After it was announced that Microsoft will be doing a bit of spring cleaning to the Arcade section of Marketplace, sites across the internet have been doing some researching as to which games could be getting the chop. There are three criteria that the deleted games have to fill to become deleted. The first is that the game must be older than 6 months and the second is it must have an average score according to Metacritic of 65% or less. The third is only accessible to Microsoft and that is the conversion rate (the number of people who download the full game after downloading the demo for the game). So, by looking at the Arcade games scoring 65% or under on Metacritic and the games that have been out for more than 6 months, the below list is a full list of games that suit the first two criteria.
Crystal Quest
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
Hardwood Hearts
Texas Hold ’em
Fatal Fury Special
Contra
Marathon: Durandal
Missile Command
Time Pilot
Track & Field
Hardwood Backgammon
Hardwood Spades
Pac-Man
Frogger
Mad Tracks
Root Beer Tapper
Super Contra
Geon: Emotions
Soltrio Solitaire
Arkadian Warriors
TiQal
Rush’n Attack
Defender
Double Dragon
Xevious
Gyruss
Asteroids / Asteroids Deluxe
Battlestar Galactica
Centipede & Millipede
Spyglass Board Games
Tetris Splash
Ecco the Dolphin
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Wing Commander Arena
Novadrome
Shrek-N-Roll
Scramble
Tempest
Street Trace: NYC
Word Puzzle
New Rally-X
Cyberball 2072
Screwjumper!
Once Microsoft unveil a confirmed list of Arcade games set for deletion, we’ll keep you up to date. So, if you have some MS points saved for Root Beer Tapper, you don’t have long left to buy it.
