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Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
By admin | July 18, 2010
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
- Pac-Man – The many renouned colonnade diversion of all time
- Ms. Pac-Man – Explore, collect, as well as munch your approach by opposite mazes as Pac-Man’s womanlike counterpart
- Galaga – Fend off raging swarms of bee-like aliens, whilst avoiding enemies’ absolute tractor beams
- Dig Dug – Tunnel your approach subterraneous as well as operate your siphon to blow up aggressive enemies
- Galaxian – Destroy drifting aliens as they pierce in from arrangement to conflict you
Namco’s Museum 50th Anniversary Collection compiles the little of the classical Namco colonnade games which tangible gaming in the 1980s. Go behind in time as well as fool around classics similar to Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, as well as Pole Position. The latest retro menu Interface allows players to try the practical colonnade gymnasium where any of the game’s classics will be station in the strange colonnade form. The usually disproportion is, this time we do not need the slot full of quarters! Pole Position – The miracle in racing games Pole Po
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July 18th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Review by Steven for Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
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This is definitely a nostalgia trip.
Even if you have the other museum titles it’s worthwhile to pick this one up. Galaga 88 is the reason why you need this game. Galaga 88 is worth the price of admission alone. Also packaged are some other great titles (although almost all of them are already in other museum titles). You get:
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Mania
Galaga
Galaga 88
Galaxian
Dig Dug
Pole Position
Pole Position II
Rolling Thunder
Rally X
Bosconian
Dragon Spirit
Sky Kid
Xevious
Mappy
Most of these games are great. A few of them I don’t play very much namely Rally X (just never got into this one I guess) Pac-Mania and Mappy. A lot of people don’t like Sky Kid, but I love that game.
If you don’t have any of the Namco Museum games then you definitely need to pick this up!
There are a few downsides though. The games are great of coarse and they’re all restored to their original goodness, but Namco sure didn’t do much to celebrate their 50th anniversary. No history, no interviews, none of that. The only *bonus* you get is you can unlock Pac-Mania and Galaga 88 if you can get a high enough score in Pac-Man and Ms Pac Man and if you get a high score in Galaga. The scores really aren’t very hard to reach though so you should unlock them within the first couple hours of play. I really wish that Namco would have done something to make this release special but they didn’t. But that’s okay, i’m over it
In closing *ahem*galaga88*ahem* I would like to say *galaga88* that this game is *galaga88* definitely worth *galaga88* the price *cough*galaga88*cough*
July 18th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Review by Michael Kerner for Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
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I sometimes wonder why when it often comes to video games, many of the younger generation, doesn’t simply appreciate the moments when the classics seem to matter. Maybe they haven’t witnessed those powers back in the 80′s the arcades used to maintain. Nevertheless, Namco was one of the very few coompany that have still been a presence into the video market. While there have been classics like Donkey Kong, Centipede, and the legendary eater Pac Man, those classics keep coming back all over again. A few years ago, Namco made a compilation that was absolutely breathless, and now it has been restored.
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade collection for the Playstation 2, is a compilation of over a dozen of the most enjoyable classic video arcade games you could ever imagine. The collection maintains it worth in quarters. It includes some of the best from the past including Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Dig Dug, the classic aerial shooter Xevious, and the fast and sometimes furious Pole Position II. The menu also hits the mark quite graciously, by bringing some great classic pop songs of the 80′s into the mix including She Drives Me Crazy by the Fine Young Cannibals, and the one-hit wonder Dexy’s Midnight Runners classic Come On Eileen. The games remain just as infectious and exciting as they were back then, and have been restored and remastered quite beautifully. Although you don’t get the specialized arrangement versions of Pac Man and Did Dug like you did from the previous edition, it doesn’t take away any of the fun at all.
This nostalgia in a box, the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection for teh Playstation 2, is a must have for older and younger gamers alike, who just care about the classics, without the expense of gobbling away money to the machines. I really do recommend this classic gameplay for anybody old or young alike.
Graphics: B
Sound: B+
Control: B 1/2-
Fun & Enjoyment: B
Overall: B 1/2+
July 18th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Review by submachine for Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
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Namco may be 50 years old, but the games in this collection aren’t even half that.
Not that it matters. Pac-Man and Ms.Pac-Man are the two definitive video games of the 80′s.
Galaga: the best of the space-invaders type games.
Pole Position I and II: the first modern racing games.
Dig Dug: the only digging tunnels and pumping enemies up game
Xevious: futuristic top-down scrolling shooter
Plus Rolling Thunder, Rally X, Bosconian, Dragon Spirit, Sky Kid, Mappy and Galaxian.
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection is a must-buy, it completes the trilogy of classic arcade compliations, along with Atari Anthology and Midway Arcade Treasures.
July 18th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Review by J. Smuland for Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
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Yes, this is yet another re-packaging with slow menus and a lack of new features. All of that is moot, however, as it includes Galaga ’88. I still count Galaga as one of my favorite video games of all time. Preferably this collection would jettison some of the garbage games and add other Galaga-based classics like Gaplus.
Considering that the only other way I know of to play Galaga ’88 is on Turbografx-16, the $20 for this collection is worthwhile.
July 18th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Review by D. J. MacLeod for Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
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If your a 35 ++ it will bring back some good memories, but also remind you that your game playing skills haven’t improved with age! Buy it, it’s fun..!