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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!

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).

Another Compilation

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: December 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Why buy the new PS2 "Namco Museum" if you already have the original Museum games for PS1? The joystick support on the Dual-Shock controller. No more having to use the push-buttons. The difference in the steering-sensitive Pole Position, which now feels every bit as good as it did on the Atari 5200, is worth the price of admission alone.

Aside from seven of Namco's top arcade classics (Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, Galaxian, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and Pole Position 2), you get three "Arrangement" variations on the classics. The "Dig Dug" and "Pac Man" Arrangement games are excellent and fun sequels to the originals that actually FEEL like the original games, something you don't see with the "modern" 3-D type games that use the namesakes of classics today (like Centipede, Frogger, and yes, Pac-Man World".) The "Galaga" Arrangement doesn't measure up, however. Also thrown in are "Pac-Mania" and the dreadful "Pac-Attack", which are unlocked after you score miniscule point goals on Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man. There are no other extras, no images of game consoles, no other obscure titles.

Considering half of this compilation is devoted to the Pac-Man legacy and they still didn't cover all the bases, a nice idea for the "Museum" series might have been for Namco to release a "Pac-Man" compilation with every arcade version of the game that existed (adding stuff like Super Pac-Man, which was on the out-of-print Namco Museum 2, as well as the upgrade "Pac-Man Plus" that some arcades used in their Pac-Man machines) as a standalone, then another Museum collection for the others. It's not like there weren't more games that would have been nice in this compilation. Where's Xevious?

So all in all, it is a nice compilation to have, but don't plan on selling your PS1 Museum games. You're not going to find Toy Pop for PS2 anytime soon.

Namco Museum for PS2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, Namco has done it again. Their latest collection of video arcade classics, this time for PlayStation2 will be sure to please the classic arcade gamer.

This collection includes: Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga and Galaxian, Dig Dug and Pole Position.

Nowhere else can you get this many really good old arcade classics than on this disc.

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are faithfully rendered, and play better than ever on a PS2. There's even some "hidden" levels (look for the easter egg to eat) and a few more surprises.

Galaga and Galaxian have never looked better. They play just as good as I remember them from long ago.

Dig Dug has every level that I can get to. It's just as unusually addictive as I remember from the arcades.

Pole Position looks good, but plays really strangely without a steering wheel.

The inclusion of Pole Position, which some people may find harder to play without a steering wheel, is the only thing that kept this disc from getting a "perfect" five star rating from me. Maybe if enough sell, they'll consider doing more arcade classics for PS2. Well worth your time and money, especially if you're into classic arcade games.

Welcome to Gaming Nostalgia!!! Leave the Coins at Home!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

NAMCO Museum is a great nostalgic trip to the video game arcades of the 1980s, especially for those like myself who first began gaming with such titles as Pac-Man and Pole Position. The games themselves are not new; the fact that they have finally been brought to the PlayStation2 IS new.

The old favorites such as Pac-Man, Galaga, DigDug, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Ms. Pac-Man, and Galaxian are all here as almost pristine replicas of their original arcade forms and sounds; all that is missing is the stand-up arcade box. Recent years have seen some of these games updated and modernized in "Arrangement" formats: Pac-Man Arrangement, DigDug Arrangement, and Galaga Arrangement.

However, there ARE a few unlockables, specifically a Tetris-like Pac-Attack! and the three-dimensional Pac-Mania. Pac-Attack! is unlocked by scoring a minimum of 25,000 points in the original Pac-Man; Pac-Mania is unlocked by scoring at least 20,000 points in Ms. Pac-Man. As a Tetris-like game, Pac-Attack! is fairly straightforward. However, Pac-Mania can be frustrating, as the entire maze is never in view (only about one-sixth of the maze is ever seen at once), thus requiring good memory and anticipation skills to determine which dots have been eaten and where the ghosts are likely to appear as Pac-Man is maneuvered around the maze.

Those who spent a lot of time in video game arcades during the heyday of these games likely encountered the same game with differing rules on different machines; for example, Ms. Pac-Man probably had three lives on machines in one arcade, while she had five lives and a higher bonus threshold in another arcade. NAMCO Museum allows for players to customize each game at will, usually altering the number of lives, levels of difficulty, and thresholds for bonuses. For Pole Position and Pole Position II, times and qualifying levels can be customized.

Globally, high scores and game options can be saved to a memory card. However, game data is not automatically saved or loaded. During the start-up process, the player is prompted to choose whether to load saved data or start anew. Should a player's progress change data, this must specifically be saved in the Options screen from the Game Selection menu. This is most important concerning the unlockables (Pac-Mania and Pac-Attack!), as the player must consciously save the data to keep the unlockables actually unlocked.

In the end, this is certainly not a ground-breaking game, especially for a console as powerful as the PlayStation2. However, it is definitely worth owning for the wonderful trip down memory lane. Perhaps the best part, however, is that there is no need for coins!!!

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.

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 call by Namco

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When PlayStation was thriving, Namco came up with 5 compilation disc called Namco Museum. Their marketing tactic was that put about 4 to 5 games on each compilation disc, put one or two desirable games, then put some unpopular ones along with popular ones. So I ended up getting only one Namco Museum with Galaga in it because that was the one of my favorite games I wanted to play along with PacMan and DigDug.

Good thing about this PS2 compilation disc is that Namco decided to put more popular games like Galaga, PacMan, and DigDug all together, along with rearranged, enhanced version. If you were trying to get all three games, then you would have to buy 3 seperate PlayStation One games. The reason I bought this game is because not only it had all three favorite games I wanted to play, but the enhanced version of Galaga and PacMan are 'enhanced' enough for you to enjoy, not just change of music or some special sound effects.

So if you are into old arcade classics like Galaga, PacMan, and DigDug, and don't mind spending around 30 bucks, then get your copy. Nostalgic factor itself is worth it.
Oh, one more thing, when I looked at the back of game case, I thought Galaga's rearranged version as Galaga 2. However, make no mistake that it's not Galaga 2, one which you could move your space ship not only horizontally but also vertically. Enjoy it.

Dangerously Addicting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Now you do not have to go to a dive bar or an airport arcade lounge to play your favorite 80s video games. I can still remember when PacMan was the talk of the town and you had to fight to get on a machine. This NAMCO compilation is good and will keep you and your guests entertained for hours upon hours of good clean fun. Where else can you get good clean fun these days? At the supermarket? I do not think so. The Ms.Pac Man segment is enough to keep you busy for days just trying to beat the game. Pole Position just is not Grand Tourismo, but it is still fun to blow up every time you touch a sign post. You will be happy you bought this game to take you back to the 80's.

Joseph Dworak

Old time fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is for old time fun. Most of the graphics are old and very small. Although it is fun to go back and play these games, the high scores don't get saved, so you have to start over every time.

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