Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1

Namco Classic Collection Volume 1

Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) Arcade
Release date(s) November 1995
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) 2 players can play simultaneously
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Namco ND-1
Display Vertical orientation, Raster, 224 x 288

Namco Classic Collection Volume 1(ナムコクラシックコレクション) is a compilation arcade game that was released by Namco in November 1995. It is a collection of three popular Namco arcade games - Galaga (1981), Xevious (1982) and Mappy (1983). In addition to the original games, there are "Arrangement" versions that are essentially sequels to the original games, with updated graphics and sound. Super Xevious (1984) can be selected from the "Xevious" menu.

Galaga Arrangement

Main menu

Galaga Arrangement is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1995 as part of Namco Classics Collection Volume 1.

Gameplay

The gameplay is basically the same as the original Galaga, except that:

Galaga Arrangement along with 2 Arrangement games from Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2 was included in the North American exclusive Namco Museum for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube (the compilation mentioned is not to be confused with the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary, which had no Arrangement games).

Galaga Arrangement from Namco Classic Collection Vol. 1 is not to be confused with a similarly titled but wholly different game that appeared in Namco Museum Battle Collection for PlayStation Portable, and on Namco Museum Virtual Arcade for Xbox 360.

Xevious Arrangement

Xevious Arrangement (created in 1995) was released as part of the Namco Classics Collection Volume 1 game collection (along with the original Xevious and Super Xevious). The arranged version had different music and updated graphics along with different levels. The only port of it was on Xevious 3D/G+.

Xevious Arrangement featured a similar "story" to the original game. The structure of the game was also mostly the same, including remakes of backgrounds from the original. However, instead of the repetitive two measures of music the original had, this game featured a different background music track per level.

Mappy Arrangement

Mappy Arrangement was the most similar to its original game, though it featured a split-screen display. 2 player is optional, with player two having an orange Mappy instead of the original blue one. The orange one is also wearing black sunglasses. This game was never ported outside of the arcades.

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