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Namco Museum,Bandai Namco EntertainmentPlatform(s),First releaseNovember 22, 1995Latest releaseNamco Museum Mini PlayerJune 24, 2019Namco Museum is a series of developed and published by for home video game consoles. The first title in the series was released for the in 1995, titled Namco Museum Vol. There were five follow-up compilations for the platform. Several other iterations of the series would be released for a variety of systems, the latest being Namco Museum Arcade Pac, released for the in 2018. 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.The compilations include video games developed by for both arcade hardware and home game systems, including the. Some iterations use 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.

Look past those everyday classics that sell the joystick to impulse buyers. Bosconian was the filler that padded out the '5 games in 1!' A home computer sequel, Bosconian '87, was released in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. An arcade sequel of sorts called Blast Off was released in 1989 only in Japan, a vertical-scrolling shooter which had more in common gameplay-wise with Namco's own Dragon Spirit than with Bosconian. Clones of Bosconian include.

The original PlayStation series, with the exception of Namco Museum Encore, instead placed the player in a virtual museum that housed the individual games. Entries in the series have been released for multiple platforms, including the, and.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 9.113 million copies worldwide.

Contents.Namco Museum (PlayStation Series, 1995–1998) There are six different volumes available for the PlayStation, 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, hence the sixth volume's title, 'Encore'. Each volume has five to seven games. The means by which Namco recreated the games for the PlayStation hardware is unclear; Jeff Vavasour (creator of numerous, including the one used in ) said that the executables on the CDs contain pieces of the original game data but none of the original, which supports the theory that the games are actually object-level recompilations.

Some of the games, such as Galaga and Pac-Man, allow for an alternative screen mode to compensate for the lack of a vertical monitor, whereby the scoreboard is located on the left of the screen, or rotates the image 90 degrees if the user possesses a vertical monitor or is willing to risk placing the television/monitor on its side.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 joypad.Each package had a mode where the player could walk through a containing various curiosities surrounding the games including images of the, material. In Namco Museum Encore, the museum mode is simplified to a selection screen with 'Information', 'Memory card' and seven games in lieu of walking around the museum, with exhibits being displayed by selecting the respective game.

All material is from the Japanese releases, as none of the volumes contain any American materials. For this reason, the games themselves are based on the Japanese releases, although for the United States, the games retain their American changes.

For example, Pac-Man is still 'Pac-Man' and not 'Puckman', while the ghosts still have their American names.There is a glitch in that prevents Dragon Buster from displaying the proper high score, showing 10,000 at all times. The actual high score is shown in the record book, but not in-game.Two unique versions of The Tower of Druaga were also hidden in this volume: one called Another Tower, and the other called Darkness Tower.

In releases outside of Japan, (1982) replaces Cutie Q, although Cutie Q 's game code can be found on the American release.PlayStation Store All six volumes were added to the Japanese as. Volumes 1 to 4 were released on December 11, 2013 while Volume 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.Namco Museum (1999–present) Virtual museums are absent in all these games despite keeping the 'Namco Museum' title. Instead, the compilations feature regular menus.Namco Museum 64 (N64) and Namco Museum (DC, GBA) Namco MuseumNamco Museum 64. WW: June 11, 2001CompilationMode(s)Namco Museum 64 for and Namco Museum for and are the first compilations in the series to omit a virtual museum. The GBA version was released worldwide, while other versions were exclusive to North America, and was a launch title for the system in North America. The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Volume 1 and Namco Museum Volume 3 for the PlayStation, are included:.

(1980, not in the GBA version). (1982). (1981). (1979). (1982). (1982)The GBA version does not retain when powered off, which is also the case with.

On the, however, the Restore Point feature saves scores for both games. The N64 version requires a with eight free pages and one free slot to save high scores and settings.

The Dreamcast version requires a with eight free blocks for saving progress, while also offering an mini-game that's exclusive to the VMU titled Pac-It, with gameplay that's similar to and.Namco Museum 64 received an average rating of 73.43% on, while Namco Museum received 72.08% on the Game Boy Advance and 56.63% on the Dreamcast. Was the least impressed among the Namco Museum 64 critics, giving the game a mediocre 5.5 out of 10 overall, finding the 'Start Up Mode' feature unnecessary and being especially critical of the screen scrolling in Dig Dug. IGN concluded: 'I wouldn't recommend it for a rental because there's nothing new to try out here.' 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 in that country. Namco Museum (PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube) This version marks the first time an entry has been released on,. It was first released in 2001 on PlayStation 2, followed by Xbox and Nintendo GameCube in 2002.The collection on these consoles includes all the games from and for Dreamcast plus:.

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(1993) – hidden game; unlocked by scoring 25,000 (or 20,000 in GameCube version) in Pac-Man. (1987) – hidden game; unlocked by scoring 20,000 (or 15,000 in GameCube version) in Ms. Pac-Man. (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 and the and also previously included in the Japanese-only, and ).

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. 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:This title was released on the in 2005. It contains over twenty of Namco's games such as (1980) and (1981). In addition, new 'Arrangement' variants are available for Pac-Man, Galaga, (1981) and (1982), which have updated gameplay, graphics and can be played in a versus or co-operative mode using the PSP's 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. 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 extra games:, Arrangement and Pac-Man Arrangement Plus.Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Namco Museum 50th Anniversary(EU)SeriesNamco MuseumReleasePlayStation 2.: March 31, 2006CompilationMode(s),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, and the. The version was also the second Namco Museum compilation for the GBA. It was also released on. 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:. (1980). (1981).

(1981). (1979). (1982). (1982). (1983). (1986).

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(1983). (1987) –, requires scores of 15,000 in Pac-Man and 20,000 in Ms. Pac-Man to unlock. (1987) –, 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 collection, except for the scaled-down GBA version, includes five songs from the 1980s:.

' by. ' by. ' by. ' by. ' byThis is the first edition of Namco Museum with actual arcade game using the original game (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 5 or 6, 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.

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