Madballs, Secrets of Monkey Island sail onto XBLA

  • By philonious_matt, GameSpot
  • Posted Jul 15, 2009 2:40 pm PT

It's a week of comebacks on Xbox Live Arcade this week. Headlining the downloadable game service's Wednesday update is a revamp of an '80s toy line and a vintage adventure game nearing its 20th anniversary.Playbrain's Madballs in Babo: Invasion is an action adventure game where players take control...

It's a week of comebacks on Xbox Live Arcade this week. Headlining the downloadable game service's Wednesday update is a revamp of an '80s toy line and a vintage adventure game nearing its 20th anniversary.

Playbrain's Madballs in Babo: Invasion is an action adventure game where players take control of characters inspired by the toy line of foam balls with faces on them. It is also the first XBLA game to offer in-game avatar support at the time of release and features 16-player online matches and 21 multiplayer maps. The game costs 800 Microsoft points ($10).

Another throwback, The Secrets of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a reboot of the original 1990 title. Developed by LucasArts, this adventure game includes several new changes, like revamped high-res hand-painted art, "close-up" cutscenes during dialogue sequences, full-speech voice acting, and a brand new score recorded from live instruments. Purist players can also revert the graphics back to the pixelated style of the original game. The Secrets of Monkey: Special Edition has a price tag of 800 Microsoft points ($10).

Lastly, pedaling onto XBLA is Cyanide's Tour de France 2009. Cyclists can choose from 18 official teams and race through 21 of the tour's official legs. This bike-sim costs 800 Microsoft points ($10).

12 Comments

  • Roris0A

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 9:52 am PT

    like others have observed, forgetting pc & steam?

  • flyingteddy

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 7:48 am PT

    id like to play MI, no chance of it on PSN i take it

  • Enchurito

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 7:24 am PT

    Its Secret NOT Secrets

  • nurse_tsunami

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 7:13 am PT

    I hope Monkey Island sells well! I'd love to see LucasArts re-release/remake some more of their classic titles. I plan on getting a copy on Steam once I get some money.

  • Dante200X

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 3:45 am PT

    "chibi-acer said:
    Posted Jul 15, 2009 8:03 pm ET
    Why did they not mention that Secret of Monkey Island also came out on Steam for the PC?"


    Because this is gamespot and there is no such thing as PC gaming nor Steam. *facepalm*


    I got it recently off steam myself though

  • Irve

    Posted Jul 16, 2009 2:21 am PT

    Monkey island 800 points ... SOLD !!

  • TheTHCGamer

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 9:45 pm PT

    oh yea madballs i remember buying them as a kid and watching the terrible movie. i even had the cartoons on vhs. i never thought id ever hear about madballs again the the other day i see some being sold at a store and now there getting there own video game. ive noticed alot of the toys from the 80's are making a comeback and its a good thing because toys these days are low quality garbage.

  • NuKkU

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 5:51 pm PT

    might check out monkey island

  • chibi-acer

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 5:03 pm PT

    Why did they not mention that Secret of Monkey Island also came out on Steam for the PC?

  • vaejas

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:08 pm PT

    800 is the new 1200. Hallelujah. Though it would be better had it happened without the economic downturn.

  • 55592

    Posted Jul 15, 2009 4:06 pm PT

    Monkey Island is like a hard punch in the nose of sheer nostalgic greatness. May the name Threepwood be known in every house!

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