Namco Museum Virtual Arcade

by Namco

Product Features

• Over 30 Titles - The largest and most comprehensive Namco Museum collection to date will keep you and your friends entertained for hours.
• Xbox LIVE Arcade games - No downloading necessary! Now you can get your XBLA fix and play the critically acclaimed and visually spectacular PAC-MAN Championship edition and the underground drilling classic DIG DUG
• New Arrangement Games - In their first console debut, 3 beloved games arrive with a new twist, a fresh new look and fun gameplay - DIG DUG Arrangement, Galaga Arrangement and PAC-MAN Arrangement
• 20+ retro favorites such as Dig Dug II, Pole Position, Pac-Mania and Rolling Thunder
• Show off your high score worldwide and compete for the #1 spot

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E3VKC4
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,248 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #8 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Board Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

NAMCO BANDAI Games brings the ultimate game collection to the Xbox 360 console! With over 30 titles, Namco Museum Virtual Arcade is jam-packed with nostalgic favorites and future classics. Re-live the old school days of classic arcade games with Galaxian, Super Pac-Man, Dig Dug II, Pole Position, Pac-Mania and Rolling Thunder and many more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To clarify--you do NOT need internet access to play the Championship Editions, June 4, 2010

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Daniel W. Kelly (NY United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Video Game)

This was the first game I popped into my 360 when I got my console, and much to my horror, every time I tried to access Galaga or Pac Man Championship Editions, I got booted back to the regular menu. I feared the worst--that I hadn't actually bought these games with my disc, but somehow, I had been scammed into getting access to them on Xbox Live by purchasing the disc. Even when I did some research online, many reviews made it sound like this was the case. But I...um...dig dug deeper and found this is NOT the case as some reviews have clarified here, but I'm going to clarify even further. I did NOT have any connection to the internet for my 360 when I finally accessed the games, so I know you don't need any kind of Live account to do it. The games, as others have said, are not accessible through the general menu on the game disc itself. You have to hit the round 'X' button in the center of your controller (while the game disc is in the console) and go to your xbox 360's main dashboard then maneuver through the menus to your list of games supposedly on your xobx 360 (this is RIDICULOUS). There you'll find the seemingly inaccessible games to choose from, but of course, those games aren't REALLY on your xbox 360, otherwise they'd still be there when you remove the disc from the console! Dumbest setup EVER.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great old-school value!, January 22, 2009

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Derrol Fleischmann "Video Game Collector" (Mattoon, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Video Game)

Namco Museum: Virtual Arcade, while not ground breaking, is a great value for the money. It has over thirty games on the disc, including nine full XBLA titles complete with achievements. It is a bit Pac-Man heavy, but titles like Rolling Thunder, Baraduke, Bosconian and Sky Kid more than round out the collection. At $30, this is a must-buy for the arcade rats among us.

27 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Caveat Emptor (Let the Buyer Beware), November 17, 2008

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N. W. Hartung "resistandexsist" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade (Video Game)

Well lets begin this review with the games it includes:

XBLA (games will play without xbox live service)

Galaga Legions, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Mr Driller Online, Pac-Man, Galaga, Xevious, New Ralley X,Dig Dug and Ms Pac-Man

This disc is worth the price for just these games since they're the classics and remakes that are really good of the classics. Each game is worth a total of 200 acheivment points for a total of 1800 possible max points.

Museum Classics

Baraduke, Bosconian, Dig Dug II, Dig Dug Arrangement, Dragon Buster, Dragon Spirt, Galaga '88, Galaga Arrangement, Galaxian, Grobda, King & Ballon, Mappy, Metro-Cross, Motos, Pac & Pal, Pac-Man Arrangement, Pac-Mania, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rally X, Rolling Thunder, Sky Kid, Sky Kid Deluxe, Super Pac-Man, and The Tower of Druaga.
With that you got some pretty good classics to choose from with a few title that could've bee left off but, hey why not. But, sadly theres support for leaderboards for these games or the usual acheivments for 1000 total for this game. (the game actually doesn't show up on your play list)

On the back of the box it doesn't state that these games will not have acheivments or that they do not support leaderboards. It's kinda miss leading cause it states on the back of the case that it supports leaderboards. Which is kinda true. It does for the XBLA games but, not the museum games. It should've stated that on the case.

I was looking to compare my best score of Galaga 88 and Pac-Mania highscores. Plus Dragon Spirt would have been fun to play online. I'm guessing with Microsofts rules for acheivements theres some odd reason why namco couldn't give you the normal achivements for the museum classic games collection. Since it's only available on disc and is new while the XBLA games are something in reality that is seperate.

Other than feeling kinda ripped on the classic museum it's still worth getting if you're missing key favorites of your past arcade games. Or wonder what the fuss is with aracade games that just won't die almost 30 years later.....