On the plus side you get to hear five ‘classic’ 80s songs while browsing through the games and it wont cost you a fortune.
NAMCO MUSEUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY PC DOWNLOAD FOR FREE
And you could always download MAME for free instead. Just take into consideration that there are virtually no extras (like interviews, photos, videos etc), very few options, very slight but usually annoying sound problems and the overall presentation isn’t as sleek as it should have been. In honor of the companys 50th anniversary, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary introduces 14 exciting, classic games from the 70s and 80s to a new generation of gamers. When (and if) you buy Namco Museum you will also be able to play Digout and Bosconian. Skykid, which is pointless, annoying and obscure, but I guess perfectly emulating the horror of being a skykid (?). Rolling Thunder, a decent platformer/shooter with nice graphics. You know, I never realised Namcos videogame heritage stretched back to the 1950s.
Mappy, the strange little unknown game that is fun for five minutes, but tends to get nervous, act stranger and gradually reduces the poor player to a horrified excuse of a person. Galaxian, which has always been a poor man’s Space Invaders. Relive your arcade years and rock out to a cool 80s soundtrack that takes you back to glory days of arcade gaming and this. Pole Position and the radically samey Pole Position II, both aged beyond recognition (they used to be quite nice guys back then) but excellently emulated. Namco Museum 50th Anniversary features 14 of the most treasured Namco original games in arcade history wrapped up in a retro-cool menu interface that allows you to explore a virtual arcade and dominate your favorite games. The other games included are:ĭragon Spirit, which I had never played before, and is a passable top down shooter with an appropriately ridiculous backstory and cute graphics. PacMan or the original Galaga, which are actually three of the best titles available in this compilation, and are decently emulated. There are 16 games on offer, two of which ( PacMania and Galaga `88) are unlockable by attaining (pretty low) highscores in PacMan, Ms. Namco’s Museum is an almost decent (budget) collection of some classic, some not so classic and a few pointless games, hoping to please retro gamers, to teach new gamers some old tricks, to teach young dogs strange tricks or to please the average casual gamer.