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Namco Museum Volume 1

Namco Museum
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Genres Compilation
Developers Namco
Publishers Bandai Namco
Platforms PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, Virtual Console, Nintendo Switch
Platform of origin PlayStation
First release Namco Museum Volume 1
November 22, 1995
Latest release Namco Museum (Nintendo Switch)
July 28, 2017
Namco Museum Volume 1
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Developer(s) Now Production
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: November 22, 1995
  • NA: July 31, 1996
  • EU: August 17, 1996
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum Volume 2
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Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
SCEE
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: February 9, 1996
  • NA: September 30, 1996
  • PAL: November 22, 1996
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum Volume 3
Developer(s) Now Production
Publisher(s) Namco
SCEE
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: June 21, 1996
  • NA: January 31, 1997
  • PAL: February 12, 1997
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum Volume 4
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
SCEE
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: November 08, 1996
  • NA: June 30, 1997
  • PAL: August 18, 1997
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum Volume 5
Developer(s) Tose
Publisher(s) Namco
SCEE
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: February 28, 1997
  • NA: November 26, 1997
  • PAL: February 26, 1998
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum Encore
Developer(s) Namco
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • JP: October 30, 1997
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum
Namco Museum 64
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North American Nintendo 64 cover art
Developer(s) Mass Media
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Wii U Virtual Console (GBA version)
Release Nintendo 64
  • NA: October 31, 1999
Dreamcast
  • NA: June 25, 2000
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: June 11, 2001
  • PAL: December 7, 2001
  • JP: December 7, 2001
Wii U Virtual Console
  • NA: March 26, 2015
  • PAL: October 23, 2014
  • JP: December 10, 2014
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player
Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary
Developer(s) Digital Eclipse
Publisher(s) Namco
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
PC
Game Boy Advance
Release
  • NA: August 30, 2005
  • NA: October 25, 2005 (PC)
  • JP: January 26, 2006 (PS2)
  • EU: March 24, 2006 (Xbox)
  • AU: March 27, 2006 (PC)
  • EU: March 31, 2006 (PS2 & GBA)
  • EU: May 5, 2006 (GameCube)
  • EU: May 19, 2006 (PC)
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single player, multi player
Namco Museum DS
European Box Art
Developer(s) M2
Publisher(s) Namco (Japan and Europe)
Namco Bandai Games (North America)
Composer(s) Manabu Namiki
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: September 18, 2007
  • JP: October 11, 2007
  • EU: February 22, 2008
Genre(s) Compilation
Mode(s) Single Player, Multiplayer

Namco Museum (ナムコミュージアム, Namuko Myūjiamu) refers to the series of video game compilations released by Namco for various consoles released in the 5th generation and above, containing releases primarily from their arcade games from the 1980s and early 1990s. Namco started releasing compilations with the Namco Museum title in 1995 and continues as of 2017.

The series began on the PlayStation with the tentatively named Namco Museum Volume 1, indicating Namco's intent to make further installments of the series. The series ran until Volume 5 on the PlayStation, covering various games from the late 1980s, before moving onto the Nintendo 64, all of the major sixth generation and seventh generation consoles, Windows PC, and Nintendo Switch.

There are six different volumes available for the PlayStation, including one (Namco Museum Encore) that was released only in Japan. Each volume has five to seven games; all of these were ported from the original arcade version's source code — some of the games such as Galaga and Pac-Man allowed for an alternative screen mode to compensate for the lack of vertical monitor, whereby the scoreboard was located on the left of the screen, or rotated the image 90 degrees if the user possessed a vertical monitor or was willing to risk placing the television/monitor on its side.

The control systems of each of the games were well preserved. However, since the PlayStation's analog controller was not available at the time, analog control for Pole Position and Pole Position II is only supported in this compilation by Namco's neGcon joypad.


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