Platform: Nintendo GameCube
Region: NTSC-U
Country: United States of America
Developer(s): Backbone Vancouver
Publishers(s): Namco
ReleaseDate: 2005-08-30
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
A special edition that marks Namco's founding as a toy manufacturing company in 1955. It was the second Namco Museum compilation to be released on Nintendo GameCube. This compilation includes 16 games: Pac-Man (1980) Ms. Pac-Man (1981) Galaga (1981) Galaxian (1979) Dig Dug (1982) Pole Position (1982) Pole Position II (1983) Rolling Thunder (1986) Rally-X (1980) Bosconian (1981) Dragon Spirit (1987) Sky Kid (1985) Xevious (1982) Mappy (1983) Pac-Mania (1987) – unlockable, requires scores of 15,000 in Pac-Man and 20,000 in Ms. Pac-Man to unlock. Galaga '88 (1987) – unlockable, requires a score of 40,000 in Galaga to unlock. This is the first edition of Namco Museum with actual arcade game emulation using the original game ROM images (although voice sounds in "Rolling Thunder", sounds for both "Pole Position" games and "Xevious" are stored in .wav files). Also, the GameCube version allows the player to insert a limited number of credits, about five or six, by repeatedly pressing the Z button when the game first starts, but then players can only exit to the main menu during gameplay.
ESRB Rating: E10+ - Everyone 10+
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Racing | Platform
