Namco Museum Volume 3

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TURN YOUR HOME INTO AN ARCADE WITH 6 CLASSIC HITS! Namco Museum Vol. 3 offers up the most exciting titles found in our massive arcade archives. Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Dig Dug, Phozon, and The Tower of Druaga - all preserved in the Namco time capsule so you can enjoy them today on the PlayStation game console. GET AN EDUCATION AT THE ARCADE. Each game has its own room, displaying the artifacts arcade fans love to absorb. See the original arcade marquees, motherboards, marketing materials and character graphics. ALL THE OPTIONS. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Become a real arcade operator without wearing the tool-belt and overalls. Control game difficulty, the number of lives a player starts with, extra lives, etc. simply by adjusting each game's dip switch. YOU'RE HOLDING THE GENUINE ARCADE ARTICLE. You get all the graphics, sounds and gameplay of the original coin-op hits. The exact arcade translations - authentic in every detail.Amazon.com From the makers of Soul Calibur comes a tour of the ancient days of gaming. For those who remember Ms. Pac-Man and Atari, for those who loved Dig-Dug, and those of you who spent way too many quarters on Galaxian, this little treasure is for you. While it does contain some forgettable titles such as Phozon, a deadly boring puzzle game, and the Tower of Druaga, a sad, sad attempt at a top-down role-playing game, Namco Museum Vol. 3 is worth its price for the addictive classics alone. Pole Position II is also included, and, unlike modern racing games where you can knock opposing racers out of the way with a quick side swipe, Pole Position II's car explodes at the slightest contact. This was too much of a habit to break, but the nostalgia alone can be worth the effort. Although this is a fun trip into video game history, younger gamers could be bored due to the low-tech nature of the package. But parents of the new video game generation should feel free to plug this into their child's PlayStation and say aloud, "When I was your age..." --Allen StewartPros:Memorable classics such as Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian, and Dig-DugA save high scores functionThe classics are still really addictive and funCons:Has a few forgettable titles such as Phozon and Tower of DruagaYoung players won't appreciate this selection Product description TURN YOUR HOME INTO AN ARCADE WITH 6 CLASSIC HITS!Namco Museum Vol. 3 offers up the most exciting titles found in our massive arcade archives. Galaxian, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Dig Dug, Phozon, and The Tower of Druaga - all preserved in the Namco time capsule so you can enjoy them today on the PlayStation game console.GET AN EDUCATION AT THE ARCADE. Each game has its own room, displaying the artifacts arcade fans love to absorb. See the original arcade marquees, motherboards, marketing materials and character graphics.ALL THE OPTIONS. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Become a real arcade operator without wearing the tool-belt and overalls. Control game difficulty, the number of lives a player starts with, extra lives, etc. simply by adjusting each game's dip switch.YOU'RE HOLDING THE GENUINE ARCADE ARTICLE. You get all the graphics, sounds and gameplay of the original coin-op hits. The exact arcade translations - authentic in every detail. Review The Namco arcade libraries must be wearing thin. While the first two volumes of Namco's Museum series boasted classics like Pac-Man, Mappy, and Xevious, the third installment doesn't carry that same head of steam with it. With Namco Classics v. 3, you receive a couple of hits, but have to walk a few dogs as part of the bargain. The main attraction on this volume has to be Dig-Dug. For you youngins out there, the game features a little guy with an air pump (Dig-Dug) who digs underground tunnels searching for Pooka and Fygar, two crazy-looking monsters who eat Dig-Dugs like they're going out of style. The object is simple - find all the Pookas and Fygars and pump them full of air until they explode. The game is completely addictive and may be enough reason by itself to pick up the package. Ms. Pac-Man was the insanely popular sequel to Pac-Man, and it added several different mazes to the game, as well as adding a female character in the hope of dragging women of the 80s into arcades. It worked, and Ms. Pac-Man was nearly as big a hit as the original, which only added to the rolling keg of fury that the entire Pac-Man series encompassed. The number three game on the package has to be Galaxian. It took Space Invaders, tossed in some color, and added diving enemies to the equation. It was a large scale hit in its day, but was quickly overshadowed by Galaxian's successor, Galaga. The other three games on the package are lackluster in comparison. Pole Position II features four tracks of racing and is compatible with analog driving controllers such as the Negcon, but lacks the small amounts of speech that the original arcade version contained. The Tower

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