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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. Re:MAME? Licensing? by someguy456 · · Score: 2, Informative

    And where does it say anything about MAME? Did you read the article?

    This is a private company with full access to legit games and presumable game system internals, I am sure their code would not necessarily have to be based on MAME.

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  2. No Mac support of course by sammaffei · · Score: 1, Informative

    I was the first to say it.

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  3. There already is a VGAA by tepples · · Score: 2, Informative

    There already is a VGAA, and it is called the ESA.