So when Namco announced Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary for the GBA, we were expecting a new compilation of classics that we haven't yet experienced on the handheld., especially since this was to be a collection that celebrates the company's huge milestone. Those two game collections can still be picked up at the local game shops for a budget 20 dollars. Fast forward to almost exactly four years later. The only thing missing was a chip to save high scores, but at the time publishers were saving that extra expense for games that couldn't survive without the save RAM. Both games were highly recommended cartridges for the GBA because the development team did a great job reproducing the arcade titles on the handheld hardware. Nothing special here, folks.īack when the Game Boy Advance launched in 2001, Mass Media was put to the task of creating two packages: Namco Museum, a collection of five classic Namco arcade games of varying genres, and Pac-Man Collection, a grouping of several games that starred the company's most recognizable hero. It essentially recycles games that have already been on the Game Boy Advance platform since day one and repackages them with a new front end. 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 would think that a game that celebrates a company's 50th Anniversary would be something special, something extraordinary, something that says, "Hey, check out what makes us so great!" But nope, Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary is a pretty routine and basic compilation of games that barely scratches the historical surface of the gaming giant. ‘Mappy’ Originally released in 1983 … Control Mappy a police mouse.
‘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!.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).