Classic Arcade Game News: June 2005

The Best of E3!

E3 has come and gone, but the console wars have just begun! We have compiled the best of the Best of E3 coverage from the top websites for your reading pleasure:

IGN
Gamespot
Gamespy
XPlay - G4TechTV
1Up

Nintendo Revolution and Retro-lution...

While Nintendo gave without a doubt the least amount if information about it's console the Nintendo Revolution at E3, it did give out one of the most exciting features for us classic gaming fans, backward compatibility... with every Nintendo game ever made...

Nintendo's executive of vice president of sales and marketing, Reginald Fils-Aime, offered this. "We announced the ability to download and play the best NES games, S-NES games, N64 games, in addition to Revolution games and GameCube games," he said in an IGN/G4 interview. "If you put those controllers all lined up together, they're all very different. So think about what kind of device is going to allow you to play all those different types of games. It's pretty interesting."

Read Everything Known About The Nintendo Revolution

XBOX 360 Live Arcade

Microsoft had little new news to offer on the next generation XBOX 360 at E3, but they were the only ones with playable games at the show. Gears of War, Kameo, Condemned, Quake 4, oh my!

The XBOX features XBOX Live Arcade which allows you to download and play classic arcade games via the XBOX Live internet service, but the XBOX 360 looks to take that to the next generation in a big way. New pictures of the XBOX 360 dashboard show the XBOX Live Arcade on the main menu.

Read Everything Known About The XBOX 360

Playstation 3 Presents More Ducks

This year Sony grilled up tech demos of what the PS3 hardware could conceptually do at their E3 press conference, mostly tech demos of ducks and leaves than real gameplay (pre-rendered doesn't count!). While the demos were impressive, it was tough to tell what was real time and what was "wouldn't it be cool if" movies. Remember that the PS2 was promised to have "Toy Story Graphics" and fell way short of this, which just goes to show that movies and tech demos does not a good game console make. At least the controller can be used as a boomerang to turn the TV off.

For the old-school gamers they too offered backward compatibility of both PS2 and even PS1 titles on their new console.

Read All The Hype On The Playstation 3

3D Marble Madness Remake!

Prepare to waste the next several hours or even days of your life, a near-perfect 3D remake of Marble Madness has been made, and it is stunning! The whole 6 level world is present as you can see from the screen shots, and best of all it is totally FREE for your PC!

Download Rolling Madness 3D Now!

Extreme Sports Games - In Flash

Get ready to get gnarly! Here are some great sports games that work right in your web browser using Flash. Games include BMX and BMX Park, Yard Trix (Sk8boarding), Snowboarding, Wakeboarding, Moto X, and several more. It has an online high score board too, so see if you've got what it takes to hit the top spot.

Get Gnarly Now

X-Arcade Dual Makes Popular Science "Gaming Rigs!"

The Deadliest Gaming Rig.

"PC gamers demand top-end performance from their machine and its accessories. Here’s the best of the best" The X-Arcade Joystick ($150; x-arcade.com) replicates the old coin-op controllers of your youth.

Check Out Popular Science Feature Here

Metal Slug 4 & 5 Hit The US At Last!

A double-pack for the US market of Metal Slug 4 and Metal Slug 5 , 2D arcade action blasters available for the first time ever in the States as part of this combo. Metal Slug fans can now rejoice, as the upcoming combo pack featuring MS4 and 5 will be appearing on both the PS2 and the Xbox.

Check Out The IGN News And Reviews

Last month, Gameplanet brought together Auckland's top PS2 gamers to compete for championships in Gran Turismo 4, Pro Evolution Soccer 4 and Tekken 5. The Tekken 5 tournaments were played on "heavy duty X-Arcade arcade sticks" of course.

X-Arcade Featured In Tekken 5 Tournaments

$2,199
X-Arcade™ Machine