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The Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays started off with 5 games for the summer. Frogger, Cloning Clyde, Galaga, Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting and Pac-Man. I didn't even consider Frogger, Galaga or Pac-Man for purchase because they are just remakes of old arcade games with no multiplayer (Frogger has some hacked together co-op and versus modes).

I really wanted to like Street Fighter. It was a game I played for years and years for the Super Nintendo. I just realized how old this version was after downloading the trial version, it just didn't live up after all those years. The later releases are much improved and it just doesn't compare.

The new kid on the block, Cloning Clyde. It is a side scrolling platformer with online co-op and versus. I haven't played completely through the trial, but was certainly not impressed by the end of the first mission. It felt slow so far, and maybe someday I will go back and play some of the later levels. This is probably the game that would have me break down and bought my second arcade game (first was Uno). The problem: Price. It is about the same prices I got for Perfect Dark 0, 800 points which come out to about $12.50.

I have a feeling that my next purchase will be Contra (at 400 points), or some other unannounced game that is simple, fun, and cheap.