Limited Time Xbox LIVE Arcade Price Drop

[Graham-S]

Limited Time Xbox LIVE Arcade Price Drop

Picked up from HERE (http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/08/30/552991.aspx)

Celebrate this Labor Day weekend by downloading four Arcade favorites for half the price! For the 48 hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 (5:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, September 1) and continuing through 11: 59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT) on Monday, September 3, the following Xbox LIVE Arcade games will be available for half their usual price:

“Small Arms” – 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points)
Easy to pick up but hard to put down, “Small Arms” is a frantic multiplayer action game with the feel of an arcade shooter.

“Zuma Deluxe”– 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points)
Explore more than 20 realms in Adventure mode and put your skills to the test in this fast-paced puzzle game.

“Gauntlet” – 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)
The original dungeon crawler lets four adventurers explore and fight together as a warrior, valkyrie, wizard, and elf.

“Dig Dug” – 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)
Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars.

[Golf_CL]

Sweeeeet.... Dig DuG!

[jvangilst]

Nice, I liked Zuma, I'll definitly grab it for 400points.

[Eluder]

Hmm, the link is US based though, so it may not apply to Canadian live account holders, guess we'll see.

[Kurtz7834]

Unfortunately most of those games suck, or 'dated' is the kind word.. who wants to play Gauntlet or Dig Dug in 2007?

They should offer 50% off ALL Arcade games for the period. It doesn't cost them anything, and then people could pick up worthwhile stuff like Castlevania Symphony of the Night (which is still easily worth 800 pts anyways.)

[mustanglover76]

Zuma is a cool game and my parents both love the game on their laptops so i may get that for 400 points.

[pennywize]

On a related note, Fatal Fury Special is next week's Live Arcade title!

[freakx2001]

cool... too bad it wasn't all XBLA games...

[whitethunder]

awsome, the zuma demo was hella fun, Il'l definately download this

thanks !!

[jonkaho]

thanks OP!

i hope Canada has the sale prices too!

[Graham-S]

thanks OP!

i hope Canada has the sale prices too!

I checked Major Nelson, and he had this (http://majornelson.com/archive/2007/08/30/limited-time-xbox-live-arcade-price-drop.aspx)to say...

Remember: If the game is available in your region, it will be available for the ‘sale’ price during the above time.
:cheesygri

So it looks like we are in luck! Sure they are oldies, but for a couple of bucks, some of them might provide an evening of fun!

[yellowb]

Gauntlet would be fun with a bunch of people...
still 200 points is pretty awesome to get some achievements, and it's a cost of a theme or gamerpics (still doesn't make sense to me why they sell these).

[jonkaho]

I checked Major Nelson, and he had this (http://majornelson.com/archive/2007/08/30/limited-time-xbox-live-arcade-price-drop.aspx)to say...

Remember: If the game is available in your region, it will be available for the ‘sale’ price during the above time.
:cheesygri

So it looks like we are in luck! Sure they are oldies, but for a couple of bucks, some of them might provide an evening of fun!


wow thats great!

thanks

[hackslash]

Small Arms is good, if I didnt already buy it for 800 points a year ago..

[Eluder]

Same here, assault heroes should have been on this deal, it's a good XBLA game.

Small Arms is good, if I didnt already buy it for 800 points a year ago..

[discoblues]

sweet, i have 450 points im not using anytime soon, may end up spending them on this deal.

I was going to wait for this tho:
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/14228/Pirates-vs-Ninjas-Dodgeball-Screenshots/

Even tho Pirates and Ninjas are mortal enemies, they can agree on one thing.
http://www.threadless.com/product/493/Ninjas_and_pirates_agree_cowboys_suck
:cheesygri

[ScoFF]

Hmmm, Bioshock, Gears of War or Dig Dug... that's a tough one.

[Vich]

Hmm, the link is US based though, so it may not apply to Canadian live account holders, guess we'll see.

I'll be seriously disappointed if this is just for Xbox Live subscribers in the US, because I actually want to grab Small Arms and Dig Dug at that price.

If they're not going to make permanent price cuts on titles, I wouldn't mind seeing special price promotions on games every couple of months. Kind of wish Contra was one of the games, I still haven't grabbed it yet and I'd really like to.

[Corizzle]

I'll be seriously disappointed if this is just for Xbox Live subscribers in the US, because I actually want to grab Small Arms and Dig Dug at that price.

If they're not going to make permanent price cuts on titles, I wouldn't mind seeing special price promotions on games every couple of months. Kind of wish Contra was one of the games, I still haven't grabbed it yet and I'd really like to.

It's already been posted that Major Nelson has stated the games will be discounted for all regions that the games are available, they are available in Canada so they should be discounted in Canada.

Good deal, I'll be picking up Dig Dug and Small Arms for sure.

[mahjongmaniac]

“Dig Dug” – 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)
Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars.

wow... Dig Dug... that's so classic.

i remember playing this game on the NES back in the days... used to be pretty addictive too :D

[markj]

dig dug on nes? its more classic than that try coleco vision/atari 2600 days...

[Ryan]

Thanks! Posted.

[Power]

So what is the best place to pickup some live points?

Ebay?

[CSIFan29]

So what is the best place to pickup some live points?

Ebay?

Off me, I can have them to you within 1 minute of payment... :lol:

[Moebiwankenobi]

dig dug on nes? its more classic than that try coleco vision/atari 2600 days...

don't forget commodore 64. I played it first on Atari then commodore here in Canada.

[Corizzle]

Dig Dug has quite easy achievements, the only tough ones are dig the entire play area and crush 4 enemies with 1 boulder.

Still considering Small Arms and Zuma

[Angultra]

Thanks, I picked up dig dug and small arms (Super smash bros. clone) on this deal. Gauntlet I already had, and got my 400 points worth, the 4 player is fun with a good group to play it with.

LOL, at first I thought it would be easy to clear the whole area of dirt, but after dying many times on the first level, I have to agree it's really tough.

[MafiaHitman]

So what is the best place to pickup some live points?

Ebay?

I grabbed some on the weekend at Futureshop's Freiends/Family when they had them 15% off.

2800 points for $34.00

Off me, I can have them to you within 1 minute of payment... :lol:

What kind of deal do you offer?