Arcade Classics
Namco compilation, consisting of three games. Galaxian, Galaga and Ms Pacman. Conversions of three Namco classics including Galaxian, Ms Pac-man and Galaga. NAMCO took special interest in this project even…
Arcade Classics is an arcade, released 31 December 1995 on Philips CD-i.
What Arcade Classics is
Arcade Classics was released in 1995. It was published by Namco. It is available on Philips CD-i only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Namco compilation, consisting of three games. Galaxian, Galaga and Ms Pacman. Conversions of three Namco classics including Galaxian, Ms Pac-man and Galaga. NAMCO took special interest in this project even though they weren't directly involved with the development of the CD-i version, the quality of the Intellectual Property had to be maintained. This went as far as the packaging itself which is detailed in the below Suggestive Themes boxout. Philips ADS were given a Pac-man arcade board with the chipset for Ms Pac-man to wire up so they had everything to do a decent conversion. It wasn't a straight port however, the entire game was upgraded to a 256 colour palette and also extra levels…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Pac-Man series
Arcade Classics is the 87th of 282 entries we hold in the Pac-Man series. The next entry was Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2 in 1996.
What it launched against
Arcade Classics launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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