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Classic Games like Pac-Man, Frogger, Galaga, Dig Dug and Gauntlet
are available now on line. They are retro games for people who love
simple games of past decades.
Now, online distribution by Xbox Live Arcade and GameTap gives classic
titles a chance to shine again. Microsoft announced plans this summer
to release Pac-Man, Frogger, Galaga, and Street Fighter II, that
will allow online players to compete against each other.
PlayStation 3 Network platform will include Sony's online service
in November, 2006.
Nintendo Virtual Console will offer Nintendo classics, as well as
titles from Sega and TurboGrafx.
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What sites mostly used by gaming audience today? I asked my 16-year-old
son.
OGame
www.ogame.org
Anarchy Online
http://www.anarchy-online.com/
EverQuest II
http://everquest2.station.sony.com/
Nintendo Wii
http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html
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Sony Pictures Entertainment is announcing that it is buying Grouper
Networks, Inc. Grouper is a popular online video site founded by
David Samuel, president of Grouper Networks, and CEO Josh Felser,
in Sausalito, California, in 2004. This company lets users post
homemade videos. Grouper has about 8 million users. Sony likes the
fact that Grouper took a hard stance against copyrighted content.
MTV Networks acquired Atom Entertainment, a group of online video
and gaming sites. MTV also made a deal with Google to distribute
music videos and television shows on the Web.
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