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biggie4852
09-20-07, 02:31 AM
Just surfing and pass ch259 and it said loading so I waited and it is up and fully running. Games are pretty lousy to me and they have a subscription service you have to sign up for. But more importantly maybe there rolling out everything else with it. I hope this mean HD channel are not far behind..
Jeremy W
09-20-07, 02:32 AM
Game Lounge has been on for a looooong time. Sorry to burst your bubble.
biggie4852
09-20-07, 02:35 AM
Game Lounge has been on for a looooong time. Sorry to burst your bubble.
I never saw it working before today in the past it just said coming soon. Go figure:confused: Ok but now you can get a "All access pass which allows for unlimited play for $5.99 a month for 17 games on D10 and HR20-700 receivers" has that always been available as well?
setiamon
09-20-07, 03:30 AM
Its been "coming soon" up till today for me

I have a h20-100
the games do suck badly and they want to charge for it?!

I hope it is a good sign
Jeremy W
09-20-07, 03:31 AM
It was just turned on for the H20. The HR20 has had it for a while, and the D1x receivers have had it since the beginning.
biggie4852
09-20-07, 04:20 AM
It was just turned on for the H20. The HR20 has had it for a while, and the D1x receivers have had it since the beginning.
I have HR20-700 and H20-600 and this service was not running before today it was alway there that's correct but it was not on like it is now. Today you can play games.
Jeremy W
09-20-07, 04:45 AM
I've been able to play games on my HR20 for months.
FlyBono24
09-20-07, 04:56 AM
What kind of games do they have? Anything worthwhile?
Jeremy W
09-20-07, 04:57 AM
What kind of games do they have? Anything worthwhile?
If you're asking if the games are worthwhile, you won't find them to be. I think the games are worse than worthless, but there are people who enjoy them.
FlyBono24
09-20-07, 05:02 AM
I just looked them up... you can play all of those for free online... what's the point? :o
whobear627
09-20-07, 07:59 AM
my H20-600 just got game lounge access overnight *free to try games*......before this morning, always had the game lounge channels say that it will be available on your box soon.
Snoofie
09-20-07, 08:20 AM
I've been able to play games on my HR20 for months.

It hasn't been available for the HR20-100 owners. I don't check it anymore so I don't know if it is showing up or not.
jerry3b
09-20-07, 08:25 AM
Hr20-100 owners are left out on alot of things !!
GonzoF1
09-20-07, 09:01 AM
Yes, I have looked at it, but it's worthless. Played one hole of putt-putt.

/yes, i'm a loser.
Reggie3
09-20-07, 10:56 AM
I tried a couple of games - pretty lame and worthless use of bandwidth
dorfmunder
09-20-07, 11:05 AM
I tried a couple of games - pretty lame and worthless use of bandwidth

Agreed. Very slow/clunky navigation and mostly games you can play faster & easier for free on flash game websites. It's quite underwhelming.
kuntakintay
09-20-07, 12:07 PM
I've been able to play games on my HR20 for months.

+1
Satelliteracer
09-20-07, 12:08 PM
Game Lounge has been on for a looooong time. Sorry to burst your bubble.


Actually it's been on for some receivers, but not all. Additional receivers will see it in the coming weeks. Some HR20 models it has been operational long ago, but other HR20 models not just yet, very soon.
Satelliteracer
09-20-07, 12:10 PM
Agreed. Very slow/clunky navigation and mostly games you can play faster & easier for free on flash game websites. It's quite underwhelming.


That will change soon as well, a newer, faster, better (sounds like the bionic man) version is coming very soon. :D
wavemaster
09-20-07, 01:42 PM
HR20-700 works fine and has for at least the last month.

HR20-100 still says coming soon, no need to call bla bla bla...

At least for me anyway.
jeffman
09-20-07, 02:12 PM
I just looked them up... you can play all of those for free online... what's the point? :o

Waste of bandwidth. I mean I got D* because it's such a great gaming platform!
Directvlover
09-20-07, 02:21 PM
I've been able to play games on my HR20 for months.

Same here...in fact a month ago, didn't they have a free preview weekend where all games were free? They all suck pretty bad....pretty useless feature in my opinion but to get back to the main point... on my HR20-700 i've had them forever.
MEJHarrison
09-20-07, 03:41 PM
It's been there forever on my box. But I've only had it since Monday. I checked it out last night and found it to be quite useless. If I want to play a game, I go to the computer or our Wii. I'm certainly not going to play on my satellite box.
minterca
09-28-07, 03:45 PM
It was just turned on for the H20. The HR20 has had it for a while, and the D1x receivers have had it since the beginning.

I know this is an old thread, but. My receiver still says the Game lounge is not available. I have all my HD channels, software ver. 0x18a, recent reboot, and still no game lounge.
Jeremy W
09-28-07, 04:19 PM
I know this is an old thread, but. My receiver still says the Game lounge is not available. I have all my HD channels, software ver. 0x18a, recent reboot, and still no game lounge.
That's normal, the HR20-100 is not supported yet.
Kevin Dupuy
09-28-07, 04:58 PM
Waste of bandwidth. I mean I got D* because it's such a great gaming platform!

:hurah: Absolutely correct!

I played with it once, it did seem, um, not so good.
Jeremy W
09-28-07, 05:05 PM
Supposedly Game Lounge will be receiving a major upgrade to make it less crappy. I doubt they'll be able to win over anyone who doesn't already use it though.