both sticks directly opposite of each other. If nothing else, the arcade setup felt really bad ass!
On 360, you're just off alignment. I honestly don't know how its actually going to feel, but right off the bat, its a different control experience. With such fond memories of the original and its not-broken controls, I think its unfortunate that it'll be changed from that.
But watcha gonna do, eh?
But man, is XBLA going to make a broke man or what...
Notice the button layout, which you I guess will mimic well enough to Shoulder triggers and L3/R3.
Control schemes for VOOT in order from theoretical perfect to don't bother:
Fresh set of original arcade sticks (ah that new plastic smell)
Official made-for-home sticks
Well worn set of original arcade sticks
HomeBrew DIY sticks with arcade layout
Playstation Dual Shock analog
XBLA dual analog
Wii Classic Controller
Dreamcast dual analog (No triggers on the sticks at all)
Two Wii Remotes
Virtual Boy Controller
iPhone
Computer keyboard
Classic NES D-Pad
Atari Joystick
Trackball
Tiny trackball
Keyboard and mouse
Touch pad
Etch-a-Sketch nobs
Miracle Keyboard
V/O headset
Seriously, I'm not as hardcore about this as it seems.
Fucking great to see it arrive though. I still bust out my Saturn twin sticks from time to time!