XBox 360 Game Room

[StormyX73]

Totally agree with you Cynicaster.

I tried a trial of Circus Atari out last night as it was a game I adored way back on my 2600.

The Game Room version is unplayable. The analogue stick just cannot replace the paddle for perfect control.

[wongojack]

I'm playing gameroom. Its a bit dissappointing, but I had pretty low expectations. I mean, I know its not going to be the same as the original, so I would definitely try out a game like Kaboom or Circus Atari before buying.

That being said - I like the additional aspects of friend challenges and rewind. They give me a reason to play on the 360 rather than an emulator or the PS2, but I'm not going to go crazy in there or anything.

Right now I own Black Widow (nice dual stick control) and Tutankamen. If you've got a game you play a lot, send me a challenge and maybe I'll buy it with you - gamertag is wongojack

They are working on gameroom for Windows Phone 7, so its possible that some things will still happen for gameroom 360. Its also a relatively easy way for XBox Live to gobble up some cash. It just sits there and people have 100+ games they can buy, so why would it be taken down if it requires no work and still makes $$. If anything, I would expect them to be preparing Game Room II at some point (like years away).

[SepticLemon]

I still play Game Room now once and again, and I still chuckle to myself, in a sad way, that out of all the people I have on my friends list, I have the most achievements on GameRoom, I have about 700 Gamer points now, when I'm not that bothered with achievements. It's been a while since they've updated it, and to be brutally honest I don't think they're going to update it again. At least they through in some great Konami games on their last update, like Twinbee and Detena No Twinbee. However I've been having a few issues with GameRoom recently with random crashes and stuff, and I feel that Microsoft isn't going to do a thing about it.

[kynrek]

My brother invited me with a score challenge and It is a cool way to get people into it. I like the scoreboards, taunts and challenges but I can double my score with my 60 in one cabinet because the real arcade controls are so much better. I have a street fighter 4 arcade stick and it's crap.

[wongojack]

kynrek - what gameroom game(s) did you buy?

[kynrek]

Time pilot. I might get centipede just to beat my brothers score

[wongojack]

I have the XBLA version of Time Pilot so I've never bought it for Gameroom. Is Centipede fun to play with the 360 controller?

[kynrek]

The game room version of time pilot lags...just wow... 3 processor cores ... Still not able to properly emulate a game from 1982. I've gone back to my (probably 100mhz) 60-in one.