After what seems like a massive wait, Game Pack 009 has finally made it's way to the Game Room - and, somewhat disappointingly, its quite small having only 8 games, as opposed to Game Pack 008's 10 games. Including in the mix are 5 Atari 2600 games, 2 arcade classics and 1 Intellivision game - although there are a few, er, familiar faces.
Boxing (2600)
Does exactly what it says on the tin. Boxing (2600) is a game where you throw punches at your opponent - hit them square on, and you'll score two points, but barely scrape them, and you'll get one. The first to 100 points wins the match.
Checkers
A simple game of draughts, on a pretty blue-y purple coloured board. That's about it really.
City Bomber
In pursuit of a gang of criminals, you must get through checkpoints in the specified amount of time, or risk losing them. To get the most points, you must not only finish the course in the fastest time possible, but also take out as many criminals as possible with your car's onboard missiles. Why don't all cars have those?
Concentration
Basically a game of pairs, in Concentration you're presented with a numbered grid. Flip the cards over to see if they match - if they do, you'll score a point and bag an extra turn.
Pinball
In this crazy game of pinball, the ball moves between three different screens - each with two sets of flippers and filled with targets.
Super Basketball
We couldn't find out much about this one, except it's a Basketball game, and that it's super.
Super Breakout (2600)
In Super Breakout, you move a bat, which bounces a ball at a wall and destroys bricks. It may sound simple, but like many of the greatest games, the simplest concepts are often the best - and it does get rather tricky, especially in some of the new modes Super Breakout has on offer - one of which has you controlling two bats at the same time. Crazy!
Tennis
The last in the game pack, and the last sarcastic comment about a game which is rather obvious what it's about - it's a game of tennis. 'Nuff said.
As with all the Game Room games, there are two options when you decide you want to buy - you can either purchase the full game for 240 Microsoft Points (about £2.00), or, for 400 Microsoft Points (about £3.33), you can buy a 'Play Anywhere' version that lets you play that game on the PC as well. Of course, if you buy the 360 version and then decide you like it so much, you'd like to play it on the PC as well, you can always just buy the upgrade for 160 Microsoft points, bringing the total up to the 400.
Not quite simple then, but fairly straightforward!
