Namco Museum Virtual Arcade
NAMCO BANDAI Games brings the ultimate game collection to the Xbox 360 console! With over 30 titles, Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is jam-packed with nostalgic favorites and future classics. Re-live the old school days of classic arcade games with Galaxian, Super Pac-Man, Dig Dug II, Pole Position, Pac-Mania and Rolling Thunder and many more.
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Well lets begin this review with the games it includes:
XBLA (games will play without xbox live service)
Galaga Legions, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Mr Driller Online, Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, New Ralley X,Dig Dug and Ms Pac-Man
This disc is worth the price for just these games since they’re the classics and remakes that are really good of the classics. Each game is worth a total of 200 acheivment points for a total of 1800 possible max points.
Museum Classics
Baraduke, Bosconian, Dig Dug II, Dig Dug Arrangement, Dragon Buster, Dragon Spirt, Galaga ’88, Galaga Arrangement, Galaxian, Grobda, King & Ballon, Mappy, Metro-Cross, Motos, Pac & Pal, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Mania, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rally X, Rolling Thunder, Sky Kid, Sky Kid Deluxe, Super Pac-Man, and The Tower of Druaga.
With that you got some pretty good classics to choose from with a few title that could’ve bee left off but, hey why not. But, sadly theres support for leaderboards for these games or the usual acheivments for 1000 total for this game. (the game actually doesn’t show up on your play list)
On the back of the box it doesn’t state that these games will not have acheivments or that they do not support leaderboards. It’s kinda miss leading cause it states on the back of the case that it supports leaderboards. Which is kinda true. It does for the XBLA games but, not the museum games. It should’ve stated that on the case.
I was looking to compare my best score of Galaga 88 and Pac-Mania highscores. Plus Dragon Spirt would have been fun to play online. I’m guessing with Microsofts rules for acheivements theres some odd reason why namco couldn’t give you the normal achivements for the museum classic games collection. Since it’s only available on disc and is new while the XBLA games are something in reality that is seperate.
Other than feeling kinda ripped on the classic museum it’s still worth getting if you’re missing key favorites of your past arcade games. Or wonder what the fuss is with aracade games that just won’t die almost 30 years later…..
I got this off of a Gold Box deal for $10. Well, that alone is the price for Pac Man Championship or Galaga Legions. The value is fantastic, and Pac Man CE and Galaga Legions are both very good remakes of classics.
The other XBLA games are OK but nothing fantastic. The additional classic games are a fun blast from the past.
Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade, while not ground breaking, is a great value for the money. It has over thirty games on the disc, including nine full XBLA titles complete with achievements. It is a bit Pac-Man heavy, but titles like Rolling Thunder, Baraduke, Bosconian and Sky Kid more than round out the collection. At $30, this is a must-buy for the arcade rats among us.