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The best Namco Museum package on the market

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 42 / 43
Date: February 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What sets this Namco Museum aside from the rest of the Namco Museum compilations out there is the inclusion of Pac-Man Arrangement, Galaga Arrangement, and Dig Dug Arrangement. These three games alone are worth the low price of this CD-ROM.

There are 12 classic games on this CD-ROM. They include:

1. Pac-Man.
2. Pac-Man Arrangement.
3. Pac-Mania (locked).
4. Pac-Attack (locked).
5. Galaga.
6. Galaga Arrangement.
7. Dig Dug.
8. Dig Dug Arrangement.
9. Pole Position.
10. Pole Position II.
11. Ms. Pac-Man.
12. Galaxian.

Pac-Man Arrangement is one of the coolest Pac-Man games there is. If you like Pac-Man you will love this newer version of it. Its very faithful to the original non-scrolling one-screen 2-D version, with all the game-play features of the original including the 4 normal ghosts, Power Pellets, Fruit, Warp Tunnels, but with souped-up graphics, and the following enhancements:

1. Pac-Dash Arrows catapult you across the screen really fast without being killed.
2. Warp Gates transport you from one Warp Gate to another.
3. Large Ghosts each with different magic powers.
4. Blue ghost you can eat anytime, who can eat other ghosts to become a Large Ghost.
5. Magic Wand that turns all the ghosts into presents.
6. Pink Power Up that traps ghosts for a while.
7. Blue Power Up that splits Pac-Man into two Pac-Man's.
8. Red Power Up that makes Pac-Man go faster.
9. Orange Power Up that gives you extra points.
10. Like Ms. Pac-Man, The maze and the graphics change as you progress.
11. There is nice background music.
12. Two players can play at the same time!

Galaga Arrangement is really nice too. Its game-play is the same as Galaga, but with much better graphics, nice background music, and really eye dazzling alien formations. At times the alien formations move like fireworks exploding and spinning around creating all sorts of eye dazzling movements. There are parts where the whole background spins around while the aliens dance in formation. Its quit beautiful. Also, two players can play at the same time!

Dig Dug Arrangement is another really fun game. Its game-play is the same as Dig Dug, but again with much better graphics, nicer background music, and the following enhancements:

1. Exploding enemy.
2. Spiked enemy.
3. Enemy with a pump who can pump you up and pop you!
4. Enemy that can shoot fireballs across the screen.
5. Sleeping alien enemy.
6. Boss levels where you fight a giant enemy.
7. Giant boulders that wipe out everything in their path.
8. Two players can play at the same time!

The other games in the compilation are identical to the original arcade versions. Most games allow you to save high scores. In fact before you can play Pac-Attack and Pac-Mania you must first score 25,000 points in Pac-Man to unlock Pac-Attack and 20,000 points in Ms. Pac-Man to unlock Pac-Mania.

Unlike the other Namco Museum's for the PlayStation 1, there is no "museum" section with photos and other useless stuff. In order for the "museum" section to have had good enough graphics and 3-D movement to be worth having on the PlayStation 2 the game would have had to be on DVD-ROM instead of CD-ROM and would have cost much more. I never liked the "museum" section anyway so I don't miss it. Also, the games load much faster and the menu is easier to use. And none of the games require the screen to scroll up or down, even Dig Dug fits on the screen.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CD-ROM for anyone who likes Pac-Man, Dig-Dig or Galaga, because of the inclusion of the newer, hard to find Arrangement versions of each of these games, which were never before available for the PS1 or PS2. Super fun classic style 2-D non-scrolling games like these don't appear in the modern video game market very often. Most modern games are 3-D. While that's nice for racing games, and other games requiring 3-D, there is still a need for 2-D games like these. Let's face it, you can't get the same gameplay feeling from the 3-D Pac-Man World that you can get from Pac-Man Arrangement.

THIS GAME IS SELLING VERY QUICKLY. MANY STORES ARE SOLD OUT. GET IT BEFORE ITS GONE!

A great old school arcade compilation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Namco has done a great job of bringing back some of the most popular arcade games of all time.You get Galaga, Galaxian, Dig-Dug,Pac-man, Ms. Pacman, and Pole Position. Plus, there are hidden games you can unlock and arrangement modes. I never get bored playing these games, you canget hooked just playing Dig dig forexample. I was hoping Namco would bring back Super Pac-Man, Pac-Man plus, or Junior Pac-man. But sincethis is still a great compilation, I'm not complaining. Who cares whether or not the graphics are ancient. Its the gameplay that counts most and the fun that you'llhave when playing. I'd buy this game for a rainy day.

Retro delight

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I started buying these Namco museum collections with the Vol. series for PS1. As ever, arcade authentic ports of all those great games from the single screen days. A real buzz to relive all the old memories without having to drop in all those quarters!

A REAL FAMILY GAME.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is so cooool like it, it is medium in difficulty and no blood or gore. the only violent content is killing other bad guys

A REAL FAMILY GAME.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

THE FIRST GAME IS PACMAN. TO PLAY, EAT PACDOTS AND BIG DOTS, BIG DOTS MAKE THE GHOSTS BLUE, THEN YOU CAN EAT THEM. YOU HAVE 3 LIVES. PICK 3D OR 2D IN MAIN MENU. IN DIG DUG, YOU MUST PUMP ALL MONSTERS. THE MONSTERS ARE: POOKA,FYGAR,BOSSPOOKA,BIGBOSS POOKA,SILLY MARTIAN,OTHERGUY&DUCKY. IN GALAGA, KILL BUGS IN SPACE TO WIN POINTS, BUT THEY CAN KILL YOU TOO! IN POLE POSITION, YOU MUST WIN PRACTICE TO GO TO THE RACE!(ALL POLE POSTION GAMES ARE 2D.) MS. PACMAN IS THE SAME AS PACMAN. GALAXIAN IS THE SAME AS GALAGA. THERE IS NO BLOOD IN GAMES, THERE IS NO GORE... IN GAMES... I LOVE NAMCO, THIS GAME IS EASY, BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO KIDS AND ADULTS THAT ARE USED TO EC RATED GAMES.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is my favortie playstation game. It has the greatest of the old games and NEW verisons. My friends and i play this for hours and hours. I would recomend this game to anyone and everyone. IF YOU ARE READING THIS YOU SHOULD BUY IT , IT IS AWESOME!! :) :) :) :) :)

I'd say 4.5 total

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This takes me back to the days when I was at the arcade at my daycare or at the skating rink trying to snuff up a quarter to play some videogames.

It has the classics like Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, Pole Position, and Galixian. Then it has some games that have been kinda remixed. Then theres some hidden games that become unlocked when you play for a while.

I'm pretty happy for the recreation of these games to be brought onto my play station 2. The only thing I'm not too happy with is that on Pac Man, Ms. Pac Man, and Galaga, when the game is over in the arcade, you can just insert a quarter and keep going from the level you died at. Here on PS2, when the game is over, you have to start from the beginning.

What was once old is now new.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

History can be fun and enjoyable but it is most tantalizing when it is interactive. Playing a video game that has some of the treasures from the past can be rather addicting; however, now you don't have to worry about running out of quarters just time instead.

The ability to establish the settings makes playing these games enjoyable but the arcade environment is lacking. The arcade setting plus the larger sized machines created an atmosphere where young kids went to hang out, stay out of trouble and lose money while developing proper gaming skills.

This video game brings about a return to that time but sometimes the smaller joysticks are difficult to operate. At least one thing is evident though, I can show my kid what real video games were like.

Classic gameplay fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You get Namco's greatest hits in one cool PS2 package!!! All the graphics, and sounds of the arcade games that you remember are here, with some hidden suprises! One of the true gems of this collection are Pac Man Arangement, it's all the addictive fun of the original Pac Man, but with really jazzed up music, and cool sound effects! Definately a solid title, that will appeal to all gamers!

Good Family Fun for All

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Good Morning All,

Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga, Pole Position, Pole Position II....who did not play any of one of these guys when they were younger in the 80's? The Namco Museum presents all these classics in all their glory plus some special "new" versions (some that are locked) for your PS2.

Realistically, I only bought this game so my mom can occupy herself sometime with some recreation (she gets so stressed out sometime). She played many of these games back in the day when we still had the Atari 5200 around and these days most games are simpl beyond her. But these old school games are right up her alley.

My favorites of this package are Galaga, Galaga Arrangement, Dig Dug and the Pac Man games (haven't unlocked the Pac Man arrangement games yet). Pole Position/Pole Position II were great games in their time but they are very difficult to play with your standard PS2 controller. You may be better off sticking with Gran Turismo in this case or playing with the steering wheel if you have one.

If you love old school games, this package is for you. The games play very well even with the PS2 controller (except Pole Position).

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