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I recieved this item for Christmas and was satisified with it. Games like Pacman and Pole Position bring back fond memories of my childhood. The games included are: Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Pole Position, Pole Position 2, Galaga, Galaxiga- as well as revamped versions of Dig Dug and Galaga. You can also unlock several games. The downside to this compilation is 1. the number of games- all in all theres really only 4-5 games to choose from. 2. the revamped version of Dig Dug is poor. Not that its poor in quality but the screen size is TINY and graphics are difficult to see. 3. All the game screens again are TINY, Pole Position and Pole Position 2 are exceptions- since they are full screen. All the other games have huge borders- I wish they were all full screen. Other than that its a decent compilation, but it left me wanting more (more games and full screen views). I recommend this if you are a big 80s game fan, only because if you've never played Pacman or Galaga you might be let down. Also the controls are difficult. For instance using the gamecube controller in pacman is just.. hard. You want to go straight but instead take a left= they're just very sensitive.

This collection is pretty much identical to the Namco arcade collection that I've seen in several video arcades, except that it replaces Rally-X (a real dog) with Pole Position I/II. Frankly, for the price they're selling it for these days, you can't go wrong.

You get:

Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Pac-Man Arrangement (a modern version with more ghosts, more mazes, and new items)

Galaga
Galaxian
Galaga Arrangement (again, a modern version with better graphics and more powerups)

Pole Position
Pole Position II

Dig-Dug
Dig-Dug Arrangement (better graphics, more enemies, a few new features)

And there are two hidden games you can unlock by getting decent scores in Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man:

Pac-Attack (Pac-man tetris? Weird...)
Pac-World (a 3-D pacman where you can jump -- kinda strange, but seen it in arcades before)

That's 12 games for $20. Do the math.

The only thing I wish is that they provided you with more information on the games' history (it is called Namco *Museum*, after all); however, the emulation is perfect, and they even included the original arcade cabinet artwork around the game screens. I can't complain. I grew up playing games like these on the Atari and in the arcades (my father actually owned a Dig-Dug upright cabinet), and this is a great compilation. Heartily recommended for any video game collector or fan.

My 9 year old son received a GameCube for Christmas and the 2 games he received were WaveRunner and Luigi's Mansion. Both of those games he liked, however I have motion sickness bad and cannot play alot of the games they have out now because of all the movement. I specifically bought this Namco Museum for me and guess what everybody loves it! It is great to be able to show my son some of the older games we used to play as kids. I just wish it had Centipede on it..That would be great. Enjoy all you Pacman and Galaga fans....