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. 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. 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.
Bounce on trampolines and open and close doors to dodge chasing cats all in an attempt to collect valuable items from a cat’s house.You know, I never realised Namco's videogame heritage stretched back to the 1950s - the graphics back then must have been really shit. ‘Mappy’ Originally released in 1983 … Control Mappy a police mouse.‘Xevious’ Originally released in 1982 … Use a heavily armed fighter plane to destroy enemies and targets in the air and on the ground.‘Sky Kid’ Originally released in 1985 … Controlling a bi-plane avoid enemy planes using evasive loops drop bombs and machine gun down other planes.
‘Dragon Spirit’ Originally released in 1987 … Control a powerful dragon through the air harness spells drop bombs and breathe fire at enemies.‘Bosconian’ Originally released in 1981 – Pilot a space ship survive enemy fighters and destroy enemy space stations while avoiding asteroids and other obstacles.‘Rally X’ Originally Released in 1980 … Players drive around a maze while avoiding chasing cars laying smoke screens and collecting flags.‘Rolling Thunder’ Originally released in 1987 … In this horizontal scrolling shooter play as a secret agent codename ‘Albatross’ rescue female agent Lelia Blitz and defeat the criminal organization called Geldra.‘Pole Position II’ Originally released in 1983 … Sequel to ‘Pole Position’ this title introduced four new race tracks … Fuji Test Suzuka and Seaside.‘Pole Position’ Originally released in 1982 … A milestone in racing games players drive fast to beat the timer and avoid cars and hazards or risk exploding.‘Dig Dug’ Originally released in 1982 … Equipped with only a shovel and a pump tunnel your way underground and use the pump to blow up attacking enemies.‘Galaxian’ Originally released in 1979 … A precursor to ‘Galaga’ destroy flying aliens as they move in from formation to attack you.‘Galaga’ Originally released in 1981 … Pilot a space ship fend off frantic swarms of bee-like aliens try your luck with ‘Challenging Stages’ and find the best way to deal with enemies’ powerful tractor beams!.Pac-Man’ Originally released in 1981 … Starring Pac-Man’s female counterpart explore collect and chomp your way through four different mazes and eat new fruits. Pac-Man’ Originally released in 1980 … Play the most popular arcade game of all time! Navigate the yellow fellow through the original ‘Pac-Man’ maze avoid ghosts while chomping pellets and fruit and use power pellets to turn the ghosts blue and get some payback! In honor of the companys 50th anniversary, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary introduces 14 exciting, classic games from the 70s and 80s to a new generation of gamers.While previous versions of ‘Namco Museum’ contained up to 12 titles ‘Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection’ contains 14 of the best Namco original arcade titles ever! The single largest compilation of Namco Arcade Classics ever ‘Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection’ allows players to explore a virtual arcade hall where each of the game’s classic titles will be standing in its original arcade form…except this time no quarters are required! Players will also be able to post high scores to the Xbox Live Leader boards (for the Xbox(R) version only).