Atari has announced that Missile Command will be this week's addition to Xbox Live Arcade, with the game set to go live on Wednesday, 4th July at the usual time. It will cost 400 Microsoft points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65).
Based on the arcade classic of the same name, this version has been ported over by Stainless Games, with an "evolved" visual look available for those of you who don't fancy staring at the creaky old-days graphics. It'll run up to 1080p resolution, with full-scene anti-aliasing and surround sound.
This is a great looking pair of classics mini cases. New Wave’s 1/6-scale* Missile Command x RepliCade* mini arcade cabinets are now available for purchase on NewWaveToys.com.
Earlier this year it was announced that Atari were set to enter Hollywood with new films based on two of their most popular and historic franchises – Asteroids and Missile Command. Now it's been revealed that are also helping to produce two new TV shows based on their classic franchises.
Carl Williams writes, "Today, we don’t really have arcades anymore. Rewind a good 35 to 40 years or so and arcades were the place to be if you were a gamer. Arcades were still rocking and these new electronic games were taking over from pinball and games of skill (skee ball and the like- those ticket games). One title that played off the fear of the time (nuclear war with Russia for you young whippersnappers) was Missile Command. The trackball controls were unique against the myriad of other arcade games coming out at the time (though some did use a similar setup) and the premise was just right."
I'm kind of excited for this one, though it is just another updated version. Hopefully they add something to it and this could be a great XBLA game.
wow one of my fav old school games. I played the heck out of this on the 64k computer ^^ ah good old A-track size games
I played the heck out of Missile Command.
I want Asteroids! Waaah!
Other than that, sweet.
yay for "evolved"