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[LakeEarth]

I won't be updating this anymore, I doubt anyone will notice.

Console Game Demos: 80

NBA Live 06 (Heat vs Suns, you only get one half - demo is 500 megs)
Kameo (2) - Two seperate demos
Need For Speed : Most Wanted demo - its nearly a gigabyte big (962.7MB) so I hope you got a lot of time to spare
Madden NFL 06 - Can only play as the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, 700 megs
Fifa Demo - 500 megs (get to play one half)
Condemned demo - 543 megs (re-designed first stage)
Quake 4 - 600 megs (beginning sections of the game, online multiplayer demo too!)
Fight Night Round 3 - 480 megs, Hopkins vs Jones Jr, some missing stuff and glitches (but hey, early demo)
PGR3 - a whopping 1.25 GIGS of demo
Full Auto Demo - 646 megs (one race, two cars to choose from)
DEMO MIA - King Kong
Call of Duty 2 - same as store demo
The Outfit - Multiplayer Demo, 1 level, 8 players max - 441 megs
Ridge Racer 6 - 608MB, 1 track
Burnout Revenge - 546 megs
Blazing Angels - 638mb
BattleField 2 - Multiplayer demo, 382megs
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2) - Online & Offline demo
Tomb Raider : Legend - 640.95MB
Amped 3 : 760 megs
Tiger Woods 2006 - 800 megs or so
Fifa World Cup - 700 megs
Top Spin 2 demo - 488 megs
Lost Planet - 2 stages, 300 megs
Test Drive Unlimited - get to drive around and do some events
Moto GP 06 - one race, multiplayer though, 800 megs
Hitman : Bloodmoney (783 megs)
Perfect Dark : Zero (850 megs)
Rumble Roses XX : 870 megs
Prey
NCAA Football 06
Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle-Earth II
DOA4 : Time Trial mode, Versus mode, 6 characters to choose from
DEMO MIA - Table Tennis
Nintety-Nine Nights
Saint's Row
Dead Rising (1 gig +)
Just Cause
Madden 07 (750 megs)
FarCry
NHL 07 (shootout demo)
NHL2k7
NBA2k7
Fusion Frenzy 2
F.E.A.R. (550meg)
Lego Star Wars : The Original Trilogy
Sonic The Hedgehog
WWE Smackdown 2007 (Kane vs HHH)
Need For Speed : Carbon
Fifa 07
Tiger Woods Golf 07
Splinter Cell Double Agent : single and multiplayer demo
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 8
Rainbow 6 : Vegas
Eragon
Superman Returns
Cars
Rainbow Six: Las Vegas multiplayer demo (985 MB)
NCAA March Madness (906 MB)
Lost Planet Multiplayer Demo
College Hoops 2K7
Blitz Football
Battlestations: Midway Multiplayer Demo
Crackdown
GRAW2 demo
NBA Street Homecourt
Def Jam 3
MLB2K7
GRAW 2 MP demo
Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
Star Trek Legacy
Armored Core 4
SHREK THE THIRD
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia
Command & Conquer 3
Area 51
DiRT
Pirates of the Carrabababarrian

Xbox Live Arcade Demos: 59

Geometry Wars Evolved (play for 4 minutes before it kicks you off)
Mutant Storm Reloaded (7 free levels)
Gauntlet (get to play first 2 levels)
Joust (first two waves)
Bejeweled 2
Zuma (first level)
Bankshot Billiards 2 (timed, 1:30 to play any mode)
Outpost Kaloki X
Smash TV (half of first level)
Hardwood Backgammon
Hardwood Hearts
Hardwood Spades
Wik : Fable of Souls (first 15 story levels)
Robotron 2084 (just the first two levels, the demo can be completed in less than 30 seconds)
Marble Blast Ultra - Some stages to try out
Crystal Quest
Jewel Quest
Feeding Frenzy
Astropop
Uno
Frogger
Cloning Clyde
Galaga
Street Fighter 2 Turbo : Hyper Fighting (Ryu or Guile, face against Ryu)
PacMan (2 stages)
Texas Hold'em
Time Pilot
Scramble (first 'section')
Doom (first level)
DigDug (2 stages)
Lumines (you get to try each mode)
Ultimate MK3 (play as anyone for 2 stages)
Contra
Defender
Small Arms
Roboblitz
Assault Heroes
Novadrome
New Rally X
Ms PacMan
Heavy Weapon
Rootbeer Tapper
Paperboy
Alien Hominid
Worms
Castlevania : Symphony of the Night
Jetpac
Luxor 2
Boom Boom Rocket
Gyruss
3D MiniGolf
Pinball FX
Eets Chowdown
Centepede/Millipede
Settlers of Catan
Double Dragon (first level)
Xevious
Rush N' Attack
Mad Tracks

 

[StoOgE]

downloadable demos = rock. I wonder how much money Microsoft gets for hosting them (i.e. NBA live)

 

[Sullichin]

Any time limit on the pool game? you can play with friends online, right?

 

[LakeEarth]

Xbox Arcade game have all Live funcitonalities turned off, including multiplayer and scoreboards. You gotta pay for that.

 

[bobble]

Wow NBA Live is bad. Are the camera angles that bad on the real game or just the demo? What about the animation? I hope its better in the real game, but thats why I bought NBA2k6.

 

[joaomgcd]

Can you comment on how Zuma looks in HDTV? Is it stretched to fit widescreen, or is it real widescreen? How does it play with the gamepad?

 

[LakeEarth]

Zuma looks alright. The game has a border image around the main screen in widescreen.

 

[Spike]

Can someone please tell me what the Kameo Winter Warrior Pack is? Please?

 

[LakeEarth]

Can someone please tell me what the Kameo Winter Warrior Pack is? Please?

I'll check in an hour. Right now I'm downloading the 720p version of Audioslave at Cuba DVD segment they are giving off of the Marketplace right now. Its 310 megs so it'll take some time.

 

[Spike]

I'll check in an hour. Right now I'm downloading the 720p version of Audioslave at Cuba DVD segment they are giving off of the Marketplace right now. Its 310 megs so it'll take some time.

Thanks man!! My hi-speed internet is down as they're doing some work on my street.

 

[Sp3eD]

Did they ever say if they are releasing the CoD2 demo onto it? I want to show my friend the amazing smoke grenade effects, but don't want to waste my money on the game.

 

[LakeEarth]

No CoD2 demo, sorry to say.

Upcoming Demos:
Fifa 06
King Kong
Need for Speed : Most Wanted

What is the Winter Warrior pak? Well its disappointing. Its just a bunch of winter-related skins for all your characters. In the game you can get different skins for each character you can turn to, so it looks like the pak is just more of those.

EDIT - and did they ramp up Geometry Wars difficulty for the demo? Because if that's how the main game is then I don't want it, the demo only gives you 4 minutes to play but I can't even get that far. The last minute is non-stop enemies at every direction.

 

[Spike]

What is the Winter Warrior pak? Well its disappointing. Its just a bunch of winter-related skins for all your characters. In the game you can get different skins for each character you can turn to, so it looks like the pak is just more of those.

Thanks, LakeEarth. That is just so meh. Guess I can hold off buying a points card until I finish PDZero, haha.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Looking forward to trying out King Kong. I played the fugly low-res PC version and wasn't impressed.

 

[LakeEarth]

Smash TV demo now available for download, but I just went right ahead and bought it so its up to you guys to say how the demo is limited.

EDIT - and the Need For Speed demo is now available, go go go!

EDIT 2 - Jesus CHRIST its nearly a GIG!

 

[ascully]

Lakeearth you want to play coop on smash TV tonight? I am having a hard time finding someone to play on LIVE. Give me a shout gamertag Ascullylive

 

[Piepz]

Can I download the demos on my memory card ?

Spoiler

yes, joke...

 

[LakeEarth]

Lakeearth you want to play coop on smash TV tonight? I am having a hard time finding someone to play on LIVE. Give me a shout gamertag Ascullylive

Sure but I'm still at work right now... ahh the life of a grad student. I'll add ya when I get home around 10.

 

[Bildocube]

eh? Where is Smash TV? I can't find it...

 

[Darko]

eh? Where is Smash TV? I can't find it...

Go to XBL Arcade

 

[LakeEarth]

Update

Madden NFL 06 demo is up.

This one is a suprise, I didn't know it was coming. 700 megs.

 

[Jesiatha]

Does a retail demo show up as a played game in your gamercard?

 

[LakeEarth]

Does a retail demo show up as a played game in your gamercard?

For some strange reason, only the Live Arcade demos show up on your gamercard.

Madden Demo Limitations : Can only play as the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots. No commentary at all, is that normal?

 

[Tunesmith]

anyone got the full version of Outpost Kaloki X and are willing to give some impressions?
i really like the demo and i'm wondering what there is to expect, any multi? (cant remember the menues..).

 

[Redbeard]

anyone got the full version of Outpost Kaloki X and are willing to give some impressions?
i really like the demo and i'm wondering what there is to expect, any multi? (cant remember the menues..).

It's pretty much just like the demo from what I've played. More upgrades, different goals (e.g. build a certain structure, earn a certain amount of money, get a certain amount of power, etc...), no multiplayer. It gets pretty hard, too.

 

[ParkPace]

How much is the full SmashTV?

 

[LakeEarth]

400 ($5), but you know you can cheat the system... unless they fixed that.

 

[iapetus]

400 ($5), but you know you can cheat the system... unless they fixed that.

No fix.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Where is Robotron? IGN already reviewed it.

 

[ocelittle]

Can you play the full game on Madden?
Or just like...half?

 

[Kon Tiki]

Where are King Kong and Fifa? They were supposed to be day one downloads.

 

[Andy787]

Yeah, I thought King Kong was going to be available.

Anyway, I love downloadable demos. So far, I've tried Madden, and wow, what a fucking terrible game. Seriously, that shit is embarassing.

 

[sangreal]

400 ($5), but you know you can cheat the system... unless they fixed that.

cheat the system?

 

[Suikoguy]

I keep getting disconnected.. thankfully it resumes... maybe I should try another cable

 

[LakeEarth]

cheat the system?

About halfway through the first level the demo will pop up a message saying "you have to unlock the full version" and you have to either get it or go back to the menu. At that screen, if you pause and unpause it, you get to continue the rest of the game as if nothing happened. You don't get achievements or online co-op, but it works.

 

[Ecrofirt]

About halfway through the first level the demo will pop up a message saying "you have to unlock the full version" and you have to either get it or go back to the menu. At that screen, if you pause and unpause it, you get to continue the rest of the game as if nothing happened. You don't get achievements or online co-op, but it works.

Hey, thanks for mentioning that I told everyone that.

 

[LakeEarth]

Hey, thanks for mentioning that I told everyone that.

I give credit to NO ONE!

Spoiler

ECROFIRT IS TRIFORCE!

Let us all thank Ecrofirt for the wonderful, money saving trick.

 

[joaomgcd]

I keep getting disconnected.. thankfully it resumes... maybe I should try another cable

I'm getting that too, along with horrible (like 1k/s horrible) download speeds... I don't know what's up...

 

[Xenon]

I keep getting disconnected.. thankfully it resumes... maybe I should try another cable

I was too until I turned off my screensaver. Its still slow as shit.

 

[jag0]

Its great to see that Ms is really taking advantage of the content delivery over xbox live from so early.... if its this good after only a few weeks.. imagine the content library that will be available in 1 year.... Good times ..good times....

 

[pestul]

Yeah.. I want some more playable demos though. I must say, my download speed has essentially doubled over the past few days. It only took me 30min to get the madden demo.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Its great to see that Ms is really taking advantage of the content delivery over xbox live from so early.... if its this good after only a few weeks.. imagine the content library that will be available in 1 year.... Good times ..good times....

Indeed.

Awesome shit. The console has passed with flying colors in this area so far. Keep it coming MS.

 

[LakeEarth]

Fifa 05 demo is up!

It must be recent too, cause its not up in the "new demos and trailers' section, you gotta actually go to 'list by game' to find it.

 

[sangreal]

Fifa 05 demo is up!

thanks for the update, downloading now even though I dont like soccer

It must be recent too, cause its not up in the "new demos and trailers' section, you gotta actually go to 'list by game' to find it.

I was about to post that -_-

 

[LakeEarth]

Sorry, but hey you can report whats the demo's limitations as I am going out and won't be able to download the demo in time.

 

[Suikoguy]

Sorry, but hey you can report whats the demo's limitations as I am going out and won't be able to download the demo in time.

No idea

I will say one thing, the term "new" is certainly used quite liberly. I find it really hard to actually find the "New" stuff.

Would be nice if it was sorted "New stuff since your last visit" and then alphabitical order.

 

[Sp3eD]

The hearts and spades are fantastic. Probably the best version of them I have seen on computer or whatnot.

 

[sangreal]

fifa limitations:
brazil vs germany only
about 5 minutes long (didn't time it and clock counts up)
game sucks

 

[LakeEarth]

Excellent review.

 

[HokieJoe]

Given all the bad stuff I heard about Thorn's castle, I actually enjoyed the Kameo demo. I'll probably pick the game up now. The Need 4 Speed demo sucked IMO.

OXM am cry.