[Gametap] Screw the turkey! Psychonauts is free!

1600Points

Psychonauts will be free this Thanksgiving. Enjoy!


1000th game:



NEW GAMES EVERY THURSDAY
November 15th Releases:
Civilization 4
Armored Warriors







As well as other funzo games such as:

Psychonauts
Startopia
Just Cause
Overlord
Sam and Max Episodes
Deus Ex
Pirates!
Planescape Torment
Beyond Good and Evil

Current List of Free Games (Playable with Ads)

1. Bloodrayne
2. Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
3. Ghosts 'N Goblins
4. Ghouls 'N Ghosts
5. Sam and Max: Ep. 4 (Abe Lincoln Must Die!)
6. Vampire Savior
7. Hitman: Agent 47
8. Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
9. Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
10. Jaws Unleashed
11. Samurai Shodown
12. The Last Blade
13. Restaurant Empire
14. Final Fight
15. realMYST 3D
16. King of Fighters 95
17. Twinkle Star Sprites
18. Captain Commando
19. Metal Slug
20. Sensible Soccer 2006
21. Space Invaders
22. Tomb Raider: Legend
23. King of the Monsters
24. Neo Turf Masters
25. Ikari Warriors
26. Colin McRae Rally 2005
27. Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition
28. The New Zealand Story
29. Zoo Keeper
30. Rainbow Islands
31. Bust a Move
32. Zoo Empire
33. Mega Man: The Power Battle
34. Myst Online: Uru Live
35. Fast Lanes Bowling
36. 1941
37. Shock Troopers
38. Baseball Stars 2
39. Buku Sudoku
40. Mercs
41. Defender
42. Root Beer Tapper
43. Bubble Bobble
44. Rampage
45. Joust
46. Elevator Action

Notable Titles Coming Soon:

Sam and Max: Season 2
American McGee's Grimm
Clive Barker's Jericho
DiRT
Turning Point:Fall of Liberty
Galactic Command - Echo Squad

Other Awesome games:

The Typing of the Dead
Panzer Dragoon I + II
Worms II + Worms Armageddon + Worms Blast
King of Fighers 94 - 2003
Street Fighter Alpha 1/2/3
Street Fighter, Super Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
Fatal Fury Series including Garou
Last Blade 1 + 2
Metal Slug 1-5 + X
King's Quest Series
Wing Commander

Gametap supported Controllers

SUPPORTED CONTROLLERS
GamersFactory
Gravis Xterminator Digital
Gravis Eliminator Gamepad Pro
Gravis Eliminator Rumble
Saitek P3000
Saitek P2500
Saitek P880
Saitek P750
Saitek P220
Nyko Airflow EX
Thrustmaster Firestorm Digital 3
Logitech Rumblepad
Logitech Wingman Cordless
Logitech Wingman Rumblepad
Logitech Wingman
Logitech Dual Action Pad
Logitech Rumblepad Cordless
Logitech Wingman Precision Pad
Microsoft Sidewinder
Microsoft Sidewinder Freestyle Pro
XBCD Xbox Adapter
Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller
Hanaho Hotrod
X-arcade

If you wish to add your Gametap ID to this thread I'll add it to the OP.

Gametap Id's - PA Name

RIbar77 - 1600Points
mr_ekim - mr_ekim
Scoota23 - Scoota
Nocren - Nocren
Dcarr1 - Food
NpiL - piL
JamesDM - JamesDM
Lykouragh - Aragh
Polaris314 - Polaris314

1600Points

Sneak Preview of next week's update.

Htown

Gametap is so good.

Screw MMOs - ten bucks a month on this gets you almost a THOUSAND games you can play.

Scoota

I'm pretty sure you can do some multiplayer using Hamachi on Typing of the Dead. I challenge anyone to a type off.

RainbowDespair

Htown wrote: »

Gametap is so good.

Screw MMOs - ten bucks a month on this gets you almost a THOUSAND games you can play.

Plus if you subscribe for a year, it's only $5/month. I'm definitely signing up next paycheck.

1600Points

Also for those who didn't know, Codemasters signed a deal with Gametap stating they will release all of their games on Gametap. Hopefully setting a good precedent!

1600Points

The lack of love for gametap is quite surprising really.

taliosfalcon

1600Points wrote: »

The lack of love for gametap is quite surprising really.

I hate gametap so much thanks to how badly they fuck over canada. "hey look at this list of great games we have, join up!..oh, you mean you didn't dig through 10 layers of FAQs to find out none of the good games are available in canada? olol"

Captain Crunch

Gametap sucks balls in canada though

1600Points

Ted Turner must hate canadians, but I also hate him.

1600Points

Apparantly the 1000th game is an unannounced "awesome" game.

the last time they did this it was overlord, so here's hoping!

cj iwakura

Wait, the Street Fighter Alpha Trilogy is there?

Does this mean online gameplay?

If so, I might have signing up to do.

Draeven

im going to assume all games that could be played with 2 players either A, mean you need someone in the room or you can play online with them.. I don't really use the service as a multiplayer platform. Funny thing about that cricket game is my roomate brought a copy back from new zealand and found out the american xbox 360 wouldn't play it.

Erandus

1600Points wrote: »

Sneak Preview of next week's update.

Sonofabitch.

I bought the Ricky Ponting version (same game, different regional star on the cover) of that game while I was in New Zealand only to find out when I got home that my Xbox is fully unimpressed with my region code shenanigans.

Thats kinda cool I'll get to play it after all, but I wonder if it's gonna be crappy without the 360 controller.

Here's hoping they do Rugby '08 too. Some americans like those sports, and I have no idea if they even sell them in the US.

WTB: Region Free 360.

EDIT: Err yeah, I would be the roommate referenced in the previous post.

cj iwakura

Draeven wrote: »

im going to assume all games that could be played with 2 players either A, mean you need someone in the room or you can play online with them.. I don't really use the service as a multiplayer platform. Funny thing about that cricket game is my roomate brought a copy back from new zealand and found out the american xbox 360 wouldn't play it.

I want nothing more than Alpha online play, in any way, shape, or form.

I've played that game way too much to be limited to fighting computer AI.

Thandor

So are all of these old school multiplayer games playable online? Like metalslug online coop?

deadonthestreet

Erandus wrote: »

1600Points wrote: »

Sneak Preview of next week's update.

Sonofabitch.

I bought the Ricky Ponting version (same game, different regional star on the cover) of that game while I was in New Zealand only to find out when I got home that my Xbox is fully unimpressed with my region code shenanigans.

Thats kinda cool I'll get to play it after all, but I wonder if it's gonna be crappy without the 360 controller.

Here's hoping they do Rugby '08 too. Some americans like those sports, and I have no idea if they even sell them in the US.

WTB: Region Free 360.

EDIT: Err yeah, I would be the roommate referenced in the previous post.

You can get a wired 360 controller that'll work with your PC. They work just fine with Gametap.

mr_ekim

There's quite a number of console and arcade games on Gametap that have online coop or head to head play. I believe all of the Metal Slug series, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and some of the Neo Geo games have a online component to it. Netplay is pretty laggy, however, due to having to sync games that were not built for such an application.

As for the international players, keep in mind that license agreements with publishers (whose games might be handled by a different company in different countries) and censorship restrictions (such as in Germany) is the primary reason why you're not seeing Gametap available in your area. That said, there've been reports that Gametap will be showing up in international markets this year, with the possiblity of there being a stand alone Gametap service through a set-top box.

I think the service is great, I just finished Psychonauts and been playing through Beyond Good and Evil (which stalled due to the Orange Box). I can't wait to see if more Saturn games show up, because I need my Guardian Heroes and Panzer Dragoon Saga fix.

Edit: Oh yeah, my Gametap handle: mr_ekim

j0hnz3r

So how does Gametap work. Is it like Steam where you actually get the files and they just authenticate, or is it run through some kind of emulator?

mr_ekim

j0hnz3r wrote: »

So how does Gametap work. Is it like Steam where you actually get the files and they just authenticate, or is it run through some kind of emulator?

For current era Windows PC games, it works just similar to Steam; the game is downloaded and authenticated before you can play it. Installing mods is not possible as games are stored in a single protected file that is decrypted as the game starts but the games are kept up to date to the most current version. Offline play is also not possible due to authentication as well.

For DOS and console games, they're run through the appropriate emulator. As for the emulation quantity, it appears that Gametap is using some of the more well-known emulators available to the community (with the appropriate blessings of the publisher and the emulator programmer), with some added tweaks for further compatibility/stability.

1600Points

The netplay isn't bad, the matchmaking system is kind of crappy.

basically the way gametap works is you make yourself a contender for a game that has online play.

So let's say I am a SFA contender, this means anytime I'm online playing anything it will show that I am up for playing some SFA, however it will display what game I am actually playing to those who want to challenge. In many cases people will hang out in the chat room looking for fights.

The lag is much like any online play, you can have a great connection or a total shit connection.

Also gametap has good gamepad support, and I believe decent support for sticks as well.

Scoota

deadonthestreet wrote: »

Erandus wrote: »

1600Points wrote: »

Sneak Preview of next week's update.

Sonofabitch.

I bought the Ricky Ponting version (same game, different regional star on the cover) of that game while I was in New Zealand only to find out when I got home that my Xbox is fully unimpressed with my region code shenanigans.

Thats kinda cool I'll get to play it after all, but I wonder if it's gonna be crappy without the 360 controller.

Here's hoping they do Rugby '08 too. Some americans like those sports, and I have no idea if they even sell them in the US.

WTB: Region Free 360.

EDIT: Err yeah, I would be the roommate referenced in the previous post.

You can get a wired 360 controller that'll work with your PC. They work just fine with Gametap.

Also if you've got the wireless 360 controller, you can get

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver/default.htm

for $20, and it'll hook up 4 wireless 360 controllers. Gametap supports those controllers, I usually use them to play all my gametap arcade games.

1600Points

It is also worth mentioning that those folks who sign up for gold have the ability to give out 9 accounts, which can all function on the same level as a gold account. (Only 3 can be online at any given time) but the master account has full control over them.

So if anyone who has gametap is wanting to portion out some accounts to people who may want to try it out that is an option.

I don't have an issue doing it but I need to check if you can remove people from the account etc as I have some pretty active people on mine as is.

Dagrabbit

Wait, so, effectively, I can split the cost of a Gametap gold membership with a friend, since you can create a sub-account and two can be online at the same time? Intriguing.

1600Points

That is correct.

Shadowfire

Dagrabbit wrote: »

Wait, so, effectively, I can split the cost of a Gametap gold membership with a friend, since you can create a sub-account and two can be online at the same time? Intriguing.

Yes. I have extra accounts set up for my fiancee and my mother, and all three of us can be on at the same time.

Scoota

Dagrabbit wrote: »

Wait, so, effectively, I can split the cost of a Gametap gold membership with a friend, since you can create a sub-account and two can be online at the same time? Intriguing.

I tried it over the weekend- I think they changed it to 2 people online at one time instead of 3. Wanted to get a game of Worms Armageddon going with three of my friends...

1600Points

It's probably 2 + the main user.

1600Points

You know I also forgot to mention, all the sonic games have their Knuckles lock-on equivilant.

and before anyone says I'm a big fat liar, Sonic CD is not available

I know its the best but maybe soon!

Shadowfire

I just beat Typing of the Dead, then played about an hour of Wing Commander IV, and topped it off with a few matches in Last Blade.

I fucking love Gametap.

1600Points

I used the new functionality added a couple of days ago to play a few random games.

If you hit Alt + W on any ring it will spin it for you and pick a random game!

solsovly

I just bought the 60 dollars/year subscription. Man this is the best gaming investment I've made! I just with that 1 on 1 fighters werent so laggy.

Nocren

Might as well add me to the list. Same name here as it is there (Nocren)

Had some pretty high scores in Tempest for awhile. Then the second week of January hit.

1600Points

I think I'm finally going to have time to mess around with the playlist option. So i'll post some or whatever. should be fun.

Scoota

I just changed my subscription over to $60 a year... just because I know i'll be paying for it anyway. Might as well save some money.

1600Points

I started putting together a favorites playlist, which will be fleshed out more later but it's something I guess people could put in their sigs.


Gametap Playlist

Yumcake

Scoota wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you can do some multiplayer using Hamachi on Typing of the Dead. I challenge anyone to a type off.

Setting up multiplayer Typing of the Dead is easy.

Type the following in the next 2 minutes or you lose a life:

ferret

Plank

1345

window. He looked

Blam!

GSM

Yumcake wrote: »

Scoota wrote: »

I'm pretty sure you can do some multiplayer using Hamachi on Typing of the Dead. I challenge anyone to a type off.

Setting up multiplayer Typing of the Dead is easy.

Type the following in the next 2 minutes or you lose a life:

ferret

Plank

1345

window. He looked

Blam!

11 seconds, with two mistakes.


Also!

mr_ekim wrote: »

... That said, there've been reports that Gametap will be showing up in international markets this year, with the possiblity of there being a stand alone Gametap service through a set-top box.

Phantomtap?

1600Points

Pretty lackluster thursday unless they have something big planned.

Jericho next week though, woohoo!

FaceballMcDougal

I've been enjoying Gametap for a few weeks now... mainly for Sam and Max as I've waited long enough to not have played a single one until now.

mr_ekim

GSM wrote: »

Also!

mr_ekim wrote: »

... That said, there've been reports that Gametap will be showing up in international markets this year, with the possiblity of there being a stand alone Gametap service through a set-top box.

Phantomtap?

I was thinking that as well (it's even mentioned in the article). I've got a feeling, however, that unlike the Phantom, the set-top box will be limited to classic console/arcade games, as having a system that can run PC games on the TV would have lots of limiting factors, such as resolution and having the necessary horsepower to run the latest and greatest.