Namco Museum DS

[wraggster]

Released today at Play Asia



features
Pac-Man: Play the most popular arcade game of all time! Navigate the yellow fellow through the original Pac-Man maze, avoid ghosts while chomping pellets and fruit, and use power pellets to turn the ghosts blue and get some payback
Pac-Man Vs.: For the first time in the series, you and your friends now have the chance to be the famous Ghosts from Pac-Man! With one person playing as Pac-Man, and up to 3 people playing as Ghosts, this incredibly fun multiplayer game offers endless enjoyment with just one game card
Galaga: Pilot a space ship, fend off frantic swarms of bee-like aliens, try your luck with “Challenging Stages,” and find the best way to deal with enemies’ powerful tractor beams
Dig Dug II: Equipped with only a drill and a pump, hit weak fault line points in an attempt to sink portions of an island sending your enemies deep into the sea
Galaxian: A precursor to Galaga, destroy flying aliens as they move in from formation to attack you
Mappy: Control Mappy, a police mouse. Bounce on trampolines and open or close doors to dodge chasing cats, all in an attempt to retrieve valuable items from the cats’ mansion
Xevious: Use a heavily armed fighter plane to destroy enemies and targets in the air and on the ground

description
Namco Museum DS lets gamers experience a virtual arcade portal where they can choose from up to eight games including Pac-Man, Galaga and Dig Dug II. Bringing back the meaning of family-fun, Namco Museum DS delivers excitement to gamers of all ages and offers entertainment all can enjoy.

Features that are unique to Namco Museum DS include a screen mode selection that allows the use of different screen combinations on the Nintendo DS. This will allow players the chance to fit their classic games specifically to the Nintendo DS or in the "stand-up" arcade style. Players can also enjoy wireless battles in Pac-Man Vs., an addictive take on Pac-Man which was previously only available exclusively with the purchase or pre-order of previous games. This version of the game features downloadable play where up to four players can battle using only one game card.

[JKKDARK]

I have the GBA version. They should add more games

[crookedmouth]

I agree, these games are well emulated but it really is insulting.First there was Namco Museum on the GBA (Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig Dug and Pole Position), then Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary (Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaga, and Rally-X). I'm not against re-buying compilations for separate systems but with Namco it's becoming a bit ludicrous.
If they had taken all the games above, added some of the games from the Pacman Collection,Rolling Thunder and kept Xevious, this would have been something. Or at least give us some arrangement versions .
Or maybe they should just work on porting a version of Pacman Championship Edition?
Either way, after I said all that, these are near arcade perfect versions, and I'm a sucker for retro.

[slaanesh]

Yes, especially since Konami released their *excellent* compilation - why can't Namco follow suit?
On top of that it doesn't even have Pole Position. Bah!