Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary refers to Namco's 50 years as a company, it was released on August 30, 2005 for the Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC and Gameboy Advance with Digital Eclipse as the developers and Namco as the publishers.
Information[]
This is the first edition to feature true arcade game emulation. The Main Menu has five songs from the 80's.
- Come on Eilleen by Dexys Midnight Runners
- Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
- She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals
- Talking in Your Sleep by The Romantics
- Joystick by Dazz Band
This edition contains
- Pac-Man
- Ms. Pac-Man
- Galaga
- Galaxian
- Dig Dug
- Pole Position
- Pole Position 2
- Rolling Thunder
- Rally-X
- Bosconian
- Dragon Spirit
- Sky Kid
- Xevious
- Mappy
- Pac-Mania
- Galaga '88
Trivia[]
- Namco was criticized for including "Joystick" in this children-targeted game because the lyrics have sexual meaning.
- The PC version was negatively received because it contains StarForce protection.
- It can not run on Windows 7.
- In the Japanese version, it was called Namco Museum: Arcade Hits and the main menu music has been changed.
- The GBA version only contains Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Rally-X, Galaga and Dig Dug. The main menu music is also changed in this version.
- On January 25, 2023, YouTube user Pac-Modder found two unused songs that didn't make it into the final product. One is Highschool Confidential by Rough Trade and a compressed version of the Bear Basics from Pac-Man World 2 with a fadeout added. There is also a file called "come.mic" in the PAL PS2 version but it was blank and is most likely a failed conversion of Come On Eileen which still managed to be used in the game.
Gallery[]
Namco Museum: Arcade Hits
Virtual Arcade
GBA cover