Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged

It was fun, but only 6 games and non of them are for anyone over 12. Good price when I got it for $10 shipped though!

This is a great beginner's game for those new to the XBOX 360. The games included on the disk are fairly simple and easy to use. Just put in the disk and the xbox will have the arcade games added to your dashboard as long as your disk stays in the drive.

All of the games on this disk are easy to play. My personal favorite being Geometry Wars. This is a fun and colorful "Asteroids" style arcade game with simple mechanics and controls.

If you are having doubts about whether or not you will like the entire collection of games included on this disk, please remember that you can go to the XBOX Live Marketplace and download the trial version for ANY of the arcade games (assuming you have a Hard Drive).

I can confidently recommend this game to all xbox owners who don't want to lay out $60 on a single title, but would like to have a few short games for a fair price.

The games on this are available for download from XBOX Live (XBL), so if you have already purchased one or more that way it may not be a good value for you.

This went on sale during Christmas 2007 for $7.99 and was an absolute bargain. It includes 1 month of XBOX Live Gold which alone is worth $3.33/month if you average it by the typical cost of $40/year.

I believe most of the games on here run 400 Microsoft Points on XBL or $5 each when you extrapolate the cost of the points. Given that, it is a good deal even at the current list price.

UPDATE: I have read that the XBL 1 month offer is expired. Yes, the date on it is expired. However, I have yet not been able to use an 'expired' XBL code. I purchased an XBL 1 year card and lost it for 2 years... when I found it again (yay) I decided to give it a try even though it was well over a year past expiration. It worked without any issue, just like the 1 month code that came with this game.

At the time I purchased the Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged, it was only $7.99. It turned out to be an even better buy then I had planned on! I highly recommend picking this up.

Geometry wars is the main reason I bought this compilation, so it's pretty sweet. Outpost Kaloki X is surprisingly fun as a space tycoon / sim. The other games aren't really worth anything, fun for a little while I suppose.

I bought it for less than $10, so for that price, 2 fun arcade games is pretty nice.