GDN: While there were some home computer ports, The Simpsons Arcade Game hasn’t been available on home consoles until now, which is pretty unfortunate given just how popular this 2D side-scrolling brawler was back in the early 90s. Lots of people have great memories of working with up to three other players, using famous characters from the TV show, and plowing through hordes of enemies. This makes for a rather simple game experience that wouldn’t hold up as a full-budget title today, but it makes a lot more sense as a ten dollar Xbox Live Arcade download and this port hits most of the right notes.
From Xfire: "It's been estimated that roughly half of the video games ever released on the market can no longer be downloaded or purchased. Whether this is exactly correct is not the point. Rather, we think that either way, the video game industry, as a whole, has done a terrible job at preserving video games and making older titles available to play for future generations."
You can play all of these games still lol. The headline is just misleading. Funny is that there is not one game in the list that you really can't play anymore due to it being online only games.
One you actually legit cannot play AT ALL is Noby Noby Boy. I miss turning my brain off and messing around in that game, was so psyched to re-download it when i rebought a ps3 slim, but you cant, even if it's in your downl library, along with a few other obscure PS3 games i had.
I would replace Transformers Devastation with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron tho.
Transformers Devastation was good but not as good as Fall and War of Cybertron they should be on the list. SH 2 I can play any time I want since it came free in a $10 Xbox I bought used. The Simpsons Arcade I have on my PS3 surprised the Xmen Arcade game is not on this list or the Turtles arcade game either.
This week Candice Harris (@Candidrum) designer of @StageLeftGame and drummer for Zookeeper's Palace joins Mike (@AssaultSuit), Tiny(@Tiny415) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) to talk about plenty of things including but not limited to: Stage Left Game, Zookeeper's Palace, Bullet, Clank, Codenames, Cribbage, Dixit, Epic Games, Great Western Trail, Iron Man 2, Megamind, Mercado de Lisboa, Mysterium, Obscurio, PS5, Spades, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, The Eternal Castle [remastered], The Simpsons Arcade Game and more. GameEnthus Podcast
A long time ago in a Chuck E. Cheese far away… There stood an arcade cabinet. Not just any arcade cabinet, but a cabinet of The Simpsons Arcade Game