X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Texas Cheat 'Em, Star Trek D-A-C

by Richard Mitchell { May 13th 2009 at 2:45PM }

It's Wednesday once again, which means it's time for a new episode of XBLA in Brief. We take a look at both Texas Cheat 'Em and Star Trek D-A-C. To sum things up, there's nothing spectacular this week. There might be something there for diehard poker or Star Trek fans, but the rest of us can probably save some MS Points.

Download the trial version of Texas Cheat 'Em
Download the trial version of Star Trek D-A-C

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Tags: star-trek-dac, texas-cheat-em, x3f-tv, xbla, xbla-in-brief

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mike k. @ May 13th 2009 2:49PM

So did they just reskin the Battlestar Galactica game that Dustin won a tournament in for this release?

I mean the description on XBOX.com sounds exactly the same...

ccc @ May 14th 2009 12:02AM

Pretty sure that was Wing Commander Arena Dustin won at not battlestar.
either way all three of these games suck really bad.
Wing Commander arena came out first though and I am ashamed to say but I was stupid enough to buy it at the time. But I never fell for Battlestar nor this Star Trek garbage they hope is gonna sell well or at all for that matter because they slap a known name on the game.

I thought we were past these kind of games comming out in the arcade or that maybe developers knew better but I guess not.

As far as Texas Cheatem goes......Yeah, I don't think Richard wanted to say it but I will..That game is just damn stupid to anyone that wants to play Texas Holdem.

You know when the big MS ok's games like this to release in the arcade but says no to games like Dodonpachi it really makes me wonder what the hell they'er smoking.

Arnie @ May 13th 2009 3:49PM

I know you work hard on these Richard, but the joke at the end of the video was really poor and not funny at all(actually I am wondering if it was a joke, or you were just serious) Anyway my money this week was spent on the Fable 2 DLC (more than happy to pay for that)

Halwende @ May 13th 2009 8:42PM

"dhac!" was exactly the sound I made when I saw it was a top-down shooter... oh well, I too will be seeing the future in Fable II instead then...

nick @ May 14th 2009 4:16PM

I respectfully disagree. My favorite feature on Joystiq is the weekly XBLA videos. I usually learn more about the games, and decide if I want to try them out based on these quick video reviews. The humor just adds to the experience.

Keep up the good work RM!

jax sedrin @ May 13th 2009 3:56PM

D-A-C = Deathmatch, Assault, Conquest (the three game modes), no?

djbuhhda @ May 14th 2009 8:07PM

star trek is kinda kool, wouldn't buy it tho, plus multiplayer in the demo equals ownage.

UNSCleric @ May 15th 2009 8:39AM

LOL Richard, always love your sense of humor.

ProgDrummer @ May 20th 2009 3:19PM

I saw this over at the gamefaq website by TigerC10. I'm at work so I have not been able to verify it. So if someone wants to check it out and see if this does unlock the Kobayashi Maru achievement:
After starting a solo game, pause it and at the menu hit LT Y X X Y RT.