

The interface lets you browse a virtual game. The title of this compilation refers to Namcos 50 years as a company that originally manufactured toys in 1955. Namco celebrates their 50th anniversary by packaging 14 of their best classic arcade games onto one disc. We love retro games such as Galaxian, Xevious et al - check out our redesigned Retro Zone on page 116 - but would we pay money again for these ageing titles when there's Prey to fire up? I'll say nowt else except direct the uninitiated towards the website. Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary for Nintendo GameCube was released on Augin North America. 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. Namco Museum: Namco Museum 50th Anniversary: Namco Museum 50th Anniversary: Naruto Clash of Ninja: Naruto Clash of Ninja European Version: Naruto Clash of Ninja 2 (Demo) Naruto Clash of Ninja 2: Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 2 (Rev 1) Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 2: Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3 (Rev 1) Naruto. No interviews with the creators, no facts and figures, no promo sheets or adverts from the time - nada.

The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Vol. The GBA version was released worldwide, while other versions were exclusive to North America, and was a launch title for the system in North America.
NAMCO MUSEUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY GAMECUBE SERIES
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 64 for Nintendo 64 and Namco Museum for Dreamcast and Game Boy Advance are the first compilations in the series to omit a virtual museum. 'Namco Museum 50th Anniversary' will be available this August for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube TM, Game Boy Advance. 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. 2: Sharp X68000: Namco Video Game Music Library Vol.

You know, I never realised Namco's videogame heritage stretched back to the 1950s - the graphics back then must have been really shit.
