My Game Room Launch in Review

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I managed to circumvent the initial hurdles that Xbox LIVE had thrown at me (inability to load Game Room, server connection issues) on day-one and get into the thick of the Game Room experience.

My initial impressions of the Game Room are extremely positive. The other evening I garnered the ‘4 Hour’ achievement for time spent playing games in the arcade. I have also won my first challenge! Game Room really takes me back to my gaming roots, I look forward to see what other great games are coming down the pipeline in the next several weeks so that I can relieve other great moments from my youth as well as discover those games that eluded me.

As for the initial batch of games I added 4 to my arcade (after all, what is an arcade without games). I actually have been very pleased with my initial purchases. Here is a quick rundown of my purchases, year released, weapon of choice (controller preference), my high-score, and a twitter-sized impression. Enjoy:

Game: Asteroids Deluxe (Atari)

Released: 1980

Weapon of Choice: Arcade Stick

Hi-Score: 23,560

TwitteReview: #AsteroidsDeluxe: Reflexes will be tested! Fast paced shooter w/ enemies galore! Use your shield to advance! Best #GameRoom Day1 purchase!

Game: Gravitar (Atari)

Released: 1982

Weapon of Choice: Arcade Stick

Hi-Score: 14,050

TwitteReview: #Gravitar: Most excited to purchase #GameRoom. Great concept, difficulty spikes quickly! Much practice time required to advance!

Game: Tempest (Atari)

Released: 1980

Weapon of Choice: Xbox 360 Controller; D-Pad / Analog split

Hi-Score: 26,611

TwitteReview: #Tempest: Always been curious about game. Was better once I discovered #SmartBomb. #QtrMuncher! Surprised how much I like this one #GameRoom

Game: Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing (Intellivision)

Released: 1988

Weapon of Choice: Xbox 360 Controller; D-Pad

Hi-Score: N/A

TwitteReview: #MountainMadnessSkiing: Good old-skool skiing game. Menu is clunky but once on slopes it is fun! Don’t get sideways out there! #GameRoom

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Lance Darnell

March 28, 2010

I am slowly catching up to your Tempest score. Slowly.

The only thing Game Room is missing is the dangerous hooligans.

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Patrick Bonk

@Lance: Thx for the heads-up! The fix is in. All these pics made for a lot of formatting issues. Perhaps I will find a better way next time.

No problem at all. Great idea for a post as well. Not many people are paying Game Room much mind.

Jeffrey Sandlin

March 29, 2010

I'm playing me some game room stuffs. Never was much of an old schooler but this is a fine format for the old arcade games. Can't wait to see what else shows up. I hope they aren't afraid to venture forward on the time line as they run out of quality old games. Their's a never ending list of good arcade games I remember from back in the day I would glady shell out three bucks for.