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ROM Rental Service To Launch

Posted by Zonk on from the beginning-of-the-end dept.

Neon Spiral Injector writes "Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), a Time Warner company, just put up a website for their new GameTap service. It appears to be a flatrate, all-you-can-play program that will allow ROMs to be downloaded to a PC and run through their software. Today's press release says that there are 17 publishers onboard with nearly 1000 games (300 available at launch)." This could be the first gauntlet into the ring a major media company. Who will be the next into the industry?

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  1. Gauntlet? by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 3, Funny
    This could be the first gauntlet into the ring

    Pssh. Atari already had theirs in the ring in 1985.

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  2. Re:MAME? Licensing? by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    However, the Nintendo DS emulators are progressing faster than you think.

    Dropping the subject right after that with no further information... Sheesh, I bet you're sitting there stroking a waxed handlebar mustache and petting a fat, overly-fluffy cat, you evil bastard.

  3. um. by ultramk · · Score: 2, Funny

    This could be the first gauntlet into the ring a major media company.

    Main screen turn on.

    m-

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