There was a mild surge of them in the mid-to-late '90s on the Playstation and Saturn, a huge spate of them in the Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Xbox era, then they started to wind down a bit during the HD console era and change gears- experimenting with downloadable retro rereleases, HD remasters and the rare big collection- and now individual rereleases of old games, such as Hamster's Arcade Archives series and M2's Sega Ages games, often with limited online support, seem to be the way to go, but there are still collections out there like Sega Mega Drive Classics and the excellent SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. Retro game collections tend to go through phases of popularity. Welcome, welcome! Lucky, you are the 765th visitor to the Namco Museum. Please enjoy this completely pointless article. If you want, you can read the original over here with the proviso that it's shit. So, this bit of Let's Gaming Tat is basically the same concept as one of those gaming history articles- A Guided Tour of the Namco Museum, which was originally posted on the 16th of December 2010- but completely rewritten to be something other than a steaming pile of written dung. If you're one of the old guard, the really long-term readers, you may remember the writer used to post stuff on Retro Collect, much in the same style of the bilge we smash together here but generally shorter and even worse, somehow, but as well as reviews there'd be more gaming lore-type things. So too does this old maxim apply to Gaming Hell. * Multiplayer: Each game supports between one and four players depending on the title.Namco Museum - even the good who feast in the Video games Valhalla were occasionally prone to warts. * Legendary Classics: Get nostalgic and play more than 20 retro fan favorites such as Dig Dug™ II, Pole Position™, and Pac-Mania™. * New Arrangement Games: In their first console debut, 3 beloved games arrive with a new twist, a fresh new look and fun gameplay - Dig Dug Arrangement, Galaga™ Arrangement and Pac-Man Arrangement. * Leaderboards: Show off your high score worldwide and compete for the #1 spot. * Xbox Live® Arcade Games: No downloading necessary! Now you can get your XBLA fix and play the critically acclaimed and visually spectacular Pac-Man Championship Edition and the underground drilling classic Dig Dug™. * Over 30 titles: The largest and most comprehensive Namco Museum™ collection to date will keep you and your friends entertained for hours. The compilation also offers the chance to re-live the old school days of classic arcade games with Galaxian™, Super Pac-Man™ and many more rubbing shoulders in a vast compilation spanning over 25 years of arcade hits.įeatures of Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade include: Players can show off their skills and high scores on the leaderboards in a number of titles which originally appeared on Xbox Live® Arcade, including the award-winning Pac-Man Championship Edition™. Jam-packed with nostalgic favorites and future classics, Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade will keep seasoned and new gamers playing for years to come. PARIS, FRANCE – 12 February 2009 – NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe today announced that Namco Museum™: Virtual Arcade is heading to European retailers for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft this coming April 2009. NAMCO BANDAI Games Brings the Ultimate Arcade Game Collection to Europe for Xbox 360 this Coming April. There's probably a bit more Pac-Man in there as well.Įach game will have leaderboards and some are to support multiplay for up to four people.ĬLASSICS NEVER GET OLD, THEY JUST GET BETTER Over 30 games will be included on the disc, such as Pac-Man Championship Edition, Galaxian and Super Pac-Man. Atari is to publish Namco Museum for 360 this April.
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