Impressions: Game Room
Written by Russ Crandall   
Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:40


Well, it is what it is. Microsoft's Game Room is a robust vintage arcade emulator, and it lets you pay for one session or for the whole game. It's an attempt to bring back the fun of playing arcade games from 25+ years ago. Obviously it's nowhere as fun as building your own arcade cabinet, but it doesn't seem like a bad experience on its own. It's bigget problem is that the games aren't very compelling at all; among the dozens of games available, none interested me. Maybe I'm too young, but I seriously don't even remember most of these titles.

Word to the wise, if you even just start the game it gives you a 5G achievement point. What this means is that you'll never be able to remove this game from the "Played Games" section of your profile. So if you plan on trying it out, you better be ready to let the world know about it.

Full launch game list after the break.

Adventure
Armor Battle
Asteroids Deluxe
Astrosmash
Centipede
Battlantis
Crystal Castles
Gravitar
Lunar Lander
Red Baron
Combat
Finalizer
Football
Tempest
Jungler
Millipede
Outlaw
Road Fighter
Realsports Tennis
Sea Battle
Scramble
Skiing, Mountain Madness/Super Pro
Space Armada
Space Hawk
Shao-lin's Road (Kicker)
Star Raiders
Super Cobra
Sub Hunt
Tutankham
Yar's Revenge
Comments (1)
Steve McKay
I agree
written by Steve McKay, March 31, 2010
I checked this out on launch day, and I have to say that the arcade itself is pretty cool.

However, given how easy it is to spend money there (literally one button press, which you're not even warned about) you can't help but feel like you're being bilked for cash.

Also, you're right; where are all the games that anyone gives a shit about? Nowhere! Throw in Final Fight or Double Dragon and I'd be ALL OVER THAT!

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