StarROMs Closes Doors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday February 27, 2006 @04:55AM from the where-did-all-the-magic-go dept.

jvm writes "StarROMs, seller of legal arcade ROM downloads for use with MAME, is closing their virtual doors. Started in October 2003, the initial StarROMs catalog offered over 60 Atari arcade games including hits like Gauntlet and Asteroids but was later trimmed due to licensing issues. In a March 2004 interview, co-founder Frank Leibly gave more details on their business plan, including how they expected to compete with the widespread illegal distribution of arcade ROMs. Has the world embraced rental models like GameTap over the download model of StarROMs?"

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Re:Gametap by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-27 05:17 · Score: 1, Informative

Actually, GameTap is good stuff. Their website sucks, but the actual GameTap program is pretty spiffy. They've got several hundred games ranging from Combat all the way to PC games like Beyond Good and Evil, but it's a bit annoying that even though you're a paying member they make you watch ads while your game downloads. Still, it's good stuff. I think there's a month free or some such thing going on, too.