Bomberman And Yie Ar Kung Fu On Their Way To XBLA

This Wednesday Microsoft are dishing up a double helping of old games for their Arcade service.

First up, there's the much loved Bomberman, an arcade-style mazed-based games developed by Hudson Soft way back when I was only eight tiny years old. (1983) In fact this could very well be the longest running franchise ever with a PSP incarnation of the game being released only last year.

If you're keen to play it again, or maybe for the very first time then you can for 800 Points. The game will feature eight player online multiplayer and four player local and wrapped up in shiny High Definition graphics.

Also, to further whet you appetite, your Bomberman will also be fully customisable, with over 10,000 possible combinations of Bomberman to choose from.

Next up it's Yie Ar Kung Fu. Released this time by Konami back when I was 10 years old.(no date this time, you should be able to work it out for yourselves!)

This fighting games sees you play as Oolong, someone who's trained his whole life to become the ultimate martial arts champion. You'll be up against around ten different enemies all with varying abilities and weapons

Choose to play the authentic arcade version or experienced the enhanced version, which features stunning hand painted models and backgrounds mimicking traditional Japanese art styles. says the blurb.

Yie Ar Kung Fu will cost 400 Microsoft Points. Both games will feature the usual on-line leaderboards and 200 Point Gamerscore.