Namco Museum 50th Anniversary

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Aug 30, 2005
  • Also On: PC
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  • Summary: It's party time! Namco is celebrating 50 years of bringing you the greatest games on the planet by releasing the biggest and best compilation of time-honored, all-star arcade classics. Namco Museum 50th Anniversary features 14 of the most treasured Namco original games in arcade historyIt's party time! Namco is celebrating 50 years of bringing you the greatest games on the planet by releasing the biggest and best compilation of time-honored, all-star arcade classics. Namco Museum 50th Anniversary features 14 of the most treasured Namco original games in arcade history wrapped up in a retro-cool menu interface that allows you to explore a virtual arcade and dominate your favorite games. Relive your arcade years and rock out to a cool 80's soundtrack that takes you back to glory days of arcade gaming and this time...leave your quarters at home. 14 Classic Arcade Games Include: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rolling Thunder, Rally X, Bosconian, Dragon Spirit, Sky Kid, Xevious, Mappy. Sky Kid and Rolling Thunder are two new titles new to Namco Museum. [Namco]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. PSM Magazine
    80
    The graphics are obviously dated, but accurate, and the audio is fantastic. [Nov 2005, p.90]
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  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    80
    If you have always intended to buy a collection of classic arcade games, then this is as comprehensive as you're going to get. [Nov 2005, p.93]
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  3. Play.tm
    75
    Packed to the rafters with 14 magnificent games from the heyday of arcade history, Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary is an equal parts assault of entertaining variety and challenging frustration.
  4. Times Online
    60
    But this compilation serves up all their gaming hits and, apart from proving just how far, thankfully, gaming has come in the last 25 years, it also manages to deliver nostalgia by the bucketload.
  5. GameSpot
    59
    Namco's back catalog deserves better than this slapped-together cash-in.
  6. PSM2 Magazine UK
    51
    Only for the truly nostalgia-obsessed. [Apr 2006, p.74]
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  7. Boomtown
    30
    There’s plenty of modern retro arcade games out there that don’t pander solely to misguided nostalgia for you to get coaxed into buying this.

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  1. BenM.
    Nov 25, 2005
    6
    Should have included some more Pac Man games and Soul Calibur.
  2. FNaF
    Dec 19, 2018
    0
    Namco seriously didn't remaster the classics they were so lazy they also pitch the soundtracks!