Max Payne titles become Xbox Originals

By Robert Purchese Published 27 April, 2009

Pick up 1 and 2 for a tenner each.

Microsoft has added Max Payne 1 & 2 to Xbox Live Originals.

These old retro gems cost 1200 Microsoft Points (GBP 10.20 / EUR 14.40) a piece.

Max Payne was ported to Xbox in 2002 and wasn't very good - not nearly as slick as the PC original. Max Payne 2 on Xbox, however, was much better.

The series was created by Remedy Entertainment and follows the actions of sulky hero Max Payne. This was famously one of the first games to incorporate bullet time.

Last year, Mark Wahlberg starred in a movie adaptation of Max Payne that was critically panned and left with a Metacritic average of 31 per cent.

Even more recently, Rockstar announced a third Max Payne game was in development at Rockstar Vancouver and will be released for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this year.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • red_shift #1 3 years ago

    Rip off! These games cost less than £3 each from CEX.

  • S.J.Rogers #2 3 years ago

    I thought the original Max Payne on the Xbox was great...

  • Moribundman #3 3 years ago

    red_shift: LOLs. The same applies to all Xbox originals... They should be coming up with a USP like 60Mhz compatibility, upscaling of some kind or achievements for these things...

  • mega7ech #4 3 years ago

    I enjoyed both 1 & 2 the first time around. They were'nt the deepest or cleverist of games but were certainly jolly good fun. Would I spend a tenner on either of them today though? Would I bollocks! £10 my arse!

  • SteMacD #5 3 years ago

    I was just about to download em, but found them for £8.99 for the pair on Steam.

    ITS PAYNE ARGGHHHH

  • Sharzam #6 3 years ago

    Buy them on the PC, most pcs can run them these days and the pc version is miles better on every level not to mention the price.

  • Ryze #7 3 years ago

    Loved Max Payne on the PC.

    Excellent stuff.

  • Triggerhappytel #8 3 years ago

    They need to sort out the pricing for these Xbox Originals - I'm sure it's nice to have them with Achievements and some people will buy them at this price out of convenience, but surely they'd sell a shit load more if they were £5-£6?! Particularly, as has been mentioned, since you can get them for a few quid second hand now.

  • ArcMonkey #9 3 years ago

    Max Payne is retro already?

    how the years go by

  • GamesConnoisseur #10 3 years ago

    Best on PC, I played both console and PC and guess who wins in a big way?

    PC and HD Consoles are much more comparable rather than the last gen.

  • kentmonkey #11 3 years ago

    £10 is a joke for an XBOX game that you can readily get for at most £3 these days (local Gamestation has Max Payne for £1.99 and Max Payne 2 for £2.99). If, as has been mentioned, they had achievement points or were upscaled or anything like that, then I could see why they were charged at such a premium.

  • Bulbatron #12 3 years ago

    Only Xbox Original I've ever downloaded is Dreamfall. But what I'm really waiting for is SILENT HILL 2. Come on, Microsoft!

  • michaelius #13 3 years ago

    Haha i payed 5 euro for MP 1 &2 for pc.

  • septimus #14 3 years ago

    Got both for £6 on Steam. Fuck off MS.

  • Jimbob89 #15 3 years ago

    Do people recommend these? which is the best one? i have a laptop so i don't think buying them on steam would be a good idea.

  • jeebthegreat #16 3 years ago

    if your laptops quite new it shouldn't have a problem playing at least max payne 1, even 2 on lower settings. the temptation to get these games over XBL is there, but it's outweighed by the zero percent chance of me paying a ludicrous amount for these games
    Edited by 1 at 27/04/09 @ 20:07

  • metallicorphan #17 3 years ago

    i looked at these today on the marketplace...max payne 1 is just under 6 gig(5.8 or 5.9)..and Max Payne 2 is just under 2 gig..weird

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #18 3 years ago

    Biggest fucking rip off ever. If Originals were £5 I'd buy about 4 of them. As it is, I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss.

    Wouldn't it be nice if the head honchos at these big companies actually read consumer opinion rather than living in a fucking bubble.

  • RobertDeZero #19 3 years ago

    These will probably be bundled as part of a Max Payne Trilogy boxset soon. You just know it will! I'm waiting for the Special Final Directors Cut Super-Bullet-Timed-PAYNE editions myself.

  • bad09 #20 3 years ago

    @ SpaceMidget75

    The problem you have is all download prices go buy the unrealistic RRP's. I remember EG pulling up that twat Reeves about PSP ripping on PSN recently. His reply was "are they high? I thought they were all RRP".

    Obviously WE all know RRP is bollocks as do (some) retailers, but sadly it's not sunk in yet at the top. Although in fairness we are not talking 2nd hand either so it is unfair to compare really, but then again it's 2nd hand pricing the industry wants to ignore and eventually stamp out so they don't need to compete with 2nd hand and can just continue with the ripping on downloads so sod 'em!

    Seriously though people don't bother with overpriced Xbox gaming, if Devs and MS want to sting you for a old game just choose to support your small local independent games stores instead and pick up all the originals for cheaper 2nd hand.
    Edited by 1 at 27/04/09 @ 20:59

  • Tetsuo_Shima #21 3 years ago

    Moribundman: "60Mhz compatibility"

    60 million times per second refresh rate? Damn! I'd certainly like to know what type of TV you've got.

  • BBIAJ #22 3 years ago

    @ Crofto:

    Yes, I believe that Bully is a very good game actually, therefore your point is completely lost on me I'm afraid.

    Oh well, looks like you fail yet again then eh?

    Oh, and I bought both of these earlier from the Marketplace, as my hard copies were both pre-owned, and these are two games that are well worth the money in my personal opinion.
    Edited by 1 at 28/04/09 @ 12:20

  • fatboy996 #23 3 years ago

    I just would like to play the original xbox games upscaled and not in 4:3, its the least they should do for any game on marketplace.

  • Lexx87 #24 3 years ago

    What N@ said.

    "I'm waiting for the Special Final Directors Cut Super-Bullet-Timed-PAYNE editions myself "

    +1!

  • RedSparrows #25 3 years ago

    Hahaha, oh Crofto.

    You ass.

  • VicViper #26 3 years ago

    Loved both Max Paynes, not so sure that I would purchase them but that might change when Max Panye 3 gets closer

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #27 3 years ago

    Hi bad09,

    I completely agree with that when it comes to new or recent releases. Selling Burnout on PSN for £39.99 or whatever the RRP is is entirely up to them and almost understandable. (Someone has to stick to the RRP and it will most likely be the company producing the software) I still personally wouldn't pay that for them but I can understand it.

    My point here though is that these games are very old and surely the original RRP or even the budget label RRP wouldn't stand any more. These are old games and need to be priced as such. I think the fact that they are on Steam 'new' for £6 or something shows that they could and indeed should be priced nearer to £5.

    I also agree with talking with my wallet. They're too dear so I'm not buying them or other XBox Originals. £5 each and they would have sales. :)

  • geeza2020 #28 3 years ago

    Does anyone buy Xbox originals? I cant believe anybody would be stupid enough to spend the money MS ask for games that are years and years old and are available to buy brand new in some places for about 3 or 4 quid. Buuuuut I guess im setting myself up to be disappointed with the human race once again. GO FUCK YOURSELVES MICROSOFT YOU CORPORATE C*NTS!!!