Game Room
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| Developer | Krome Studios |
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| Type | Online service |
| Launch date | March 24, 2010 |
| Platform | Xbox 360 (Xbox Live), Windows (Games for Windows) |
Game Room was a gaming service for the Xbox 360 video game system, Microsoft Windows PCs, and Windows Phone 7. Launched on March 24, 2010, Game Room let players download classic video games and compete against each other for high scores. Players on both Xbox 360 and Windows PCs could access Game Room through their respective versions of Microsoft's Live online services (Xbox Live and Games for Windows – Live).
At the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft announced a mobile version of Game Room for Windows Phone 7.Asteroids Deluxe is the only game announced so far, but a show floor demo revealed working prototypes of Centipede and Shao-Lin's Road.
Earlier in 2015, game packs and other DLC became unavailable for Xbox 360. Currently as of November 2015, it is not possible to download or re-download the content and there have been reports of users not being able to access the games even when they had purchased them.
The Game Room front end can be downloaded at no charge from Microsoft's Marketplace online storefront. When launched, players are presented with a three-story virtual video arcade, each story containing four separate rooms. These rooms may be decorated however the player wishes, using the included themes and set pieces. The player can fill the rooms with virtual game cabinets that are used to play arcade and console games downloaded through the service, with each room holding a maximum of eight cabinets.
Games for Game Room are made available through downloadable "game packs." While the game packs are free to download, individual games must be purchased in order to be played fully. Players may play each game in the game pack once without charge, limited to ten minutes of game time. Games are purchased on a game-by-game basis, which allows unlimited play of the game.
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