XBLA Charts Topped By Double Dragon, Solitaire

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Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has released the Xbox Live Arcade charts for the week, showing classic arcade brawler Double Dragon atop the XBLA download charts, closely followed by Soltrio Solitaire - full countdown within. Hryb explains that the countdown lists the top titles purchased during the week by number of downloads, with classic 400-point ($5) titles, from Xevious through Rush'n Attack, amounting to four of the top ten games - with the 800-point Castlevania: SOTN being the fifth. However, original or substantially updated games, including Pinball FX and 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures, made up the other five titles on the countdown, which was revealed as follows: 1. Double Dragon 2. Soltrio Solitaire 3. Rush'n Attack 4. 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures 5. Uno 6. Pinball FX 7. TMNT 1989 Arcade 8. Xevious 9. Catan 10. Castlevania: SOTN In addition, Hryb revealed the top 'unique user' counts for the week for Xbox 360 games that are playable online or are being played by online-connected users, headed by the ubiquitous Gears Of War, and also including demo and beta versions for Halo 3 and Forza 2: 1. Gears of War 2. Crackdown 3. Halo 3 Beta 4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 5. Forza Motorsport 2 Demo 6. Guitar Hero II 7. Aegis Wing 8. Call Of Duty 3 9. GRAW 2 10. Oblivion Hryb's full post on MajorNelson.com also has information on unique user connectivity for original Xbox games, many of which can be played on the Xbox 360, revealing: "If the Xbox 360 list and the original Xbox list were combined, then Gears of War continues to be the top Xbox Live title."