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Namco takes you back to the good old days when game play was king.

by djcube on September 23, 2025
3 out of 5 starsScore: 60/100

This Namco Museum is mostly a port of the N64 version, with six more games added. There’s still no fun extra features, history or anything like that, but some of the new games make it into a far more entertaining package.

Pac-Man: It’s still Pac-Pan, and it works well.

Pac-Man Arrangement: One of the highlights of the collection. This is a fantastic version of Pac-Man, with the visual style changing every few levels and new mechanics added like boost pads and teleports. It’s an immense amount of fun.

Galaga: The classic shoot-em-up game.

Galaga Arrangement: Like the Pac-Man arrangement game, this changes things up a lot more than the original, with some nice backgrounds and really fun gameplay.

Dig Dug: It’s Dig Dug again, still fun.

Dig Dug Arrangement: Dig Dug with more enemy type and much nicer graphics. Each level is a tile on a map, with the level theme matching. Lots of fun.

Pole Position: I still can’t turn well in this.

Pole Position II: It’s more Pole Position.

Ms. Pac-Man: Sadly no arrangement version for Ms. Pac-Man, and it was already included in Pac-Man World 2.

Galaxian: Still as dull as ever.

Pac-Attack: A Pac-Man puzzle game, another one that was in Pac-Man World 2.

Pac-Mania: Again, it was included in Pac-Man World 2, a fun game if you treat it differently to the original Pac-Man

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It’s still a bare-bones release due to the lack of extras, especially when you take into account that 4 of the 12 games were included in Pac-Man World 2 as a bonus. However, the arrangement versions of Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug really elevate the collection, especially as they’ve not been included in later collections. These three games are the stars of the show.

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