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Namco Museum DS is a decent collection of arcade classics, but you'll have to turn your DS on its side to see them properly.
Specifications: ESRB: Everyone ; Genre: Action ; Elements: Miscellaneous - arcade ; See full specs
Price range: $18.99 - $19.99
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- Reviewed on: 09/19/2007
- Released on: 09/18/2007
Namco was one of the first out of the gate with what we now see as the modern retro compilation. The Namco Museum series dates all the way back to the original PlayStation. It continues today with games like Namco Museum DS, which collects a handful of arcade games, slaps them onto a DS cartridge, and ships them out to stores. It's a fairly straightforward compilation with some interesting options and features.
Right off the bat, you're given a cool intro sequence that cleverly combines the graphics from all of the Namco classics. Then you're dropped off into a menu where you've got seven arcade games to choose from: Pac-Man, Galaxian, Galaga, Mappy, Xevious, Dig Dug II, and The Tower of Druaga. These all appear to be emulated versions of the original games and run on the top screen of the DS. The bottom screen is devoted to options. You can rotate the view and play vertically by holding the DS sideways, which makes the games fill up the whole screen without stretching them too much. If you want to play horizontally, the graphics get squished in weird ways and generally looks pretty bad. For example, text is practically unreadable on the default settings. You can also make adjustments to the game's difficulty and go to a "hardcore options" mode, which shows you a picture of an arcade circuit board, complete with the tiny little switches that were used to make those adjustments on the real machine. It's not a major feature, but it's a neat inclusion. The games all play just like the arcade originals, which means that Dig Dug II and The Tower of Druaga still aren't a whole lot of fun. But it also means that Galaga, Mappy, Xevious, and Pac-Man are still just fine.
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