We love retro games such as Galaxian, Xevious et al - check out our redesigned Retro Zone on page 116 - but would we pay money again for these ageing titles when there's Prey to fire up? I'll say nowt else except direct the uninitiated towards the website. Looking for a website to download the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary PC game for free You are already there YouLooking for a website to download the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary PC game for free. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Galaga, and Dig-Dug.
Gamers of all ages will recognize the most popular games in the collection: Pac-Man, Ms. It repackages 16 arcade classics from the 70s and 80s, targeting gamers who grew up in that era. Probably because I was too busy playing Pac-Man down the local fish and chip shop to chat her up.īut I digress. NAMCO MUSEUM: 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARCADE COLLECTION spans about a decade of the companys classic video game titles.
In their place is a piss-poor soundtrack consisting of a handful of obscure 1980s tracks, with the only recognisable tune being Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runrfers, which incidentally, brought back painful memories of a party I went to in my teens when the girl I fancied got off with someone else. No interviews with the creators, no facts and figures, no promo sheets or adverts from the time - nada. However, the problem is that Namco are charging you 20 quid for a very lacklustre package that has a 'retro-cool interface' featuring the coin-op cabinets - and bugger-all else. Namco Museum is a collection of 14 retro arcade games including Galaxian, Galago, Dig-Dug and Pac-Man, and with the exception of one or two, all are genuine classics that you should play if you have any interest in our videogame history. You know, I never realised Namco's videogame heritage stretched back to the 1950s - the graphics back then must have been really shit.