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Namco Museum

Namco Museum doesn’t bring any new technological feats into the picture, but it does bring a ton of gameplay fun, in a compact size. Try fitting the full size arcades in your house, you’ll see what I mean! Namco Museum is Highly Recommended to all fans of the original, retro titles. Newcomers, or should I say ‘Younger Adults‘ who are not familiar with the games, should take a look at the title and see if it offers them the same level of satisfaction that it has offered to millions of others in the past.

There is something about human nature that makes us seek out things from our past. Perhaps it gives us a sense of the passage of time, where we were, where we are, and where we are going. It amazes me that something as simple as a video game can stir up memories of my high school and early college days. Namco Museum brings all of those memories into your living room for the budget price of $29 – that’s about 1/100th of what most of us spent in quarters playing the originals.

In the end, if you don't own any of these games or other versions of the Namco Museum series, or if you're a fan of the arranged games that make their home debut in this package, then this game will satiate your appetite for classic gaming. You could make the argument that several other classic Namco games should have been included, given the small size of the old Namco games and the fact that lots of them ran on nearly identical arcade hardware, but this package contains the major hits that most fans are after.