GameTap Reveals Sega Saturn License, Plans

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13420

Panzer will have to be on here … wonder how the emulator will do …

[quote]Turner’s GameTap subscription PC ‘all you can eat’ gaming service has now added Sega Saturn games to its service, with the debut of platform game Bug! as a special Easter-timed Easter Egg for its service.

The game is currently filed as ‘Insect?’ as a ‘secret’ feature for gamers to discover within the service, which has 851 games currently available as part of its monthly subscription.

The range of legacy titles include games for the arcade, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Sega Dreamcast, Game Gear, Genesis, 32-X, SG-1000 and Master System, as well as the Intellivision, DOS Windows, and Neo Geo.

However, the service is probably best known for partnering with developers for GameTap Originals, which include Telltale’s Sam & Max episodic gaming series, Cyan Worlds’ Myst Online: Uru Live, and the upcoming Galactic Command series from 3000AD’s Derek Smart.

As for Bug!'s appearance on the service, the game’s description explains that the debut is “…a hidden one-week sneak peek of planetary proportions”, and continues: “Stay tuned for the launch of more games for the Sega Saturn later this year.”

Specific titles to debut from the Saturn on GameTap have not yet been revealed, but all first-party Sega games could be likely candidates for an appearance on the service. Sega-published Dreamcast games currently available for play on GameTap include Chu Chu Rocket, Crazy Taxi and Toy Commander.[/quote]

Indeed, I’m interested in learning how this progresses.

Maybe they will use that girigiri version they had in Japan too… Sure they shut that down but that doesn’t mean they aren’t licencing it… Still, I hate the idea of paying a monthly fee to play standard games.