Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
Includes 14 Classic Arcade Hits - Pac-Man - Ms. Pac-Man - Galaga - Galaxian - Rally-X - Pole Position - Pole Position 2 - Xevious - Dragon Spirit - Bosconian - Rolling Thunder - Mappy - Sky Kid - Dig Dug
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary is an arcade developed by Digital Eclipse, released 30 August 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Namco Museum 50th Anniversary is
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary is an arcade game developed by Digital Eclipse and released in 2005. It was published by Namco. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"It's party time! Namco Celebrates 50 years of bringing you the greatest games on the planet by releasing the biggest compilation of all-star arcade classics. Namco Museum 50th Anniversary features 14 of the most treasured Namco original games in arcade history. Relive your arcade years and rock out to a cool 80's soundtrack that takes you back to the glory days of arcade gaming and this time...leave your quarters at home."
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pac-Man series
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary is the 135th of 282 entries we hold in the Pac-Man series. The next entry was Mario Kart Arcade GP in 2005. Its critic score of 65 is 5 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX at 98.
How it was received
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 26% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary launched on 30 August 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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