Namco Museum Battle Collection
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| Developer(s) | Namco Tales Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | JP February 25, 2005 NA August 23, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Action Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, Game Sharing |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone 10+ |
| Media | UMD |
Namco Museum Battle Collection is a collection of Namco arcade games such as Dig Dug, Pac-Man and Galaga. It was released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan on February 25, 2005 and contained eleven classic games from Namco's game history. The game was developed by Namco Tales Studio Ltd. The North American version contained an additional ten games and was released on August 23, 2005.
The compilation also contains four variants of several of Namco's more well-known properties, known as Arrangements. These games (Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga and New Rally-X) have an updated presentation and also introduce a number of new gameplay concepts to each arranged title.
The games can also be turned onto their side and the size of the screen can be changed as well. The game also takes advantage of the game sharing feature of the PlayStation Portable and allows other players without the game to play any of the original games' first levels.
Additionally, the games in this collection are ports, rather than true emulations, denoted by the fact that in the original modes, the "waiting for start" screens (occurring after inserting a credit, but before starting the game) have been replace by modern "console-style" options rendered in the style (font, etc) of the original games. The options include "1P PLAY", 2P PLAY", and "OPTIONS".
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[edit] Games
Namco Museum Battle Collection contains the following games.
[edit] Arrangements
Each title has "Arrangement" as part of its name. However, these versions are unique to the Sony PlayStation Portable and should not be confused with the original set of Arrangements (which also included Xevious and Mappy) released in 1995 and 1996.
[edit] Original
- Galaxian (1979)
- King and Balloon (1980)*
- Pac-Man (1980)
- Rally-X (1980)
- Ms. Pac-Man (1981)
- Galaga (1981)
- Bosconian (1981)*
- New Rally-X (1981)
- Dig Dug (1982)
- Xevious (1982)*
- Mappy (1983)*
- Tower of Druaga (1984)*
- Dragon Buster (1984)*
- Grobda (1984)*
- Motos (1985)*
- Dig Dug II (1985)*
- Rolling Thunder (1986)*
"*" - Games included on US
[edit] Regional differences
In Japan, the original release is known simply as Namco Museum. It consists of the four arrangements and their respective games of origin, along with the original Galaxian and Ms. Pac-Man.
Namco Museum Volume 2 was released on February 23, 2006. Largely composed of the ten extra titles prepared for the International versions (denoted in the list above with an asterisk), Volume 2 also contains a port of 1987's Dragon Spirit as well as a brand-new arrangement of Motos and an updated arrangement of Pac-Man. Pac Man Arrangement Plus, as it is titled, bears no affiliation with Bally/Midway's Pac-Man Plus.
