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| Namco Museum | 
 enlarge | From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: $12.99
Buy Used: $5.35
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New (16) Used (29) from $5.35
Avg. Customer Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 2767
Platform: Game Boy Advance
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Gold
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 6 - 17 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5 x 5 x 1
MPN: 02112
Model: 722674021128
UPC: 722674021128
EAN: 0722674021128
ASIN: B00005BZE0
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: CARTRIDGE ONLY > NAME ON FRONT LABEL PLAY'S VERY WELL !
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| Customer Reviews:
 Problem is size October 8, 2008
This collection contains solid renditions of several favorite classics. Unfortunately, it suffers the significant problem of attempting to convert long screen games to the GBA's wide screen format. Galaga and Galaxian are certainly playable, but they are relegated to one side of the screen, making everything quite small. Ms. Pac-Man offers the option of playing all on one screen or scrolling as you travel up and down. Here, however, losing sight of the ghosts can be a handicap.
Also, where are the options for difficulty, level select, extra lives, etc.? The hints offered in the sub-menu are interesting, but a short blurb about the history of each game would have been nice. Finally, the high scores don't save.
Remember when... May 30, 2008
I'm almost 30 years old and bought this game for my son and I enjoy playing it myself because it's got the classic games that I played when I was a kid. It arrived very quickly in the mail too.
Some very fun nostalgia February 15, 2008
Namco Museum ports five classic games over to the Gameboy Advance: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Pole Position, Galaga, and Galaxian. If you grew up playing these games, they're timeless classics. Younger audiences probably are expecting more out of a game than the limited technology of the 1980s allowed.
These games are recreated very well, with only a couple of minor issues (largely due to the adjustment made going from an arcade-size screen to the tiny GBA). The sounds are crisp and faithful reproductions of the bleeps and blips from our childhood. The graphics aren't jazzed up in any way, instead celebrating the 8-bit glory that was the golden age of the arcade. The biggest port issue comes with Ms. Pac-Man, where you have the option of playing on a shifting screen -- the GBA screen doesn't compress each maze very well.
The biggest drawback to this game is the inexplicable lack of a battery backup for high scores. The game records high scores as per normal, but those scores are immediately reset when the power goes off. Points did matter with these games, and it's nice to see how high a score you can record. Unfortunately, Namco decided to skimp on this feature. That decision is disappointing, but the games themselves are still worth playing to those who grew up playing on their Ataris. After all, there's nothing wrong with nostalgia.
 GREAT JOB January 29, 2008
THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME ORDERING FROM AMAZON AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I GOT MY PACKAGE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WORKED PROPERLY. THANK YOU.
Where's my quarters? January 5, 2008
In a word, AWESOME!! I have this for GameCube, and couldn't help but pick this up for GBA. I now have a portable version of some of my favorite old-school games. They are still fun today, some 2 decades later. Take a ride down nostalgia lane with this game and enjoy.
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