Collection essentials #588: Namco Museum (Xbox)
We’ve already seen some arcade compilation discs on this blog lately. Finally I’m showcasing a Namco Museum release. I’m pretty sure Namco is the #1 most prolific maker of compilations like this. It started in 1995 as they released several compilations with five to seven games each on the original PlayStation. Intact, the term “Namco Museum” has been the recurring title for these since those early days, and they’ve spanned a wide variety of consoles in the decades since. Namco is of course best-known for their mega arcade hit Pac-Man, as well as the highly-regarded sequel that they surprisingly didn’t make themselves, Ms. Pac-Man. And of course, Namco has a very large repertoire of arcade games with various levels of popularity. So compilations like this make all the sense in the world for them to make. The first two Pac-Man games are so popular that there always will be an audience for them on practically any console. Now, despite having a ton of arcade games to draw from, Namco ...