Being among that group, I assure you that nostalgic feel is real and ever-present. Pac-Mania (unlockable) - Pseudo-3D Pac-Man where you can jump the ghosts (or just turn off the game).Pac-Attack (unlockable) - It's like Tetris with Pac-Man! Wait.Galaxian - A poor cousin to the better-loved Galaga.Pac-Man - One of the best games ever made Pole Position II - No wheel, but more Position.Pole Position - A classic racer in need of a steering wheel.Dig Dug Arrangement - As the Mona Lisa is to a painting made from elephant feces, Dig Dug is to this Arrangement.Dig Dug - You pump up monsters until they explode - genius.Galaga Arrangement - Like a halcyon-induced hallucination.Galaga - As Virtua Tennis is to pong, Galaga is to Space Invaders.Pac-Man Arrangement - A befuddled mess filled with disco flashes and horrendous music.No matter how many times Namco releases their Museum, members of the IGN editorial staff manage to wander by and say, "Oh man, I love Dig Doug." It then takes about twenty minutes before they'll give up the controller and go back to their drinking binge. The package The true classic games of Namco Museum (Mr. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaxian, Galaga, and both Pole Positions) are well represented, with the exception of Ms. Each game features the true arcade side-paneling on the borders to give you the feel of playing on a real arcade board. But while Pac-Man and most of the rest seem exact translations, Ms. Pac-Man is actually slower than the original. The end result is something that looks like an early 2000s IMVU page which I guess at the time was cool, but I hated the redesigns back then as I do now. It felt sluggish and I thought maybe I was nuts, but then I went and played Ms. Dig-Dug Arrangement as featured in Namco Museum (2001) The PSP version of Dig Dug Arrangement, referred to as 'CS' compared to 'Arcade.' Talk about a downgrade. Sure enough, this console port is really slow. Pac-Man great was the fact that it was faster than the original Pac-Man. But here, Pac-Man actually seems a bit quicker on the gobble. All you have to do is port a handful of old games onto a console that can run Halo and you don't even get the tempo right? Boo.īeyond the Ms. Pac-Man faux paus, the rest of the classics are perfect. Everything from graphics on down to the exact sounds is as it should be. The only real problem comes with the Pole Position games. As great as they were in the arcade, they just don't feel right being controlled with a D-Pad instead of a steering wheel. It's a bit too sensitive and just not the same experience as it was in the arcade.Īrrangements To add some value to the compilation, Namco has included what they're calling Arrangements. They included all of the games originally contained on Namco Museum 64 as well as three additional games and three enhanced 'arrangement' games. These three Arrangements are the reworkings of Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug. Namco Museum, the next generation of Namco Museum games after the Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast, were released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the Xbox. Each Version of this edition have different picture for the game in the front cover.The idea was to add some visual punch and some gameplay twists to each one.This edition of Namco Museum was only released in North America.The audio for Pac-Man Arrangement and Dig Dug Arrangement have been slightly change making the music high pitch.Most of these games are from Namco Museum (N64, Dreamcast) and the arrangement originate from Namco Classic Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2.This Edition marks the first collection in the series to release a non-arcade game Pac-Attack. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga and Pole Position share the same rows with their arrangement counterpart. This edition of Namco Museum was released for the Playstation 2, Xbox and the Nintendo Gamecube on December 4, 2001, published by Namco and developed by Mass Media.
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