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    Game Room

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Mar 24, 2010

    A downloadable portal for official emulation of retro video games for the Xbox 360 and PC, featuring offerings from the Atari 2600 and Intellivision as well as early arcade games by Atari and Konami.

    This week in Game Room: two games

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    #2  Edited By rjayb89

    It's like they aren't even trying anymore.

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    #3  Edited By LordXavierBritish
    @rjayb89 said:
    " It's like they aren't even trying anymore. "
    They were before?
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    #4  Edited By JJOR64

    I'm still really sad about Game Room.  It was such a cool idea when I heard about.  Too bad most of the games are crap and are too expensive.

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    #5  Edited By BionicMonster

    just imagine how awesome game room could be if Capcom, Namco, or SNK joined. But it's probably already too late :(

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    #6  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    Man, I can't wait for Jeff to snap during one of those quick looks and finally stop doing them. It's going to be a glorious video.

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    Gameroom needs help badly. I love the idea but it has really been a huge let down. Really, I am just going to end up repeating things said during Quick Looks. 
     
    I really hope they find a way to turn this thing around and fast, it has so much potential. But it is stunts like this that really shows how little effort they are putting into the thing at this point. Two games? Pathetic.  
     
    The games need to be reduced in price too. Yeah, pipe dream, I know. But the caliber of what they have been releasing up to this point with the exception of a few really classic titles is not worth the asking price. 80 points should be the standard, with prices going up to the 240/320 range tops. They also need to pull in Capcom, SNK, Namco and others.  
     
    Blah, this topic makes me sad.

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    #9  Edited By Hailinel

    Game Room had a lot of potential.  In a lot of ways, it's similar to Nintendo's Virtual Console, but with the addition of online leaderboards, the medal system and all of the other fancy bells and whistles that make it such an intriguing service.
     
    So why the hell couldn't Microsoft sign more companies to provide games for the service?

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    @Hailinel: Because they are too busy licensing Dreamcast titles. 
     
    Maybe they will at least not fuck up on those.
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    #12  Edited By august
    @LordXavierBritish: Those DC titles are skipping Game Room and going straight to xbla.
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    @august said:
    " @LordXavierBritish: Those DC titles are skipping Game Room and going straight to xbla. "
    I know?
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    @LordXavierBritish said:
    " @rjayb89 said:
    " It's like they aren't even trying anymore. "
    They were before? "
    They tried for a while, up until Game Pack 004.  
    But yeah it's clear Game Room is obviously trying to recreate the video game crash of '83. Heck most of the Game Room games are from that era.
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    #15  Edited By Tordah

    Well, the two games from this week seemed pretty good, but the price is still turning me off. It's sad to see such wasted potential.

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