The games included in this collection are: Pac-Man, Ms. Come on Eilleen by Dexys Midnight Runners Working. The Main Menu has five songs from the 80's. This is the first edition to feature true arcade game emulation.
The interface lets you browse a virtual game hall with each game shown in its original arcade cabinet. Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary refers to Namco's 50 years as a company, it was released on Augfor the Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC and Gameboy Advance with Digital Eclipse as the developers and Namco as the publishers. We love retro games such as Galaxian, Xevious et al - check out our redesigned Retro Zone on page 116 - but would we pay money again for these ageing titles when there's Prey to fire up? I'll say nowt else except direct the uninitiated towards the website. Summary: Namco celebrates their 50th anniversary by packaging 14 of their best classic arcade games onto one disc. Probably because I was too busy playing Pac-Man down the local fish and chip shop to chat her up.īut I digress. In their place is a piss-poor soundtrack consisting of a handful of obscure 1980s tracks, with the only recognisable tune being Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runrfers, which incidentally, brought back painful memories of a party I went to in my teens when the girl I fancied got off with someone else. If Namco had released more bare bones compilations of its classic IP in the past, the 50th Anniversary edition of Namco Museum could probably get a pass.
No interviews with the creators, no facts and figures, no promo sheets or adverts from the time - nada. However, the problem is that Namco are charging you 20 quid for a very lacklustre package that has a 'retro-cool interface' featuring the coin-op cabinets - and bugger-all else. Pac-Man from the 80s, but not many people know the other pac-man games that were released like pac & pal, pac. Namco Museum is a collection of 14 retro arcade games including Galaxian, Galago, Dig-Dug and Pac-Man, and with the exception of one or two, all are genuine classics that you should play if you have any interest in our videogame history. Many people know the traditional pac-man & Ms. In honor of its 50 year anniversary, Namco is creating the single largest compilation of Namco Arcade Classics ever to grace console gaming systems. Premium members may REQUEST new trainers and cheats using our request system as long as the game has not been permanently retired or multiplayer only in nature. You know, I never realised Namco's videogame heritage stretched back to the 1950s - the graphics back then must have been really shit. We currently dont have any Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary trainers, cheats or editors for PC.