Hmmm….tempting, but TBH, it should never have been 1200pts in the first place.

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This is what it should have been all along, will definitely check this out when I get home from work today.

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I wish it was 400 points, like the Ikaruga deal of the week. Then I would have bought it for sure.

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I would have pulled the trigger for 600 points, but for 800 points I think I’ll pass this time. Glad to see a arcade game this week though.

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Agree with the others. Price tag for this one was too high.
Same price as Ikaruga were for the deal of the week should be great BTW.

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Tried this when it first came out and didn’t think it was worth 1200, 800 maybe. I want Castle Crashers to go on deal, that would be a sure buy at 33% off.

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800 points for a year old port of a 20 year old game? What a bargin!

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Nice deal. I wanted the game but wasn’t going to pay 1200 for it. 800 is the right number. Sold!

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2 arcade classics with redone 3D graphics switchable on-the-fly with classic 2D graphics along with other features for 800 MS? Even the 77 people who rated it with the new ratings system doesn’t think it’s bad…

Very, very tempting, but again, it shouldn’t have been 1200 in the first place (same can be said with tozai’s other xbla title, lode runner)…
Just might pick it up this week…

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it should never have been 1200pts in the first place.

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ditto the above
this deal should be 400 seeing as this was way overpriced, but hey goes with the common trend on the arcade. The crap is overpriced while the good stuff is way overpriced. aka PASS

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Think I’ll pass this week.

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I would have pulled the trigger for 400 points, but for 800 points I think I’ll pass this time. Glad to see a arcade game this week though.
This game should have been 800 pts from the start. Terrible pricing on these games, and only b/c they are over 250 MB in size. To me the large size of arcade gamees is getting to be a NEGATIVE off b/c my 20 GB HDD has less than 1GB of room left after IL-2 and Madden demos.

please no more DLC, only aracde deals of the week!

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The normal price should be 800 and deal of the weak price 600. Bought this one though because I loved R-Type in the old days.

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Ouch had to buy this the first day it came out due to me loving it too much, wish it was this cheap when I bought it.

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Probably will be better to save a 100% by not buying it.

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I’m with you XRH – I had to have it, but it sure did sting at 1200. Oh well – Love the games anyway.

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I’ve just tried to add this to my download queue, as i’m away on hols, and the price has come up at 1200 MS points, instead of 800 MS Points,also when does this offer end as i won’t be home until Saturday 8th Aug GMT. Thanks. KatanaW0lf.

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Not really a deal. It should have been 800MSP to start with. And what’s the point of reducing prices on old DLC for only a limited period of time???. If it’s an old title with falling sales then surely a permanent reduction is better for business?. I think the Marketplace marketing staff live in some alternate reality fantasy world. Reduce an old game like this to 400MSP and just about everyone will buy it. Look at how well Ikaruga did at 400MSP a couple of weeks back.

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KatanaW0lf you should be ok, the offer should end around mid-day on Monday 10th August.

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Tempting, loved the original but this should have been the launch price.

Why not add more games to the “Arcade hits” list of 400 MSP arcade games, its a bit stale at the moment!

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good deal, should have been 1600 pts, 1200 was NOT enuff for this great game.

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“And what’s the point of reducing prices on old DLC for only a limited period of time???. If it’s an old title with falling sales then surely a permanent reduction is better for business?”

I’ve been stressing this for the longest time. A majority of DLC found on XBL is a waste of server space and permanent markdowns would benefit all parties. For example, most of these 2+ year old games now retail for less than $20, so you’re going to tell me that people are likely to pay a minimum of 1/4-1/2 the cost of what they payed for the entire game for one item/level? The same logic can be applied to some of these XBLA games, where you can find them in retail compilations and such. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

I’m considering getting this at 800pts because not only is it an opportunity to show MS that we’re more willing to buy games when they’re sensibly priced, but because I’m a huge shump fan as well.😛

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Agreed, 1200 is too much. Might get this.

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Original price was too high, I would have purchased day one at 800 pts. I’m tempted now, but there’s a ton of quality titles coming out that I’m playing at the moment, I’m tapped. I may buy it and wait until the other “must buys” of the summer have slowed before I give it a play, just to take advantage of the lower price.

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