Asteroids & Deluxe – Some old rehashes work (Pacman CE) and others don’t. This seems like an utterly pointless remake and doesn’t seem to provide any of the old-school fun it ought to.
Battlestar Gallactica – Not my cup of tea but seems well put together, kind-of odd that it’s a space flight sim yet you seem to be retricted to a 2D plane.
Bliss Island – no idea what the bloody hell is going on here, don’t seem to be able to actually do much.
Every Extend Extra Extreme – WTF? Seriously, I can’t see the game here – you just wait until you’re surrounded, press A then watch the pretty colours. It seems bizarre to play a game, not have a clue about what you’re doing and still score 7,056,824,249 points.
Ikaruga – Back in the day I used to like scrolling shooters, I always wanted to try Ikaruga but I never got to. The gameplay doesn’t really disappoint, it’s more the narrow vertical nature of it leaves me feeling empty – like I’m wasting two thirds of my TV screen whilst squinting at what’s left trying to work out what’s going on.
Metal Slug 3 – Fun game, a bit silly but definitely not worth 800 points. Oddly this game seemed to screw up my Xbox Live connection I was in a voice chat at the time so I was rather pissed off.
Omega Five – I lasted for about 15 seconds in total and I would rather be punched in the face than play this for another second.
Street Trace NYC – I think the publishers would like it to be “Tony Hawks on Steroids” but it’s actually “Tony Hawks on Life Support”. Do yourself a favour, keep your cash, go on eBay and buy yourself an Original Xbox copy of a Tony Hawks Pro Skater game and you’ll get way more value for money.
Track & Field – Oddly this is as fun and compelling as it ever was, I’m not 100% sure if I’ll buy it yet but it’s definitely a candidate.
Tron – Terrible, it upsets me that this game exists. It disgusts me that it’s been remade.

So it’s as I thought – they’re mostly rubbish. On a side note, all hail to the glorious Microsoft Points Converter – what an awesome little tool.

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