You could look back and wonder why Sega did a dark Sonic game with handguns but looking back it absolutely makes sense. This is the world they released that into.
"ERE's like Mr. Muscle, he loves the things he hates"
Not sure how much the classic arcade games cost or if they were bundled with Live but it's kinda lol you'd still be looking at about a fiver for a standalone classic arcade game these days - maybe even more expensive than back then.
"ERE's like Mr. Muscle, he loves the things he hates"