GameTap is glitchy.
I’m very disappointed with GameTap.
If you don’t know what GameTap is, it’s a subscription-based gaming network for PCs. It features tons of classic games - currently they’re boasting over 600 games. It’s $9.95 monthly.
I have more than enough system resources according to their minimum requirements, as well as bandwidth (minimum 384k download speed - mine is 1.5M), but GameTap downloads s-l-o-w-e-r than my regular broadband downloads.
Also, I tried about 2 dozen games. The only game that played perfectly was 3D Ultra Minigolf Deluxe. (I have regular myself, not deluxe.)
Every game (besides Minigolf Deluxe) had an annoying screen flicker, though to be fair, I suspect that may have something to do with my crappy graphics card - ATI Radeon Mobility 7500. (GameTap itself does not have the flicker.)
And all the games were glitchy… even the old Atari games - sometimes the controls wouldn’t respond - neither the keyboard nor my Logitech gamepad.
For example, Willy Beamish (which I have but haven’t been able to run) locks up just as badly as the regular disk version. QFG1 is glitchy too - another game I have but haven’t been able to get working right. I think I’m better off just trying to run them in DosBox.
Maybe when I get a newer, better laptop, I’ll try again, but for now I think I’m going to cancel when the 2 week free trial is up.
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