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Missile Command on XBLA this Wednesday photo

This week's Xbox Live Arcade release is the Atari classic, Missile Command. It's set to hit XBLA on Independence Day and can be yours for 400 Microsoft Points. I guess if you squint your eyes and have a little booze in you, the explosions in Missile Command do sort of resemble fireworks exploding.

Fun little factoid courtesy of Wikipedia: "while programming Missile Command, its writer suffered from nightmares." What a traumatic experience that must've been for the poor guy. Maybe the game really was cursed like the old legends used to say.

Like previous old school games to hit Live Arcade, Missile Command will feature the regular visual style as well as the option to play with a new high-def look. It will even support resolutions up to 1080p, anti-aliasing, and digital surround sound.

What are you thinking, Xbox 360 owners? Yay or nay? 


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Danzuke's Avatar
Danzuke at 07/02/2007 11:43
This game stands as one of my all-time favs. Though any controller is a sad replacement for the Trackball of the arcade game, I'll be picking this one up on wednesday.
Mauer's Avatar
Mauer at 07/02/2007 11:45
Nay, give me Bomberman!
Rhoq's Avatar
Rhoq at 07/02/2007 11:51
Oh hell yeah!
lostalaska's Avatar
lostalaska at 07/02/2007 11:51
We need a good retro arcade stick/trackball for all these awesome old games. I'd love to see a sweet lap board that's at least a solid joystick... and could we have the ball top for it? The oblong sticks always sucked in comparison.
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Jordan Grim Devore at 07/02/2007 11:55
I really like Missile Command too, so I'll probably get this. Hopefully Bomberman will come out next week though.

I'm thinking about getting one of these made for 360 (would work on PC too). I wonder how much the guy charges.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 07/02/2007 11:58
Bomberman FTW. WTF is this crap.

There's so much more potential.
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GuitarAtomik at 07/02/2007 12:02
I don't know why, but I'm kind of excited for this.
galagabug 's Avatar
galagabug at 07/02/2007 12:14
danzuke nailed it dead on. missle command w/o a trackball just ain't the same!
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jimjo at 07/02/2007 12:20
Uber NAY
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BluDesign at 07/02/2007 12:53
I want Spyglass Checkers dammit.

And where's Space Giraffe?

We should've had that months ago.
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Brandon Undead at 07/02/2007 12:54
Missile Command is one of my favorite games ever. I spent countless hours playing this on my Atari, which I still hook up from time to time just to play this, Super Breakout, and a couple others. I never could do it with the trackball, and I'm sure the 360 stick will be a reasonable substitute for the Atari joystick.

Count me in!
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 07/02/2007 13:41
WUT!
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 07/02/2007 14:08
Kick. Ass. :D
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christpunchermpls at 07/02/2007 14:13
i'm in too! it's only 5 bucks. what did our parents pay for the original a hell of a lot more than 5 bucks
boy howdy
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Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain at 07/02/2007 14:53
Nay. My Colecovision ain't dead yet.
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fetusmilk at 07/02/2007 15:12
gay. why would i pay 5$ to play a shitty arcade game i normaly wouldnt spend more that 50 cents to play in the real arcad.
im looking at you new rally x. what a waste of a xbla game slot. out of the 60 or so live games i think 5 are worth paying for.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 07/02/2007 17:33
When I was a kid, one of our neighbors had a Missile Command machine in his garage, and would let my and my friends come over and play all the time. It was awesome, and no I didn't get molested. At least not by him.
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EvilSmeevil at 07/03/2007 10:12
So much yays!
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