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Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Announced

Posted April 28th 2005 by Eric Schwarzott.

Namco loves repackaging its games!

Namco has announced that this August, to celebrate their 50th anniversary, they will be launching a new compilation of their classic games for Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, PC, and GBA.

The console incarnations of 50th Anniversary will include these 14 classics:

Pac-Man

Originally released in 1980 – Play the most popular arcade game of all time! Navigate the yellow fellow through the original Pac-Man maze, avoid ghosts while chomping pellets and fruit, and use power pellets to turn the ghosts blue and get some payback!

Ms. Pac-Man

Originally released in 1981 – Starring Pac-Man's female counterpart; explore, collect, and chomp your way through four different mazes and eat new fruits.

Galaga

Originally released in 1981 – Pilot a space ship, fend off frantic swarms of bee-like aliens, try your luck with "Challenging Stages," and find the best way to deal with enemies' powerful tractor beams!

Galaxian

Originally released in 1979 – A precursor to Galaga, destroy flying aliens as they move in from formation to attack you.

Dig Dug

Originally released in 1982 – Equipped with only a shovel and a pump, tunnel your way underground and use the pump to blow up attacking enemies.

Pole Position

Originally released in 1982 – A milestone in racing games, players drive fast to beat the timer, and avoid cars and hazards or risk exploding.

Pole Position II

Originally released in 1983 – Sequel to Pole Position, this title introduced four new race tracks – Fuji, Test, Suzuka, and Seaside.

Rolling Thunder

Originally released in 1987 – In this horizontal scrolling shooter, play as a secret agent codename "Albatross," rescue female agent Lelia Blitz and defeat the criminal organization called Geldra.

Rally X

Originally Released in 1980 – Players drive around a maze while avoiding chasing cars, laying smoke screens, and collecting flags.

Bosconian

Originally released in 1981 - Pilot a space ship, survive enemy fighters and destroy enemy space stations, while avoiding asteroids and other obstacles.

Dragon Spirit

Originally released in 1987 – Control a powerful dragon through the air, harness spells, drop bombs and breath fire at enemies.

Sky Kid

Originally released in 1985 – Controlling a bi-plane, avoid enemy planes using evasive loops, drop bombs, and machine gun down other planes.

Xevious

Originally released in 1982 – Use a heavily armed fighter plane to destroy enemies and targets in the air and on the ground.

Mappy

Originally released in 1983 – Control Mappy, a police mouse. Bounce on trampolines and open and close doors to dodge chasing cats, all in an attempt to collect valuable items from a cat's house.

Sadly, the GBA version will only sport 5 games: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, and Rally-X. Making things worse, all these games (except for Rally-X) are already available on either the first Namco Museum GBA game or Pac-Man Collection, which are both in the $10 bin in most retailers.

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