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==Features== GameTap was conceived primarily as a [[digital distribution|digitally distributed]] subscription rental service, competing against mail-based services like [[GameFly]]. GameTap offers 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 [[emulator|emulation]]. GameTap now also sells games via the digital distribution method.<ref name="macrovision">{{Cite web|url=http://media-newswire.com/release_1052710.html|title=GameTap Utilizes Macrovision for Digital Storefront|accessdate=2007-07-19}}</ref> GameTap initially offered a limited selection of games for free play without a subscription, but this option has been discontinued. Originally, GameTap was designed to offer not only video games, but a complete media hub (GameTap TV), taking advantage of the [[TBS]] catalog as well as offering original video content, including the animated series ''[[Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider]]'' and new episodes of ''[[Wikipedia:Space Ghost Coast to Coast|Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. GameTap TV has since been discontinued,<ref>[http://www.gametap.com/forum/viewforum.php?threadID=21371 Gametap - Information<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> but its videos are now available on YouTube.<ref>[http://www.gametap.com/forum/viewforum.php?threadID=26663 Gametap - Information]</ref> Most multi-player games can be played by two users on the same computer while many others not originally intended to be played outside of a [[LAN]] may be played over the internet by using a [[VPN]] client such as [[Hamachi]]. A limited number of games have been enhanced with an online leaderboard and challenge lobby, adding internet multiplayer to games that previously could only be played face to face. Every Monday GameTap holds a leaderboard tournament with a different game each week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kb.gametap.cust-serv.com/gametapkb/gametapKB/CONSUMER/esupport.asp?hotid=7fdca798-b6a8-4680-97ba-1a955562ed74&number=6&nShowFacts=0&nShowCause=0&nShowChange=0&nShowAddInfo=0&activepage=statement.asp&bForceMatch=&strCurrentSymptom=&searchtype=normal&searchclass=&bnewsession=&selecttype=match|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070929081234/http://kb.gametap.cust-serv.com/gametapkb/gametapKB/CONSUMER/esupport.asp?hotid=7fdca798-b6a8-4680-97ba-1a955562ed74&number=6&nShowFacts=0&nShowCause=0&nShowChange=0&nShowAddInfo=0&activepage=statement.asp&bForceMatch=&strCurrentSymptom=&searchtype=normal&searchclass=&bnewsession=&selecttype=match|archivedate=2007-09-29|title=What multiplayer games can I play in GameTap?|accessdate=2006-08-05}}</ref> ===GameTap Originals=== GameTap has funded the development of a number of titles, with the games subsequently premiering as GameTap exclusives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11294|title=GameTap Launches 'GameTap Original' Label|date=2006-05-09|accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref> Such games include ''[[Sam & Max Season One]]'' and ''[[Myst Online: Uru Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9231|title=Pre-E3: GameTap Signs Sam & Max, URU Live|date=2006-05-09|accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref> On February 7, 2007, GameTap announced their third original game, ''[[Galactic Command: Echo Squad]]'', from independent developer 3000AD. The four-part episodic game is a space combat title formerly planned for launch in the Summer of 2007. However, it suffered from constant delays, and in early 2008, GameTap announced that it had canceled its deal with 3000AD. "It was a good game, it was very solid, but as we were going through, it ended up not being the right title for our audience," says [[Ricardo Sanchez (video games)|Ricardo Sanchez]]. "It was a tough call. I think it’s one of the strongest games [Derek] ever made. We put a lot of effort into it...I honestly think it's one of Derek’s strongest games."<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17391|title= GameTap Cancels Galactic Command Publishing Deal|accessdate= 2008-04-11|first= Leigh|last=Alexander|date= 2008-02-14}}</ref> On May 15, 2007, ''PC Gamer'' magazine premiered the first look at GameTap's newest original game, ''[[American McGee's Grimm Tales]]'', a 24 part episodic series by game designer [[American McGee]]. The first episode was released on July 31, 2008. ''American McGee's Grimm Tales'' is the fourth episodic game from GameTap, making the online service the largest publisher of episodic games.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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