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Pac-Man is undoubtedly the definition of classic arcade gaming. Who would have thought a little yellow shaped C would have won the admiration of millions of people over a span of 20 years now. Well if your like me one of the millions of adoring fans this game sweet is for you. Pac-Man and Miss Pac-Man are worth the price alone. But you also get Dig Dug, Galaga, Pole Position I and II, plus the 2 secret games Pac-Attack and Pac-Mania which you get once you score 20,000 points on Miss Pac-Man and 25,000 points on Pac-Man. Overall a very good deal for the price... My only problem with this is there is no option for the Pac-Man and Miss Pac-Man speed chip which many owners were able to add to their arcade games to speed up the movement of Pac-Man... this adds a little more excitement, they should have added it as an option to the menu, but oh well... Overall a great value! happy pac-man-ing and memories of childhood.

What sets this Namco Museum aside from the rest of the Namco Museum compilations out there is the inclusion of Pac-Man Arrangement, Galaga Arrangement, and Dig Dug Arrangement. These three games alone are worth the low price of this CD-ROM.

There are 12 classic games on this CD-ROM. They include:

1. Pac-Man.
2. Pac-Man Arrangement.
3. Pac-Mania (locked).
4. Pac-Attack (locked).
5. Galaga.
6. Galaga Arrangement.
7. Dig Dug.
8. Dig Dug Arrangement.
9. Pole Position.
10. Pole Position II.
11. Ms. Pac-Man.
12. Galaxian.

Pac-Man Arrangement is one of the coolest Pac-Man games there is. If you like Pac-Man you will love this newer version of it. Its very faithful to the original non-scrolling one-screen 2-D version, with all the game-play features of the original including the 4 normal ghosts, Power Pellets, Fruit, Warp Tunnels, but with souped-up graphics, and the following enhancements:

1. Pac-Dash Arrows catapult you across the screen really fast without being killed.
2. Warp Gates transport you from one Warp Gate to another.
3. Large Ghosts each with different magic powers.
4. Blue ghost you can eat anytime, who can eat other ghosts to become a Large Ghost.
5. Magic Wand that turns all the ghosts into presents.
6. Pink Power Up that traps ghosts for a while.
7. Blue Power Up that splits Pac-Man into two Pac-Man's.
8. Red Power Up that makes Pac-Man go faster.
9. Orange Power Up that gives you extra points.
10. Like Ms. Pac-Man, The maze and the graphics change as you progress.
11. There is nice background music.
12. Two players can play at the same time!

Galaga Arrangement is really nice too. Its game-play is the same as Galaga, but with much better graphics, nice background music, and really eye dazzling alien formations. At times the alien formations move like fireworks exploding and spinning around creating all sorts of eye dazzling movements. There are parts where the whole background spins around while the aliens dance in formation. Its quit beautiful. Also, two players can play at the same time!

Dig Dug Arrangement is another really fun game. Its game-play is the same as Dig Dug, but again with much better graphics, nicer background music, and the following enhancements:

1. Exploding enemy.
2. Spiked enemy.
3. Enemy with a pump who can pump you up and pop you!
4. Enemy that can shoot fireballs across the screen.
5. Sleeping alien enemy.
6. Boss levels where you fight a giant enemy.
7. Giant boulders that wipe out everything in their path.
8. Two players can play at the same time!

The other games in the compilation are identical to the original arcade versions. Most games allow you to save high scores. In fact before you can play Pac-Attack and Pac-Mania you must first score 25,000 points in Pac-Man to unlock Pac-Attack and 20,000 points in Ms. Pac-Man to unlock Pac-Mania.

Unlike the other Namco Museum's for the PlayStation 1, there is no "museum" section with photos and other useless stuff. In order for the "museum" section to have had good enough graphics and 3-D movement to be worth having on the PlayStation 2 the game would have had to be on DVD-ROM instead of CD-ROM and would have cost much more. I never liked the "museum" section anyway so I don't miss it. Also, the games load much faster and the menu is easier to use. And none of the games require the screen to scroll up or down, even Dig Dug fits on the screen.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CD-ROM for anyone who likes Pac-Man, Dig-Dig or Galaga, because of the inclusion of the newer, hard to find Arrangement versions of each of these games, which were never before available for the PS1 or PS2. Super fun classic style 2-D non-scrolling games like these don't appear in the modern video game market very often. Most modern games are 3-D. While that's nice for racing games, and other games requiring 3-D, there is still a need for 2-D games like these. Let's face it, you can't get the same gameplay feeling from the 3-D Pac-Man World that you can get from Pac-Man Arrangement.

THIS GAME IS SELLING VERY QUICKLY. MANY STORES ARE SOLD OUT. GET IT BEFORE ITS GONE!

don't let the back of the box trick ya into thinking you are getting 10 classics and 3 new totaling 13 games it is 12 games 2unlockable games are realy additional levels to pac-man games but still fun. you get more if you buy the 3 seperate ps1 game volumes.