Game Room
56 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
Xbox 360
Show Me!
Visited the Showcase Arcade
5
How to unlock the Show Me! achievement in Game Room - Definitive Guide
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The “Show Me!” achievement is really like one of those achievements you get for simply downloading the game and loading it up. When you load up the game and the Game Room logo appears on the screen prompting you to “Press Start” simply do as it asks and hit "Start". Select you save destination and then press “X” to enter the Showcase Arcade. You will now enter a sample arcade where you will see your friends playing. the achievement will now pop up.
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This achievement unlocks as soon as you boot up Game Room for the very first time...
...and if like me you were just loading Game Room to see what it looks like with no intention of buying the games, congratulations, this is now on your gamer card for ever :-(
...and if like me you were just loading Game Room to see what it looks like with no intention of buying the games, congratulations, this is now on your gamer card for ever :-(
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This is the achievement that doomed us all from the very beginning. Good job Microsoft, good job.
By Wanderer128 on 20 Jul 2011 02:02
i feel like i just got robbed thanks microsoft
By OnTheSeshhLad on 06 Nov 2011 22:18
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From the Arcade Main Menu:
Click X on your controller.
You will be taken to a Showcase arcade where you see your friends playing.
Achievement should pop upon entering the Showcase Arcade
Click X on your controller.
You will be taken to a Showcase arcade where you see your friends playing.
Achievement should pop upon entering the Showcase Arcade
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weird I got this achievement as soon as I booted the game room up for the first time. i didn't press anything and assumed it was a free achievement to make you play the game, like the "off the boat achievement" in GTA IV, bummed me out!
By dW01F on 25 Mar 2010 00:12
odd that you mentioned that...the same has happened for a few other people and to me once. I've played the Game Room 4 times...but on one of the times it booted up strait into the Showcase...probably a glitch I think which ends up bypassing the main menu on boot up
By SpectreSubZero on 25 Mar 2010 01:34
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If you made the same mistake I did of entering Game Room and finding 5G pop up, you're probably wondering how many you can get for free. It is these 9 below, for a total of 105G. It only takes a few minutes. Two of them require a Friend to have Game Room, and one of those requires a Friend to have bought at least one game.
Show Me! (5) Visit the Showcase Arcade
My First Decoration (5) Place a Decoration in your arcade
Proptastic (20) Place 5 arcade Decorations in your arcade
Room Filler (20) Fill an entire room
My First Theme (5) Place a Theme in your arcade
Theme Filler (20) Place 5 unique Themes in your arcade
Fancy Arcade (20) Theme an entire arcade with unique Themes
The Visitor (5) Visit a Friend's arcade
The Player (5) Play a Friend's Game Cabinet
Show Me! (5) Visit the Showcase Arcade
My First Decoration (5) Place a Decoration in your arcade
Proptastic (20) Place 5 arcade Decorations in your arcade
Room Filler (20) Fill an entire room
My First Theme (5) Place a Theme in your arcade
Theme Filler (20) Place 5 unique Themes in your arcade
Fancy Arcade (20) Theme an entire arcade with unique Themes
The Visitor (5) Visit a Friend's arcade
The Player (5) Play a Friend's Game Cabinet
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This is the first achievement you will ever get in this game, it will pop up right after you start the game and it loads up.
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You get the Show Me! achievement by pressing 
to visit the Showcase Arcade while online and connected to the Game Room server.
The Medal Variety achievement in Game Room worth 19 pointsWin a Medal of each Type (Point Buster, Survivalist, Time Spender)
The My Blisters have Blisters! achievement in Game Room worth 33 pointsPlay a game for 1 hour continuously
The Arcade Junkie achievement in Game Room worth 111 pointsSpend 4 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Retro Addict achievement in Game Room worth 135 pointsSpend 8 hours total playing games in your arcade
There is also an achievement you can get after buying a Mascot for $0.50 (40 MSP).
List of achievements you can get after buying a Game Cabinet for a game that has all 3 medals for $3.00 USD (240 MSP). You can then get the total playing time achievements without having to play the demos or pay for any more Single Plays.
The Double Trouble achievement in Game Room worth 100 pointsWin 2 Medals of each type (2x Point Buster, 2x Survivalist, 2x Time Spender)
The Go to Sleep achievement in Game Room worth 165 pointsSpend 16 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Machine not Man achievement in Game Room worth 184 pointsSpend 24 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Matchstick Eyes achievement in Game Room worth 204 pointsSpend 36 hours total playing games in your arcade
List of achievements you can get after buying 3 more Single Plays for games that have all 3 medals:
List of achievements you can get after buying 5 more Single Plays for games that have all 3 medals:
The rest of the achievements will require at least 16 more Single Plays. You cannot complete Game Room for less than $16.50 (1320 MSP).
Games you can get 3 medals from in a single play
You can demo each game for 10 minutes to practice and to get 10 minutes towards the Time Spender medal. As soon as the demo starts, press the back button to pause the timer and read how to play the game and make a note of the controls. If you need more practice then repeat the demo under a different gamertag.
Yar's Revenge - Wait on the left until the missile gets close, then move into the red shield on the right. Make sure you avoid the swirl attack. When the missile gets close move back to the left side again and wait. Once most of the red shield has gone, fire your missile by pressing A to destroy the base, making sure it doesn't hit you. If you miss, move into the base and fire again. When you first get killed, do not press A, but stay on the black score screen and move the left stick every minute until you have the Time Spender medal.
Point Buster: 20,000/35,000/50,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 5m/7m/9m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 25m/35m/45m (Easy Gold)
Buzz Bomber - Shoot the bees near the side of the screen as quickly as possible, but try not to hit the honeycomb or humming bird. Do not kill the last bee, but let it keep reaching the bottom of the screen until you are about to run out of room.
Point Buster: 20,000/30,000/40,000 (Easy Gold)
Survivalist: 5m/7m/10m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 30m/60m/90m (Easy Bronze)
Chopper Command - Fly left and shoot all but one of the helicopters and planes. Then move every minute until you get the Time Spender medal. Kill the last enemy and get the higest score you can.
Point Buster: 5,000/10,000/15,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 1m/2m/3m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 60m/90m/120m (Easy Gold)
Gravitar - As soon as the game starts, rotate slightly and press X to get into orbit around the sun (directly ahead of where you start). Rotate to face to the left and press A to shoot the two ships that come towards you.
Point Buster: 2,000/6,000/10,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 2m/4m/5m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 20m/30m/40m (Tricky Bronze)
Astrosmash - Keep your score below 1,000 until you have the Time Spender medal, making sure you shoot any Spinners and Missiles. The game has auto-fire which you can turn on by pressing B so it is pretty easy to just stay alive. Then just play the game and get the highest score you can. You get an extra life every 1,000.
Point Buster: 20,000/30,000/40,000 (Tricky Bronze)
Survivalist: 5m/10m/15m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 45m/60m/90m (Easy Gold)
Edward Hyena has created a great chart of which games have 3 medals, that you can find in several of their solutions including: Solution for My First Medal In Game Room
to visit the Showcase Arcade while online and connected to the Game Room server.The servers for this game were shut down on 31st October 2017. That means you can no longer play ranked games, so cannot earn Survivalist or Point Buster medals. The following achievements are now fully Discontinued:
The Too Cool for my Score achievement in Game Room worth 65 pointsBeat your own High Score in a game
List of other achievements you can get without spending any money:
The Too Cool for my Score achievement in Game Room worth 65 pointsBeat your own High Score in a game
Since March 2015 it is no longer possible to purchase additional content for this game. This means the following achievements are now Partly Discontinued. The number of achievements you can still get depends on the number of Game Cabinets you have access to, and how many Survivalist and Point Buster medals you already have.
List of achievements you can get after playing all the 10 minute demos and then buying a Single Play for a game that has all 3 medals for $0.50 (40 MSP): 
The Medal Variety achievement in Game Room worth 19 pointsWin a Medal of each Type (Point Buster, Survivalist, Time Spender)
The My Blisters have Blisters! achievement in Game Room worth 33 pointsPlay a game for 1 hour continuously
The Arcade Junkie achievement in Game Room worth 111 pointsSpend 4 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Retro Addict achievement in Game Room worth 135 pointsSpend 8 hours total playing games in your arcade
There is also an achievement you can get after buying a Mascot for $0.50 (40 MSP).
List of achievements you can get after buying a Game Cabinet for a game that has all 3 medals for $3.00 USD (240 MSP). You can then get the total playing time achievements without having to play the demos or pay for any more Single Plays.
The Double Trouble achievement in Game Room worth 100 pointsWin 2 Medals of each type (2x Point Buster, 2x Survivalist, 2x Time Spender)
The Go to Sleep achievement in Game Room worth 165 pointsSpend 16 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Machine not Man achievement in Game Room worth 184 pointsSpend 24 hours total playing games in your arcade
The Matchstick Eyes achievement in Game Room worth 204 pointsSpend 36 hours total playing games in your arcade
List of achievements you can get after buying 3 more Single Plays for games that have all 3 medals:
List of achievements you can get after buying 5 more Single Plays for games that have all 3 medals:
The rest of the achievements will require at least 16 more Single Plays. You cannot complete Game Room for less than $16.50 (1320 MSP).
Games you can get 3 medals from in a single play
You can demo each game for 10 minutes to practice and to get 10 minutes towards the Time Spender medal. As soon as the demo starts, press the back button to pause the timer and read how to play the game and make a note of the controls. If you need more practice then repeat the demo under a different gamertag.
Yar's Revenge - Wait on the left until the missile gets close, then move into the red shield on the right. Make sure you avoid the swirl attack. When the missile gets close move back to the left side again and wait. Once most of the red shield has gone, fire your missile by pressing A to destroy the base, making sure it doesn't hit you. If you miss, move into the base and fire again. When you first get killed, do not press A, but stay on the black score screen and move the left stick every minute until you have the Time Spender medal.
Point Buster: 20,000/35,000/50,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 5m/7m/9m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 25m/35m/45m (Easy Gold)
Buzz Bomber - Shoot the bees near the side of the screen as quickly as possible, but try not to hit the honeycomb or humming bird. Do not kill the last bee, but let it keep reaching the bottom of the screen until you are about to run out of room.
Point Buster: 20,000/30,000/40,000 (Easy Gold)
Survivalist: 5m/7m/10m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 30m/60m/90m (Easy Bronze)
Chopper Command - Fly left and shoot all but one of the helicopters and planes. Then move every minute until you get the Time Spender medal. Kill the last enemy and get the higest score you can.
Point Buster: 5,000/10,000/15,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 1m/2m/3m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 60m/90m/120m (Easy Gold)
Gravitar - As soon as the game starts, rotate slightly and press X to get into orbit around the sun (directly ahead of where you start). Rotate to face to the left and press A to shoot the two ships that come towards you.
Point Buster: 2,000/6,000/10,000 (Easy Bronze)
Survivalist: 2m/4m/5m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 20m/30m/40m (Tricky Bronze)
Astrosmash - Keep your score below 1,000 until you have the Time Spender medal, making sure you shoot any Spinners and Missiles. The game has auto-fire which you can turn on by pressing B so it is pretty easy to just stay alive. Then just play the game and get the highest score you can. You get an extra life every 1,000.
Point Buster: 20,000/30,000/40,000 (Tricky Bronze)
Survivalist: 5m/10m/15m (Easy Gold)
Time Spender: 45m/60m/90m (Easy Gold)
Edward Hyena has created a great chart of which games have 3 medals, that you can find in several of their solutions including: Solution for My First Medal In Game Room
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When at the Main Menu, simply press 
to enter the Showcase Arcade.
to enter the Showcase Arcade.