Your passport to Namco Museum [Added Con and Pro, $ Check]

Author's Rating:

Pros: The classic games, Fairly Priced

Cons: Some transitions could be better, I want a museum mode! No Battery Back-Up

The Bottom Line: 
If only some of the transitions were btter this game would have surly gotten a 5.

Author's Review
If you are looking for a little man in a stage suit digging through the ground randomly while killing monsters and collecting vegetables, then the Namco’s Classic Dig-Dug is the one for you. Or you could be looking to train you trigger finger on various space monsters, then the classic Galaga and Galaxain is more than enough to make you happy. These games and more all were out in arcades years ago, and even still now. But thanks to Namco you don’t have to waste another quarter on any of these hits. Back in 1996 Namco released the classic game pack called the Namco Museum Series for the Play station. This series not only let you play the coolest of classics from Namco, but you can look and discover cool facts and other tidbits about all of the game in a cool interactive 3-D museum. The NM series came a long way from the PS days and now you can find it on your Game boy Advance. With 5 classics [Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig-Dug, Galaxain, and Pole Position] old time game fans will be happier than a bug in a rug. Each game’s transitions are a little different and I would like to take to time to explain all of them to you.

Ms. Pac-Man- MPM has gotten a very good translation. All the graphics, sound, and good control are all back with this game. Also you have the option to play in the game in a full screen mode [where the maze takes up the whole screen] or you can play it in a scrolling mode [the screen follows Ms. Pac Man]. As far as the game itself, it is addictive and fun. Out exceeding it’s prequel, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac Man offers cool and more diverse maze designs and a little better graphics. Gobbling up pellets while avoiding ghosts couldn’t be more fun.

Transition Score- 5/5
Game-5/5

Galaga/Galaxain- Both of these game’s transitions are good. But the game’s graphics has been pint sized so playing these games in the wrong light could make the game’s unplayable. The sound, like all of the games, is arcade- perfect. The object of Galaga is top shoot wave after wave of alien space creatures. The game itself is just as fun as it’s prequel Galaxain. Which also is about shooting space creatures except you have to kilo the aliens by giant fleets [Galaxain plays a lot like Space Invaders].

Transition- 4/5
Games- 5/5

Pole Position
The transition of Pole Position is 100% Arcade Perfect when it comes to Graphics. But the controls are very sensitive, which could prove to be a problem for some people. I myself really don’t mind the controls and I just make sure that I brake early on turns. The sound in this game is again Arcade Perfect, and you can even hear the voice before you start the start saying “Prepare to Qualify”. The point of the game is to try to qualify for a race by making it around the 1 track in PP, one time. Once you done this you will qualify for what place your in for the second race you will do around the track, expect there will be more cars and hazards on the road then when you were qualifying. If you want to make major points then you have to try your best to beat the time and drive around the track as you are racing as many times as you can possibly can.

Transition- 4/5
Game- 5/5

Dig-Dug-
One of my favorite Namco classics got one of the best transitions ever. Instead of making the same mistake like Galaga and Galaxain, Namco made the game itself take up all of the screen and the side that tells your lives and score it crunched down in the side. And of course the sound in this game is perfect. The point of this game is to dig down into the ground and eliminate enemies by either pumping them up with your “pumper” or lead them under a falling rock [you get more points for dropping the rock on enemies].

Transition-5/5
Game-5/5

Overall- This little package is good except for a few transitions for some of the games. Also the other downside to this game is that it should contain a museum mode like it’s PS1 cousins so that you can figure out fun facts about the games you are playing. I also think that this game is not for anyone, deafeningly for those looking for a game with good graphics and long playability [even though old time game fans would say this package has plenty of playability].

Added Con- I almost forgotten that there is one more con to this game and that is that it does'nt save your scores. To some though this might not be a big deal, but for people who like to show off there new high scores it might not be.

Is it worth the money?- With's this game's preety solid replay value and it's amount of games this games is well worth it's 30 dollar cost.