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Namco Museum

May 05, 2023

Namco Museum[a] is a series of video game compilations developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for home video game consoles. The first title in the series, Namco Museum Vol. 1, was released for the PlayStation in 1995. Entries in the series have been released for multiple platforms, including the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Xbox 360. the latest being Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2, released in 2020.

Namco Museum
Genre(s)Various
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
First releaseNamco Museum Vol. 1
November 22, 1995
Latest releaseNamco Museum Archives Vol. 2
June 18, 2020

The Namco Museum name was originally used for a chain of retail stores in the 1980s, which sold merchandise based on Namco video games and characters.[1] The compilations include video games developed by Namco for both arcade hardware and home game systems, including the Family Computer and Sega Genesis. Some iterations use software emulation for the games, while others instead reprogram them from scratch. The collections typically include interchangeable game settings, online leaderboards or unlockable extras, such as games or promotional material. The original PlayStation series, with the exception of Namco Museum Encore, instead placed the player in a virtual museum that housed the individual games.

The Namco Museum series has been met with a mixed to positive critical response, some praising the emulation quality and unlockable extras while others criticizing the overall presentation and lack of updated features to the included titles. The franchise has sold a total of more than 14 million copies worldwide.

Games

Namco Museum Vol. 1—Encore (1995–1998)

Six Namco Museum volumes were released for the PlayStation from 1995 to 1998, including one (Namco Museum Encore) that was released only in Japan. When Namco unveiled Volume 5 at the November 1996 PlayStation Expo, it was announced that it would be the final volume in the series,[2] hence the sixth volume's title, "Encore". The first five volumes pose a 3D virtual museum that players are able to walk around in, with each game being stored in an "exhibit" room. In these museums, players can view conceptual artwork, marketing material, arcade system boards, and other material relating to the included games. Encore replaces the museum with a standard menu system. The means by which Namco recreated the games for the PlayStation hardware is unclear; the arcade game conversions contain pieces of the original game data but none of the original source code, suggesting they are object-level recreations.[3]

The control systems of each of the games were well-preserved. However, since the PlayStation's analog controller was not available at the time, analog control for Pole Position and Pole Position II is only supported in these compilations by Namco's neGcon joypad.

In Japan, Vol. 2 had a special edition box set that included replica promotional cards and the Namco Volume Controller.[citation needed] A limited edition of Namco Museum Encore was bundled with a case designed to hold the six volumes in the series plus a memory card.[4] All six volumes were added to the Japanese PlayStation Store as PSOne Classics. Volumes 1 to 4 were released on December 11, 2013 while Vol. 5 and Encore were released on December 18, 2013. The five numbered installments were added to the North American PlayStation Store on September 30, 2014.

Volume Release date Games included
Japan North America Europe
Namco Museum Vol. 1 November 22, 1995 July 31, 1996 August 17, 1996 Pac-Man (1980) Rally-X (1980) New Rally-X (1981) Galaga (1981) Bosconian (1981) Pole Position (1982) Toy Pop (1986)
Namco Museum Vol. 2 February 9, 1996 September 30, 1996 November 22, 1996 Cutie Q (1979) [note 1] Xevious (1983) Mappy (1983) Gaplus (1984) Grobda (1984) Dragon Buster (1985) Bomb Bee  (1979)
Namco Museum Vol. 3 June 21, 1996 February 1997 February 12, 1997 Galaxian (1979) Ms. Pac-Man (1982) Dig Dug (1982) Phozon (1983) Pole Position II (1983) The Tower of Druaga (1984) —
Namco Museum Vol. 4 November 8, 1996 June 30, 1997 August 18, 1997 Pac-Land (1984) The Return of Ishtar (1986) Genpei Tōma Den (1986) Ordyne (1988) Assault (1988) Assault Plus  (1988) —
Namco Museum Vol. 5 February 28, 1997 November 26, 1997 February 26, 1998 Metro-Cross (1985) Baraduke (1985) Dragon Spirit (1987) Pac-Mania (1987) Valkyrie no Densetsu (1989) — —
Namco Museum Encore October 30, 1997 — — King & Balloon (1980) Motos (1985) Sky Kid (1985) Rolling Thunder (1986) Wonder Momo (1987) Rompers (1989) Dragon Saber (1990)
  indicates a hidden game. In addition, Bomb Bee is unavailable outside of Japan.
  1. ^ In releases outside of Japan, Super Pac-Man (1982) replaces Cutie Q.

Namco Museum 64 and Namco Museum (1999-2002)

Namco Museum 64
Namco Museum
 
Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s)Mass Media
Publisher(s)Namco
SeriesNamco Museum
Platform(s)Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
ReleaseNintendo 64
Dreamcast
  • NA: June 25, 2000
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: June 11, 2001[6]
  • JP: December 7, 2001
  • EU: December 7, 2001
PlayStation 2
  • NA: December 4, 2001
GameCube, Xbox
  • NA: October 9, 2002
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player

Namco Museum 64 for Nintendo 64 and Namco Museum for Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance are the first compilations in the series to omit a virtual museum. The GBA version was released worldwide and was a launch title for the system in North America,[7] while other versions were exclusive to North America. The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Vol. 3 for the PlayStation, are included:

The GBA version does not retain high scores when powered off, which is also the case with Pac-Man Collection. On the Wii U Virtual Console, however, the Restore Point feature saves scores for both games. The N64 version requires a Controller Pak with eight free pages and one free slot to save high scores and settings. The Dreamcast version requires a VMU with eight free blocks for saving progress, while also offering a mini-game that's exclusive to the VMU titled Pac-It, with gameplay similar to Kaboom!.

In the United States, Namco Museum for the Game Boy Advance sold 2.4 million copies and earned $37 million by August 2006. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, it was the third-highest-selling game for handheld game consoles in that country.[8]

It was also the first time an entry had been released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. It was first released in 2001 on PlayStation 2, followed by GameCube and Xbox in 2002.

The compilation on these consoles includes all the games from Namco Museum 64 and Namco Museum for Dreamcast plus:

This edition of Namco Museum is the first collection in the series to include a game that originated on home consoles (Pac-Attack, originally released on the Genesis and the Super NES and also previously included in the Japanese-only Namco Anthology Vol. 2, and Pac-Man Collection). The version of Pac-Attack seen here also resembles the Genesis version, as opposed to the SNES version. This is distinguished by the music, which sounds like the Genesis version of the game.

The "Arrangement" games in the collection were originally on the arcade's Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. The pitch of the music in Pac-Man Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement has been changed slightly from the original: it is higher-pitched than in the arcade versions. This compilation was released only in North America on all three of the consoles on which it was released.

Namco Museum Battle Collection

Main article: Namco Museum Battle Collection

This title was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2005. It contains over twenty of Namco's games such as Pac-Man (1980) and Galaga (1981). In addition, new "Arrangement" variants are available for Pac-Man, Galaga, New Rally-X (1981) and Dig Dug (1982), which have updated gameplay, graphics and can be played in a versus or co-operative mode using the PSP's ad hoc feature. Game Sharing, a feature that had not yet been used on the PSP, was introduced in this game. This allowed others PSPs in the area to download the first few levels of some of the games.

The "Arrangement" games in this compilation are not the same as they were on the arcade's Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. They are entirely new games that were designed to take advantage of the PSP's hardware and features.

The Japanese version is divided into two volumes, with the second containing three additional games: Dragon Spirit, Motos Arrangement and Pac-Man Arrangement Plus.

Namco Museum 50th Anniversary

Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
Developer(s)Digital Eclipse
Publisher(s)Namco
Electronic Arts (EU)
SeriesNamco Museum
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows
ReleaseGame Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • NA: August 30, 2005
  • JP: January 26, 2006
  • EU: March 31, 2006
GameCube
  • NA: August 30, 2005
  • EU: June 9, 2006
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: October 25, 2005
  • AU: March 27, 2006
  • EU: May 19, 2006
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

A special edition that marks Namco's founding as a toy manufacturing company in 1955. It was the second Namco Museum compilation to be released on the PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameCube. The Game Boy Advance version was also the second Namco Museum compilation for the GBA. It was also released on Microsoft Windows. In Japan, this was released under the title Namco Museum Arcade Hits! for PlayStation 2 only, with Pac-Mania and Galaga '88 unlocked right from the start and different menu music.

This compilation includes 16 games, except for the Game Boy Advance, which only includes five games:

  indicates the five games included in the Game Boy Advance version. This version is similar to the original Namco Museum for that console, which also includes five games and no score-saving capability. 50th Anniversary replaces Galaxian and Pole Position with Pac-Man and Rally-X.

This is the first edition of Namco Museum with actual arcade game emulation using the original game ROM images (although voice sounds in "Rolling Thunder", sounds for both "Pole Position" games and "Xevious" are stored in .wav files). Also, the GameCube version allows the player to insert a limited number of credits, about five or six, by repeatedly pressing the Z button when the game first starts, but then players can only exit to the main menu during gameplay. The PS2, Xbox, and PC versions allow the player to exit a game at any time, but skip being able to add credits. For Dragon Spirit, Pac-Mania and Galaga '88, the continue features from the original arcade versions have only been retained in the Windows PC version of the collection. It is also the last edition of Namco Museum to be released by Namco as an independent company, before merging with Bandai later in 2005.

Namco Museum DS

Main article: Namco Museum DS

Namco Museum DS was released on September 18, 2007.

The collection includes ten games:

Super Xevious and the old version of Dig Dug II are hidden games that must be found by browsing the menus for Xevious and Dig Dug II, respectively.

This game also allows access to each game's DIP switches, but some arcade-exclusive options are left out such as the "Rack-Test" on Pac-Man. It was re-released as part of a "Dual Pack" bundle with the DS version of Pac-Man World 3 in North America on October 30, 2012.

Namco Museum Remix

Main article: Namco Museum Remix

Namco Museum Remix was released on October 23, 2007 for Wii. This compilation has the original arcade versions of:

It also had "Remix" versions of certain games:

When played on multiplayer, the Miis are used. Galaga Remix on this compilation is not the same as the Galaga Remix iOS application.

Namco Museum Virtual Arcade

Main article: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade

This collection was released for the Xbox 360 on November 4, 2008, in North America, May 15, 2009, in Europe, June 3, 2009, in Australia and November 5, 2009, in Japan. Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is made up of two sets of games. The first is Xbox Live Arcade, which includes nine Xbox Live Arcade games. These are identical to the digital Xbox Live Arcade versions but are present on the game-disc. These games can be selected from the compilation's menu or, only while the game disc is in the console, accessed directly from the Xbox Live Arcade menu. The next set is Museum, which also includes Museum games, although these are the ones accessible directly from the disc. However, they do not come with achievements or online play. Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is the first Namco Museum game to include Sky Kid Deluxe (1986), while all of the rest were already or previously available on consoles. In common with other disc releases that include full Xbox Live Arcade games on-disc (like Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged for example), installation of the game disc to the Xbox 360 HDD is disallowed.

Xbox Live Arcade Games

Museum Games

The Arrangement games are the same as they were on Namco Museum Battle Collection for PSP, although New Rally-X Arrangement is not included in this compilation. Additionally, on all games, the original 2-player modes from the original arcade versions (where applicable) do not appear here; all games are one-player only. The Xbox Live Arcade games do not have multiplayer either with the exception of Mr. Driller Online's online mode. The Xbox Live Arcade games can only be played when the disc is inside the system. The games must be downloaded from Xbox Live Marketplace for their regular prices in order for the games to be retained in the system's game library.

Namco Museum Essentials

Main article: Namco Museum Essentials

Namco Museum Essentials was released on January 29, 2009.[9] It includes:

PlayStation Home included a virtual arcade space with sample versions of the games.
The PlayStation Store also had a free trial version that only includes the first at the few levels of:

Both the demo and the full version were delisted from the PlayStation Store on March 15, 2018.

Namco Museum Megamix

Main article: Namco Museum Remix

An updated version of Namco Museum Remix for the Wii, which was released on November 16, 2010 in North America only. It adds additional arcade games and an additional "Remix" game. It adds a level select feature to all of the arcade games except Cutie Q.

Arcade Games

Remix Games

  • Grobda Remix (2010)
  • Pac-Motos (2007)
  • Pac 'n Roll Remix (2007)
  • Galaga Remix (2007) (completely different from the Galaga Remix iOS application)
  • Rally-X Remix (2007)
  • Gator Panic Remix (2007)

Namco Museum (Nintendo Switch)

Simply titled Namco Museum, it was developed for the Nintendo Switch and released on July 28, 2017 on the Nintendo eShop. Much like Namco Museum DS, the game includes a remake of Pac-Man Vs.. It contains the following games:

Due to the violent nature of Splatterhouse, this is the first Namco Museum game to be rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.[10] A retail release bundled with Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus, titled Namco Museum Arcade Pac, was released on September 28, 2018.[11]

Namco Museum Mini Player

Namco Museum Mini Player is a dedicated handheld console shaped like a miniature arcade cabinet developed by My Arcade that includes 20 Namco games and was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment on June 24, 2019.[12] While it includes some games that originated on home consoles, the games included that did originate in arcades are based on their original arcade versions. The games included are:

Namco Museum Collection

Namco Museum Collection is a series of video game compilations for the Evercade handheld console which was released on May 22, 2020.[13]

Unlike other compilations, the games in these compilations are based on their home console versions (NES/Famicom, SNES/Super Famicom, and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive) rather than arcade versions.

Collection 1

Collection 2

Namco Museum Archives

Main article: Namcot Collection

Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 were both released on June 18, 2020 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam outside of Japan. Developed by M2 and B.B. Studio. The two volumes are localized versions of the Japanese compilation Namcot Collection, featuring Namco-published games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer. Vol. 1 contains an 8-bit demake of Pac-Man Championship Edition, and Vol. 2 contains a homebrew conversion of Gaplus.

Vol. 1

Vol. 2

Reception

Aggregate review scores
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Vol. 1 74.33%[14] N/A
Vol. 2 65.50%[15] N/A
Vol. 3 66.20%[16] N/A
Vol. 4 57.00%[17] N/A
Vol. 5 55.00%[18] N/A
Namco Museum
Namco Museum 64 		(N64) 73.43%[19]
(DC) 56.63% [20]		 (GBA) 79[21]
Namco Museum (Xbox) 59[22]
(GC) 62[23]
(PS2) 72[24]
Namco Museum Battle Collection 73[25]
Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary (Xbox) 62[26]
(GC) 60[27]
(PS2) 61[28]
(GBA) 60[29]
(PC) 52[30]
Namco Museum DS 67[31]
Namco Museum Remix 49[32]
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade 63[33]
Namco Museum Essentials 64[34]
Namco Museum Megamix 53[35]
Namco Museum (Switch) 72[36]

In August 1996, Namco claimed accumulated sales of 600,000 units for the Namco Museum series in Japan alone.[37] In the United States, The NPD Group in 2010 listed Namco Museum among the all-time top ten best-selling video games in the United States.[38] The franchise has sold a total of at least 14.087 million copies worldwide.[n 1]

The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Volume 1 an 8.125 out of 10, citing the excellent quality of the emulation and the interesting virtual museum content. Mark Lefebvre summarized that "Namco has given gamers what they've always been asking for: old titles."[47] Next Generation likewise complimented the emulation quality and the virtual museum, and concluded that for those interested in retro compilations, "this is as good as this sort of thing gets." They scored it four out of five stars.[48] Maximum gave it three out of five stars, reasoning that "On the one hand, this is a collection of six indisputably classic games, three of which rank among the most influential titles in the history of videogames. On the other hand, all the games on the disk are over ten years old, and influential or not, they're definitely well past their sell by date. Pole Position may have revolutionised the racing genre in 1982, but would you really choose to play it over Ridge Racer Revolution in 1996?"[49] While GamePro found that all of the games save ToyPop remained great fun, the reviewer criticized the absence of the voice samples from Pole Position and compared the 3D museum unfavorably to the bonus content in Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits. He concluded the compilation to be worth renting at the least, and a must-have for retro gaming fans.[50]

Reviews for Volume 2 were also mixed to positive, though most critics found the selection of games weaker than that of Volume 1. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Volume 2 a 7.125 out of 10, with all four remarking that the compilation had two or three genuine classics, with the remaining three or four games being mediocre and overly obscure. However, they disagreed on which games fell into which group; for example, Dan Hsu said that "Super Pac-Man stinks", while Crispin Boyer called it "the best reason to buy NM2" and "the height of the yellow pellet-eater's evolution."[51] Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot similarly commented, "While Mappy, Xevious, Gaplus, and Super Pac-Man are infinitely playable, the lesser-known Grobda and Dragon Buster are mediocre at best." He gave the compilation a 7.1 out of 10, praising the charm of the antiquated graphics and sound effects and the still potent gameplay.[52] Next Generation picked Grobda, Dragon Buster, and Mappy as the mediocre games in the compilation, reasoning that "all are examples of game genres that have evolved way beyond these originals, and with good reason." They scored it two out of five stars.[53] In direct contradiction to GameSpot and Next Generation, GamePro said that of the six games, "Super Pac-Man's weak control makes it the biggest disappointment, while Dragon Buster's action/adventure swordplay and Grobda's rapid-fire tank shooting hold up the best." They recommended the compilation for "those who enjoy simple, classic gameplay".[54]

Volume 3 continued the trend of increasingly mixed reviews for the series. Jeff Gerstmann and Next Generation both commented that Dig Dug, Ms. Pac-Man, and Galaxian are genuine classics, Pole Position II is good but suffers from the absence of the voice clips from the arcade version, The Tower of Druaga has aged poorly, and Phozon was a terrible game to begin with. However, while Gerstmann concluded the collection to be "a real letdown" after the first two volumes and advised gamers to skip it, giving it a 5.6 out of 10,[55] Next Generation concluded that "the number of true classics on Volume 3 outweigh the ones that never should have been unearthed", and gave it three out of five stars.[56] GamePro approved of both the entire set of games and the quality of the emulation, and deemed Volume 3 "must-have arcade fun".[57] Though Electronic Gaming Monthly never reviewed Volume 3, they named it a runner-up for "Best Compilation" (behind Street Fighter Collection) at their 1997 Editors' Choice Awards.[58]

Volume 4 saw a particularly steep decline in the series' critical standing, with most critics agreeing that of the five games included, only Ordyne and Assault were at all worthwhile.[59][60] Gerstmann gave it a 4.5 out of 10, and said the collection "is just plain depressing. It contains five games, and most of them are little known games that were little known for a reason."[59] Electronic Gaming Monthly's review team gave it a 5.75 out of 10. The team was evenly split: Shawn Smith and Crispin Boyer, each voting a 6.5 out of 10, found the interesting museum content and the two or three enjoyable games make the collection worthwhile, while Dan Hsu and Sushi-X both gave it a 5.0 and said it was a disappointment compared to the earlier volumes.[60] Both Gerstmann and GamePro commented that the first three volumes of Namco Museum had exhausted the series concept and Namco's backlog of genuine classics, and that Namco should have let the series end with volume 3.[59][61]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: ナムコミュージアム, Hepburn: Namuko Myūjiamu

References

  1. ^ Namco Museum series:
    • Namco Museum Vol. 1 sales: 1.65 million units[39]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 3 sales: 2.24 million units[39]
    • Namco Museum series Japan sales: 1 million (1998)[40]
    • Namco Museum Encore sales: 51,303 units[41]
    • Namco Museum 64 sales: 1.04 million units[39]
    • Namco Museum (GBA) sales: 2.96 million units[39]
    • Namco Museum (PS2) sales: ≈1.80 million units[39]
    • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary sales: 241,000 units[42]
    • Namco Museum Battle Collection Japan sales: 79,527 units[43]
    • Namco Museum Vol. 2 (PSP) sales: 24,934 units[44]
    • Namco Museum DS Japan sales: 33,393 units[45]
    • Namco Museum Remix Japan sales (first week): 1,700 units[41]
    • Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Japan sales (first week): 5,912 units[46]
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Namco Museum a is a series of video game compilations developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for home video game consoles The first title in the series Namco Museum Vol 1 was released for the PlayStation in 1995 Entries in the series have been released for multiple platforms including the Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS and Xbox 360 the latest being Namco Museum Archives Vol 2 released in 2020 Namco MuseumGenre s VariousDeveloper s NamcoBandai Namco StudiosM2Publisher s NamcoBandai Namco EntertainmentPlatform s PlayStation Nintendo 64 Dreamcast Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube PlayStation Portable Microsoft Windows Nintendo DS Wii Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox OneFirst releaseNamco Museum Vol 1November 22 1995Latest releaseNamco Museum Archives Vol 2June 18 2020The Namco Museum name was originally used for a chain of retail stores in the 1980s which sold merchandise based on Namco video games and characters 1 The compilations include video games developed by Namco for both arcade hardware and home game systems including the Family Computer and Sega Genesis Some iterations use software emulation for the games while others instead reprogram them from scratch The collections typically include interchangeable game settings online leaderboards or unlockable extras such as games or promotional material The original PlayStation series with the exception of Namco Museum Encore instead placed the player in a virtual museum that housed the individual games The Namco Museum series has been met with a mixed to positive critical response some praising the emulation quality and unlockable extras while others criticizing the overall presentation and lack of updated features to the included titles The franchise has sold a total of more than 14 million copies worldwide Contents 1 Games 1 1 Namco Museum Vol 1 Encore 1995 1998 1 2 Namco Museum 64 and Namco Museum 1999 2002 1 3 Namco Museum Battle Collection 1 4 Namco Museum 50th Anniversary 1 5 Namco Museum DS 1 6 Namco Museum Remix 1 7 Namco Museum Virtual Arcade 1 8 Namco Museum Essentials 1 9 Namco Museum Megamix 1 10 Namco Museum Nintendo Switch 1 11 Namco Museum Mini Player 1 12 Namco Museum Collection 1 12 1 Collection 1 1 12 2 Collection 2 1 13 Namco Museum Archives 1 13 1 Vol 1 1 13 2 Vol 2 2 Reception 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesGames EditNamco Museum Vol 1 Encore 1995 1998 Edit Six Namco Museum volumes were released for the PlayStation from 1995 to 1998 including one Namco Museum Encore that was released only in Japan When Namco unveiled Volume 5 at the November 1996 PlayStation Expo it was announced that it would be the final volume in the series 2 hence the sixth volume s title Encore The first five volumes pose a 3D virtual museum that players are able to walk around in with each game being stored in an exhibit room In these museums players can view conceptual artwork marketing material arcade system boards and other material relating to the included games Encore replaces the museum with a standard menu system The means by which Namco recreated the games for the PlayStation hardware is unclear the arcade game conversions contain pieces of the original game data but none of the original source code suggesting they are object level recreations 3 The control systems of each of the games were well preserved However since the PlayStation s analog controller was not available at the time analog control for Pole Position and Pole Position II is only supported in these compilations by Namco s neGcon joypad In Japan Vol 2 had a special edition box set that included replica promotional cards and the Namco Volume Controller citation needed A limited edition of Namco Museum Encore was bundled with a case designed to hold the six volumes in the series plus a memory card 4 All six volumes were added to the Japanese PlayStation Store as PSOne Classics Volumes 1 to 4 were released on December 11 2013 while Vol 5 and Encore were released on December 18 2013 The five numbered installments were added to the North American PlayStation Store on September 30 2014 Volume Release date Games includedJapan North America EuropeNamco Museum Vol 1 November 22 1995 July 31 1996 August 17 1996 Pac Man 1980 Rally X 1980 New Rally X 1981 Galaga 1981 Bosconian 1981 Pole Position 1982 Toy Pop 1986 Namco Museum Vol 2 February 9 1996 September 30 1996 November 22 1996 Cutie Q 1979 note 1 Xevious 1983 Mappy 1983 Gaplus 1984 Grobda 1984 Dragon Buster 1985 Bomb Bee 1979 Namco Museum Vol 3 June 21 1996 February 1997 February 12 1997 Galaxian 1979 Ms Pac Man 1982 Dig Dug 1982 Phozon 1983 Pole Position II 1983 The Tower of Druaga 1984 Namco Museum Vol 4 November 8 1996 June 30 1997 August 18 1997 Pac Land 1984 The Return of Ishtar 1986 Genpei Tōma Den 1986 Ordyne 1988 Assault 1988 Assault Plus 1988 Namco Museum Vol 5 February 28 1997 November 26 1997 February 26 1998 Metro Cross 1985 Baraduke 1985 Dragon Spirit 1987 Pac Mania 1987 Valkyrie no Densetsu 1989 Namco Museum Encore October 30 1997 King amp Balloon 1980 Motos 1985 Sky Kid 1985 Rolling Thunder 1986 Wonder Momo 1987 Rompers 1989 Dragon Saber 1990 indicates a hidden game In addition Bomb Bee is unavailable outside of Japan In releases outside of Japan Super Pac Man 1982 replaces Cutie Q Namco Museum 64 and Namco Museum 1999 2002 Edit Namco Museum 64Namco Museum Nintendo 64 cover artDeveloper s Mass MediaPublisher s NamcoSeriesNamco MuseumPlatform s Nintendo 64 Dreamcast Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2 GameCube XboxReleaseNintendo 64NA November 29 1999 5 DreamcastNA June 25 2000Game Boy AdvanceNA June 11 2001 6 JP December 7 2001EU December 7 2001PlayStation 2NA December 4 2001GameCube XboxNA October 9 2002Genre s VariousMode s Single playerNamco Museum 64 for Nintendo 64 and Namco Museum for Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance are the first compilations in the series to omit a virtual museum The GBA version was released worldwide and was a launch title for the system in North America 7 while other versions were exclusive to North America The following games originally featured in Namco Museum Vol 1 and Namco Museum Vol 3 for the PlayStation are included Pac Man 1980 not in the GBA version Ms Pac Man 1982 Galaga 1981 Galaxian 1979 Pole Position 1982 Dig Dug 1982 The GBA version does not retain high scores when powered off which is also the case with Pac Man Collection On the Wii U Virtual Console however the Restore Point feature saves scores for both games The N64 version requires a Controller Pak with eight free pages and one free slot to save high scores and settings The Dreamcast version requires a VMU with eight free blocks for saving progress while also offering a mini game that s exclusive to the VMU titled Pac It with gameplay similar to Kaboom In the United States Namco Museum for the Game Boy Advance sold 2 4 million copies and earned 37 million by August 2006 During the period between January 2000 and August 2006 it was the third highest selling game for handheld game consoles in that country 8 It was also the first time an entry had been released on PlayStation 2 Xbox and GameCube It was first released in 2001 on PlayStation 2 followed by GameCube and Xbox in 2002 The compilation on these consoles includes all the games from Namco Museum 64 and Namco Museum for Dreamcast plus Pac Man Arrangement 1996 Galaga Arrangement 1995 Dig Dug Arrangement 1996 Pac Attack 1993 hidden game Pac Mania 1987 hidden game Pole Position II 1983 This edition of Namco Museum is the first collection in the series to include a game that originated on home consoles Pac Attack originally released on the Genesis and the Super NES and also previously included in the Japanese only Namco Anthology Vol 2 and Pac Man Collection The version of Pac Attack seen here also resembles the Genesis version as opposed to the SNES version This is distinguished by the music which sounds like the Genesis version of the game The Arrangement games in the collection were originally on the arcade s Namco Classic Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2 The pitch of the music in Pac Man Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement has been changed slightly from the original it is higher pitched than in the arcade versions This compilation was released only in North America on all three of the consoles on which it was released Namco Museum Battle Collection Edit Main article Namco Museum Battle Collection This title was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2005 It contains over twenty of Namco s games such as Pac Man 1980 and Galaga 1981 In addition new Arrangement variants are available for Pac Man Galaga New Rally X 1981 and Dig Dug 1982 which have updated gameplay graphics and can be played in a versus or co operative mode using the PSP s ad hoc feature Game Sharing a feature that had not yet been used on the PSP was introduced in this game This allowed others PSPs in the area to download the first few levels of some of the games The Arrangement games in this compilation are not the same as they were on the arcade s Namco Classic Collection Vol 1 and Vol 2 They are entirely new games that were designed to take advantage of the PSP s hardware and features The Japanese version is divided into two volumes with the second containing three additional games Dragon Spirit Motos Arrangement and Pac Man Arrangement Plus Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Edit Namco Museum 50th AnniversaryDeveloper s Digital EclipsePublisher s NamcoElectronic Arts EU SeriesNamco MuseumPlatform s Game Boy Advance PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Microsoft WindowsReleaseGame Boy Advance PlayStation 2 Xbox NA August 30 2005JP January 26 2006EU March 31 2006GameCube NA August 30 2005EU June 9 2006Microsoft Windows NA October 25 2005AU March 27 2006EU May 19 2006Genre s VariousMode s Single player multiplayerA special edition that marks Namco s founding as a toy manufacturing company in 1955 It was the second Namco Museum compilation to be released on the PlayStation 2 Xbox and the GameCube The Game Boy Advance version was also the second Namco Museum compilation for the GBA It was also released on Microsoft Windows In Japan this was released under the title Namco Museum Arcade Hits for PlayStation 2 only with Pac Mania and Galaga 88 unlocked right from the start and different menu music This compilation includes 16 games except for the Game Boy Advance which only includes five games Pac Man 1980 Ms Pac Man 1981 Galaga 1981 Galaxian 1979 Dig Dug 1982 Pole Position 1982 Pole Position II 1983 Rolling Thunder 1986 Rally X 1980 Bosconian 1981 Dragon Spirit 1987 Sky Kid 1985 Xevious 1982 Mappy 1983 Pac Mania 1987 unlockable requires scores of 15 000 in Pac Man and 20 000 in Ms Pac Man to unlock Galaga 88 1987 unlockable requires a score of 40 000 in Galaga to unlock indicates the five games included in the Game Boy Advance version This version is similar to the original Namco Museum for that console which also includes five games and no score saving capability 50th Anniversary replaces Galaxian and Pole Position with Pac Man and Rally X This is the first edition of Namco Museum with actual arcade game emulation using the original game ROM images although voice sounds in Rolling Thunder sounds for both Pole Position games and Xevious are stored in wav files Also the GameCube version allows the player to insert a limited number of credits about five or six by repeatedly pressing the Z button when the game first starts but then players can only exit to the main menu during gameplay The PS2 Xbox and PC versions allow the player to exit a game at any time but skip being able to add credits For Dragon Spirit Pac Mania and Galaga 88 the continue features from the original arcade versions have only been retained in the Windows PC version of the collection It is also the last edition of Namco Museum to be released by Namco as an independent company before merging with Bandai later in 2005 Namco Museum DS Edit Main article Namco Museum DS Namco Museum DS was released on September 18 2007 The collection includes ten games Pac Man 1980 Galaga 1981 Xevious 1982 Galaxian 1979 Mappy 1983 The Tower of Druaga 1984 Dig Dug II 1985 Pac Man Vs 2003 Super Xevious and the old version of Dig Dug II are hidden games that must be found by browsing the menus for Xevious and Dig Dug II respectively This game also allows access to each game s DIP switches but some arcade exclusive options are left out such as the Rack Test on Pac Man It was re released as part of a Dual Pack bundle with the DS version of Pac Man World 3 in North America on October 30 2012 Namco Museum Remix Edit Main article Namco Museum Remix Namco Museum Remix was released on October 23 2007 for Wii This compilation has the original arcade versions of Cutie Q 1979 Dig Dug 1982 Galaxian 1979 Gaplus 1984 Mappy 1983 Pac amp Pal 1983 Pac Mania 1987 Super Pac Man 1982 Xevious 1983 It also had Remix versions of certain games Pac n Roll Remix Galaga Remix Pac Motos Rally X Remix Gator Panic RemixWhen played on multiplayer the Miis are used Galaga Remix on this compilation is not the same as the Galaga Remix iOS application Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Edit Main article Namco Museum Virtual Arcade This collection was released for the Xbox 360 on November 4 2008 in North America May 15 2009 in Europe June 3 2009 in Australia and November 5 2009 in Japan Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is made up of two sets of games The first is Xbox Live Arcade which includes nine Xbox Live Arcade games These are identical to the digital Xbox Live Arcade versions but are present on the game disc These games can be selected from the compilation s menu or only while the game disc is in the console accessed directly from the Xbox Live Arcade menu The next set is Museum which also includes Museum games although these are the ones accessible directly from the disc However they do not come with achievements or online play Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is the first Namco Museum game to include Sky Kid Deluxe 1986 while all of the rest were already or previously available on consoles In common with other disc releases that include full Xbox Live Arcade games on disc like Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged for example installation of the game disc to the Xbox 360 HDD is disallowed Xbox Live Arcade Games Dig Dug 1982 Galaga 1981 Galaga Legions 2008 Mr Driller Online 2008 Ms Pac Man 1982 New Rally X 1981 Pac Man 1980 Pac Man Championship Edition 2007 Xevious 1983 Museum Games Baraduke 1985 Bosconian 1981 Dig Dug Arrangement 2005 Dig Dug II 1985 Dragon Buster 1985 Dragon Spirit 1987 Galaga 88 1987 Galaga Arrangement 2005 Galaxian 1979 Grobda 1984 King amp Balloon 1980 Mappy 1983 Metro Cross 1985 Motos 1985 Pac amp Pal 1983 Pac Man Arrangement 2005 Pac Mania 1987 Pole Position 1982 Pole Position II 1983 Rally X 1980 Rolling Thunder 1986 Sky Kid 1985 Sky Kid Deluxe 1986 Super Pac Man 1982 The Tower of Druaga 1984 The Arrangement games are the same as they were on Namco Museum Battle Collection for PSP although New Rally X Arrangement is not included in this compilation Additionally on all games the original 2 player modes from the original arcade versions where applicable do not appear here all games are one player only The Xbox Live Arcade games do not have multiplayer either with the exception of Mr Driller Online s online mode The Xbox Live Arcade games can only be played when the disc is inside the system The games must be downloaded from Xbox Live Marketplace for their regular prices in order for the games to be retained in the system s game library Namco Museum Essentials Edit Main article Namco Museum Essentials Namco Museum Essentials was released on January 29 2009 9 It includes Pac Man 1980 Galaga 1981 Dig Dug 1982 Xevious 1983 Dragon Spirit 1987 Xevious Resurrection 2009 PlayStation Home included a virtual arcade space with sample versions of the games The PlayStation Store also had a free trial version that only includes the first at the few levels of Pac Man Galaga Dig Dug XeviousBoth the demo and the full version were delisted from the PlayStation Store on March 15 2018 Namco Museum Megamix Edit Main article Namco Museum Remix An updated version of Namco Museum Remix for the Wii which was released on November 16 2010 in North America only It adds additional arcade games and an additional Remix game It adds a level select feature to all of the arcade games except Cutie Q Arcade Games Bosconian 1981 Cutie Q 1979 Dig Dug 1982 Dig Dug II 1985 Galaga 1981 Galaxian 1979 Gaplus 1984 Grobda 1984 King amp Balloon 1980 Mappy 1983 Motos 1985 New Rally X 1981 Pac amp Pal 1983 Pac Man 1980 Pac Mania 1987 Rally X 1980 Super Pac Man 1982 Xevious 1982 Remix Games Grobda Remix 2010 Pac Motos 2007 Pac n Roll Remix 2007 Galaga Remix 2007 completely different from the Galaga Remix iOS application Rally X Remix 2007 Gator Panic Remix 2007 Namco Museum Nintendo Switch Edit Namco MuseumDeveloper s Bandai Namco StudiosPublisher s Bandai Namco EntertainmentSeriesNamco MuseumPlatform s Nintendo SwitchReleaseWW July 28 2017Genre s VariousMode s Single player multi playerSimply titled Namco Museum it was developed for the Nintendo Switch and released on July 28 2017 on the Nintendo eShop Much like Namco Museum DS the game includes a remake of Pac Man Vs It contains the following games Pac Man 1980 Galaga 1981 Dig Dug 1982 The Tower of Druaga 1984 Sky Kid 1985 Rolling Thunder 1986 Galaga 88 1987 Splatterhouse 1988 Rolling Thunder 2 1990 Tank Force 1991 Pac Man Vs 2003 Due to the violent nature of Splatterhouse this is the first Namco Museum game to be rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Rating Board 10 A retail release bundled with Pac Man Championship Edition 2 Plus titled Namco Museum Arcade Pac was released on September 28 2018 11 Namco Museum Mini Player Edit Namco Museum Mini Player is a dedicated handheld console shaped like a miniature arcade cabinet developed by My Arcade that includes 20 Namco games and was released by Bandai Namco Entertainment on June 24 2019 12 While it includes some games that originated on home consoles the games included that did originate in arcades are based on their original arcade versions The games included are Battle City 1985 Dig Dug 1982 Dig Dug II 1985 Dragon Spirit 1987 Galaga 1981 Galaxian 1979 Mappy 1983 Pac Attack Sega Genesis version 1993 Pac Man 1980 Pac Mania 1987 Pac Man 2 The New Adventures Sega Genesis version 1994 Phelios 1988 Rolling Thunder 1986 Rolling Thunder 2 1990 Rolling Thunder 3 1993 Sky Kid 1985 Splatterhouse 1988 Splatterhouse 2 1992 The Tower of Druaga 1984 Xevious 1983 Namco Museum Collection Edit Namco Museum Collection is a series of video game compilations for the Evercade handheld console which was released on May 22 2020 13 Unlike other compilations the games in these compilations are based on their home console versions NES Famicom SNES Super Famicom and SEGA Genesis Mega Drive rather than arcade versions Collection 1 Edit Battle Cars 1993 Dig Dug 1985 Galaxian 1984 Libble Rabble 1994 Mappy 1984 Mappy Kids 1989 Metal Marines 1994 Pac Man 1984 Quad Challenge 1991 Star Luster 1985 Xevious 1984 Collection 2 Edit Burning Force 1990 Dig Dug II 1986 Dragon Spirit The New Legend 1989 Galaga 1985 Pac Attack 1993 Phelios 1990 Splatterhouse 2 1992 Splatterhouse 3 1993 The Tower of Druaga 1985 Warpman 1985 Weaponlord 1995 Namco Museum Archives Edit Main article Namcot Collection Namco Museum Archives Vol 1 and Namco Museum Archives Vol 2 were both released on June 18 2020 for the Xbox One PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch and Steam outside of Japan Developed by M2 and B B Studio The two volumes are localized versions of the Japanese compilation Namcot Collection featuring Namco published games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Family Computer Vol 1 contains an 8 bit demake of Pac Man Championship Edition and Vol 2 contains a homebrew conversion of Gaplus Vol 1 Edit Dig Dug 1985 Dragon Buster 1987 Dragon Spirit The New Legend 1989 Galaxian 1984 Mappy 1984 Pac Man 1984 Pac Man Championship Edition 2020 Sky Kid 1986 Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti 1989 The Tower of Druaga 1985 Xevious 1984 Vol 2 Edit Battle City 1985 Dig Dug II 1986 Dragon Buster II Yami no Fuin 1989 Galaga 1985 Gaplus 2020 Legacy of the Wizard 1987 Mappy Land 1986 Mendel Palace 1989 Pac Land 1985 Rolling Thunder 1989 Super Xevious GAMP no Nazo 1986 Reception EditAggregate review scores Game GameRankings MetacriticVol 1 74 33 14 N AVol 2 65 50 15 N AVol 3 66 20 16 N AVol 4 57 00 17 N AVol 5 55 00 18 N ANamco MuseumNamco Museum 64 N64 73 43 19 DC 56 63 20 GBA 79 21 Namco Museum Xbox 59 22 GC 62 23 PS2 72 24 Namco Museum Battle Collection 73 25 Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Xbox 62 26 GC 60 27 PS2 61 28 GBA 60 29 PC 52 30 Namco Museum DS 67 31 Namco Museum Remix 49 32 Namco Museum Virtual Arcade 63 33 Namco Museum Essentials 64 34 Namco Museum Megamix 53 35 Namco Museum Switch 72 36 In August 1996 Namco claimed accumulated sales of 600 000 units for the Namco Museum series in Japan alone 37 In the United States The NPD Group in 2010 listed Namco Museum among the all time top ten best selling video games in the United States 38 The franchise has sold a total of at least 14 087 million copies worldwide n 1 The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Volume 1 an 8 125 out of 10 citing the excellent quality of the emulation and the interesting virtual museum content Mark Lefebvre summarized that Namco has given gamers what they ve always been asking for old titles 47 Next Generation likewise complimented the emulation quality and the virtual museum and concluded that for those interested in retro compilations this is as good as this sort of thing gets They scored it four out of five stars 48 Maximum gave it three out of five stars reasoning that On the one hand this is a collection of six indisputably classic games three of which rank among the most influential titles in the history of videogames On the other hand all the games on the disk are over ten years old and influential or not they re definitely well past their sell by date Pole Position may have revolutionised the racing genre in 1982 but would you really choose to play it over Ridge Racer Revolution in 1996 49 While GamePro found that all of the games save ToyPop remained great fun the reviewer criticized the absence of the voice samples from Pole Position and compared the 3D museum unfavorably to the bonus content in Williams Arcade s Greatest Hits He concluded the compilation to be worth renting at the least and a must have for retro gaming fans 50 Reviews for Volume 2 were also mixed to positive though most critics found the selection of games weaker than that of Volume 1 The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Volume 2 a 7 125 out of 10 with all four remarking that the compilation had two or three genuine classics with the remaining three or four games being mediocre and overly obscure However they disagreed on which games fell into which group for example Dan Hsu said that Super Pac Man stinks while Crispin Boyer called it the best reason to buy NM2 and the height of the yellow pellet eater s evolution 51 Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot similarly commented While Mappy Xevious Gaplus and Super Pac Man are infinitely playable the lesser known Grobda and Dragon Buster are mediocre at best He gave the compilation a 7 1 out of 10 praising the charm of the antiquated graphics and sound effects and the still potent gameplay 52 Next Generation picked Grobda Dragon Buster and Mappy as the mediocre games in the compilation reasoning that all are examples of game genres that have evolved way beyond these originals and with good reason They scored it two out of five stars 53 In direct contradiction to GameSpot and Next Generation GamePro said that of the six games Super Pac Man s weak control makes it the biggest disappointment while Dragon Buster s action adventure swordplay and Grobda s rapid fire tank shooting hold up the best They recommended the compilation for those who enjoy simple classic gameplay 54 Volume 3 continued the trend of increasingly mixed reviews for the series Jeff Gerstmann and Next Generation both commented that Dig Dug Ms Pac Man and Galaxian are genuine classics Pole Position II is good but suffers from the absence of the voice clips from the arcade version The Tower of Druaga has aged poorly and Phozon was a terrible game to begin with However while Gerstmann concluded the collection to be a real letdown after the first two volumes and advised gamers to skip it giving it a 5 6 out of 10 55 Next Generation concluded that the number of true classics on Volume 3 outweigh the ones that never should have been unearthed and gave it three out of five stars 56 GamePro approved of both the entire set of games and the quality of the emulation and deemed Volume 3 must have arcade fun 57 Though Electronic Gaming Monthly never reviewed Volume 3 they named it a runner up for Best Compilation behind Street Fighter Collection at their 1997 Editors Choice Awards 58 Volume 4 saw a particularly steep decline in the series critical standing with most critics agreeing that of the five games included only Ordyne and Assault were at all worthwhile 59 60 Gerstmann gave it a 4 5 out of 10 and said the collection is just plain depressing It contains five games and most of them are little known games that were little known for a reason 59 Electronic Gaming Monthly s review team gave it a 5 75 out of 10 The team was evenly split Shawn Smith and Crispin Boyer each voting a 6 5 out of 10 found the interesting museum content and the two or three enjoyable games make the collection worthwhile while Dan Hsu and Sushi X both gave it a 5 0 and said it was a disappointment compared to the earlier volumes 60 Both Gerstmann and GamePro commented that the first three volumes of Namco Museum had exhausted the series concept and Namco s backlog of genuine classics and that Namco should have let the series end with volume 3 59 61 See also EditList of Bandai Namco video game compilationsNotes Edit Japanese ナムコミュージアム Hepburn Namuko MyujiamuReferences Edit Namco Museum series Namco Museum Vol 1 sales 1 65 million units 39 Namco Museum Vol 3 sales 2 24 million units 39 Namco Museum series Japan sales 1 million 1998 40 Namco Museum Encore sales 51 303 units 41 Namco Museum 64 sales 1 04 million units 39 Namco Museum GBA sales 2 96 million units 39 Namco Museum PS2 sales 1 80 million units 39 Namco Museum 50th Anniversary sales 241 000 units 42 Namco Museum Battle Collection Japan sales 79 527 units 43 Namco Museum Vol 2 PSP sales 24 934 units 44 Namco Museum DS Japan sales 33 393 units 45 Namco Museum Remix Japan sales first week 1 700 units 41 Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Japan sales first week 5 912 units 46 Namco Product Catalog Namco Ltd 1984 Retrieved 20 July 2019 PlayStation Namco Steals the Show with Five New Arcade Conversions 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