Namco Museum (GBA)

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Namco Museum (GBA)
Mass Media
Publisher(s)
SeriesNamco Museum
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • NA: June 11, 2001
  • JP/EU: December 7, 2001
Genre(s)Various
Mode(s)Single-player

Namco Museum (ナムコミュージアム, Namuko Myūshiamu) is a 2001 video game compilation developed by Mass Media and published by Namco for the Game Boy Advance. It contains ports of five of their classic arcade games, Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, Dig Dug, Galaga, and Galaxian.

Compilation

Namco Museum for Game Boy Advance was one of the first compilations in the Namco Museum series to omit a virtual museum. The GBA version was released worldwide, and was a launch title for the system in North America.[1] The following games, originally featured in Namco Museum Vol. 1 and Namco Museum Vol. 3 for the PlayStation, are included:

The GBA version does not retain

high scores when powered off, which is also the case with Pac-Man Collection
.

Reception

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] NextGen said of the game, "The emulation is perfect, though GBA's mono speaker warps the timbre of the occasional sound effect. [...] If you can actually see it, you'll love it."[11] Bad Hare of GamePro called it "an old-school must-own."[14][a]

The game sold 2.4 million units in the U.S. and earned $37 million by August 2006. During the period between June 2001 and August 2006, it was the third-highest-selling game for handheld game consoles in that country.[15] By December 2007, that number grew to 2.96 million units.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ GamePro gave the game 4.5/5 for graphics, two 4/5 scores for sound and control, and 5/5 for fun factor.

References

  1. ^ Harris, Craig (April 19, 2001). "Namco's US Launch Title". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Namco Museum (2002) critic reviews (GBA)". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  3. All Media Network. Archived from the original
    on November 16, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Mielke, James "Milkman" (July 2001). "Namco Museum (GBA)" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 144. Ziff Davis. p. 95. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 19, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "Namco Museum (GBA)". Game Informer. No. 100. FuncoLand. August 2001.
  6. ^ Kuipers, Kévin (November 8, 2001). "Test : Namco vous ouvre son musée (encore)". Gamekult (in French). TF1 Group. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Gerstmann, Jeff (June 11, 2001). "Namco Museum Review (GBA) [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on June 22, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Bub, Andrew S. (January 1, 2002). "NAMCO Museum Advance [sic]". GameSpy. GameSpy Industries. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Harris, Craig (June 14, 2001). "Namco Museum (GBA)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Lightman (November 28, 2001). "Test: Namco Museum (GBA)". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on June 5, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Namco Museum". NextGen. No. 79. Imagine Media. July 2001. p. 66. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  12. ^ "Namco Museum (GBA)". Nintendo Power. Vol. 147. Nintendo of America. August 2001.
  13. ^ Nation, Justin (June 15, 2001). "Namco Museum". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  14. ^ Bad Hare (September 2001). "Namco Museum (GBA)" (PDF). GamePro. No. 156. IDG. p. 59. Archived from the original on October 29, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  15. ^ Keiser, Joe (August 2, 2006). "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games". NextGen. Future US. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.
  16. ^ "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

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