GameTap was an online video game service established by Turner Broadcasting System in 2005.
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11 Facts About GameTap
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GameTap was conceived primarily as an online subscription rental service, competing against mail-based services like GameFly.
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GameTap offered two subscription levels: a Premium subscription with access to the entire content library, and a Classic subscription with access to older console and arcade games running in emulation.
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GameTap initially offered a limited selection of games for free play without a subscription, but this option was discontinued.
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Originally, GameTap was designed to offer not only video games, but a complete media hub, taking advantage of the TBS catalog as well as offering original video content, including the animated series Revisioned: Tomb Raider and new episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
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Every Monday GameTap holds a leaderboard tournament with a different game each week.
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GameTap has funded the development of a number of titles, with the games subsequently premiering as GameTap exclusives.
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However, it suffered from constant delays, and in early 2008, GameTap announced that it had canceled its deal with 3000AD.
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GameTap was working on encrypting the rest of its Windows catalog with Yummy encryption to make them 64-bit compatible.
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GameTap released Revisioned: Tomb Raider in 2007 via the GameTap TV section of its website.
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GameTap was criticized for its cancellation process, which required customers to contact live support personnel; such calls were noted by reviewers to be deliberately protracted by support staff in an effort to retain subscribers.
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